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Brownlee and Spirig plotting to break iron-distance triathlon world records Thursday, 28 January 2021 Back-to-back Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee is one of four athletes who will look to break the iron-distance triathlon world record next year. Britain s London 2012 and Rio 2016 gold medallist is set to take on the iron distance, which features a 3.8-kilometre swim, 180km cycle and 42km run. The 42km run is an athletics marathon in its own right. Brownlee is tentatively scheduled to embark on the record attempt between March and May in 2022, along with Norway s Kristian Blummenfelt, who holds the half-iron-distance world record. The men s world record of 7 hours 35min 39sec is currently held by Germany s Jan Frodeno, but the pair want to break the seven-hour mark under the Pho3nix SUB7 banner. ....
/PRNewswire/ On 27 January 2021, four of the most successful and decorated athletes in Olympic and triathlon history announced an audacious attempt to push. ....