Post 1 of 60 views I'm sure there's been a post about this already. Did it provide passion and motivation to the athletes? Organizers asked college volunteers to tone it down in recent years. Thus speedos and bikinis are the chosen pieces of clothing.
Including wetsuit removal and getting on and off the bike. The only obviously gender inequality in triathlon is the cap on professional competitors for the Ironman World Championships in Kona. For this event, there are 15 more slots allocated for men than women — 50 for men, and 35 for women. Why is that? The race attracted 46 competitors. Like all growing sports, eventually moderation was required, and the International Triathlon Union was founded in , with the intention of turning the sport into an Olympic discipline — a goal they succeeded in in the year There are the same prizes, same distances and same courses.