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Olympics 101: Triathlon

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    Three-sport discipline tests the endurance of an athlete in swimming, cycling and running

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I at let's start a debate that Allen now attitude.

-- like -- -- this former.

Slam all -- life.

Great job that via ocean.

-- and there.

My card competition so runs boom times.

Point -- service -- Just got events like that that kind of got me interested is a multi sport competitions.

2002.

Management's -- -- And well I got a bike and started doing bike races now.

-- -- -- -- So let's back up a little bit and talk about Lance Armstrong but particularly about the black went -- -- -- you want to take.

He wouldn't -- -- time yet what made it you wanna take it and I plan on incorporate the bike use smaller.

It -- gotten trapped bonds and then when the cycling.

And are just doing.

I feel like I'm not.

Denied being an athlete.

College.

-- somethings I got in the sound collegiate cycling races.

And Austin watched videos.

The Olympic level.

Track bonds and -- pays geysers -- stores like me.

His -- source that are big and they out wide shoulders.

Is just smaller stores.

You know -- that decade produced -- -- stuff that was first.

Life.

Just.

And that led -- -- obviously this -- just had a good time on the bike.

I just kind of job -- Leon competitors.

-- And but the main thing was I just had fallen and and it just got.

And just really went forward in the next few years.

After that first -- one you know.

You know went under.

The -- like that's like my main goal oriented which is just like make up another -- how to how to and it's sort of transpire incidents.

Yeah -- now.

-- being -- professional.

I really I.

I just -- and have watched these -- The best guys love racing announcement and I think I can do that Mohammed and and -- there.

In the history -- -- Sort of -- way and when I stumbled upon these videos back in 2000.

The area -- like I can do that and really see myself wasting.

No idea how many it.

-- usage ponson -- you know this -- it can't get any development squad.

Now you're not the kind of -- them and four and they just kept saying -- me.

And I was so persistent.

And eventually I got invited to camp -- -- pertains to this national -- in January.

Compassion -- my life and just.

-- the -- one in the camp for a couple months announcement.

Okay I'd be out here in your program now like the development programs now.

So I don't know at the nationals then I'd be all right guys I mean you -- -- -- said the dollar got some of the dollar program that terminated him.

And eventually -- day.

I got into the pipeline there.

So -- on became the sport and the US as one of -- I -- adding an ethical.

The US won a bronze Athens and -- This is woman is miles.

-- of the guys was done.

Was still there personally so.

And you know this place is.

We can work with -- against our competitors.

-- so if I can get to a breakaway.

On the bike.

Listen you you guys.

We can pull away and his commitment to -- People that night you get them down I'll tell us.

Yeah because I haven't made an Olympic team that.

The cosmic in the second third fourth Olympic team.

Yeah I think would be a failure by the way into the -- now.

I just to.

Yet the Olympics and participating Olympic Games for the very first time and not that old.

You're still taking you're still an Olympian for the rest of your life.

And that's --