triathlon history begins, according to legend, on a bet between U.S. Marines, astroauta including John Collins on the island of Hawaii to clarify that sport and therefore that would be the toughest athlete and complete as a whole, a swimmer, an athlete or a cyclist.
For solving the bet decided to join the toughest races in each discipline, thus giving rise to what became known Ironman competition in Hawaii that for many remains the Mecca of triathlon worldwide.
But there are sources that quote to the beginning of the triathlon in fact date back a few years before the legendary race between marines, more specifically, the San Diego area , California 1. In this city two U.S. athletes Jhonston Jack and Don Shanahan, combined the three disciplines being the first in the history of triathlon. This event called "Mission Bay Triathlon" was sponsored by the San Diego Truck Club. This competition would be the precursor of what later would be the triathlon.
competitions were running, cycling and swimming, just in reverse order to what later would be the triathlon competitions which were held one every year. Before this also in the area of \u200b\u200bCalifornia and Florida, known competitions that combine in different ways two or all three sports but they can be considered as precursors of triathlon as we know it today. Today
triathlon is a sport bound by itself is not a union of swim-bike-run, have their specific training, their professional athletes, and everything you need to be considered a fully independent sport, which has achieved the status Olympic sport very quickly. According
triathlon mode any of its sectors is more important than others, for example in Ironman distance and long distance cycling and premium plus the run and sprint and Olympic distance swimming and running, always without neglecting the other segment or indeed the transitions between disciplines, they are still another element of a triathlon competition.
For solving the bet decided to join the toughest races in each discipline, thus giving rise to what became known Ironman competition in Hawaii that for many remains the Mecca of triathlon worldwide.
But there are sources that quote to the beginning of the triathlon in fact date back a few years before the legendary race between marines, more specifically, the San Diego area , California 1. In this city two U.S. athletes Jhonston Jack and Don Shanahan, combined the three disciplines being the first in the history of triathlon. This event called "Mission Bay Triathlon" was sponsored by the San Diego Truck Club. This competition would be the precursor of what later would be the triathlon.
competitions were running, cycling and swimming, just in reverse order to what later would be the triathlon competitions which were held one every year. Before this also in the area of \u200b\u200bCalifornia and Florida, known competitions that combine in different ways two or all three sports but they can be considered as precursors of triathlon as we know it today. Today
triathlon is a sport bound by itself is not a union of swim-bike-run, have their specific training, their professional athletes, and everything you need to be considered a fully independent sport, which has achieved the status Olympic sport very quickly. According
triathlon mode any of its sectors is more important than others, for example in Ironman distance and long distance cycling and premium plus the run and sprint and Olympic distance swimming and running, always without neglecting the other segment or indeed the transitions between disciplines, they are still another element of a triathlon competition.
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