Competitor from Great Britain Alex Ea won the Olympic title in the triathlon, which includes 1 .5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running, Topsport reported.
The 26-year-old Briton clocked a best time of 1:43.33, 18th after the swim, 16th after the bike, but by a narrow margin, and took the lead in the second part of the run, holding onto the lead until the final. It's sweet revenge for Yee, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, beaten three years ago by Norway's Christian Blumenfelt. He is also an Olympic champion from Tokyo, but in the relay with the Great Britain team.
New Zealander Hayden Wald won the silver medal in the triathlon, 6 seconds behind the champion. He also recorded an improvement in his performance, winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games.
Leo Berger took third place and bronze for France, who was 10 seconds behind the British. This is a total of 20 medals for the hosts so far during the Games.
Tokyo Olympic champion Christian Blumenfelt was running in fifth place during the run, but ultimately finished only 12th.
The competition took place today, after being postponed yesterday due to the poor quality of the water in the Seine river, which prevented the athletes from swimming.