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Jul 25, 2021 · After a false start to the race, Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt won the men’s triathlon Olympic gold medal following a three-way battle for the title. The Norwegian, who was in fifth position after the 1,500m swim and 40km cycle legs, finished in a time of one hour, 45 minutes and four seconds.
Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete, Olympic and world champion, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2]
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Known and highly respected as one of the hardest-training triathletes in the world (he freely admits to putting his body through its paces for more than eight hours a day), Kristian Blummenfelt is testament to the dictum that the rewards go to those who put the effort in. He is – pretty much indisputably – the best triathlete in the world right now...
August 2013: The national title while still a teen
As a hint that he will be a dominant force within Norwegian triathlon for many years, 19-year-old Blummenfelt wins the national championships for the first time. More national titles – and international ones too – are heading his way.
May 2016: A first appearance on a WTS podium
After a spirited run in which he goes toe-to-toe with Mario Mola for a significant period of the leg, a tiring Blummenfelt holds on to take bronze in Yokohama. Not only is it his first WTS podium finish, it’s his first top- 10 placing, too. Three months later, he finishes 13th at the Rio Olympics. 1. Alistair Brownlee wins Olympic gold in Rio
September 2017: The Norwegian scoops an overall WTS bronze
At the Grand Final in Rotterdam, Blummenfelt takes his third second-place of the season, earning him overall bronze and a place on the podium alongside the mighty Spaniards, Mario Mola and Javier Gómez. 1. Luis wins Rotterdam, but Mola takes 2nd world title
On being an all-rounder racer:“I think long distances suit me better than shorter ones. I have the dream of winning all the races.” On capturing Olympic gold in Tokyo: “I’ve been thinking about this race for so many years. I was on holiday here many years ago and thought to myself, ‘Okay, your goal is to win an Olympic gold medal here’.” On his Iro...
His focus is now fully in short-course mode as he sets about winning Olympic, triathlon gold-medal no.2 for Norway in 2024. Top image credit:Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
May 7, 2022 · Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt became the first triathlete to earn an Olympic gold medal and an Ironman world championship in the same year span, rallying to win the latter in St. George, Utah, on Saturday.
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May 7, 2022 · Kristian Blummenfelt won the Ironman World Championship, his first, with a time of 7 hours 49 minutes and 16 seconds. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images For Ironman. By Matthew Futterman and...
Jul 22, 2022 · But once Olympic champ Kristian Blummenfelt turned it on just before halfway through the run he moved his way quickly through the field and took the lead at mile 18. He crossed the line in 7:49:16 to win his first Ironman world title just 10 months after winning the Olympic title, then embraced his coach, collapsed just past the finish, and was ...
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Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt has won the men's triathlon in a time of one hour, 45 minutes and four seconds, 11 seconds ahead of Britain's Alex Yee. New Zealand's Hayden Wilde was third.
