German triathlete Mika Noodt suffered immense heartbreak during the Challenge Vieux Boucau triathlon when tripped and fell just yards from the finish line.
Noodt had been leading the event for the entirety of the run, but he was only slightly ahead of Frenchman Mathis Margirier. Checking over his shoulder, Noodt looked to put the result beyond doubt in the final stretch.
The German put in one final dig to distance his French rival, and with just meters to go his checked over his shoulder again. However, Noodt "lost control of his legs" and stumbled.
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Noodt hit the ground as Margirier came around his rival with just one metre left in the race. Speaking after the event, Noodt said: "It’s insane, I gave everything but I lost control of my legs.
"I’ve never experienced this – he was too fast, but that’s racing – I gave it everything I had!" While Margirier said: "It was really hard today. I wasn’t feeling good on the bike so in the middle of the bike, I was just waiting for the finish.
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"The first lap of the run was so hard, I had no energy. But when I saw Mika slowing down, in the last 10 metres I was second, but I could sprint and he couldn’t so I finished first!"
Team GB legend Alistair Brownlee was also part of the event, but he only managed a sixth-placed finish during the inaugural Challenge Vieux Boucau.
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