SINGAPORE (AP) — Europe held off Oceania and Americas to win the team triathlon gold medal Thursday at the Youth Olympics in Singapore, the first time a global multi-sport competition has used the mixed format.
Teams made up of two boys and two girls from the same continent completed a mini-triathlon consisting of a 250-meter swim, 7-kilometer bike ride and 1.7-kilometer run before tagging a teammate to start the next leg.
The European team of Alois Knabl of Austria, Hungary’s Eszter Dudas, Miguel Valente Fernandes of Portugal and Israel’s Fanny Beisaron finished the relay in 1 hour, 19 minutes, 51 seconds, just four seconds ahead of Oceania.
