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Triathlon History
How Triathlon Came About By 1982, Triathlon had became so popular that 2 organizations were founded to govern
and oversee the sport in the USA. both organizations soon amalgamated to
form a single national governing
body, the United States Triathlon Association now called USA Triathlon. Triathlon
Magazine was also first published 1982.
The ITU or International Triathlon Union was founded at Avignon, France, in April of 1989 and the 1st world championship was held in August, also at Avignon. Triathlon was included in the Goodwill Games in 1994, to the Pan-American Games program in 1995, and to the Olympic Games in 2000. Simon Whitfield of Kingston, Ontario took out the 1st Olympic gold medal for triathlon in Sydney. There were originally twenty five nations in the International Triathlon Union. That number has now grown to more than 140. |
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The distances used in the 1st world championship race, a 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre bike ride, and 10-kilometre run, have became the standard for major triathlon events ever since. Recognized distance now include, the try-a-tri, sprint, Olympic, long course, half-Ironman, and Ironman. The Ironman is the ultimate in Triathlon and most tri-athletes aspire to complete one the distances are 3.8 km (2.4 miles) for the swim, 180km (112 miles) for the bicycle leg, and a full marathon of 42.2 km (26 miles, 385 yards), for its running leg. Read the first part of this article. Orienteering is a worldwide sport in which participants use an accurate, detailed map and a compass to find checkpoints on a orienteering course. Orienteering can be enjoyed as a challenging walk in the woods or in a competition, where your race against time or others. |
The prototype of the mountain bikes were first developed in Marin County, Ca., north of San Francisco in 1977. Otis Guy, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze and Craig Mitchell were the earliest designers, builders and promoters.
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