Frodeno down the chute!

Who says big guys can't win in the heat? Not Jan Frodeno who bridged a gap to the lead group of three during the run, bringing Simon Whitfield back into the race, and then shifted gears to capture gold in Beijing.

What a superb race.

Kudos to Whitfield for a gutsy finish. He got dropped heading up the final hill, regrouped as the lead group of four entered the stadium and then dropped the hammer with about 600m to go - before Frodeno accelerated with about 75m to go.

NZ's Bevan Docherty gets the bronze.

A disappointing finish for Javier Gomez but he's such a class act.

How about Alistair Brownlee from the UK? He led for part of the run and will have to be among the favourites heading into 2012 in London.