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July 27, 2021 10:02 AM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 8:48 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:51 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:45 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:41 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:37 PM ET

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...

July 26, 2021 7:33 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:24 PM ET

Duffy pulls away

Bermuda's athlete, who is leaving behind Zaferes, presses. The first peloton is distancing...

July 26, 2021 7:13 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:10 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 7:03 PM ET

Duffy now leads

Duffy starts the sixth lap leading the front pack. The gap between the first and second group remains virtually unchanged.

July 26, 2021 6:53 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 6:47 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 6:43 PM ET

Third round

Change of leader, Taylor-Brown replaces his compatriot Learmonth. Duffy moves into third place. Miriam is in 23rd place.

July 26, 2021 6:31 PM ET

Thorpe also crashes

The participant from New Zealand has crashed. This circuit is full of curves and is very wet because of the rain.

July 26, 2021 6:16 PM ET

Goburnova fell

The Russian, who was in 25th position, fell off the bike in a corner, the weather taking its toll on her.

July 26, 2021 6:13 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 6:09 PM ET

Miriam comes 31st

The Spaniard is already looking for her bike, finishes her adventure in the water, begins her cycling route.

July 26, 2021 6:07 PM ET

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...

July 26, 2021 6:05 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 5:59 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 5:55 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 5:49 PM ET

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. 

July 26, 2021 12:27 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 12:22 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 12:17 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 12:12 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 12:07 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 12:02 PM ET

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.

July 26, 2021 11:57 AM ET

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).

July 26, 2021 11:52 AM ET

Our warriors

Miriam Casillas and Anna Godoy will be our representatives in this event, in which they are sure to make a great performance.

July 26, 2021 11:47 AM ET

Welcome to VAVEL

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the blog commentary of the women's triathlon event, which features two Spaniards.

July 26, 2021 11:42 AM ET
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