A handful of Olympians are participating in the Boston Triathlon that is kicking off in South Boston on Sunday morning.
The event will start by swimming, then a run, change and hop on a bike.
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This is the first of two major events today. The first goes out in two waves.
The Olympic wave took off in the morning with a one and a half kilometer swim, a 35K bike ride and then running a 10K.
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The second wave called the sprint, which goes off around 8:30 with a 750 meter Swim, a 17 and a half kilometer bike ride and then a 5 and a half kilometer run. Bruins Goalie Jeremy Swayman will be among them. He’s doing the bike portion of a relay race starting around 9.
This is the first time Super Tri is in Boston. It’s a worldwide professional triathlon league with 11 Olympic medalists back from Paris participating, including 2 Americans.
They will do continuous rounds of all out-swim bike and run. The Distance includes a 300m swim a 4k bike and a 1.6k run.
