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Mara Flavia Souza Araujo, 38, drowned during the swim portion of the Ironman Texas triathlon in The Woodlands on Saturday, according to authorities.
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The triathlon, officially named the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas, was being held in The Woodlands, located about 30 miles north of Houston.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Women’s flag football is one of four women’s sports on the NCAA’s emerging sports for women program, along with rugby, equestrian and triathlon.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Those women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, equestrian, soccer, swimming and driving, rifle, volleyball, and triathlon.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The triathlon, officially named the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas, was being held in The Woodlands, located about 30 miles north of Houston.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Women’s flag football is one of four women’s sports on the NCAA’s emerging sports for women program, along with rugby, equestrian and triathlon.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Those women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, equestrian, soccer, swimming and driving, rifle, volleyball, and triathlon.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Medals clanked around their necks as winners from the nine-member decathlon team at Granada Hills Charter High School strutted onto campus Tuesday, met by cheers and claps, bringing home yet another U.S. Academic Decathlon victory.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon — first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 — with a season-best 4,498 points.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Feyerabend, Mountain West’s reigning indoor pentathlon champion, won four of five events en route to a personal best of 4,270 points and a 206-point victory.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Upon her return to Ring of Honor, she was thrust into a tournament to determine the first ROH women’s pure champion.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The new, 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for a total of 12 involving 24 teams — into the front half of the first week of the men’s and the women’s tournaments.—
Eddie Pells,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The heptathlon is a seven-event test — consisting of the high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash, shot put, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run — conducted over two days.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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How other Longhorns did at the Texas Relays In other Relays news, UT sophomore Tabea Eitel, who was second in the heptathlon after Wednesday's competition, finished second Thursday.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
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Friendly competition is part of the fuel for starter Davis Martin.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The concept of everyone coming together for one evening — and pausing their competition for the good of the overall TV business — had some legs.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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Simu Liu, Steve Aoki, Rainn Wilson, Jay Shetty and Diplo were there, as was Holland’s other half, Zendaya, who showed up to support BERO and his tourney.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Brantley is top seed in District 3 and is set to play a Tuesday semifinal and the Wednesday final at tourney host Apopka (19-6).—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The race took on the dimensions of a proxy battle between OpenAI and Anthropic, a clash of money and priorities that seems likely to prefigure other midterm contests.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Race remains a toss-up The 2026 gubernatorial contest has been an undulating, unpredictable whirlwind.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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