Triathlon made its Olympic debut at the 2000 games, held in Sydney. Since then the sport has grown exponentially in popularity and in participation figures. Olympic, or standard distance triathlon consists of a 1500m swim, 40 km on the bike and a 10km run. The world record for completing all of that, is an astounding 1 hour, 39 minutes, 50 seconds, set by British athlete Simon Lessing in 1996.
Hopefully Sam will be in with a chance of doing something spectacular in Paris again next year. Check out this blog as we pinpoint the crucial stages fro a rider like Sam at the 2021 Tour de France sportstravelinternational.com… #IrelandsSportsTravelExperts
