Month: March 2021

Alistair Brownlee wins Olympic gold in Rio

Alistair Brownlee has continued Great Britain’s winning Rio Olympic form by taking the men’s triathlon title here in Rio today. The multiple world and European champ made his move over brother Jonny with 4km left of the run to cement his position as the greatest Olympic-distance athlete in history. Advertisement The fifth Olympic Games triathlon…

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Alistair Brownlee wins Olympic gold in Rio

Alistair Brownlee has continued Great Britain’s winning Rio Olympic form by taking the men’s triathlon title here in Rio today. The multiple world and European champ made his move over brother Jonny with 4km left of the run to cement his position as the greatest Olympic-distance athlete in history. Advertisement The fifth Olympic Games triathlon…

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The Olympic triathlon course

Brit ITU racer Mark Buckingham competed at the Rio Test Event in 2015. Here are his insights into where the Olympic Games races will be won… and lost Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Advertisement The Swim Start With a beach run in, strong swimmers won’t get away as quickly as usual. But once the race…

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The Olympic triathlon course

Brit ITU racer Mark Buckingham competed at the Rio Test Event in 2015. Here are his insights into where the Olympic Games races will be won… and lost Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Advertisement The Swim Start With a beach run in, strong swimmers won’t get away as quickly as usual. But once the race…

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Brownlees’ Rio Olympics quotes

Click:wps下载 Having obliterated the field at the Rio Olympic Games triathlon, the Brownlee brothers pulled off another fine performance in the press conference at the Forte Copacabana as well. Here Yorkshire’s finest open up on the Rio experience, sibling support and the lure of racing Ironman… Advertisement ON ENJOYING IT ALI: The odds are that it…

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Brownlees’ Rio Olympics quotes

Having obliterated the field at the Rio Olympic Games triathlon, the Brownlee brothers pulled off another fine performance in the press conference at the Forte Copacabana as well. Here Yorkshire’s finest open up on the Rio experience, sibling support and the lure of racing Ironman… Advertisement ON ENJOYING IT ALI: The odds are that it won’t…

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Tri at the Olympics: Sydney 2000

It’d taken years of planning, deals, courting, boycotts and, with the implementation of draft-legal racing, a fundamental change to the nature of Olympic-distance elite triathlon. But finally, on 16 September 2000, triathlon’s time in the Olympic Games spotlight had arrived. Advertisement The women were the first off the Sydney Harbour starting pontoon, with hometown girl…

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Tri at the Olympics: Sydney 2000

It’d taken years of planning, deals, courting, boycotts and, with the implementation of draft-legal racing, a fundamental change to the nature of Olympic-distance elite triathlon. But finally, on 16 September 2000, triathlon’s time in the Olympic Games spotlight had arrived. Advertisement The women were the first off the Sydney Harbour starting pontoon, with hometown girl…

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Tri at the Olympics: London 2012

Bike course carnage, an injured home hero battling the odds and the closest sprint finish imaginable. Hyde Park 2012 may be synonymous with the Brownlees but, as a race, the women’s event was even better. Advertisement Four years on, it’s strange to say that the women’s 2012 Olympic race is something of a lost classic,…

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