Usage Note
Dreikampf is any three-event contest (athletic or school sport). In powerlifting it denotes the three lifts (Kniebeuge, Bankdrücken, Kreuzheben). Do not confuse with Triathlon, the swim-bike-run race. Plural: Dreikämpfe.
Examples
"Sie siegte beim schulischen Dreikampf aus Weitsprung, Sprint und Wurf."
Natural Translation
She won the school three-discipline competition of long jump, sprint and throw.
Literal Translation
She won at the school three-contest from long-jump, sprint and throw.
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