Alistair is triathlon GOAT, 2 Olympic gold medals, 22WTS wins out of 37 starts. At the age of 20 he was still leading here till 7th running kilometer. Already next year he won 5 out of 5 WtS races- more than Frodo in his whole career. Alistair is junior, u23 and 2x world champion. His winning rate in ITU WTS circuit is 60% Frodeno is triathlon legends, Alistair is best triathlete ever, often he was beating Frodeno for 2-3 minutes over 2h olympic distance races. Alistair changed way of racing, he is an athlete without weakness. Alistair would swim on Richard Varga feet (3:52 400k swimmer) then he would destroy everyone’s legs on the bike and than he would post run splits often 60-120s faster than Frodeno and co. Only Gomez was able to race with Alistair, everyone else was racing for 3rd place from 2009-2015. Frodeno has amazing 15 years career with Olympic gold and 3 Kona titles, but we should not forget how dominant Alistair Brownlee was
Nice. Thanks for uploading, been wanting to see a full replay of this race for a while. Great finale, too bad Gomez wasn't 100%. Frodeno was well deserved champion.
Gomez is probably dissapointed, so would be Brownlee. Both had the guts do to do most of the work in (I think, not 100% sure) their first ever olympics.
At 1:49:27 when Whitfield threw off his sun visor, at the time watching live on CBC I knew he was going to give everything he had to try to repeat as gold medallist 8 years after Sydney. And he almost pulled it off!
I just happened to turn it on at the time, it must have been three or four in the morning just to see the end of it. Watching him throw that visor and just give was honestly one of the most badass things I've seen and definitely represents the Olympic spirit.
where do these men find the energy to sprint after such a draining competition? Truly amazing to see what the human body is capable of achieving when you have a strong mind!
The true joy of doing the sport you love, and 11 years on, he is still racing and is at the peak of his game. Keep inspiring us mortal triathletes Frodeno!! 🤗☺️
He was German champion on the short distance. Those colours are white, while the others are black. Although I also think a little bit less transparent would be better ;-) Another example for the national jersey being white is Jan Ullrich in the 1997 Tour de France and 2001 Tour de France.
Simon had a mental lapse with just over a mile to go. That first sprint to catch group, tired him out for final finish. A tireless, fearless warrior. Congrats Frodeno, with a superior final sprint.
Interesting to see Raña and Gomez make the move that created the winning break. Wonder what was going through the minds of the 6 that made the break just prior to and after that move. Why raña went when he did and why the others hadn’t gone yet because clearly the other 5 still felt they had the legs.
Gosh I remember this race - Doughty with out Hamish Carter - 4 years later Bevan Doughty 3rd - our Champion Kiwi. Love watching History of our famous Athletes that entertained us over time. Thank you
Firstly Frodeno and Brownlee had the benefit of full careers in Olympic triathlons. Frodeno wins gold at 27 and Brownlee at 24 and 28. Whitfield did not, he was allready 25 for the first Olympic triathlon. In 2004, Whitfield miscalculated his competitors motivation to bury him in the swim, otherwise he medals, likely gold. In 2012 the crash cost him a likely Top 10 at 37. The triathlon course in London was made for Brownlee and the queen and flat as a pancake. Frodeno winning Ironman at 34, 35 and 38 is ??? Whitfield was the first, he set the bar, he did not have the same benefits as Frodeno and Brownlee who had Whitfield to motivate them. Whitfield still has my vote.
Props to Brockel for taking the gamble to bridge that breakaway of two.. unfortunately, 1 min gap isn't enough. Would have made this race more exciting if they put a euro cycling tour commentator.
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I saw that there was one triathlete who had just started lap 4 of the cycle leg while the leaders were coming in to complete lap 4 of the cycle leg, should there be a mathematical elimination of that athlete because he was so far behind or what is the rules for that.
Athletes get lapped out of the race on the big leg, meaning that if the leaders are about to catch you and take over, you are out. Here he barely avoided getting lapped.
Cause it’s dangerous to ride TT Bikes in large groups. Your reaction to anything will be slower and therefore accidents are way more likely. TT Bikes are just unpractical for triathlons in the elite field and won’t safe any time. At the road TT races they all start alone.
Olympic Triathlon is definitely a weird event. All fine with the swim, but the run and especially the bike feel a little absurd to me. It is not time trialing, but just riding and running in a bunch, which kinda makes the bike the time to sit in the draft and get ready for the run. Not really what it’s supposed to be, is it?
