Alex Yee does not seem like an Olympic champion when you meet him. Slight and polite, he admits he still feels like “a child” in his sport, and has just spent a day avoiding dogs, mobility scooters and fishermen at a park near Loughborough. Fitting really, as legs, wheels and water are the triathlete’s triptych, but the Briton is building to a goal that will stop the clocks. When the heat is on in Tuesday’s race in Paris, he will use two words to fuel his dream: “What’s next?”
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All those training sessions by Charnwood Water and at Loughborough University have brought him to the Pont Alexandre III, with its gilded statues. Yee, 26, was the silver medallist in Tokyo and champion in the mixed relay, but this may be even tougher. Kristian Blummenfelt is Norway’s elite lab rat, swigging £1,000 bottles of water infused with oxygen isotopes and having his faeces tested by University of Eindhoven scientists.
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39 Comments
An Olympic champion but above all, a nice human being! Well done Alex
Great interview.
You know
Kinda
Sorta
Sorta definitely
You know
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You know
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You know
It is you, proud moment.
You are an inspiration for many. Congrats on the Gold medal.
Ironman 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇬🇧
This guys deserves anything he gets, what a performance.
To be not just good at something but the best in the world at something is just unfathomable.
thought this guy was Asian smh
He says at the end "One day I'd like a perfect race". Yesterday he did, coming from behind near the end of running and winning Gold. Having watched triathlons over the years, yesterday is really fascinating, thinking that Lee could only secure a silver.
I love his mindset!
Even if someone kicks him during swimming, or if someone gets a little too aggressive, he shrugs it off and just says two words [to himself]:
“What’s next?” 😊
Alex is absolute class. His gold medal is well deserved!
I love this sort of champion. So down to earth. Just personifying the Olympic spirit of excellence and virtue. Well what the Olympics should be about anyway.
Fine young man and a worthy champion. Best of luck to him in the future.
What a nice lad, so glad he’s won gold
Lando's skinny little brother
Sub 30 in the 10k off the bike is so crazy. Genuinely one of the best performances of the games.
Humble and true gentleman, the real Olympian spirit!
Yeeeeeeeeaaaasss man, geddin there man!
This guy is absolutely amazing. Massive respect and congratulations on your spectacular gold medal Alex 🎉❤👏🏻
Inspired, your a role model for millions. Congratulations and so well deserved, hard work pays off.
The thing people don’t realise about this guy, he’s probably the most talented runner ever to do the sport. He had a faster 5k time then Mo Farah at the same age. He’s improved his swim massively over the years, props to him.
Alex Yee, Well done for such a memorable and amazing achievement! It was a pleasure to watch you win your Paris Olympic Gold Medal!🏅
What a great well rounded and grounded person. Oh and he won a gold medal?? Awesome!!!
Triathlon 😂…Biathlon ¿😮 Duathlon?😅
What an amazing guy! Legend ✨ Tribute to the nation 🇬🇧
All that, and he's also a member of the Ministry of Funny Walks too😅😮😂❤
Lovely
If you are from GB and your last name ends with a double EE, a gold medal is pretty much a guarantee!
👍🏻
Great stuff Alex. Congratulations, that was a great race.
7:34 He dodged the dog! 🥇🥇🥇
Tosser
Congratulations on winning the Olympic Gold Alex 🙂👌👍👏🏼🥇
being someone who triathlons… you love to see it
Phenomenal athlete
What a fantastic human.
Top class Bloke 👍🇬🇧
The dog dodge was so endearing…any athlete using public paths has been there.