Team GB star Alex Yee secured a superb gold medal with victory in the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics.
Yee, forced to settle for silver in Tokyo three years ago, surpassed Hayden Wilde of New Zealand in the final stages of a thrilling race to snatch a last-gasp victory.
He finished in 1hr 43min 33sec to seal Team GB’s fifth gold of the Games in the French capital.
Yee was 14 seconds down on Wilde going into the final 2km of the run but caught Wilde and surged past the New Zealander, who crossed six seconds behind the Brit.
The bronze medal went to Leo Bergere of France.
Alex Yee is the Olympic men’s triathlon champion after winning the men’s race in Paris
Yee caught New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde (left) in the final stages of a thrilling race
The Team GB star celebrates a stunning triumph as he banished his Tokyo 2020 demons
An exhausted Yee is seen at the finish line after surging past Wilde in dramatic fashion
Victory saw Yee emulate Alistair Brownlee as Britain’s second Olympic triathlon champion.
The 26-year-old won relay gold in Tokyo but had set his sights on individual glory in Paris.
And he achieved it in stunning fashion on the streets of the city. With less than a kilometre of the 10km race to go it looked as though Yee would again be left with the silver medal, although at one stage he was being challenged by Bergere.
But Yee put on the afterburners and sprinted clear as he realised his Olympic dream in one of the sport’s most memorable comebacks.
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