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Good Sports: TRIATHLON IN SPACE
Compiled/partly written by Melvin Durai 
November 2012
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams recently completed a triathlon in space—swimming half a mile, biking 18 miles, and running four miles. Well, not exactly. While athletes competed in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in Southern California, Williams put her body through a similar workout inside the International Space Station, using a stationary bike, treadmill, and strength-training machine. She finished the race in one hour, 48 minutes and 33 seconds—as long as it takes most of us to wipe the dust off our exercise machines.
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