triathlon

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Recent Examples of triathlon In the Mixed Team Relay race with each completing a super-sprint triathlon. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025 Style And Strategy Over Strength In triathlon training, style and strategy matter. Oscar Chavez-Arrieta, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 One study found higher levels of anti-inflammatory proteins in the blood and urine samples of athletes taking probiotics after a triathlon. Julia Ries, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025 Creatine does not benefit endurance events like marathons, triathlons, or long cycling races. Mary Choy, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for triathlon
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Noun
  • Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to the previous sports offered, this year's event will include alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Competing in Academics After the break, Whittemore went into his own personal experience, talking about studying for an academic decathlon where students would study all year.
    John Werner, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • One such approach is Dr. Attia’s centenarian decathlon which is described here.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ligor took fourth in the pentathlon at the New Balance National Indoor Pentathlon.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Calling Sturgis the tournament’s first American is a bit of an understatement, actually.
    Pablo Maurer, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Not bad for a guy who spent much of this week as the tournament’s first alternate — waiting, hoping, for someone to pull out.
    Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Across the track, the Aggies also saw wins from its distance medley relay team and Blake Harris in the heptathlon and from Samuel Whitmarsh in the 800m. Whitmarsh earned his second straight SEC title, legging past Mississippi State’s Abdullah Hassan in 1:47.69.
    Cory Mull, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Four years later, after competing in her second Olympics and winning two gold medals (in the long jump and the heptathlon), Joyner-Kersee fulfilled another dream by establishing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation.
    Kizzy Cox, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The event is the world's biggest music competition, watched by more than 160 million people across the world.
    John Revill, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • With only five returning players, even Clark said Indiana needed competition to learn more about areas of improvement.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • But the two-time winner of this tourney is one of many big names who'll be at home watching current leader Jhonattan Vegas try to capture his first major this weekend.
    Gerrit Ritt, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Gilgeous-Alexander had built his MVP campaign in 2024-25 on the back of those looks, pivoting through coverages and over contests.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
  • With the Cleveland Cavaliers face-guarding Herro for the final two games of their first-round sweep of the Heat, Herro totaled just 17 points on 23 field-goal attempts over those two contests.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025

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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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