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It has since become triathlon's Super Bowl, Wimbledon, World Series, World Cup, and Tour de France all rolled into one.

Jim Garfield: Ironman World Championships kick-off Jim Garfield 2010

I was afraid to ask her about the running portion of the race, coming as the triathlon's last leg. But Amy said that she'd recently completed her hometown Pittsburgh marathon—just barely, in five hours and 14 minutes.

Training and Healing Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

It has since become triathlon's Super Bowl, Wimbledon, World Series, World Cup, and Tour de France all rolled into one.

Jim Garfield: Ironman World Championships kick-off Jim Garfield 2010

The triathlon's first leg consists of an open-water swim measuring 1.5 kilometers in the Olympics.

A Bruising New Olympic Sport 2008

Sixteen years after competing in her first Olympic trials, in swimming, and four years after grieving over the heartbreak of not qualifying for triathlon's Olympic debut in the Sydney Games, she is headed to Athens.

USATODAY.com - As mom watches, triathlete takes another shot 2004

After a cross country and track career at Wake Forest University, he moved into triathlon's elite level and qualified for the first Olympic triathlon in Sydney, where he finished 17th.

USATODAY.com - Kemper's reality: Swim, bike, run, get to the airport, eat 2004

At triathlon's debut in the Sydney Games four years ago, two Swiss competitors came from seemingly nowhere to win gold and bronze while Australia's Michellie Jones settled for silver.

USATODAY.com - Australian-turned-Austrian Kate Allen wins triathlon with late surge 2004

Some have blamed triathlon's boom in popularity for the disparity in when deaths occur.

StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

Hyde Park forms one of triathlon's seven-leg World Championship Series, with the finale in Beijing next month.

BBC News - Home 2011

At the triathlon's start in the early morning, both air and water temperatures were in the high 70s.

NPR Topics: News 2011