Tichifunga nezvemashoko aya pamusoro petriathlon yemazuva ano, gore ripi rakaumbwa nevatangi vaviri veMission Bay triathlon?
Context:Mhemberero yokutanga yemazuva ano yokushambira/kuchovha bhasikoro/kumhanya yakaitirwa paMission Bay, San Diego, California musi waSeptember 25, 1974. Mujaho wacho wakatangwa uye wakatungamirirwa nenhengo mbiri dzeSan Diego Track Club, Jack Johnstone naDon Shanahan. Johnstone anoyeuka kuti akanga ari chikamu che70s inomhanya craze muAmerica uye kuti mushure mekupinda mumakwikwi mashomanana akanga asiri kuwanazve "kugadzikana kwake kwepakati" pasinei nokuti ave ari nhengo ye1957 Collegiate uye AAU All-American swim teams. Zvadaro muna 1973, Johnstone akaziva nezveDave Pain Birthday Biathlon, kumhanya kwemakiromita 7,2 kuchiteverwa nokushambira kwakarongwa semakiromita 0,4 (kure chaiko kwaingova pakati pemamita 200 ne300). Gore rakatevera racho, pashure pokukwikwidza munhangemutange yacho kechipiri ndokuiswa pakati pevane gumi vokutanga, Johnstone aida zvakawanda zvorudzi urwu rwomutambo uye achisimbisa zvakaenzana kushambira. Naizvozvo akakumbira sachigaro weSan Diego Track Club uyo akamuudza kuti aizowedzera nhangemutange pakarenda yekirabhu. Asi Johnstone ndiye aifanira kuronga nhangemutange yacho yose, uye panguva imwe cheteyo aifanira kutaura naDon Shanahan kuitira kuti pasave nemakwikwi "akashata" akawanda zvikuru papurogiramu yekirabhu. Shanahan akaudza Johnstone kuti aida kuisa gumbo remabhasikoro kumakwikwi; nepo Johnstone achizeza akabvuma kuwedzerwa. Pakutumidza chiitiko ichi vaviri vacho vakashandisa nzira yekutumidza mazita isina kubvumidzwa zviri pamutemo yezviitiko zvemitambo yakawanda, yakatoshandiswa kare pentathlon, heptathlon, uye decathlon. Saka vakashandisa shoko rechiGiriki rokuti tri (matatu) kureva nhamba yemakwikwi acho, vachiteverwa nerokuti athlon, saka vakapa mutambo wacho zita rokuti Mission Bay Triathlon. Kunokosha kucherechedza kuti hapana mumwe wavakatanga akanga anzwa nezvezviitiko zveFrance; vose vari vaviri vaidavira kuti rudzi rwavo rwakanga rwuri pfungwa yakasiyana nedzimwe.
Triathlon yemazuva ano inofungidzirwa kuti yakaitika muna 1974 apo yakavambwa nenhengo mbiri dzeSan Diego track club, Don Shanahan naJack Johnstone. Kunyange zvazvo vaviri vacho vanonzi ndivo vakatanga mutambo wacho, zvinokosha kunzwisisa kuti hazvisi zvinhu zvose zvinogadzirwa uye zvinotengwa nevaAmerica. Mutambo wacho unogona kuteverwa kudzokera kuFrance muna 1901, wakatanga kunzi "Le Trois Sports", waibatanidza mitambo yeBhasikoro, Kumhanya uye Canoe. Mamwe marudzi emitambo yakasiyana-siyana akaitika pamberi pa1974 kusanganisira biathlon yaisanganisira kumhanya kwemakiromita 7.2 kuchiteverwa nekushambira kwemakiromita 0.4 asi Kunyange zvakadaro, musi wa25 Gunyana 1974, triathlon mission bay muSan Diego, California yakazvarwa.