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Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n

Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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AUTOR:Benedikt Langer<\/span>Zum Profil \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/span><\/em>The triathlon season is gradually approaching. There is nothing better than spending time outdoors doing physical exercise. The sport promises a mixture of swimming, cycling and running.<\/strong>The endurance sport originated in France in 1920, when “L’Auto” was the first sports newspaper that published an article about the first multi-discipline events, “Les Trois Sports”. Afterwards the USA follows in 1970. At the time the enthusiasm of the US-Americans developed. Finally, the first official triathlon took place on the 25th of September 1974. 46 participants started on the event with the name Mission Bay Triathlon. The distances were 6 miles running, 5 miles cycling and 500 yards swimming.A short time later, the legendary Hawaii Iron Man Triathlon<\/a> was organized. The event gained worldwide attention. Consequently, hundreds of triathlons were created in the USA. From 1982 also in all of Europe. In the mid-1980s, the multi-discipline sport was included as an Olympic discipline. The distances at that time were 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running.<\/p>\n

Procedure of a triathlon<\/h2>\n

The sequence of a triathlon consists of swimming, cycling and finally running. At the beginning all participants begin at the edge of the shore or pool . Furthermore, all start together or also in a rolling start, in intervals of seconds.The following part is the transition area, where the swimming clothes are exchanged for the cycling clothes. The change time between the runs should happen in the shortest possible time. Since this flows into the target time with.After that comes the bike course. On it stands in the change zone a transition from the wheel equipment to the running shoes. Afterwards the participants approach the already desired goal.<\/p>\n

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