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[4] "1" is for his victory in the first official triathlon World Championship. "6" is for the six times he won the Ironman. 21 stands for his two season run of 21 straight victories, along the way defeating every one of the top 50 triathletes in the world.
Ironman 70.3 Budapest, 2014. An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.2 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.2 km) run completed in that order, a total of 140.6 miles (226.3 km). It is widely ...
The Blessing of the Bicycles in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York city (probably 2003 [contradictory]).. The Blessing of the Bikes, also The Blessing of the Bicycles, is an annual tradition in which riders of motorcycles or bicycles are blessed by a priest in the hope that it will bring safety for the coming season.
Completing an Ironman Triathlon is no small feat; it's a challenge that includes running a 26.22-mile marathon, biking for 112 miles and completing a 2.4-mile swim. When father-and-son duo Jeff ...
We take a look at the bikes ridden by the five fastest cyclists in the women's and men's pro races at the 70.3 World Championships in St. George.
Lawrence holds the current record for the most half-ironman distance triathlons in one year: 22, in 2011. He is married and has four daughters and one son. Lawrence is the author of Iron Cowboy: Redefine Impossible , a memoir released on the 22nd of October 2017; centred around his 2015 consecutive Ironman-distance world record.
Dave Scott (born January 4, 1954) is a U.S. triathlete and the first six-time Ironman World Championship winner (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987). [1] A progenitor of the sport, in 1993, Scott was the first person inducted in the Ironman Hall of Fame. [2]
The first telecast on Wide World of Sports the Endurance (now called the Ironman) Triathlon World Championship from Oahu. May 17 Preakness Stakes. May 18 1980 Monaco Grand Prix: May 24 Women's volleyball from Peking between the United States, China and Japan. May 31 George Willig climbs Castleton Tower in Utah. July 19