31 / 52
yesilay.org.tr
31
YEŞiLAY
•
SPRING 2015
THE RULES OF
TRIATHLON
DISCIPLINES
Swimming
Triathlon starts with swimming.
The start signals of women
and men triathletes are given
separately. Swimming branch
is generally held on the race
tracks formed in lakes, seas or
dams. Pools can also be utilized
according to the location. It is a
requirement to wear swimming
bonnet. The triathletes can swim
in whatever style they want.
Cycling
Triathlon bikes are different from
ordinary bikes. They are like
individual performance stages
racing against time. Their tires
and saddle positions are adjusted
to relax the muscles that would
work while running, which is the
following phase.
Running
After completing the cycling
phase, triathletes put back the
bikes in the places they took.
Taking their running shoes there,
the triathletes leave the field to
run the track. The finish line of
the running track is also the finish
of the competition. The overall
degrees are calculated and the
rankings are determined accord-
ing to that.
Distance
Swimming
Biking
Running
Sprint - Short
750m
20km
5km
Olimpic
1500m
40km
10km
Ironman
3800m
180km
42km 195m
CATEGORIES
T
Triathlon does not have a long history. In fact, it is a quite new sports branch. The
first triathlon competition was organized in 1978; and since then, the passion for
triathlon has been growingly increasing. It enjoys such popularity since it combines
three sports, which means it presents more than one joy in a single competition.
Combination of running, cycling and swimming disciplines prevents the sport to
get boring also for the sportsmen. Triathletes also have to be self-consistent and
always improve themselves because one does not attach so much importance
to long time records and record attempts in triathlon. And getting ahead of others
is not that hard. Triathlon is accepted in swimming, cycling and running branches
of Olympics. The sport is changeable according to the peculiarities of the location
it is organized. For instance, in a place available for rafting, rafting might replace
swimming. Or in a place available for winter sports, skiing might replace swimming.