Casper Stornes (born 6 February 1997) is a Norwegian

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competing in the

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series and

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distances. He scored his first victory at ITU WTS Bermuda, taking the win ahead of his compatriots

Kristian Blummenfelt Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete and Olympic and World Champion Gold medalist, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold m ...

and

Gustav Iden Gustav Iden (born 1 May 1996) is a professional Norwegian triathlete. He is a 2022 Ironman World champion and he is a two-time winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, winning in 2019 and 2021. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, ...

. In doing so the three team-mates and training partners achieved the first ever 1-2-3 for a nation's athletes within the ITU WTS.

2020 season

Due to the events of the

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outbreak the 2020 ITU

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was put on hold with no races being contested at the time of writing (1 July).

2019 season

Stornes achieved a third place (bronze medal) finish at the 70.3 Ironman Middle East Championships for the second year running. This year he was beaten by

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Daniel Bakkegard in silver, and his compatriot

in gold who went on to set a new

world record. Stornes finished the 2019 season in 32nd place in the ITU WTS standings.

2018 season

Stornes achieved a third place (bronze medal) finish at the 70.3 Ironman Middle East Championships, with his compatriots

and

finishing ahead of him in silver and gold respectively. Stornes finished the 2018 season in 16th place in the ITU WTS standings.

2017 season

Stornes finished the 2017 season in 87th place in the ITU WTS standings.

2016 season

2015 season

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* * * * 1997 births Living people Norwegian male triathletes Norwegian male long-distance runners Olympic triathletes of Norway Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Norway-sport-bio-stub