Knibb finished strong, and the videographer continued to record her top half when she asked him to, creating the weekend’s most popular video.
It turns out that she wasn’t feeling well before the race, and after waking up “rough,” swimming two kilometers and then riding a further 80 kilometers didn’t help much.
“I messaged my coach that I was feeling difficult after waking up. “Oh, I thought this was going to be a bad day,” she said.
“I was sort of astonished,” Knibb said, “since everything just came together in the final three kilometers, but it was hard out there.
“I believe that today was more physical than mental. You don’t have to deal with your body, so that was simpler.
