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quadrathlon

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A quadrathlon (or quadriathlon, tetrathlon) is an endurance sports event composed of four individual disciplines. All four disciplines are completed in succession and the lowest overall time decides the winner.

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  • World Cup
  • History
  • European Championships
  • Rules of the event
  • Swim
  • Bike
  • Kayak
  • Run
  • Alternate versions
  • See also
  • References
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A quadrathlon (or quadriathlon, tetrathlon) is an endurance sports event composed of four individual disciplines. All four disciplines are completed in succession and the lowest overall time decides the winner.

The World Quadrathlon Federation defines that a quadrathlon consists of {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Sprint Distance !! Middle Distance !! Long Distance |- | swimming || 0.75 kilometers || 1.5 km || 4 km |- | cycling || 20 km || 40 km || 100 km |- | kayaking || 4 km || 8 km || 20 km |- | running || 5 km || 10 km || 21 km |} in any order, though usually as above.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quadrathlon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.