Alex Yee secured a silver medal finish for Team GB during the men's individual triathlon, finishing runner-up to Norway's Kristian Blumenfelt.
Yee said he was "over the moon" following the race which saw Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt take gold. The 23-year-old said: "It's a bit bizarre really.
I'm just a normal guy from south east London. Dreams really do come true. "I am just over the moon. I was already deep in the well and dug that little bit in my soul.
It wasn't enough to catch Kristian but it was enough to get silver." Briton Jonny Brownlee, who won silver in 2016 and bronze in 2012 and was hoping to complete the set in the absence of his double champion brother Alistair, finished fifth.
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