How do you qualify for an Olympic triathlon team?

General Eligibility Be a U.S. citizen OR. Be a U.S. national – someone who has resided in the U.S. for three consecutive years and has not competed for their country of citizenship in the prior year. Team USA eligible athletes must not have competed for their country of citizenship in the prior year.

How hard is it to do an Olympic triathlon?

The distances essentially double—an Olympic-distance triathlon includes a 0.93-mile (1.5K) swim, a 24.8-mile (40K) bike and a 6.2-mile (10K) run. It’s just far enough to challenge you without making your training feel overwhelming.

How do you qualify for a triathlon pro card?

Becoming and Being a Professional Triathlete 101

1. Top 10 overall amateur at worlds (ITU or Kona)
2. Top 5 overall amateur at nationals.
3. Top 3 overall amateur at a qualifying race, being any race that has a corresponding elite race offering at least a $20,000 prize purse — as a approximation of quality of field and size.

Is Olympic triathlon draft legal?

In the bike leg of the Olympic triathlon, competitors are allowed to draft off of one another. Although drafting is allowed, competitors are not allowed to block out other riders. No forward progress is allowed without the bicycle.

What is a good time for Olympic triathlon?

An Olympic Triathlon is a 51.5 kilometers long race, with a 1.5K swim, a 40K bike, and a 10K run. For elite women, breaking 2 hours in the distance is a great time.

What is a good triathlon time for a beginner?

For the beginner triathlete, it will take about 1 hour 50 minutes to complete their first sprint distance triathlon. If we break down the average sprint triathlon time, this should take the novice triathlete around 2 minutes per 100 m in the swim. 1 hour for the bike leg, and up to 30 minutes to complete the run.

What is a good first triathlon time?

To finish near the top of your age category, under 1.5 hours is a good ballpark time. Elite men and women typically finish under the one hour mark, although women might be a little bit higher. Obviously, this depends on the race course and how hilly it is, as well as the weather.

How many laps is 1500 meters?

Olympic-size pools are 50 meters in length, so it takes 30 laps to reach 1,500 meters, which is 0.93 miles. It is the longest Olympic swimming event that’s not in open water. If you’re swimming in your local pool, which is usually 25 yards long, that’s 66 laps.

How fast are pro triathletes?

Then taking into account the shorter distances (sprint triathlon and Olympic distance), and you have a wide range of average bike speeds. The average speed over the Ironman distance can reach speeds of up to 43.3 km/h (Cameron Wurf Ironman Italy). But typically the professionals will average around 41-42 km/hr.

How hard is it to be a pro triathlete?

It has become very difficult if not impossible to earn a living racing non-Ironman events, and this does mean you are at the mercy of what direction the World Triathlon Corporation decides to the take the sport. Do not expect sponsors to contact you once you obtain your pro card, or even if you are racing well.

How do you qualify for the elite triathlon?

2020 Elite Qualifying Races: All triathlons sanctioned by an ITU recognized National Federation or the ITU with 200 or more participating athletes and a corresponding elite race in the same distance with $20,000 or more in elite prize money shall be Elite Qualifying Races.

Are sprint triathlons draft-legal?

Draft-Legal National Championships The World Triathlon Sprint-Distance Triathlon and Duathlon World Championships are now organized in a draft-legal format.

Is Ironman draft-legal?

IRONMAN recently announced a standardized global competition rule in 2015 for their worldwide events with a drafting zone length of 10 meters. Depending on the logistics of the race and your strengths, this is a huge drafting opportunity to take advantage of and remain completely legal.

How many miles do you swim in an Ironman 140.6 race?

One of the most often asked questions asked by triathletes considering signing up for an Ironman triathlon is “How far do you swim in an Ironman?” In a full Ironman triathlon race you swim 2.4 miles (3.8km). The swim is the first event of a full Ironman totaling 140.6 miles (51.5km).