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May 24, 2022 · While there was always the belief that heavier athletes would struggle in triathlon due to the weight they have to carry – during the run or when cycling uphill – Kristian Blummenfelt has shown us in the past few years that you don’t need to be extremely lightweight to be a world-class triathlete.
Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete, Olympic and world champion, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [ 2]
Jul 30, 2024 · However, Bu claimed that since the season hadn't really started, Blummenfelt's body weight was a little higher than what it will be during the season, and that his real VO2 max per kilogram should come out to be 103.
In 2021, Kristian Blummenfelt made history by becoming the first triathlete to win the Olympic, Grand Final and World titles in the same year. Back in 2017 Kristian began to register consistent podium places, including the silver medal at the Rotterdam World Triathlon Series Grand Final.
Jun 1, 2022 · Kristian Blummenfelt has made history by smashing a sub-seven-hour Iron Distance triathlon. Here's how a decade of training in the lab and on the racecourse prepared him for this moment.
Apr 12, 2022 · It started on 26 July 2021, when Kristian Blummenfelt became Norway’s first Olympic triathlon medallist. Twenty-six days later, on 21 August, in Edmonton, he’d take the tape and add his first world title to that Olympic gold.
Norwegian triathlon sensation Kristian Blummenfelt, born in February 1994 in the southwestern coastal city of Bergen, has racked up a number of impressive accolades during a glittering career to date. In October 2022 he held the Olympic title, World Triathlon Championship Series world title and IRONMAN World Championship – all at the same time.