There have been some truly amazing feats in the Olympics so far (Leon Marchland – FR getting gold in 200m butterfly and 200m breastroke *in the same evening and at near WR pace* being notable).
However, as I'm a Brit, I wanted to highlight how utterly amazing this finsh was from Alex Yee. (credit also to *Sam (edited!) Dickinson who led him out on the bike race segment, allowing him to save energy – team work making the dream work).
These people really are something else and I am in awe.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cd16dqg12deo
by MaliceTheSwift
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I know – with about 1km to go the commentators were asking whether he’d be able to hold onto the Silver as the French guy was closing on him
I’m not even into sport really but this was the single most exciting thing I’ve watched in *ages*.
I can’t even do that at the end of a crummy 5km ParkRun I don’t know where he found it from. Remarkable.
Highlight of the Olympics for me so far.
(It’s Sam Dickinson, btw, not Oliver).
Do you know what day and segment is was? BBC player has morning/afternoon/evening and extra slots. I’d love to watch the whole thing.
With this, the rowing like 5 mins later and Mountain biking 2 days before this has been a mega dramatic Olympics already. Incredible scenes
Some amazing come from behind races. Pidcock on the mountain bike, Yee in the triathlon and the women’s quad sculls.
Absolutely killer race tactics too knowing exactly when to make that final burst for the end.
The finish was amazing.. congrats to him. Well deserved..
I loved watching the brief news report on bbc news at 6 last night, in awe at how much distance he clawed back.
Can we also acknowledge the incredible sportsmanship from Wilde to collapse over the line and immediately congratulate Yee. To lose gold in that fashion and show that level of appreciation for your opponent is pretty impressive.
It was such a brilliant moment.