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Recent Examples of triathlon
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.
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Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Belgium had to withdraw from the mixed triathlon Monday when triathlete Claire Michel became ill.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Each triathlon will see Spencer complete a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and a full 42.2km marathon – in each of the seven continents, finishing with the hardest one of them all, in Antarctica.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Belgium had to withdraw from the mixed triathlon Monday when triathlete Claire Michel became ill.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Each triathlon will see Spencer complete a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and a full 42.2km marathon – in each of the seven continents, finishing with the hardest one of them all, in Antarctica.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
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Two male coaches and a former men's biathlon team member confirmed the culture of misogyny described by the women, who reported facing retaliation after speaking out.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, the Games traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany and will head to both Vancouver and Whistler, Canada from Feb. 8 to 16, 2025 — the first time winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced to the Games.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Grenada: The island nation in the eastern Caribbean needed just six athletes to win a medal, taking bronze in the men’s decathlon for an average of 0.1667 medals per athlete.Mark Puleo and John Bradford, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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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 2026 World Cup, to be held in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, has been expanded to 48 teams for the first time in the tournament’s history.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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The league also is holding a 1-on-1 tournament in February and the winner will be paid $250,000.Doug Feinberg, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
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Anna Hall celebrates after finishing her last event of the Olympic Trials heptathlon.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Since falling short of qualifying for the U.S. team in the heptathlon after a fall in the Olympic Trials before the 2020 games, Anna Hall has received regular encouraging calls from Joyner-Kersee while preparing for the 2024 Games.Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Howe’s men will share the club record of nine consecutive victories across all competitions with Kevin Keegan’s vintage (May to September 1994) and Rafa Benitez’s Championship-winning side (September to November 2016).Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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Making better use of A.I., Mr. Burns said, is crucial to the U.S. competition with China.Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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This year, Cleveland hosts the first and second rounds of the men's tourney.Troy Smith, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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Each of the two men’s tourneys operated under a one-year contract.Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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By my unofficial count, Cooper had only 34 of the team’s 61 offensive snaps (penalties included) against the Patriots — and that was in a close contest.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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In October of 1958, just weeks after taking delivery, Toselli drove the car to victory in Italy’s challenging Aosta-Pila hill-climb contest.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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