Triathlon-Brave Blummenfelt wins gold for Norway

Triathlon-Brave Blummenfelt wins gold for Norway

By Naveel Krishant
Monday 26/07/2021
Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt. [Image: Yahoo Sports]

Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt backed his endurance to take the sting out of two young hotshot rivals as he delivered a devastating late surge to break clear on a sweltering run leg and take gold in a thrilling men's Olympic triathlon.

Blummenfelt was part of a huge group of almost 40 that came off the 40km bike leg together but looked anything but a favourite among some young speedsters.

However, he dug deep to keep driving at the front as the group was whittled down to three, before surging clear in the final kilometre to finish in one hour, 45 minutes and 04 seconds to take Norway's first medal in the sport.

Alex Yee's silver made Britain the most successful nation in the Olympic triathlon, which joined the programme in 2000.

Fellow 23-year-old Hayden Wilde of New Zealand also ran strongly to take bronze.

[Source: Reuters]

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