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Highlights:
Goodbye
That's all for today, Duffy takes gold in the women's Olympic Triathlon event. The silver went to Taylor-Brown and the bronze to Zaferes. Until next time, stay tuned here on VAVEL.
The rest of the contestants arrive
The contestants are passing the finish line, Miriam gets the 21st place and Anna has not managed to finish the test.
The podium is completed
The silver, finally, will be for the British Taylor-Brown. And the bronze for the American Zaferes.
She is followed by Klamer in fourth place and Periault in fifth.
Duffy is the Olympic triathlon champion.
Duffy did it, becoming Olympic champion in Tokyo after completing the course in 1:55:36. Congratulations on the gold Duffy.
Who will get the silver?
What a duel Taylor-Brown and Zaferes are having, where it seems that the Briton is managing to distance herself.
Duffy, one lap away for the gold medal.
Brutal what the Bermudian is doing, splendid the end of the athlete, she has the gold in her hands...
Will Zaferes catch Duffy?
The Bermudian continues to tighten her grip and continues to pull away from the American. Meanwhile, Taylor-Brown wants to overtake Zaferes. How beautiful is the fight for the medals.
Duffy pulls away
Bermuda's athlete, who is leaving behind Zaferes, presses. The first peloton is distancing...
The last test begins
The participants release the bikes and start the foot race, Zaferes continues to lead, but has very close to his rivals.
Zaferes leads the seventh lap.
Last lap on the bike, Zaferes leads and is followed by the same participants as at the start of the race.
Duffy now leads
Duffy starts the sixth lap leading the front pack. The gap between the first and second group remains virtually unchanged.
We arrived at the time of the race
The first hour of the race is already consumed. The participants are on the fifth lap of cycling, only three are left.
Large distance between platoons
There is a lot of distance between the first peloton, the first six members, and the second, which goes from the seventh to the eighteenth, there is a distance of one minute and ten seconds.
Third round
Change of leader, Taylor-Brown replaces his compatriot Learmonth. Duffy moves into third place. Miriam is in 23rd place.
Thorpe also crashes
The participant from New Zealand has crashed. This circuit is full of curves and is very wet because of the rain.
Goburnova fell
The Russian, who was in 25th position, fell off the bike in a corner, the weather taking its toll on her.
Anna, 44th
He finishes the swim in 44th position, he is far behind the first group, let's see if in the two remaining races he can cut positions.
Miriam comes 31st
The Spaniard is already looking for her bike, finishes her adventure in the water, begins her cycling route.
Swimming race finishes
The first four positions do not move, they all run to the bikes, they are going to start the 40 km of cycling...
The second lap begins in swimming
At 11:41 minutes, Learmonth starts the second lap, followed by Vittoria and Zaferes. Miriam is 24th and Anna 44th.
Jessica Learmonth, leads the race
The British starts leading the peloton, a couple of seconds ahead of the Brazilian Vittoria Lopes, who is behind her.
The race begins
After a quarter of an hour delay, the Olympic event begins. All the athletes jump into the water, good luck to all of them.
Men's Triathlon (Spaniards)
The Spaniards finished in the following positions: tenth was Mario Mola, twelfth for Alarza and twenty-fifth place for Javier Gomez.
Men's Triathlon
Yesterday the men's race was held where Blummenfelt took the gold medal in a spectacular finish. Silver went to Yee and bronze to Wilde.
Schedule and venue
The event will start this Monday, July 26th at 23.30 Spanish time. The venue where the participants will compete will be the Odaiba Marine Park.
Río 2016
In the previous Olympic Games, the podium consisted of: Gold medal for Gwen Jorgensen; Silver medal for Nicola Spirig and Bronze medal for Vicky Holland.
Great Britain looking for medals
The British team is looking to win medals in this event, as they are made up of great participants, such as Vicky Holland or Taylor-Brown.
Absence of the reigning champion
The reigning gold medalist, Gwen Jorgensen, was unable to qualify for these Olympic Games, as she was unable to finish the race to qualify.
Nicola Spirig, going for the gold medal
The London 2012 Olympic champion,and runner-up at Rio 2016, arrives in Tokyo with the idea of winning. It will be her fifth Olympic Games.
What does the race consist of?
The Olympic race consists of 1.5 kilometers of swimming (two laps of the Odaiba Marine Park), 40 kilometers of cycling (eight laps of 5 km on the bike) and finally 10 kilometers of running (four laps of 2.5 km).
Our warriors
Miriam Casillas and Anna Godoy will be our representatives in this event, in which they are sure to make a great performance.
Welcome to VAVEL
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the blog commentary of the women's triathlon event, which features two Spaniards.