For example, in the 1980s, the short distance triathlon was invented, which is half the distance of the international triathlon standard.

In 2008 and 2009 Tisseyre began focusing on long distance triathlon and competing in various Ironman 70.3 distance races.

In November 2005, her family moved to Australia and despite her young age Charlotte McShane started competing in long distance triathlons.

Ironman is the ultimate distance triathlon, but there are several shorter distance triathlons that are held regularly.

The competition is completed in teams of four, two men and two women, with each member doing a super-sprint distance triathlon.

I've worked with dozens of people who couldn't swim more than two lengths of front crawl in January, but did an Olympic distance triathlon swim (1,500m) in August.

One month later he entered an Olympic distance triathlon, which requires a 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike ride and a 10-kilometer run.

Sprint or standard distance triathlons aren't as taxing as long-distance events.

His first success was in 1986 When he won the Australian championship in intermediate distance triathlon.

It is the third largest Olympic distance triathlon in the world, after the London, Hamburg and Chicago Triathlons.