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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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Sports > Triathlon

freestyle

Sports; Triathlon

This is a kind of swimming stroke with the swimmer swimming on their stomach, their back above or skimming the top of the water. The swimmers arms move in alternating strokes and ...

breakaway

Sports; Triathlon

This is when one rider or a group of riders has sped up and has broken away from the main pack of bicyclists to get clear of the pack.

bunch

Sports; Triathlon

See Pack.

changeover

Sports; Triathlon

This is a reference to going from one event to another in the three stages of the triathlon.

classic

Sports; Triathlon

See Short Course

drafting

Sports; Triathlon

To save energy, a bicycle rider will follow closely behind another rider and use him as a windbreak. In a triathlon this is against the rules. Riders must stay at least 5.5 yards ...

drift

Sports; Triathlon

The term for a bicycle that is sliding sideways while continuing to move forward. This is usually as a result of the bicyclist taking a corner too fast.