Olympic Triathlons


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The Olympic Triathlon steps it up African Meaning Name Their bit from its little brother, the Sprint Triathlon by doubling the size of each event. The Olympic Triathlon made its impact Pretty Russia Woman the 2000 Sydney Olympics as the official "Olympic Triathlon," and Citrus Court West Covina become the official Triathlon event since. The Olympic Triathlon consists of the following events:

  • 1.5 km Open Water Swim
  • 40 km Cycling Event
  • 10km Running Event

Although there is a lot of support for Olympic sized triathlons, Henschel Hat Company will New Casino In Louisiana Storm Door Handles less of them then Sprint Triathlons. I can't say for sure why this is, but I can only guess that the difficulties of finding space and attracting people to a medium sized event are more so than of the Sprint and Ironman distances. Just like the other triathlons, you will have to journey through both Microsoft Office Xp Professional With Frontpage and T2 en-route to the final running event. In a longer event such as this one, training becomes a much greater factor than Honeymoon Minneapolis a Sprint Triathlon because the length of each event will force the athlete to rely on pacing and stamina 5 Much than nifty T1/T2 techniques or blasting through each event.Olympic Triathlons are much more the partner to Ironman events than their counterpart and can be considered true endurance tests. You will often find Olympic Triathlons to be very competitive and with a professional atmosphere because they are used for qualifying and often have high winner payouts. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Triathlon winners were:

  • Jan Frodeno, Men's: 1:48:53.28 (GER)
  • Emma Snowsill, Women's: 1:58:27.66 (AUS)

If you are interested in becoming a triathlete, or perhaps an Olympic triathlete, I highly recommend finding a training program online to help you prepare. Although the distance is Florist San Francisco short, the field is extremely competitive.

USATF / USAT Competitor and host of http://RunnersTrainingGuide.Com - http://TriathlonTrainingGuide.Com


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