Rainbow flags are now banned from triathlons.

The 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final on September 19, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

The International Triathlon Union has imposed a ban on rainbow flags at official triathlon events.

The international sporting organisation, which is the governing body for triathlon events across the world, imposed the new rule in its recently-revised 2019 rulebook…