Definitions

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  • noun sports A contest where four successive events are participated in, usually swimming, kayaking, cycling and running

Etymologies

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From quadr- + -athlon contest

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Examples

  • Snowshoe segments have become common in many multisport events and adventure races, including a required snowshoe segment in the winter quadrathlon.

    CIVITATENSIS 2010

  • - Four MSU students won the Midwest Regional American Dairy Science Association/American Society of Animal Science academic quadrathlon in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 14-15.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

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