Fact of the day

The 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles were the shortest to date, lasting 16 days. Between Paris 1900 and Amsterdam 1928, no Games lasted less than 79 days. Since 1932, no Games has lasted longer than 18 days. The 1896 Athens Olympics lasted only nine days. 

Triathlon Diary

Championship Series
Yokohama , Japan - 22 August 2009 - 23 August 2009
 
ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships
Incheon, South Korea - 28 August 2009 - 30 August 2009
 
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final
Gold Coast, Australia - 9 September 2009 - 13 September 2009
 
ITU Duathlon World Championships
Concord, United States of America - 26 September 2009
 
ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
Perth, Australia - 21 October 2009 - 25 October 2009
 
ITU Triathlon World Cup
Huatulco, Mexico - 8 November 2009
 
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU Triathlon World Championship Grand Final
Budapest, Hungary - 8 September 2010 - 12 September 2010
 
19th Commonwealth Games
New Delhi, India - 3 October 2010 - 14 October 2010
 
XXX Olympic Games
London, Great Britain - 27 July 2012 - 12 August 2012
 
20th Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, Great Britain - 23 July 2014 - 4 August 2014