Triathlon

Triathlon is made up of 3 different sports, the order of the sports is swimming, cycling, then running. There are certain distances for each sport. Swimming is a 1500m swim, 43 km bike, and a 10 km run. There is no breaks in the middle of the race so you have to be very fit. This is all about going from start to finish first.

Officials The officials are assigned to many different places along the triathlon track from start to finish. Rule Breaking All around the track athletes can be penalized for errors. You can be penalized for blocking or shoving another athlete, not completing the transition fully, like keeping the bike helmet on when running, or cycle into the transition zone. Time penalties are given either in transition areas or the penalty box. Transition area The transition area is where the athletes change to a different sport. There are 110 athletes. 55 men and 55 women. Each country can only have 6 athletes. 3 men and 3 women.

Events There are only 2 triathlon events. The men’s triathlon is on August 7 th and the women's triathlon is on August 4 th.

Hyde Park Hyde park is the biggest of London's royal parks and has been open to the public ever since There are 2 events being held here, they are swimming and triathlon.