Tagged News for Tokyo 2020
The year in review: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
23/12/21 - Tokyo 2020. Postponed by a pandemic, constrained by Covid but, ultimately another inspirational Olympic Games and another unforgettable chapter in the history of triathlon. It may have been a year late,... |
Full StoryThe year in review: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
21/12/21 - Eight races, eight incredible Paralympic Champions, the Tokyo 2020 para triathlon racing lived up to the hype and more as one of the standout events in the Japanese capital at the end of August. Spread... |
Full StoryPodcast #50 Alex Yee: The boy from Brockley who hit the heights in Tokyo
07/10/21 - From a career-threatening bike crash to a Series-debut podium, working the lockdown training hustle with girlfriend and fellow GB triathlete Olivia Mathias to sharing a pool with Olympic Breaststroke... |
Full StoryPodcast #49 - Paralympic Champion Brad Snyder
24/09/21 - Gold for Brad Snyder in the men’s PTVI race was one of the revelations of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the third successive Games he had topped the podium following swim success at London 2012... |
Full StoryASICS World Triathlon Team members look back to Tokyo 2020
13/09/21 - For every athlete who made it to Tokyo 2020, the journey in reaching the biggest start line in the sport was filled with challenges as well as thrills. For those who hail from some of triathlon’s smallest... |
Full StoryPodcast #48 - Paralympic Champion Susana Rodriguez
09/09/21 - A doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, a World Champion and now a Paralympic Champion, Spain’s Susana Rodriguez was born with albinism that caused bad eyesight which deteriorated rapidly, but... |
Full Story‘My first reaction was - what about Paris?’ World Triathlon Podcast #47: Jonny Brownlee
06/09/21 - Winning the inaugural Mixed Relay gold at Tokyo 2020 was an impressive way to complete Jonny Brownlee’s collection of an Olympic medal of every colour. Throw in the small fact of registering the fastest... |
Full StoryGrace Norman ready to defend Paralympic title in Tokyo
26/08/21 - “Don’t set limits for yourself. It’s very easy to put a top on your dreams and just say ‘I’ve reached it’. Set goals that are way outside what you think you can hit and then just go for them every... |
Full StoryJess Tuomela breaks down the magic of PTVI racing ahead of her Paralympic debut
25/08/21 - Canada’s Jessica Tuomela is a former Paralympic swimmer-turned-para triathlete heading back to the Tokyo 2020 course on which she won the Para Cup at the 2019 Test Event. The former Duathlon World... |
Full StoryJetze Plat eyes latest landmark of an extraordinary career at Tokyo 2020
23/08/21 - Netherlands’ Jetze Plat is quite simply one of the greatest para triathletes ever to take up the sport. With four consecutive world titles and a Rio 2016 Paralympic gold in the PTWC (wheelchair) class... |
Full StoryGreat Britain bring home historic Olympic Mixed Relay Gold at Tokyo 2020
31/07/21 - The build up had been intense, the anticipation huge and the action did not disappoint as Great Britain’s Alex Yee hung on to the tightest of leads for the final 2km run and bring home the first ever... |
Full StoryWorld Triathlon Podcast #44 - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Flora Duffy
29/07/21 - The journey to becoming Olympic Triathlon Champion at Tokyo 2020 was a long one for Bermuda’s Flora Duffy. That she achieved her lifelong dream at the fourth time of asking underscores the resilience that... |
Full StoryOlympic Champion: Kristian Blummenfelt triumphant in Tokyo
28/07/21 - After more than a decade of meticulous planning with his team, it was Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt who was crowned the men’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon Champion on Monday morning on Odaiba Bay,... |
Full StoryThe talk from Tokyo: With Olympic medallists and athletes - women’s race
28/07/21 - Reactions and reflections with the Olympic medallists and athletes after the dramatic Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon individual women’s competition on Tuesday morning at Odaiba Bay, Tokyo. Flora Duffy... |
Full StoryTriathlon Mixed Relay’s Olympic debut ready to take centre stage at Tokyo 2020
28/07/21 - Two incredible individual triathlon races down, one spectacular team relay to come. The stage is set for Tokyo 2020 to witness arguably the greatest team competition of the Olympic Games: four world-class... |
Full StoryOlympic Champion: Flora Duffy realises Olympic destiny at Tokyo 2020
27/07/21 - What an Olympic journey it has been for Bermuda’s Flora Duffy. On Tuesday morning at Tokyo 2020 she produced the performance of a true champion, powering through difficult conditions on the bike and then... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon: Women’s preview
25/07/21 - The wait is nearly over. On Tuesday 27 July, 6.30am local time, 55 women will dive into Odaiba Bay, each having navigated their own unique path to reaching the Tokyo 2020 Olympic start line over the past... |
Full StoryWomen’s Tokyo 2020 pontoon positions drawn
25/07/21 - Sunday morning local time, two days ahead of the Women’s Olympic Triathlon (Tuesday 06:30am local time), the draw was made for the athletes’ pontoon positions on the start line. As with the men’s draw 24... |
Full StoryMen’s Tokyo 2020 pontoon positions drawn
24/07/21 - Following the second day of training and familiarisations ahead of Monday’s men’s Olympic Triathlon (06:30am local time), the draw was made for their pontoon positions on the start line. The possibility... |
Full StoryThe talk from Tokyo: Pre-race quotes from Olympic Triathlon’s front line
23/07/21 - Friday and Saturday mornings saw the first two days of training and familiarisation from the Tokyo 2020 Odaiba Bay Olympic Triathlon course. We caught up with some of the athletes and coaches looking to... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon: Men’s preview
23/07/21 - Take a look across the men’s start list for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon and it is impossible not to get excited by what lies ahead once the athletes have dived into Odaiba Bay after the horn sounds... |
Full StoryBlummenfelt, Stornes and Iden: Raising the flag for Norway at Tokyo 2020
20/07/21 - Something special happened on 28 April 2018 as Bermuda made its debut as a host of the World Triathlon Championship Series, a subtle shift in the balance of triathlon power towards Scandinavia courtesy of... |
Full StoryJavier Gomez: One more shot at Olympic gold for a Spanish legend
20/07/21 - There cannot be many involved in the world of triathlon who, on 26 July at Odaiba Bay, would not want to see Javi Gomez at the pointy end of the Tokyo 2020 race challenging for a second Olympic medal.... |
Full StoryBritish trio looking to make history at Tokyo 2020
20/07/21 - Has there ever been a stronger case for a British gold in the women’s Olympic Triathlon than Tuesday morning’s race (Tokyo time) in Odaiba Bay? On paper, probably not. Georgia Taylor-Brown goes in as... |
Full StoryFlora Duffy: Unfinished Olympic business in Tokyo
17/07/21 - One of the undisputed greats of the sport, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has won two world titles, the Commonwealth Games, dominated the sport at the top level for much of the 2016-2018 period and then bounced... |
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