Dates:<\/strong> 23 July-8 August <\/span>Time in Tokyo:<\/strong> BST +8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Great Britain’s Alex Yee won silver in a punishing men’s triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics as Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway claimed gold.<\/span><\/p>\n Yee, making his Games debut, led for much of the 10km run before Blummenfelt produced a stunning breakaway in 27C heat and high humidity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde took silver, with Briton Jonny Brownlee fifth.<\/span><\/p>\n “I am just a normal guy from south-east London – dreams really do come true,” 23-year-old Yee told BBC Sport.<\/span><\/p>\n “My mum always says it takes a village to build a person and I think it has taken the whole of GB today.” <\/span><\/p>\n Blummenfelt was in disbelief as he won, falling and tangling in the finishing tape before being taken to see the medics.<\/span><\/p>\n He is Norway’s first medallist at the Tokyo Games, taking victory in one hour 45 minutes four seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n Yee, who finished 11 seconds behind Blummenfelt, said he was “over the moon” to take a medal in his first Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n “In training I went much harder than this race but unfortunately he was better on the day,” Yee added.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Yee, known as one of the fastest runners in triathlon, was competing in just his eighth race at this level.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n However he suffered a serious crash in his first World Cup event in June 2017, causing a punctured lung and breaking ribs, vertebrae and a shoulder blade.<\/span><\/p>\n Yee returned nine months later and claimed his first World Cup victory in Leeds earlier this year, beating both Brownlees to take gold.<\/span><\/p>\n Yee paced himself well, building through the swim and on the bike before surging to the front on the run.<\/span><\/p>\n Compatriot 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 of eventual medallists.<\/span><\/p>\n This will be the last Olympics for Brownlee, who won silver at the Rio Olympics and bronze in London.<\/span><\/p>\n “It wasn’t a fairy tale ending [for me] but we have got another chance in the mixed team relay,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n “I have seen Alex come up though the ranks and he deserved that. He works ridiculously hard and I am pleased he is in our team on Saturday and I am not against him.<\/span><\/p>\n |
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