The triathlon is a recent sport.Triathlon began in California in the early 1970s. Theye,some athletes started the three-sport race becuase they wanted to make their training exciting. One of these athletes moved to Hawaii and took the sport with him. In 1978, competitors held the first professional triathlon race in Hawaii. It was called the Ironman World Championship. In 1982,this race become famous becuase of the televised performance of Jalia Moss. She was twenty-three years old, and it was her first competition. Exhausted, she was running toward the finish line.
Suddenly, 3 meters before the line, she fell down. She tried to get up, but she tried to get up, but she kept falling. She finally crawled across the finish line. Television cameras showed the world her dramatic struggle. She lost that year, but she tried again.
Finally, in 1985, she won Ironman Japan, This was the start of the Ironman's popularity.