Triathlon

The E. Coli levels went down so while it could have been fun to watch the first ever Duathlon, I’m happy the athletes got to compete in a full triathlon since that’s what they trained for and all. I didn’t wake up at 1 am to watch the women’s but saw that Cassandra Beaugrand of France won. I feel like France is having a great games. Home soil and bacteria advantage really is a thing.

I did watch the men’s race at 4:00am because I’ve adjusted my sleep schedule to French time because I’m slightly unhinged. One of my favorite parts is how after the swim they made them run up a bunch of historic stairs to get to their bikes. And not normal stairs, the awkward height and length ones that you never know how to do best.

The headlines are that Yee from the UK “dropped the hammer” to surge past Wilde from New Zealand in the very end of the run. The announcers were making it sound like Wilde winning was a done deal and what Yee did was unbelievable. But I’m going to say the announcers got distracted or they also watching the same footage as spectators could see that did make it seem like he was alone. But I’m pretty sure Yee and the third place guy both were steadily gaining ground and no one noticed. Dangers of working remote.

And in other Triathlon stories, a US athlete is making news because of his interesting approach to preparing for the dirty river swim.

He ended up 29 out of 50 but was the first American across the line so I feel like results are inconclusive if that was an effective preparation technique. Hope he gave his Olympic roommate Morgan Pearson a heads up about not washing his hands. This People Magazine article about them says there is a lot of reading going on in their room, including an adult fantasy series about dragon riding!!! Hand washing should be mandatory for sharing that book at least.