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Senior Sports Reporter
THE curtain comes down on the 2015/16 Zimbabwe triathlon season with the final event being held in Mount Pleasant, Harare, on Sunday. Registration is on Saturday for the event, which will start with the Trikids and Trisports followed by prize giving.

For the senior event, each team has to have three participants, with each required to complete an entire Short Mini and then tag the next team mate on completion of the run section.

The first team to cross the finish line will be the winners of the Relay Challenge and will be awarded the Challenge Trophy

A triathlon is a multiple stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines.

While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed “transitions” between the individual swim, cycle, and run components.

The Olympic, or “standard” distance in triathlon is a 1, 500-metre swim, 40 kilometre bike ride, and 10 kilometre run.