TRIATHLON
Triathlon is an endurance sport that combines swimming, road cycling and distance running, performed in that order.
Events are conducted over a variety of distances but the ‘Olympic distance’ for men and women is a 1,500-metre swim, 40km bike rideand 10km run.
The sport developed in the United States during the 1970s and became part of the Olympic programme at the Sydney 2000 Games, when more than half a million spectators lined the city streets to cheer the athletes.
As well as individual men’s and women’s events an exciting development for Tokyo 2020 is the inclusion of a new mixed relay, with teams of two men and two women competing over a short-course triathlon (300m swim, 8km bike, 2km run) before tagging a teammate to set off.
National Federation: Triathlon Ireland
International Federation: International Triathlon Union
TRIATHLON NEWS
TEAM IRELAND TRIATHLETES NAMED FOR KRAKOW EUROPEAN GAMES 2023
Team Ireland is set to field a full team across the Triathlon events at the European Games in Krakow this summer. Tokyo Olympian Carolyn Hayes as well as Erin McConnell will compete in the Women’s Individual event, with in-form James Edgar and Luke McCarron competing in the Men’s Individual race. Ireland will also compete in […]
A Day In The Life Of Triathlete James Edgar | Make A Difference
James Edgar is a 23 year old from Lisburn who last year moved from 600th in the World rankings to just outside the top 100. Kickstarting his 2023 season, Edgar has been on an International podium in three out four races. Not bad for the beginning of May. However, it’s not just triathlon that Edgar […]
PARIS 2024 REVEALS TRIATHLON ROUTE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Paris 2024 have worked with World Triathlon and the relevant public authorities to create the routes that will go through the heart of the French capital. The starting point will be a floating pontoon positioned at the base of the Pont Alexandre III bridge where there is expected to be seating for 1,000 spectators. Pont […]
RECIPIENTS OF OFI MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND
ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED WITH €115,000 DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 16 SPORTS Following an overwhelming response in applications to the Make a Difference athlete fund that was announced by the OFI Athletes’ Commission earlier this year, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has channelled an additional €50,000 directly to athletes. Athletes across sixteen sports were awarded a total amount […]
SELECTED ATHLETES
Carolyn Hayes
BIOGRAPHY Carolyn first represented Ireland at water polo. She later dominated the domestic triathlon scene but only made her international debut in 2014 at age 26. She is a doctor but put her medical career on hold in 2018 to train fulltime. Her first World Cup podium was silver in Kazakhstan in 2019 when she [...]
Russell White
BIOGRAPHY Russell played hockey for Ulster and was a swimming star for Lisburn SC before transferring to triathlon. His first international race was in 2010 and he debuted on the World Triathlon Series in 2014 when he also finished 18th in the U23 World Championships. In 2018 he was 14th at the Commonwealth Games and [...]