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Monday, 26 July 2021, 2:12 pm After more than a decade of meticulous planning with his team, it was Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt who was crowned the men’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon Champion on Monday morning on Odaiba Bay, delivering one of the most gutsy runs possible to take the tape with a roar, at the end of a truly epic battle of wills. For much of the run, Great Britain’s Alex Yee looked like he might just continue his remarkable rise all the way to the top of the triathlon tree, only for the inimitable Norwegian to put in one final and ultimately

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailJTumblrLLinkedIn16 hours ago There were embarrassing and chaotic scenes at the start of the men's triathlon in Tokyo, before Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway won a thrilling race to the finish, and vomited after crossing the line. When the starting gun went off, half of the field of triathletes were blocked from diving in the water by a TV boat which got in the way. A TV boat is seen at the triathlon (Getty images) It was incredibly fortunate that no-one was injured by the twin outboard motors on the vessel as it hastily maneuvered away. In the confusion of the mo...

by doug.gray@triathlon.org on 25 Jul, 2021 11:51 • Español After more than a decade of meticulous planning with his team, it was Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt who was crowned the men’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon Champion on Monday morning on Odaiba Bay, delivering one of the most gutsy runs possible to take the tape with a roar, at the end of a truly epic battle of wills. For much of the run, Great Britain’s Alex Yee looked like he might just continue his remarkable rise all the way to the top of the triathlon tree, only for the inimitable Norwegian to put in one final and ultima...

Advertisement Tokyo: Jake Birtwhistle was kicked in the face and broke his nose. And that was before the triathlon officially began. Triathlon is not meant to be a contact sport. In farcical scenes at the start of the men’s triathlon on Tokyo Bay, the starter’s gun went off but half the field were left standing on the pontoon with a large boat in their way. So one half of the field jumped in and the other half stood there wondering what to do. The field was recalled after swimming 50 metres or so and the race was re-set. Half of the field were left on the pontoon at the first start of th...

Triathlon's wild ride at Tokyo Olympics: A false start, a broken nose, and an unbelievable finish Norway comes out on top with a dramatic finish as Australia's top ranked triathlete Jake Birtwhistle leaves battered in a Tokyo 2020 men's triathlon to remember. 27 July 2021 A false start, a suspected broken nose for Australia's top ranked triathlete, and incredible scenes at the finish made the Tokyo 2020 men's triathlon one to remember. Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt, ranked number two in the world, kept checking over his shoulder as he ran the final 100 metres not quite believing ...