Triathlon Introduction

A triathlon is a multi sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual swim, bike, and run components.

Triathlon is considered by some to have its beginnings in 1920s France. According to triathlon historian and author Scott Tinley, the origin of triathlon is attributed to a race during the 1920s–1930s that was called variously "Les trois sports", "La Course des Debrouillards", and "La course des Touche a Tout". This race is held every year in France near Joinville-le-Pont, in Meulan and Poissy.

An earlier tri-sport event in 1902 featured running, cycling, and canoeing. There are documented tri sport events featuring running, swimming, & cycling in 1920, 1921, 1945, and the 1960s. In 1920, the French newspaper L´Auto reported on a competition called "Les Trois Sports" with a 3 km run, 12 km bike, and a swim across the channel Marne. Those three parts were done without any break. Another event was held in 1921 in Marseilles with the order of events bike, running and swimming. Among the participants was American athlete Charles Sector.

 There are also articles in French newspapers about a race in Marseille in 1927. There is a 1934 article about "Les Trois Sports" in the city of La Rochelle, a race with: (1) a channel crossing (c. 200 m), (2) a bike competition around the harbor of La Rochelle and the parc Laleu, and (3) a run in the stadium Andre Barbeau.

The sport made its debut on the Olympic program at the Sydney Games in 2000 over the Olympic Distance is; swim: 1,500 m, bike: 40 km and run: 10 km. You can purchase Olympic Triathlon Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at very reasonable rates. Sport ticket Exchange offers you all sorts of Olympic Tickets including Olympic Triathlon Tickets at cheap rates in very easy and secure way.