Today, a number of triathlon events over varying distances are held around the world. The standard "Olympic Distance" of 1.5/40/10 km was created by long time triathlon race director Jim Curl in the mid-1980s, after he and partner Carl Thomas produced the U.S. Triathlon Series (USTS) between 1982 and 1997. The Hawaii Ironman Triathlon serves as the Ironman World Championship. The entity that owns the race, the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), hosts other triathlons around the world that also fall under the Ironman brand. Long distance multi-sport events organized by groups other than the WTC may not officially be called "Ironman" or "Iron" races. Such triathlons may be described as Full distance triathlon or "Half distance", but the "Ironman" and "Iron" labels are the official property of the WTC.
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) was founded in 1989 as the international governing body of the sport, with the chief goal, at that time, of putting triathlon on the Olympic program. For its part, the ITU does not sanction WTC races. However, USAT uses a combination of ITU and WTC rules to sanction WTC's branded events.
International Ultra Triathlon Association (IUTA) is the official governing body of Ultra triathlon which involves triathlon in longer distances than Ironman. Olympic Triathlon Tickets are easily available at Sport Ticket Exchange. It is a single point which offers you the Olympic Tickets for all Olympic Sports and events also for Olympic Triathlon Tickets at very cheap rates.
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