Sentence examples for kilometer swim from inspiring English sources

Turns out, the 1.5 kilometer swim isn't a half-mile, as I thought.

But as it turned out after a 1.5 kilometer swim in the harbor, a 40-kilometer bike ride and a 10-kilometer run, the only nation that came close to a sweep was Switzerland.

The Ironman Triathlon: This 2.4 mile (3.9 kilometer) swim, 112 mile (180 kilometer) bike ride and 26.2 mile (42.2 kilometer) marathon is probably the most famous.

The triathlon consisted of a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 40-kilometer bike ride and a 10-kilometer run.

The race involved a 1.5-kilometer swim in the Potomac River, a 40-kilometer bike ride through the city and a 10-kilometer run.

In 2010, a 26-year-old Pennsylvania man, Fran Crippen, died near the finish of a 10-kilometer swim in the warm waters off the United Arab Emirates.

The addition of the triathlon -- 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike ride and 10-kilometer run -- to the Olympics in 2000 has not hurt the event's profile, either.

They hope to compete later this year in a half-Ironman competition, which consists of a 1.9-kilometer swim, a 90-kilometer bike ride and a 21.1-kilometer run.

The Olympic triathlon will consist of a 1.5-kilometer swim (just under a mile), a 40-kilometer bike ride (nearly 25 miles) and a 10-kilometer run (6.2 miles) -- distances shorter than the Ironman.

Recreation Nautica New York Triathlon (Sunday) It's too late to register for this competition, consisting of a 1.5-kilometer swim in the Hudson River, followed by a 40-kilometer bicycle ride along the West Side and a 10-kilometer run in Central Park.

Her winning time in the event — a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 40-kilometer bike ride and the run — was 1 hour 58 minutes 27 seconds, nearly 67 seconds faster than Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal, the 22-year-old who already has the most World Cup victories ever.