triathlon
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3.4
- noun
- /traɪˈæθlɒn/
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triatlón
- He completed the challenging triathlon last weekend, finishing strong after swimming, cycling, and running through the course.
- triathlon performance
- triathlon event
And now, you know, doing Ironman triathlons and training to do more.
- And now, you know, doing Ironman triathlons and training to do more.
- That's the, that's the number one problem in amateur triathlon nowadays.
- You're training for the triathlon, you're doing all these sorts of things.
- You can do water polo, you can do triathlon, or you can do offseason swim.
- And then I used to race like I was on a pro team for triathlons for a year, maybe two years.
- That's kind of what an iron length triathlon is.
- And he challenged me to, to do this little Sprint triathlon.
- Sometimes easy is just easy and it doesn't mean that I mean it's like, so, you know, I, I like to, I do triathlons.
- He planned on coming with me and he was training for a triathlon and he tore his ACL and his MCL and had to get surgery like the week that I was leaving.
- But ideally you would do weight training or burst training, which is interval cardio, but stop doing long distance cardio like running or triathlons or things like that.
- You know, I mean, some people like to run triathlons.
- The most efficient runners for the third leg of the triathlon pre stiffen.
Examples
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Brad loves to run triathlons too.
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I just finished my first triathlon on this beautiful day in Boulder.
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And I did a triathlon in order to cope without drinking.
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I feel I could compete in a triathlon.
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I did a full distance extreme triathlon in Alaska.
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I'm actually training for a triathlon, which is a little bit harder, but five miles is perfect.
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When an athlete runs a triathlon, his primary aim is to defeat his competitors and win.
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I have been training for and racing triathlons for nearly 3 years now.
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The low light of the Malibu triathlon for me was that I was entered in the celebrity heat.
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And now, you know, doing Ironman triathlons and training to do more.
Synonyms
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A contest to see who is fastest or finishes first
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A sport where people try to be the fastest to reach a finish line
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A competition where people or teams compete in sports
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A competition that tests how long people can keep going in hard conditions
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An event where people compete in two or more sports
How Long
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Surface Forms
Morphology
triathlon = athlon (semi-transparent) = tri + athlon
The prefix 'tri-' clearly signals 'three', but the combining form '-athlon' is not a standalone common word for many learners, making the construction only partially transparent.
Etymology
The word triathlon comes from the parts tri- meaning 'three' and athlon meaning 'contest', the same root as athlete. So a triathlon is a race of three contests, with swimming, cycling and running done one after another.