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Individual. Meredith Brooke Kessler (born June 28, 1978) is an American professional triathlete from Columbus, Ohio who races in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. She took third place at the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and has won numerous Ironman and half-Ironman distance races as both an amateur and a ...
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 considered one of the most ...
Swim start, 15 October 2005. The Ironman World Championship is a triathlon held annually in Hawaii, United States from 1978 to 2022, with no race in 2020 and an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification races held throughout ...
The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting of a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, a 56-mile (90 km) bike ride, and a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run. Each distance of the swim, bike, and run segments is half the distance of that segment in an Ironman Triathlon. The Ironman 70.3 series culminates each year with a ...
During the race, Alistair Brownlee was disqualified for appearing to "dunk" McQueen during the swim stage. [5] That year, he was part of the United States team that won gold in the mixed relay at the World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal. [6] In July 2022, he secured a 12th-place finish at the 2022 World Triathlon Cup Pontevedra. [7]
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. [1] Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the disciplines included.
2016. 2020. 2024. 2028. Medalists. Triathlon had its Summer Olympics debut at the 2000 Games, in Sydney, when men's and women's individual events were first held, and has been contested since then. In 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics a mixed team relay event was held for the first time. The sport, and its Olympic events, are governed ...
The team has been one of the most consistent teams in Ohio, having qualified to the OHSAA State Championship Race 29 of the past 30 years since 1987. Since its founding in 2016, the TriBombers triathlon team has won three Ohio state championships and the 2019 USA Triathlon High School National Championship (Independent Club category). [171] [172]