Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's
Women's triathlon at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:55:36 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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The women's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on 27 July 2021.[1][2]
The race was won by Flora Duffy, who became Bermuda's first Olympic gold medalist.[3][4]
Course[edit]
The event took place at the Odaiba Marine Park, and was 51.5 kilometres (32.0 mi) long. Competitors began with a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) swimming leg, consisting of a 950-metre (3,120 ft) lap followed by a shorter 550-metre (1,800 ft) lap. Then, they took on the 40-kilometre (25 mi) cycling leg, made of eight laps of a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) course. Finally, competitors finished with four 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) laps that made up the 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) running leg.[5][6]
Summary[edit]
54 women took to the start line of the event. The field included reigning world champion Georgia Taylor-Brown of Great Britain, and her three immediate predecessors to that crown, 2019 champion Katie Zaferes of the United States, 2016 and 2017 world champion Flora Duffy of Bermuda, and 2018 world champion Vicky Holland, also of Great Britain. American Gwen Jorgensen, the reigning Olympic champion, was not in the field to defend her title, having retired from the sport to focus on running,[7][8] but her fellow podium athletes from 2016, Holland and Switzerland's Nicola Spirig were both in action.[2]
Heavy rain in the hours before the race delayed the start by at least fifteen minutes, and conditions remained wet during the race.[9] On the first lap of the swimming leg, Jessica Learmonth of Great Britain pushed the pace. A strong lead group quickly formed in the water, with Learmonth shadowed by Americans Zaferes and Summer Rappaport, Vittoria Lopes of Brazil, Laura Lindemann of Germany, and Taylor-Brown. At the end of the swimming leg, the lead group of seven had built up an advantage of at least thirty seconds on the rest of the field, which was led out of the water by Emma Jeffcoat of Australia.At the end of first lap of the cycling leg, the seven leaders' advantage had grown to over a minute ahead of a chase group of fourteen that included Spirig, Holland, and the Dutch duo of Maya Kingma and Rachel Klamer. A lack of organization in the chase group left Spirig to lead the chase and cut the deficit, though to little success. On the next lap, the chase group was reduced to 12, though Rappaport and Lopes were eventually dropped from the lead group on the fourth and sixth laps, respectively. A puncture for Taylor-Brown near the end of the cycling leg saw her cede 20 seconds to the other four leaders heading into the second transition.[10][11]
Duffy and Zaferes led at the start of the running leg, but by the end of the second of four 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) laps, the Bermudian began to pull away. Behind, Taylor-Brown overtook first Lindemann and then Learmonth before passing Zaferes with one lap to go. With a lead of over a minute, Duffy was able to celebrat her victory as she ran down the finishing straight, becoming Bermuda's first Olympic gold medalist. Taylor-Brown and Zaferes held on for silver and bronze, respectively, while Lindemann and Learmonth were caught and passed by the faster runners of the chase group.[3][10][11]
Results[edit]
Rank | # | Triathlete | Nation | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time | Difference |
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29 | Flora Duffy | Bermuda | 18:32 | 1:02:49 | 33:00 | 1:55:36 | ||
34 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | Great Britain | 18:31 | 1:03:11 | 33:52 | 1:56:50 | + 1:14 | |
14 | Katie Zaferes | United States | 18:28 | 1:02:51 | 34:27 | 1:57:03 | + 1:27 | |
4 | 2 | Rachel Klamer | Netherlands | 19:17 | 1:03:05 | 34:09 | 1:57:48 | + 2:12 |
5 | 31 | Léonie Périault | France | 19:13 | 1:03:13 | 34:06 | 1:57:49 | + 2:13 |
6 | 26 | Nicola Spirig | Switzerland | 19:32 | 1:02:50 | 34:28 | 1:58:05 | + 2:29 |
7 | 54 | Alice Betto | Italy | 19:14 | 1:03:11 | 34:42 | 1:58:22 | + 2:46 |
8 | 10 | Laura Lindemann | Germany | 18:36 | 1:02:46 | 35:48 | 1:58:24 | + 2:48 |
9 | 33 | Jessica Learmonth | Great Britain | 18:24 | 1:02:56 | 35:51 | 1:58:28 | + 2:52 |
10 | 52 | Valerie Barthelemy | Belgium | 19:18 | 1:03:07 | 35:12 | 1:58:49 | + 3:13 |
11 | 1 | Maya Kingma | Netherlands | 19:20 | 1:03:03 | 35:36 | 1:59:16 | + 3:40 |
12 | 27 | Zsanett Bragmayer | Hungary | 19:19 | 1:03:07 | 36:18 | 2:00:00 | + 4:24 |
13 | 32 | Vicky Holland | Great Britain | 19:12 | 1:05:24 | 34:20 | 2:00:10 | + 4:34 |
14 | 12 | Summer Rappaport | United States | 18:29 | 1:03:58 | 36:35 | 2:00:19 | + 4:43 |
15 | 19 | Amélie Kretz | Canada | 19:39 | 1:04:56 | 34:41 | 2:00:33 | + 4:57 |
16 | 11 | Taylor Knibb | United States | 19:52 | 1:04:42 | 35:06 | 2:00:59 | + 5:23 |
17 | 7 | Simone Ackermann | South Africa | 19:08 | 1:03:37 | 37:30 | 2:01:14 | + 5:38 |
18 | 48 | Yuko Takahashi | Japan | 19:10 | 1:03:15 | 37:40 | 2:01:18 | + 5:42 |
19 | 25 | Jolanda Annen | Switzerland | 19:32 | 1:05:04 | 35:36 | 2:01:31 | + 5:55 |
20 | 56 | Verena Steinhauser | Italy | 19:42 | 1:04:52 | 35:56 | 2:01:47 | + 6:11 |
21 | 15 | Miriam Casillas | Spain | 19:46 | 1:04:50 | 36:00 | 2:01:52 | + 6:16 |
22 | 41 | Melanie Santos | Portugal | 19:32 | 1:05:07 | 36:13 | 2:02:06 | + 6:30 |
23 | 40 | Carolyn Hayes | Ireland | 20:10 | 1:06:04 | 34:43 | 2:02:10 | + 6:34 |
24 | 51 | Lotte Miller | Norway | 19:58 | 1:04:35 | 36:49 | 2:02:43 | + 7:07 |
25 | 23 | Bárbara Riveros | Chile | 19:45 | 1:04:54 | 36:49 | 2:02:46 | + 7:10 |
26 | 22 | Emma Jeffcoat | Australia | 19:06 | 1:03:18 | 39:13 | 2:02:57 | + 7:21 |
27 | 38 | Lisa Perterer | Austria | 20:03 | 1:06:14 | 35:26 | 2:03:00 | + 7:24 |
28 | 46 | Vittória Lopes | Brazil | 18:26 | 1:03:56 | 39:21 | 2:03:09 | + 7:33 |
29 | 50 | Nicole van der Kaay | New Zealand | 19:35 | 1:05:02 | 37:34 | 2:03:26 | + 7:50 |
30 | 4 | Petra Kuříková | Czech Republic | 19:55 | 1:06:26 | 36:32 | 2:04:10 | + 8:34 |
31 | 9 | Anabel Knoll | Germany | 20:05 | 1:06:14 | 37:11 | 2:04:45 | + 9:09 |
32 | 45 | Luisa Baptista | Brazil | 20:12 | 1:06:04 | 38:00 | 2:05:32 | + 9:56 |
33 | 24 | Romina Biagioli | Argentina | 20:09 | 1:06:06 | 40:06 | 2:07:42 | + 12:06 |
34 | 53 | Claire Michel | Belgium | 19:40 | 1:06:34 | 43:37 | 2:11:05 | + 15:29 |
55 | Angelica Olmo | Italy | 20:15 | 1:06:01 | Did Not Finish | |||
44 | Elizabeth Bravo | Ecuador | 20:15 | Lapped[a] | ||||
20 | Ashleigh Gentle | Australia | 20:07 | |||||
3 | Vendula Frintová | Czech Republic | 20:16 | |||||
21 | Jaz Hedgeland | Australia | 19:44 | |||||
16 | Anna Godoy | Spain | 20:12 | |||||
28 | Zsófia Kovács | Hungary | 20:30 | |||||
8 | Gillian Sanders | South Africa | 20:18 | |||||
43 | Alexandra Razarenova | ROC | 20:17 | |||||
18 | Joanna Brown | Canada | 19:15 | |||||
35 | Zhong Mengying | China | 19:53 | Lapped[b] | ||||
36 | Kaidi Kivioja | Estonia | 21:40 | |||||
17 | Basmla ElSalamoney | Egypt | 20:41 | |||||
5 | Cecilia Pérez | Mexico | 20:05 | Did Not Finish[c] | ||||
30 | Cassandre Beaugrand | France | 19:37 | Did Not Finish | ||||
49 | Ainsley Thorpe | New Zealand | 19:15 | Did Not Finish[d] | ||||
42 | Anastasia Gorbunova | ROC | 19:37 | |||||
47 | Niina Kishimoto | Japan | 19:48 | |||||
6 | Claudia Rivas | Mexico | Did Not Finish | |||||
37 | Julia Hauser | Austria | Did Not Finish | |||||
39 | Yuliya Yelistratova | Ukraine | Did Not Start[e] | |||||
Source: Official results[1][12][13][14] |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Nine triathletes were lapped on the final lap of the cycling leg, as they did not reach the entrance to the corridor to transition 2 before the lead runner.[12]
- ^ Zhong, Kivioja, and ElSalamoney were lapped on the sixth lap of the cycling leg.[12]
- ^ Pérez suffered a flat tire on the fourth lap of the cycling lap. However, after she had the wheel replaced at the wheel station, she ultimately abandonded the race.[12]
- ^ Thorpe, Gorbunova, and Kishimoto all crashed on the first lap of the cycling leg and had to abandon the race.[3][12]
- ^ Yelistratova did not start the race after being provisionally suspended.[12]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Start List" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Vaughan, Roger (26 July 2021). "Triathlete becomes instant national hero with their country's FIRST EVER Olympic gold medal". Seven News. Seven West Media. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Maine, D'Arcy (26 July 2021). "Flora Duffy wins women's triathlon at Tokyo Games to give Bermuda first gold medal in Olympics history". ESPN. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Triathlon". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Everything you need to know about Olympic Triathlon at Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (4 December 2019). "Gwen Jorgensen, Olympic triathlon champion, to focus on track trials". NBC Sports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Snyder, Paul (7 November 2017). "America's Next Great Marathoner? Triathlon Champ Gwen Jorgensen Going for Gold". Runner's World. Hearst. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Phillips, Mitch (26 July 2021). "Triathlon-Storm delays start of women's race". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ a b Philipps, Mitch (26 July 2021). "Oympics [sic] - Triathlon - Dominant Duffy wins famous gold for Bermuda". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ a b Gray, Doug (27 July 2021). "Olympic Champion: Flora Duffy realises Olympic destiny at Tokyo 2020". World Triathlon. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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