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Recent Examples of triathlon
Last summer, trailing by 14 seconds with 2.5km remaining of the triathlon’s run remaining, the British athlete overhauled New Zealander Hayden Wilde to claim victory.
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Cycling routes from these triathlon events will also be rolled into the Rouvy platform — handy for those training for one of the 194 future triathlons currently listed on the Ironman website.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Who's winning the AI race Competition in AI is less a single race than a triathlon: There's a face-off to develop the most advanced generative AI foundation models; a battle to win customers by making AI useful; and a struggle to build costly infrastructure that makes the first two goals possible.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
And as a veteran triathlon journalist, Culp has particularly good access and insights into that world.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Cycling routes from these triathlon events will also be rolled into the Rouvy platform — handy for those training for one of the 194 future triathlons currently listed on the Ironman website.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Who's winning the AI race Competition in AI is less a single race than a triathlon: There's a face-off to develop the most advanced generative AI foundation models; a battle to win customers by making AI useful; and a struggle to build costly infrastructure that makes the first two goals possible.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
And as a veteran triathlon journalist, Culp has particularly good access and insights into that world.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
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Over 500 athletes from 23 nations came together to participate in the sports tournament, which added the new winter sports of alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling to its lineup for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The current edition of Invictus is the Games' seventh cycle, where the winter sports of alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling have been added to the roster (in addition to Invictus' core sports) for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Several new sports debuted at the 1904 Games, including boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tom Holland's Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Meet of Champions pentathlon champion (3,378) also placed fourth in New Englands with a 14.81 in the 100-meter hurdles.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2024
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Stanford lost its first-round matchup of the ACC tournament to Clemson on Wednesday, 63-46, likely putting an end to its historic streak of NCAA Tournament appearances.—
Ben Pickman,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Never in the history of the tournament – from the inaugural competition in 1930 to now – has there been a halftime show, but Infantino confirmed the break of tradition after speaking at a World Cup event in Dallas.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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For the final 45 minutes, a group of six Benedictine male athletes joined to give the Eagles some outside competition.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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But competition in the car industry was also a factor.—
Neha Hegde,Christine Tan,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sundell knew that beating the Knights in the tourney’s second round would take contributions from all.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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With a strong showing at the WCC tourney, Saint Mary’s could land a No. 6 seed in the NCAAs.—
Jeff Faraudo,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
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He's gone over 40 points in three straight games, and he's scored at least 37 points in five of his last eight contests.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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In what was expected to be a scrappy and defensive-minded contest, the Magic were beaten by the Rockets in dominant fashion Monday night.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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