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World Triathlon Podcast #43 - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt

By doug.gray@triathlon.org | 29 Jul, 2021
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Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt was heading back to his home town of Bergen on Tuesday for the first time in seven months. He had in his bag an Olympic gold medal and in his head a stack of memories from a race that could have hardly gone any better for him. The stage was set from the moment he was able to bridge to the lead group on the bike, but it still took a monumental effort over the final 1km to shake off the challenge of Great Britain’s Alex Yee.

On the latest episode of the World Triathlon podcast, the champion took time to dial in from Haneda Airport and relive some of the magic of that day and the people that helped him realise a dream over a decade in the making.

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Related Event: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
26 - Jul, 2021 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 01:45:04
2. Alex Yee GBR 01:45:15
3. Hayden Wilde NZL 01:45:24
4. Marten Van Riel BEL 01:45:52
5. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:45:53
6. Kevin McDowell USA 01:45:54
7. Bence Bicsák HUN 01:45:56
DSQ. Igor Polyanskiy ROC DSQ
DNF. Henri Schoeman RSA DNF
DNF. Alois Knabl AUT DNF
Results: Elite Women
LAP. Anna Godoy Contreras ESP LAP
LAP. Ashleigh Gentle AUS LAP
LAP. Jaz Hedgeland AUS LAP
LAP. Zsófia Kovács HUN LAP
LAP. Joanna Brown CAN LAP
LAP. Mengying Zhong CHN LAP
LAP. Kaidi Kivioja EST LAP
LAP. Basmla Elsalamoney EGY LAP
LAP. Gillian Sanders RSA LAP
LAP. Vendula Frintova CZE LAP
Results: Mixed Relay
1. Team I Great Britain GBR 01:23:41
2. Team I United States USA 01:23:55
3. Team I France FRA 01:24:04
4. Team I Netherlands NED 01:24:34
5. Team I Belgium BEL 01:24:36
6. Team I Germany GER 01:24:40
7. Team I Switzerland SUI 01:25:27
8. Team I Italy ITA 01:26:23
DNS. Team I Austria AUT DNS
DSQ. Team I Russian Olympic Committee ROC DSQ
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