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Recent Examples of triathlon
And as a veteran triathlon journalist, Culp has particularly good access and insights into that world.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
The highly anticipated and challenging triathlon will take place in the Valley throughout the day on Sunday, November 15.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
Creatine does not provide much benefit for endurance events like marathons, triathlons, or long cycling races.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Because of the poor water quality of the River Seine that flows through Paris, the Olympic triathlons’ organisers toyed with removing the swimming section of the events to create a duathlon.
—Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
The highly anticipated and challenging triathlon will take place in the Valley throughout the day on Sunday, November 15.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
Creatine does not provide much benefit for endurance events like marathons, triathlons, or long cycling races.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Because of the poor water quality of the River Seine that flows through Paris, the Olympic triathlons’ organisers toyed with removing the swimming section of the events to create a duathlon.
—Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
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The current edition of Invictus is the Games' seventh cycle, where the winter sports of alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling have been added to the roster (in addition to Invictus' core sports) for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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As a Games legacy, future users will be able to experience biathlon without the safety risks and environmental impact associated with live fire ammunition.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Several new sports debuted at the 1904 Games, including boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tom Holland's Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Meet of Champions pentathlon champion (3,378) also placed fourth in New Englands with a 14.81 in the 100-meter hurdles.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2024
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The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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The Horned Frogs will likely need to win the Big 12 conference tournament or at least make it to the final if there’s any hope of making a fourth straight NCAA Tournament.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Feb. 2025
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In 1994, the World Cup was played on American soil for the first time and Hunt was key to orchestrating the tournament.—
Stuart Dyos,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Four years later, after competing in her second Olympics and winning two gold medals (in the long jump and the heptathlon), Joyner-Kersee fulfilled another dream by establishing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
29 Jan. 2025
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That conversation took place after the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, after Joyner-Kersee left with a silver medal in the heptathlon and a whiff of disappointment.—
Melissa Lockard,
The Athletic,
18 July 2024
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French leaders hope the summit will boost investment in Europe's AI sector, positioning the region as a viable competitor in a field largely dominated by U.S.-China competition.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Stock car racing’s highest circuit is set for a novel in-season tournament and will compete internationally, while the sanctioning body introduces several competition changes.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, Minnesota became the 30th state to have a sanctioned girls high school wrestling tourney.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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After Tuesday’s morning skate, the Bruins’ captain, who’ll be be wearing Canada’s maple leaf again for the upcoming Four Nations tourney, delivered some unvarnished truths about the stark differences between international competition and All-Star games.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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Across 1,196 career contests in an 18-year NBA run (997 starts), Mutombo logged regular season averages of 9.8 points on 51.8 percent shooting from the floor and 68.4 percent shooting from the foul line, 10.3 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, and 1.0 assists a night.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Somewhere along the way, the contest had picked up some sort of symbolic value, an understanding that the result would reflect the future of the Soviet Union as a whole.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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