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|April 2023
Not everyone can win an Olympic medal, but the level of elite short-course racers should be rewarded with a higher profile, argues our 220 columnist
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The inaugural Global Triathlon Awards took place last month and I disagreed with the award for Male Triathlete of the Year. Rather than being given to reigning Ironman world champion Gustav Iden, in my opinion, it should have gone to Kristian Blummenfelt. There wasn't much to split the Norwegians but I figured Blummenfelt's greater range of performance over all distances should have won him the accolade.
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