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See also: iron man
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iron + man. First applied to Joe McGinnity, a baseball player who pitched 48 complete games in one season and worked in an iron foundry during the offseason.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]ironman (plural ironmen or ironmans)
- An extremely tough and strong athlete, especially one who competes in extreme athletic competitions or in a large number of games consecutively.
- (Australia) A form of surf lifesaving competition which combines swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running.
- 2011, Katrina Marie Russell, Youth Sport in Australia, page 153:
- The catalyst for this rift was the ironman, a multi-discipline sport combining swimming, running, surf-skis and paddle-boards.
Introduced to Australia in 1965 by touring American lifeguards, the ironman is a test of stamina, strength, and diverse skill.
- An extreme form of triathlon, expecially one organised by the World Triathlon Corporation that comprises a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race and a marathon run.
- 2007 July 21, Aimee Berg, “Far-From-Basic Training for a 135-Mile Footrace”, in New York Times[1]:
- “Every sense of your body is taken over by the climate,” said the New York City native Christopher Bergland, who set a record at triple ironmans (7.2-mile swim, 336-mile bike, 78.6-mile run) but failed to finish one of his three Badwater races.
- (by extension) The winner of such a lifesaving event or triathlon.
Usage notes
[edit]The plural ironmen pertains to the athlete; ironmans pertains to the event.
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[edit]See also
[edit]Iron Man (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ironman (surf lifesaving) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia