About The Sport
Claimed by some to be the ultimate test of human endurance, Triathlon pushes its competitors to the limits in three different sports: Swimming, cycling and running. Each sport requires the the competitor to be in peak physical condition and with three such individual sports it calls on the athlete to commit to a training schedule that is second to none.
The Olympic distance triathlon, which is one of the 28 Olympic sports, consists of: 1500m swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running.