tetrathlon
noun/teˈtræθlən/
/teˈtræθlən/
- a sporting event in which people compete in four different sports, usually riding, shooting, swimming and running compare biathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlonTopics Sports: water sportsc2, Sports: other sportsc2Word Origin1950s: from tetra- ‘four’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’, on the pattern of pentathlon.
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