Cycling News — OLYMPIC TRIATHLON GOLD!

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt spent years dreaming about his Olympic moment. Endless hours of training. Focused preparation. Sacrifice. On July 25, it all paid off in the best way possible: Olympic gold. Battling the heat and humidity in Tokyo, Blummenfelt put together the race of a lifetime, capping a dominant performance by his three-man Norwegian team, which had the best overall results of any nation. Blummenfelt’s teammate Gustav Iden, a fellow Giant-sponsored athlete, also cracked the top-10 with an impressive eighth-place finish. Blummenfelt’s win marked the first Olympic gold for Norway since the 2012 London Olympics. Some saw Blummenfelt’s career-defining...