Everyone knows that Nice hosted a very successful Ironman 70.3 World Championships in 2019. However, Nice’s triathlon history goes way back, well before the emergence of Ironman 70.3.
In 1982 IMG launched the Nice Triathlon, an event made for TV with the purpose of competing with Ironman’s Hawaii event and broadcast. It gained immediate prominence when 7 out 57 entrants were hospitalised after the 1,500m swim in the 14C Mediteranean Sea. (The event was held in November.) With the biggest prize purse in the sport it secured the best athletes in the sport to take part in the event. Triathlon Legend Mark Allen won it 10 consecutive times!
During the 80s the distance changed from 1.5km swim, 100km bike, 42km run to a 4km swim, 120km swim and 30km run, which was adopted by ETU and later ITU as the official long course distance.
In 2002 the event changed into Ironman France.
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