How Canada's most extreme triathlon helped heal Lac-Mégantic, Que. - CBC.ca

When the organizers of CanadaMan/Woman, now in its fifth year, pitched the idea in 2015, Lac-Mégantic was still reeling from the 2013 rail disaster that killed 47 people. The race has helped to transform the town in ways no one could have imagined.

Thiago Menuci had never heard of Lac-Mégantic, Que., when he received an invitation to compete in a triathlon there in 2020. Menuci, 40, a coach and endurance athlete from Porto Alegre, in the south … [+8180 chars]

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