JAN FRODENO 🆚 KRISTIAN BLUMMENFELT: The battle of triathlon superstars
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Jan Frodeno: 2008 Olympic Champion. 6 x World Champion. Kristian Blummenfelt: 2020 Olympic Champion. 3 x World Champion.
2023 saw the coming together of two of the greatest athletes triathlon has ever seen. A match up almost 10 years in the making, Jan Frodeno and Kristian Blummenfelt finally took to the race course together. Not just once. Twice.
And it didn't disappoint as both athletes and races providing box office viewing. This is the story of how two greats from two generations of triathlon came together on the 2023 PTO Tour in a historic battle that will be talked about forever.
#PTO #Triathlon #JanFrodeno #KristianBlummenfelt
00:00 Jan Frodeno's setback
01:14 Calling Kristian Blummenfelt
02:31 2023 PTO European Open
08:25 Putting in the work
10:45 The rematch
11:47 2023 PTO US Open
18:04 2023 PTO Asian Open
22:45 One more year?
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LIKE if you want Jan Frodeno to race one more year!
Nah. Go out as close to the top as you can. He isn't getting any closer to the top.
No need already, age is not on his side anymore. Jan is the forever champ =)
Please not another year.😊 - History shows that great athletes did well to end their active careers when it was time. I think, it's time now. Especially after his great win @PTO US Open. Leaving the party at the right time is (mostly) a wise decision! This is also what distinguishes an exceptional athlete & human. In my eyes, Jan is both. I'm German, admire Jan and without him I might not have started our great sport a few years ago...yes, I "love" him & I hope he sticks to his decision. Greetings from Berlin🙋♂️
History shows one thing…. We all die and never return. Life is not a fairytale so why seek a fairytale ending.? If you love what you do then do it for as long as you physically can and milk every ounce you can out of this life while you can. You’re retired a long time. If he still has the fire to train and compete then keep going.
@@dbo4506I understand your point of view, D Bo. I have a slightly different perspective. We have different opinions - and - that's completely ok.😉

I dunno. I absolutely get exiting at the right time... but also maybe coming back like so many of the greats in other sports did? Triathlon is young... what if he took a full year off, and then returned for a triumph run at Kona when the men go back? Then he could have 2024 off and plan to come back for one last loop on the island - send him off in even greater style?
He should retire because he wants to. There would be absolutely nothing wrong with him continuing and falling back in the field for years IF he wanted to keep racing though.
Please come back… 1 more year.
"1 more year, 1 more year, 1 more year..."
I think that wouldn't be a wise decision. Anyway... 'like your content.👌 Greets from Germany🙋♂️
👎 Trav. Legends grow with mystique. You don't want Jan's legacy to be, "Jan... in his prime... could've beat __."
@@yesitis1395 Agree. But I also think that's just a fan problem, it's not fair to strip Jan of more fun because some fans have imaginary beef with other fans, but that's just me, would love to see Jan for another year.
How?
@@emmanuelnocete135its not fair to push for him to have another year either if he doesn't tell us he wants it.
Your work is a masterpiece! -- "Believe in your abilities."
great video..I enjoyed it and hope Jan will battle with him again.
I can’t remember Triathlon without Jan in the top flight, but Father Time waits for no man. There are so many young athletes pushing the standard ever further now, the competition is brutal. Still, it’s wonderful to see one of the all time greats still pushing.
You just came back Jan. I'm surethere's more juice in there.
Wondering again, how can be Blummenfeld this good with at least 7 kilos more then everybody else?🤔
Not few suspect a form of doping. Seen nothing else like that in the running world. Maybe a future Lance Armstong moment. Which was clear for me from the start. I would not be suprised. Or he has some special geenes, and or there is a special norwegen training secret. Time will tell. But he supposed to have 74-76 kg which is in line. Maybe very light bone structure 176 is not tall.
7 kilos of extra lung.
It's his body composition, there are more variables than just weight
I wudnt like I wud love Jan to go a few more years, he is the ultimate GOAT
What a documentary!!!
Great video!
PTO is the best thing happened in triathlon recently! Ironman brand sucks, separated men’s and women’s in Kona was awful! Many tradicional races without PRO field…..
1 more year!
Yeeeh hard ❤️🔥🤌🏽😎🇧🇷
The goat...never write off a champion
Thumbnail remembers of the bud Spencer movie "The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid" 😅
11:26 if thats a song pls give me the id
What happened to Big Bear Sgrail 50 @JanFrodeno ?
I think he wants kb to beat him
Too bad he didn't race Kristian when kristian was aiming for long course. Now his main priority is short course. Next year even more.
Click bait but bice Video anyway.
Not another year from now but from 2022! 😆
I loved BJ Penn. But him trying to lengthen his career ruined my ability to win bar arguments about BJ beating everyone for all time. Be done, Jan. Be done.
Lmao, just let him go, The GOAT has nothing left to prove.
I say go for it, my dream is to win the hawii ironman at age 55:) and will say, my dream, is alive and kicking, who am i,I AM , youtubeman, and I want to race the best of the best:) and age is just a number, that demons are afraid of, and if you are not a demon, then age works like it does for trees, we get stronger the older we get:)
He is the 🐐 he can do one more year
He is going to get paid STUPID money by the PTO to race another year! The amount of media involvement and viewership he will bring to the sport is unrealistic even if he doesn't race competitively.
Sounds not stupid 😂 just business
Too bad maxy smokeeed em
He just can lose. Time for new horizon. GOAT has to let it go...
Frodo seems (based on his interviews) like a smug f**k and I hope he loses. But at least that means I want to watch. So I suppose he's good for the sport!
Yeah. Lacks humility. Thinks too much of himself. Look at Messi. Even though it is another sport, he is the undisputed goat and it never got to his head, showing humility is a quality you have or you don’t. Just winning lots of championships doesn’t mean you must be cocky. I don’t like him either.
Jan could never match KB or MA. They could crossover all distances in a season and be at the top. That took Jan 7 years because he was always a one distance ability athlete who lacked GOAT ability. Jan was never a well-rounded complete triathlete, and with well-rounded, complete athletes like MA, Taylor Knibb, KB, and Iden, we know just how incomplete Jan always was. And Jan can't win on tough courses like St. George or Nice.
PTO says that Jan is GOAT.
YOU have no idea of Triathlon! Jan is the GOAT and nobody says something different. No media, no fan and even more important, no athlete. He dominated in 70.3 and IM over years!!! You should do your homework and respect the GOAT
@@jonathan9506 Waiting for anyone to prove Jan overtook MA's GOAT standing.. Then we'll move onto KB. How many people have won Kona? How many have won short course and IM world titles in the same season. Game. Set. Match.
First tri in 88', U.S. Jr. nat team (2 years). Trained at the OTC in the Springs to prep for Jr. worlds. Later, collegiate national champ (non-drafting days), then professional. So, when did you get your IM tattoo? The year after you got your first 70.3 finishers t-shirt? Stop disrespecting our sport with stupidity. Jan's best ever Kona was beaten by 3 Kona rookies, two who are SHORT COURSE athletes, and 2022 was a windy day. A short course athlete is ranked #1 in the world. He is better than everyone on the planet and long course is only his part-time SIDE HUSTLE job. Jan was never good enough to ever have a side hustle... his ability always limited him to focus and excel at ONE FOCUS during a season. crossover is reserved for GOATS.... But let us know when Jan goes back to WTS and super league while he is also winning IM / 70.3 world titles in the same season. 🤡
Pleas use arguments. What is wrong with what was written? Jan wasn't good at short course at all. Short course is much more competitive. Jan used years to transition. Kristian could go head to head with the best in sprint and ironman within weeks. And the long course circus was just semi pro this years Jan dominated. Full of old race horses. When the norwegian train came and showed a new level of professionalism the rest of the field kicked up their level to.That and PTO putting more money into it. Making it worth it for the best athletes to do longcourse in their prime age. Not being a retirement place @@jonathan9506
@@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947 you are talking too much… Jan is the GOAT and no You Tube discussion has to prove that. Just ask the people… the athletes and you‘ll get the answer. Bye