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at the

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took place at the

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on 26 July. The race began with a false start, as a media boat blocked about a third of the field from entering the water. After the restart, the field remained close together coming out of the water. In the cycling leg, a group of 10 broke away for the first few laps but the chasing pack eventually reeled them by the end of the fifth lap to form a lead group of 37 triathletes. On the last lap,

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broke away solo to lead by 16 seconds heading into the second transition, but he was caught by the rest of the field on the first lap of the running leg. The lead group remained together until the end of the third lap, when

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, and

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surged ahead. In the final mile, Blummenfelt accelerated away from the other two to take the gold medal. Yee finished 11 seconds later to take the silver, with Wilde completing the podium a further nine seconds back.

Course

The event took place at the

and was long along a flat course. Competitors began with a swimming leg, consisting of a lap followed by a shorter lap. Then, they took on the cycling leg, made of eight laps of a course. Finally, competitors finished with four laps that made up the running leg.

Results

Notes

References

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Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics