The IRONMAN Story The single-day endurance event now known as IRONMAN was the brainchild of Judy and John Collins, a couple who moved from California to Hawai'i in 1975. The Collins family had participated in the Mission Bay Triathlon in San Diego on 25 September 1974. That event now ...
Not many people knew about the Ironman Triathlon until "ABC's Wide World of Sports" started to cover it in 1980. Then in 1982, television viewers were shocked, stunned and horrified to watch the women's leader (a college student who entered to get information for her thesis paper on exerc...
The club's first event consisted of a 10 km run, an 8 km cycle and a 500 m swim, but over the next decade, triathlon grew in leaps and bounds and soon gained recognition throughout the world. The first Ironman competition was held in Hawaii in 1978 and gained worldwide recognition in...
Look back on some of the most iconic moments from the past 40 years at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
ride and a 26.2-mile run.This is an amazing achievement for anyone,but it's especially special to this American man who has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).He has also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first person in history with Down syndrome to complete an I...
Dean Karnazes – Iconic ultrarunner, author of “Ultramarathon Man” Lance Armstrong – World Champion, US Pro Road Race Champion, 4x Olympian George Hincapie – 5x Olympian, 3x US Pro Road Race Champion Normann Stadler – 2004, 2006 Ironman World Champion ...
【题目】On November 7, 2020, 21-year-old ChrisNikic made history as the first person with Down syndrome(唐氏综合征)to attempt and complete an Ironman Triathlon(铁人三项).Guinness World Records recognized Chris's achievement after he finished a 2.4-mile swim, a112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-...
根据“Guinness World Records ___11___recognized Chris as the world's first person with Down syndrome to finish an Ironman Triathlon. ”可知,Chris被载入史册,go down in history为固定搭配,意为“载入史册”。故选B。 (11)题详解: 考查副词词义辨析。句意:吉尼斯世界纪录正式认定克里斯为世界上第一个...
Three miles (5 km) to the north of Kailua-Kona is Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, a 1,160-acre (470-hectare) area that preserves an ancient Hawaiian settlement. The town annually hosts an international billfish tournament (since 1959) and an ironman triathlon (begun 1978). Pop....
“I got my first Zipp frame 11 days before Kona in 1991,” says Greg Welch, who went on to finish second that year before winning the Ironman World Championship in 1994 on a Softride. “It was the thickest frame out there, so sometimes you paid for it in the crosswinds, but there wa...