Olympic Medal Favorites: The Men
- By Courtney Baird
- Published Apr 11, 2012
- Updated Jun 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM UTC
Jan Frodeno, Germany. Age at the Olympics: 30
We haven’t heard much from Frodeno since he won gold in Beijing in 2008. But Frodeno proved four years ago that his résumé going into the Olympics means nothing, as he came out of nowhere to outsprint Canada’s Simon Whitfield, New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty and Spain’s Javier Gomez for gold. He placed 10th at the Olympic test event in 2007 in Beijing, one year before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His place at the London Olympic test event last year? 11th. Perhaps that’s a sign of things to come. That he’s also a great sprinter bodes well for him, as ITU triathlon has a tendency to come down to the final meters, especially on flat courses like London.
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FILED UNDER: Athletes / InsideTri / Olympics TAGS: Alistair Brownlee / Brad Kahlefeldt / Brendan Sexton / InsideTri / ITU / Jan Frodeno / Jaou Silva / Jarrod Shoemaker / Javier Gomez / Jonathan Brownlee / Matt Chrabot / Simon Whitfield / Sven Riederer
Courtney Baird
Courtney Baird is the editor-in-chief of Inside Triathlon magazine.