Sentence examples for swim leg from inspiring English sources

Henderson said even longtime racers could have trouble in the swim leg.

In April organizers called off the swim leg of the New Orleans 70.3 race because of high winds.

Born without a right forearm – PT2 athletes are the most severely impaired, PT4 the least – she has dominated her class, especially the swim leg, since 2014.

Some athletes said the swift currents in the Hudson between 97th Street and the 79th Street Boat Basin, the end point for the swim leg, left them shaken.

"I mean, to swim in the Hudson River... " The current was so swift that many of the elite racers finished the swim leg in under 10 minutes.

Burke and other triathlon experts said they believed widening participation in triathlons had led to more inexperienced athletes' subjecting themselves to the rigors of a race, with potentially dire consequences in the swim leg.

A 2010 study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 13 of the 14 deaths in triathlons from 2006 to 2008 took place during the swim legs.

In August, a 64-year-old man died after a heart attack during the swimming leg of the New York City Triathlon.

The swimming leg of the Olympics will be in the Queen's pond of choice, the Serpentine.

The competitor, Amy Martich, 40, of Elmhurst, Ill., was pulled from the Hudson River during the swimming leg that opened the three-phase race.

A 64-year-old man died after having a heart attack during the swimming leg of Sunday's New York City Triathlon, race officials said.