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Definition of tetrathlon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tetrathlon

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/teˈtræθlən/
 
/teˈtræθlən/
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  1. 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 sportsc2
    Word Origin1950s: from tetra- ‘four’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’, on the pattern of pentathlon.
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