Germany's Frodeno shocks triathlon stars
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008
BEIJING, (AFP) — Germany's Jan Frodeno sprinted down the final straight to claim a shock win after a thrilling Olympic Games men's triathlon on Tuesday.
Frodeno, 27, passed Canada's 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield with just metres left, finishing in 1hr 48min 53sec.
Athens silver-medallist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand took bronze while there was heartbreak for hot favourite Javier Gomez, triathlon's "Tiger Woods," who was relegated to fourth.
"I think I slept about two hours last night," Frodeno said. "I knew I had trained very well but these guys who were with me at the front were really the big guys."
The six-foot-three (1.94) Frodeno was nobody's pre-race tip with a relatively modest record including 13 top-10 World Cup finishes and last...
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