Question: Information: - 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 word "triathlon" is of Greek origin from or "treis" ("three") and or "athlos" ("competition"). - An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a swim, a bicycle ride and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break. It is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world. - The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification races held throughout the world. History. From 1978 through 1980 the race was held on the island of Oahu, the course combining that of three events already held there: the Waikiki Roughwater Swim (2.4mi./3.86km), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115mi./185.07km, originally a two-day event), and the Honolulu Marathon. The bike stage was reduced by 3miles to link it to the start of the marathon course. In 1981 the race was moved to the less urbanized Big Island, keeping the distances the same: a open water swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hw and back, and a marathon (26miles385yards, 42.195km) run along the coast of the Big Island from Keauhou to Keahole Point and back to Kailua-Kona, finishing on Alii Drive. - The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) is a for-profit corporation, owned by Dalian Wanda Group, that organizes, promotes and licenses the Ironman Triathlon, Ironman 70.3, the 5150 series of triathlon races and several cycling, running and multisports events. WTC is also the owner of numerous "Ironman" related trademarks used both in connection with Ironman race series and in conjunction with various goods and services. - The Honolulu Marathon (branded JAL Honolulu Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is a major marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is one of the world's largest marathons, taking place annually on the second Sunday in December. The marathon is popular for its exotic location in Hawaii, and is also popular among first-time marathoners, many of whom are visitors from Japan. In addition to title sponsor Japan Airlines, the marathon is also sponsored (as of 2012) by Adidas, MUFG Financial Group, NTT Docomo, and Sato Pharmaceuticals USA. - The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides (more correctly, Philippides), a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. - Thomas Hellriegel ( born 14 January 1971 ) a.k.a. '' Hell on Wheels '' is a German Ironman triathlete . His biggest achievement is winning the 1997 Ironman World Championship . Hellriegel was also second in the event in 1995 ( to Mark Allen ) and 1996 ( to Luc Van Lierde ) . Hellriegel set the bike course record at the 1996 championship race with a time of 4:24:50 ; which had stood for 11 years , until Normann Stadler finished the bike course in a new record time at 4:18:23 . - Luc Van Lierde (born 14 April 1969 in Bruges) is a former athlete from Belgium, who has been competing in triathlon since 1990 and who is now professional triathlon coach since 2009. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'thomas hellriegel' exhibits the relationship of 'sport'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - marathon - sport - triathlon
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triathlon