I put in a lot of effort to get ready and I think I coped well with the heat, but I just didn't have enough.Olav Aleksander Bu, has been working extremely close with Kristian Blummenfelt over the last 5 years post the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and despite his hectic schedule, made time to share the many learnings he had from his career to date around Triathlon Science. "I knew the heat was one of my weaknesses. He works ridiculously hard and I am pleased he is in our team on Saturday and I am not against him. "I have seen Alex come up though the ranks and he deserved that. "It wasn't a fairytale ending but we have got another chance in the mixed team relay," he said. This will be the last Olympics for Brownlee, who won silver at the Rio Olympics and bronze in London. Yee paced himself well, building through the swim and on the bike before surging to the front on the run.Ĭompatriot Brownlee - who admitted he does not like the hot conditions of Tokyo - was in medal contention until the final two laps, when he was unable to keep up with the lead group. Yee returned nine months later and claimed his first World Cup victory in Leeds earlier this year, beating both Brownlees to take gold. However he suffered a serious crash on the bike in his first World Cup event in June 2017, causing a punctured lung and breaking ribs, vertebrae and a shoulder blade.
He previously represented Great Britain in the 10,000m at the European Championships in 2018 but trained with the Brownlee brothers in Leeds to develop as a triathlete. Yee, known as one of the fastest runners in triathlon, was competing in just his eighth race at this level. Listen to the latest Olympics Daily podcast.Times and channels for BBC's live coverage.The event - which was moved to the early hours in Tokyo to avoid the worst of the heat - had to be restarted after a boat blocked about half of the athletes as they entered the water. "In training I went much harder than this race but unfortunately he was better on the day," Yee added.
Yee, who finished 11 seconds behind Blummenfelt, said he was "over the moon" with his silver. He is the first Norwegian to win a medal at the Tokyo Games, taking victory in one hour, 45 minutes and four seconds. Gold medallist Kristian Blummenfelt finished 11 seconds ahead of Great Britain's Alex Yee Kristian Blummenfelt was helped up by bronze medallist Hayden Wilde (right) after collapsing at the finish line "My mum always says it takes a village to build a person and I think it has taken the whole of GB today."īlummenfelt was in disbelief as he won, grasping the finishing tape before falling to the floor and then being taken to see the medics. "I am just a normal guy from south-east London - dreams really do come true," 23-year-old Yee told BBC Sport. New Zealand's Hayden Wilde took bronze, with Briton Jonny Brownlee fifth.
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