Great Britain wins the Mixed Relay Triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics
This morning, the Mixed Relay Triathlon event was held for the first time at the Olympic Games , with 17 teams competing for medals.
In the competition where each team consisted of 4 triathletes (2 men and 2 women) they had to complete a sprint triathlon.
Each member of the team has done 300 m of swimming, 6,8 km of cycling and 2 km of running to take over.
The Spanish Triarmada was composed of Anna Godoy , Fernando Alarza , Miriam Casillas and Mario Mola
The victory has been for the Great Britain team where in the last two kilometers of the race Alex Yee, silver in the individual event, has managed to reach the finish line first, giving the first Gold medal of the mixed relay triathlon in an Olympics.
The British team consisted of Jessica Leartmonth, Jonathan Brownlee, Georgia Taylor Brown and Alex Yee.
The British Yee left the French Vicent Luis in the race on foot, after a great effort to catch up with him in the last kilometers of the bike, which later took its toll, as the North American Morgan Pearson overtook him by taking the Silver medal. Luis was third getting bronze for France.
Katie Zaferes was fastest in the first round, followed by Laura Lindemann and Jessica Learmonth a few seconds behind. Anna Godoy was 13th.
In the second round, Jonathan Brownlee was in the lead, a few seconds ahead of Marten Van Riel and Dorian Conix. Fernando Alarza climbed to 11th place for Spain. The UK was now 9 seconds ahead of the USA and 22 seconds ahead of the Netherlands and Germany.
In the third round, Georgia Taylor-Brown finished with the same time as Cassandre Beaugrand and Taylor Knibb. Miriam Casillas finished in 14th place. The UK was 16 seconds ahead of the USA and 33 seconds ahead of France. Spain was 12th.
On the final lap, Alex Yee, who started with an 18-second lead, secured the gold medal for his team. Great Britain finished 14 seconds ahead of the USA and 23 seconds ahead of France.
Mario Mola was 6th in his round, giving Spain 10th place overall.
Tokyo 2020 Mixed Relay Triathlon Classification
| Team | 1 lap | 2 lap | 3 lap | 4 lap | Position | Total time |
| Great Britain | 00:21:16 | 00:20:03 | 00:21:54 | 00:20:28 | 1 | 01:23:41 |
| United States | 00:21:14 | 00:20:14 | 00:22:06 | 00:20:21 | 2 | 01:23:55 |
| France | 00:21:40 | 00:20:09 | 00:21:57 | 00:20:18 | 3 | 01:24:04 |
| Netherlands | 00:21:18 | 00:20:23 | 00:22:25 | 00:20:28 | 4 | 01:24:34 |
| Belgium | 00:21:50 | 00:20:08 | 00:22:08 | 00:20:30 | 5 | 01:24:36 |
| Germany | 00:21:15 | 00:20:27 | 00:22:24 | 00:20:34 | 6 | 01:24:40 |
| Switzerland | 00:22:00 | 00:20:23 | 00:22:24 | 00:20:40 | 7 | 01:25:27 |
| Italy | 00:21:48 | 00:20:25 | 00:22:45 | 00:21:25 | 8 | 01:26:23 |
| Australia | 00:22:09 | 00:20:56 | 00:22:57 | 00:20:25 | 9 | 01:26:27 |
| Spain | 00:22:08 | 00:20:33 | 00:23:22 | 00:20:28 | 10 | 01:26:31 |
British team partials
| Athlete | Total Time | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| Jessica Learmonth | 0:21:16 | 0:03:40 | 0:00:40 | 0:10:15 | 0:00:27 | 0:06:14 |
| Jonathan Brownlee | 0:20:03 | 0:04:02 | 0:00:36 | 0:09:35 | 0:00:25 | 0:05:25 |
| Georgia Taylor-Brown | 0:21:54 | 0:04:23 | 0:00:38 | 0:10:16 | 0:00:30 | 0:06:07 |
| Alex Yee | 0:20:28 | 0:04:08 | 0:00:36 | 0:09:51 | 0:00:25 | 0:05:28 |
Spanish selection
As for the Spanish team, they finished in 10th final position.
These have been his partials
| Athletes | Total Time | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| Anna Godoy Contreras | 0:22:08 | 0:03:46 | 0:00:40 | 0:10:38 | 0:00:31 | 0:06:33 |
| Fernando Alarza | 0:20:33 | 0:04:05 | 0:00:39 | 0:09:51 | 0:00:26 | 0:05:32 |
| Miriam Casillas García | 0:23:22 | 0:04:33 | 0:00:38 | 0:10:50 | 0:00:31 | 0:06:50 |
| Mario Mola | 0:20:28 | 0:04:05 | 0:00:36 | 0:09:51 | 0:00:27 | 0:05:29 |
British team captain Jonathan Brownlee commented after the race
“ I am incredibly proud to hear Alex say that I inspired him in some way, that means a lot.
He is an incredible athlete. These guys are amazing athletes and part of our role is to inspire people to play sports.
It doesn't have to be a triathlon, just aim to do something, whatever it is. That's the great thing about the Olympic Games, there are so many great events for people to enjoy and one of them is the triathlon and I hope everyone at home enjoyed watching it .”
