Alex Yee wins silver for Team GB as exhausted triathlon winner requires wheelchair
Alex Yee received silver within the males’s triathlon for Team GB after an epic race within the Tokyo warmth which noticed Norwegian winner Kristian Blummenfelt requiring a wheelchair after crossing the road.
The 23-year-old Londoner was in competition for the gold till the final mile when Blummenfelt kicked on for the road.
It regarded like the person from Bergen had gone a bit early however he was robust sufficient to carry on and full the race in 1.45.04, with Yee crossing the road 11 seconds later.
It was a brutally sizzling day in Tokyo, with quite a few athletes collapsing to the bottom after ending the race and Blummenfelt being wheeled away in a chair.
The Norwegian had already thrown up shortly after profitable the race, after being congratulated by Yee.
The race had been moved to a begin time of 6.30am to take care of the warmth, with temperatures round 27° and humidity of 75% regardless of the early begin.
Chatting with the BBC after the race, Yee mentioned: ‘Bit weird actually that its me that’s doing this, I’m a standard man from south-east London. Desires do come true, it’s loopy.
‘It’s been a tricky preparation part for this Video games. In coaching I believe I went a lot tougher than on this race. Sadly he was the higher man on the day and second was the perfect I might have gotten on the day.’
The Norwegian champion regained his colleges and informed the BBC: ‘It’s surreal.
‘It’s been on my thoughts to win this race for over 10 years. So to truly deliver it residence, I’ve been sincere about my ambition to win the gold medal, so to deliver it house is unbelievable.’
Yee got here into the Olympics in fantastic type having claimed first place on the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Sequence in Leeds earlier this yr.
It was solely this outcome that confirmed his place within the Olympic triathlon crew and Yee was thrilled to only be going to Tokyo, a good distance from desirous about profitable a medal in Japan.
‘I do know it’s a cliché, however I’m over the moon,’ Yee mentioned after making the crew.
‘I used to be massively impressed after watching London 2012 in my residence metropolis, and now to be chosen to characterize Group GB after the delay, Covid and the challenges everybody has been by means of, I’m delighted.’
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