World Triathlon | The Brownlee Brothers # 31DaysOfOlympics # StrongerTogether Lessing competed in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon held annually in San Francisco Bay. For example the 2016 Rio Olympics featured a bike course of 38.48K, not 40K. This record might be Katie Zaferes at the 2019 ITU Abu Dhabi WTS sprint race with a total time of 55:31. ... For example, he made the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team by winning an emotional 1,500 at Olympic Trials. The race was held over the "international distance" and consisted of 1.5 kilometres swimming, 42.959 kilometres road cycling, and 10 kilometres ro Returning to Williamsburg to test his fitness at this longer distance Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain celebrates after crossing the finish line during the Men's Triathlon at Fort Copacabana on Day 13 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The world record Olympic distance time is 1 hour 39 minutes and 50 seconds, set by Simon Lessing in 1996. There are professional races without drafting but the majority are now draft-legal. Courses frequently seem to be short or long, some allow drafting on the bike and some do not. High-caliber professionals will often finish Olympic triathlons in around 2 hours or less, with the men’s record currently at just over 1 hour, 46 minutes. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display It's just far enough to challenge you without making your training feel overwhelming. We will start with the full distance (often described as Ironman distance, or Iron distance) and work our way down through half-distance (often referred to as 70.3 distance), Olympic (officially referred to as Standard distance), and finally sprint. Also easy one to figure out. Hosted by the Virginia Triathlon Series, top multi-sport athletes from Maryland, the Carolinas, Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia came for top level competition on the safe Tidewater area course. 7:35:39 by Jan Frodeno (2016) with a 45:22 swim, 4:08 bike, and 2:39 run at Challenge Roth. Olympic triathlons are the logical next step after you've gotten your feet wet with a sprint triathlon. Historical results record building on World Triathlon legacy 26 Nov, 2020. Edmonton to host 2021 Grand Final and Bermuda to stage Sprint and Relay World Championships 26 Aug, 2020. 3️⃣ 0️⃣ - Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold in London!. The Olympic triathlon is composed of two medal events, one for men and the other for women. In the men's competition Great Britain's Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonny, were favourites to cross the line for gold and silver. The Virginia Triathlon Series has AquaVelo events, ... after completing the Jamestown Olympic Triathlon the day before. The famed race in Kona has seen a flurry of record-setting days over the last few years. Then you have the issue of Ironman branded records versus “full-distance” records. On monday evening and gruelling new title ironman triathlon foundation in south american swimmer sun is lofoten triathlon 2020 decreasing the goals in a special functions. The race was around Hyde Park, a 1.42 km2 park in central London. This years Mid-Atlantic Region Olympic Distance Triathlon Championship was contested in Jamestown Virginia. Individual Men 26 July 2021 06:30. Triathlon has been an Olympic sport since its debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in … In 1996, Lessing broke the Olympic distance triathlon world record with a time of 1 hour, 39 minutes, 50 seconds in 1996 at the ITU Triathlon World Championships in Cleveland. [8] New Zealand placed two male triathletes in the top two, as Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty won the gold and silver medals, respectively. 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