Astronaut Finishes Triathlon In Space
Astronaut Sunita Williams completed a triathlon in space by running, biking and "swimming" along with athletes during the Malibu Triathlon.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams completed a triathlon in space by running, biking and “swimming” along with athletes during the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California over the weekend.
“A big shout out to our astronaut strength andconditioning folks, who were really interested in this and who got this whole workout together,” Williams said, thanking the NASA Exercise Lab staff and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical correspondent who trained with Williams before her launch and completed the race in Malibu.
“Thanks everybody for your support and ideas about health and fitness and how important it is for humans and getting us back into long-duration spaceflight. I’m happy to be done. It wasn’t easy, and I’m sure everybody in California’s very happy to be done too,” she said from the International Space Station on Sunday after she crossed the orbital finish line.
Williams, who is the US commander of the Expedition 33 crew aboard the space station orbiting Earth about 240 miles (386 km) overhead, used exercise equipment that included a stationary bike, treadmill and strength-training machine specially formulated for weightlessness to simulate the triathlon experience in space.
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