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I would not stray too far from a television set if I were you,

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because this has all the maybeings as Michelle was saying of another

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glittering day in the medal front. In the Velodrome, on horse back,

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potentially the Olympic Stadium and round Hyde Park. Just one more gold

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would equal -- equal the total number from Beijing and that could

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come within the next the two hours from a man named Brownlee. But

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which one? Meet alstir and Jonathan Brownlee. Two brothers from West

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Yorkshire. Housemates, team-mates, training partners, and rivals.

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These competitive siblings happen to be the world's top two

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With a stack of impressive results under their belt, both boys will be

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hoping to reach the podium in London. But stairl's journey to the

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games hasn't been an easy one. In February, a tear to his Achilles

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tendon put his out of action while Johnny was winning titles. I wasn't

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that bad, I was quite glad I found out what it was and got a specific

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diagnosis. When I got home from ta, a week or two later, I couldn't do

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much training, I was unhappy, that was a nightmare. I tried to stay ya

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from him, tried to do different things, when I trained, go out the

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back door, so it wasn't too obvious. With the Olympics in the back of

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your head, you are thinking I should be doing everything I can do,

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which makes it worse because you feel about half -- you fill about

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half an hour doing some ridiculous exercise that probably doesn't make

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you better. Myself, I have the Olympics to train for and at the

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same time I am leaving the house thinking I am guilty because

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Alistair can't go out running but I had to get over that and reel

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realise I have to be selfish and concentrate on myself. Onanyis

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about a sympathetic as a plank of wood. It is not as if he helped at

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all. He would leave without me enif I was 30 seconds late. If I wanted

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to get fit fast I had to think outside the box, so I often thought

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about running on an underwater treadmill. I was injury prone and

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got on with my friend Alec digging a hole in the garden. It gave me

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manager to do and that was a godsend. They were out there every

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day from eight in the morning to five in the eve nng, just digging

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this hole. The hole got bigger and bigger and they didn't realise how

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big it had to be and how much dirt they had to get out. As soon as I

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started using it my aChiles started getting less stiff. In June he

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returned to the global stage in style, with a comfortable victory

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at the world series event in Kitzbuhel. Both brothers are hoping

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they can stay focused and give their best performances in the

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Olympic race. I think we are aware it is the Olympics and trying to

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get that boost but not getting carried away with the whole

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experience, knowing we are there for a race and I think it will be

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especially good for Jonny, because he hasn't been to the Olympics

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before. What Alistair has said it is different to everything else. It

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is an amazing opportunity and you have to experience it, you have to

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love it. It is going to be the best triathlon I will be part of. It

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can't wait to race it. The Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Johnny

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ranked one and two in the world. They have dominated the scene but a

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lady who has dominated the Ironman triathlon scene Chrissie Wellington,

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she is with me to assess the chances of the Brownlee brothers

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and everybody else. First of all, remind everybody what is involved

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in this event. OK, a triathlon is a swim, a bike, and a run. It

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comprises different distance, the triathlon in the Olympics is the

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Olympic distance triathlon, a 1.5 kilometre swim, it is a 43

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kilometre bike, ordinarily a 40 kilometre bike, and then a ten

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kilometre run and the men and the women race over the same course.

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You are doing distances which far exceed that in Ironman, in fact you

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are finishing with a marathon at end of the your race, but there is

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a subtle difference in the way you approach your races and this sprint

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format of the triathlon. My race, the iron distance event, 2.4 mile

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swim. 112 bike, finished off with a marathon is very different. You

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know the training, and the effort that goes into training for the

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Olympic distance triathlon is no less than the Ironman. They are

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just, you know, different style of racing. You take nine hours

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complete, they take round two and we will be watching that carefully

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today. The Brownlee brothers themselves, 24-year-old, 22-year-

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old, Alistair is the older of the the two and he is a double World

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Champion. What has given them such a dominance over this event? They

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do have a stranglehold over the Olympic distance triathlon, they

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have taken it by storm and they -- their consistency is phenomenal,

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barring a few periods of injury that Alistair's had. They are very

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very grounded, they train up in Yorkshire, for the most part. They

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are capable of racing in, you know, on all terrain, in all conditions,

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and they have got this will to win, this determination and this

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incredibly aggressive approach to racing. They have a total disdain

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for conservative tactics which I enjoy, and it makes for great

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exciting racesle --ration. In terms of how the other teams view them,

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they are a threat for gold and silver but everybody else in this

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field of 55 athletes knows that. How aggressive are the tactics

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towards them going to be today? Absolutely. The other teams are

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acutely wear of the dominance of the two Brownlee brothers, and

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their consistency also across all three disciplines. It is not they

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are the fast runners, they are among the strongest swimmers and

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bikers as well. I think we will see some interteam tactics taking place

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here, so I think we will see some of the teams working together,

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especially on the bike, to try and create what we call breakaways, so

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I think we will see them using the corner, accelerating out of the

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very many corners on this technical course, trying to break grey the

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Brownlees and get themselves a gap so going into the run they can

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withstand the incredible speed of Alistair and Johnny. We have Stewie

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Hayes, who is going to help them to try and achieve their aims. But if

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you watch Saturday's woman's triathlon you will know what it is

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nt. If not, here is what is involved for the athletes today.

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Triathlon. A triathlon is a race divided into three different

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disciplines. Swim. The first element is a 1500 metre open water

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swim. And as triathletes look to establish their position, contact

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is accepted, unless it is considered to be unfair or a

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deliberate attempt to impede. Competitors will look to use slip

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streaming to conserve energy. Swimming in the the trail of others

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can significantly improve performance, in in the disciplines

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following the swim. Cycle. The transition period between swimming

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and cycling is key, in the hope of gaining an advantage before a 40

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kilometre bike ride. Specialist carbon-fibre bikes are used as they

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are strong but very light this is particularly important, as any

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fault in the equipment can finish the challenge. Drafting is allowed

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at Olympic level where cyclist can cycle as a large group. Some riders

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may form a break away at the front, in order to get a head start in the

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next phase, run. The race is won and lost with the final discipline.

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A ten kilometre run. The first three triathletes to cross the line

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And by the way, as we start looking at pictures coming from Hyde Park

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there, the Brownlee brothers are on the cover of all of the Yorkshire

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telephone director -- directorys this year in case the penny has

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just dropped. They are about to get going into the river shortly.

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Sonali has bag add ringside seed there -- seat there this morning.

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We have been watching the Brownlee brothers and Stuart being called

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out to their pontoon positions, huge cheers from the crowd. They

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are wearing number 30, 31 and 32 on their swimming caps. Vicky, who was

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part of the women's team on Saturday for Team GB. You know the

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course very very well. Having competed on it already. It is very

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very technical isn't it, and you were involved in one of the many

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crashes that day. Yes, the cours does have you a couple of technical

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area, down through Buckingham Palace, to the main area, and the

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crash I was involved in happened on one of the corners round Buckingham

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Palace, and it seems it is transpired since the race a lot of

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people crashed on that same corner, and maybe ten plus girls came down,

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soy would be very vair -- wary of that area. I presume you passed on

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your tips to the Brownlees and Stewart of course. Yes all the team

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staff were there, they will pass it on. Are there a rumour of ill slick

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on that corner. So anything to rectify it will have been done.

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Stewart will be there to protect the Brownlees, to set the pace as

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well. Graham, you were in Kitzbuhel when they worked together for the

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first time properly on such a huge stage. How will it work out today?

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Stuart is there for if something goes wrong, crash or mechanical.

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The way I think the race will go, ideal scenario will be a break away

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with both Brownlees in it. Maybe the Russian, Bryukhankov, if he can

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swim hard, he will be looking at Gomez, thinking he has to beat him.

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So Bryukhankov will think we want to go out hard and get out on the

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bike, the ideal scenario is a break away the Brownlees in it. If that

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doesn't happen, that is when Stuart's role comes in. There is

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talk of all the other countries working together against Team GB,

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something similar to what we saw in the road race with Cape Canaveral

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and Alistair has spoken out about that, knowing it is a danger. He

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said that has boosd them because than they are the people to beat.

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For sure, the lest of the field will have to work against them if

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they want to beat them. They will have to team up and take it to the

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Brownlees. It is theirs the lose. They are the favourites. The rest

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of the world, teaming up against them, that would have had to be

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organised and I am not sure anything has been done about that.

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But as the race progresses we will see. On the plus side Bryukhankov

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is thinking if which get a break away on the bike Gomez isn't going

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to outrun me, I can guarantee a medal by being with the Brownlees.

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Several athlete also know they are not the fastest runners but they

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maybe good in the swim. So it is in their interest to be in that break

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to, have a great swim. Hopefully be in that group that gets away and

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they will have a higher finishing position than if they are in the

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main pack. Britain has never won a triathlon medal. Team GB will be

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hope that 2012 is their year. We will find nowt a couple of hours

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time. It is time to hand you over time. It is time to hand you over

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to the commentators. Here is the start list for the triathlon 2012.

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Going down through country order, to Portuguese, one Slovakian, one

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South African. Then we get to the business end of this start list.

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Beginning with 30 Alistair Brownlee. 31 Jonathan Brownlee. 32 Stuart

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Hayes. No number 13 in the Olympic triathlon, so there are 56 numbers

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but only 55 competitors T Germans are strong. 46, 47, 48. And there

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is Gomez at 51 with his compatriots. We will look out for the New

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Zealand trio at the end. Number 3 for Great Britain, the favourite.

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The pre-Olympic triathlon favourite Alistair Brownlee. 31 is Johnny.

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There is 51. Gomez. They are getting ready to start. Wet suits

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used because the water temperature is cold. They areied to goment.

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They dive into the Serpentine to Pride Park. This hugely anticipated

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race. Into the Serpentine fought a under 20 minutes. Just looking at

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the way that that swim has developed, everyone looking to get

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for it. We have an arrowhead forming on the left. But they are

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well spread out across the Serpentine. Groups jostling for

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We will assume that his brother is alongside him. They have just

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returned from four weeks of altitude training in the Swiss Alps.

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That is a training camp that they have benefited from the usually. --

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hugely. Richard Varga is a very strong

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swimmer. At the moment there is a considerable gap to catch. Varga at

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the head of the field, looking very comfortable. Gomez hot on his heels.

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Varga leads. They have got to be careful here, this is where arms go

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flying out elbows can do damage. Some of them getting boxed in as

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they try to squeeze their way around that long yellow inflatable.

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Varga just turned and had that double benefit of taking a swift

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look over. He does not want to allow Alistair Brownlee and Jonny

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Brownlee to get away from him. Look at how closely knit the field

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is. I imagine some of them are getting battered and bruised

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through that term. Varga forcing the pace at the front of the field.

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It is nice to beat in that situation. However you do not have

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any one ahead acute and you are Serpentine is a 28 acre lake.

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Now supplied by water pumped straight in from the River Thames.

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There are medics and lifeguards on already. After those first six or

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seven, they're still around three deep. So they need to exercise some

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come out. Tens of thousands out enjoying this Olympic Triathlon

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which will take place primarily in Hyde Park. Jonny Brownlee just five

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metres off the pace. One of the advantages that Alistair Brownlee

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and Jonny Brownlee do have is that because they have trained together

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they can recognise their strokes. Just those subtle nuances. You can

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bet that they know exactly where they are and they are able to use

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it to other through the swim. Because they're so good at world

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level there is the danger that they could be targeted just a little by

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some of the other athletes. Richard Varga leads stage one in

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Richard Varga leads stage one in the Serpentine.

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And some sad news to bring you because Phillips Idowu was

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struggling to qualifying. This was his third attempt. And it was not

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good enough. Phillips Idowu I'm afraid she did not get over that

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mark. The first time he is qualified, but he has not qualified

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for the final. Of course the fuss about his non-attendance about the

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Great Britain training camp will be opened again and he will have some

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serious questions to answer. Especially those been asked by the

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performance director, Charles van, me. That is a terrible shame and we

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me. That is a terrible shame and we all feel greatly for him today.

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It is a long pack and everyone is close together. Alistair Brown Lee

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and John Leathem Brown the in 4th coming through. There will be happy

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with that. Some of the spectators were getting to the park at 5:30am

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this morning. Great Britain have never yet won a medal in the

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Olympic Triathlon. But the brothers just seemed to brush off the

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We have high hopes today. While Helen Jenkins this year finished in

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5th place and a courageous performance from her. She had been

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nursing a leg injury. To do what she did under that kind of pressure

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is just astounding. She gave it absolutely everything.

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Bryukhankov a very consistent performer. He was second in Madrid.

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He is one to watch. They come around the second set of the

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inflatables. Still Richard Varga leading the way. This seems not to

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be a significant break away happening at the moment in the

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swimming. Varga an incredibly strong swimmer. He has been

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training with the Brownlee brothers. It is interesting to see Gomez in

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their. And Bryukhankov. The brothers in an incredible position

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at the moment. 12 minutes into the swim. Varga

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leads the way. The Brownlee brothers in fourth and fifth.

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Stuart Hayes is very much the projector. He needs to have a good

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swim to be up there with the brothers.

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There are huge decisions to be made into the transition area.

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Bryukhankov loves it. He will be prepared to put himself on the line

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if there was a possibility of a breakaway.

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Could we have a six or seven-man breakaway? People talk about this

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course and she being quite easy but I disagree. There are over 100

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tight turns. Gomez going through. He has won

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over this distance in the past. Heading back towards the pontoon.

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Then just back towards the ramp that bears them out of the lake.

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They also have to get rid of the wet suits which is sometimes

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described as the 4th element in the Triathlon, that transition.

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Seven or eight are likely to get away first on the bikes. It will be

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interesting to see how long the leaders can keep clear of that

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second group. It looks as if the big gap is opening now between that

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second and third group. That is interesting. If one group know that

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they can get away then I am certain that they will be prepared to take

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that risk. Gomez would be desperate to be in front of the Brownlees. If

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there is a weakness in his armoury, he can ride very fast but he does

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not possess a sprint finish as strong as the brothers. And that

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clouds don't release any of their rain, and make for a dangerous 43

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kilometre ride round some of the main sites of west London, they

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leave the park, remember, via Hyde Park coner, down Constitution Hill

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to the Palace, to complete the 43 kilometre ride. Seven laps in total.

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Fabulous tactics by the Brownlee boy, they have Gomez in second,

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just in front of them. They are looking at him. They are not going

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to let him get away, as much as the rest of the field will be

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marshalling looking at Jonny and Alistair, they know who their main

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opposition are, and Tay are going to be hon foring that and following

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that. It is going to be hard. I think it is possible, it is

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possible, maybe we are going to get a group staying away, we did see

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that on the women's field. Within two laps they have been brought

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back to the main field. It's a fast pace set by Varga, he will exit the

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water in under 17 minutes. It is Varga of Slovakia who gets on to

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his feet. Lifts his goggles. Undoes his wet suit. Followed by Gomez, he

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is second out. You can check the guys, the names coming through.

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Fabian of Italy is third. Then Jonny Brownlee. They have arrived

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in transition. Look at Gomez, stepping out of his wet suit.

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Multi-tasking as he puts his helmet on. Jonny arrives. Alistair is

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right behind him. They have to get the kit into the box. Everything

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has to be done according to the rules. The wet suit gets dumped in.

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The helmet goes on t shoes are attached to the pedals and it is

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Jonny who exits transition just ahead of his older brother, but

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Gomez is already aboard, and peddling, he has reached the mount

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up line, he son his way, they know the defending champion from Germany

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is at his bike as well. They will expect a gruech seven or eight to

:31:43.:31:48.

form at the front. Fabian of Italy is involved. Some of the, this

:31:48.:31:52.

group of about seven or six will try and close the group. This is

:31:52.:31:58.

the third group. Keeping an eyen some of the big names from the

:31:58.:32:08.
:32:08.:32:11.

difference between the first group out and the third group to arrive.

:32:12.:32:20.

That is a huge gap. Let us not take it away from the swimmers. Murray

:32:20.:32:25.

is one minute 15 seconds behind. Murray is mainly the one person who

:32:25.:32:29.

could outsprint the Brownlees on this. He has had a great position

:32:29.:32:32.

at San Diego. Over a minute down. This will take an enormous amount

:32:32.:32:36.

of work to get Murray from South Africa back on that pack. Richard

:32:36.:32:44.

Murray from South Africa, one in -- won in Hamburg there, finished

:32:44.:32:48.

behind Eustace in Sydney and third in San Diego. He has a lot of work

:32:48.:32:53.

to do. This group will form a large pack of round 20 to work their way

:32:53.:32:58.

up and claw back some of the lead. We are with the leaders now. There

:32:58.:33:03.

is a bit of chat going on. We have a man down. Somebody has hit the

:33:03.:33:09.

deck early. That is Simon Whitfield of Canada. He has taken somebody

:33:09.:33:19.
:33:19.:33:19.

with him as well. It is Chacon,, goodness me. Oh my word! I hope hay

:33:19.:33:25.

are both OK. That was a massive shunt for Chacon and Whitfield who

:33:25.:33:27.

was the first ever Olympic triathlon champion in Sydney in

:33:27.:33:36.

2000. Simon Whitfield fourth time in the Olympic Games, Fife athletes

:33:36.:33:41.

away, one in that horrible situation having to chase very hard.

:33:41.:33:44.

Now Simon Whitfield was in the second pack, round 30 seconds down,

:33:44.:33:49.

would have worked so hard to get back on. They went over that almost

:33:49.:33:53.

a speed bump, just that to cover some testify irregularities in

:33:53.:33:58.

surface, we weren't sure if we were going have a work group, you can

:33:58.:34:03.

bet your life we have now. Alistair and Jonny Brownlee. We thought

:34:03.:34:06.

Stuart Hayes would be there to help out but it seems at the moment he

:34:06.:34:10.

wasn't able to stay on that big swim pace. We didn't see him in the

:34:10.:34:13.

lead pack. Let us just watch this, what is happening here with this

:34:13.:34:19.

group of five. They are coming to the front. Down on the bars, we see

:34:19.:34:23.

20, 25 pedal revolution, then they are moving over to the right hand

:34:24.:34:28.

side, the next cyclist triathlete will come through so they are

:34:28.:34:32.

spreading the workload, rather than one leading everything, vvings

:34:32.:34:35.

having to take the pressure, they are spreading it. If they can

:34:36.:34:39.

maintain this it is possible they could stay away from the chasing

:34:39.:34:46.

pack. 30 seconds down, coming out of the water. It could be close.

:34:46.:34:54.

Kris Gemmell is there. It's a big pack. The German is there. Bokty is

:34:54.:35:02.

there. I am getting so excited about this. -- Doherty. It is a

:35:02.:35:06.

great group at the front. Five athletes working together. I love

:35:06.:35:12.

it when we see it. Past the monument to the regiment of the

:35:12.:35:15.

Royal Artillery. They duck under the arch. They are crossing the

:35:15.:35:19.

Duke of Wellington place, the statue hidden by the tree. It is

:35:19.:35:24.

all about the Duke here. They hit Constitution Hill, through the

:35:25.:35:30.

memorial gates. Down Constitution Hill. It's a very faint slope down

:35:30.:35:35.

to Palace, Buckingham Palace garden behind that brick wall and the

:35:35.:35:40.

razor wire on the right. And it is Jonny, Jonny Brownlee, 31, who is

:35:40.:35:45.

setting the pace, down Constitution Hill, heading for Buckingham Palace

:35:45.:35:52.

for the first time on this first of seven laps. Varga is second. There

:35:52.:35:56.

is the Italian, Fabian, there is Alistair, who is fourth and in

:35:57.:36:01.

fifth at the moment, is Gomez of Spain. What a group of five to lead

:36:02.:36:06.

the Olympic triathlon, they come down in front of the Palace, round

:36:06.:36:10.

the Victoria memorial, there is a loop they do here which takes them

:36:10.:36:14.

briefly on to Birdcage Walk, before they head up on the other side of

:36:14.:36:19.

that line of red traffic cones to climb Constitution Hill towards the

:36:19.:36:24.

top, and the second group, well the pace is noticibly slower within

:36:24.:36:27.

this second group They are not getting it together. Looking back,

:36:28.:36:32.

nobody is prepared the close that gap. You can almost hear their mind

:36:32.:36:35.

working, why should I work to drag them back if it is not going to

:36:35.:36:45.

make it viable for me because I will be so tired? Fabian and other

:36:45.:36:49.

early lead swimmer... Varga:they will be delighted to be out there.

:36:49.:36:53.

We have the three race favourites here, Alistair and Jonny and Gomez

:36:53.:36:57.

is there as well. So Varga is going to be prepared to work so hard,

:36:57.:37:02.

because this makes it viable for him. If he were coming out behind

:37:02.:37:09.

that we might be having a few issues there. Polyanskiy, dropping

:37:09.:37:12.

off the back of that pack already, we thought he might be one of the

:37:12.:37:15.

viable players in this big game. Something has happened with

:37:15.:37:18.

Polyanskiy. I this he is looking for a mechanical assistance at the

:37:19.:37:23.

side of the course. He stopped in for a pit-stop here, he is taking

:37:23.:37:27.

off his reefer wheel and looking for a replacement. Meanwhile the

:37:27.:37:32.

guys are cycling back up the hill with Green Park on the right. They

:37:32.:37:38.

will hang a right, up Park Lane for a few yards, before they go left

:37:38.:37:43.

and back-in to Hyde Park, to head back to transition, to complete lap

:37:43.:37:52.

one of seven. Seven laps of 6.13 kilometres each, to clock up the

:37:52.:37:59.

total of 43. And Polyanskiy has fixed his bike, and he is now way,

:37:59.:38:05.

way off the pace. It's a tough ask for the Russian. 27 tries to bridge

:38:05.:38:12.

the gap is Vasiliev. He is trying to close the gap. They are up

:38:12.:38:17.

through the gates again and round the Duke of Wellington place, up

:38:17.:38:21.

into Park Lane before heading back- in to Hyde Park. A cracking start

:38:21.:38:25.

to the Olympic triathlon. I have got an unofficial split there on

:38:25.:38:29.

the bike, watching them come through. I make it 20 seconds.

:38:29.:38:33.

Perhaps we are denigrating that chase back a little too much,

:38:33.:38:37.

because that was the time gap coming out of the swim. We had the

:38:37.:38:41.

first group within eight, ten seconds and then that gap coming

:38:41.:38:45.

through, so perhaps we are pre- empting this. Maybe we are calling

:38:45.:38:49.

it too early. You look at the five at the front they appear to be

:38:49.:38:54.

working so hard, the chase pack coming through, maybe because it is

:38:54.:38:58.

bigger, I think that might be Noble there at the head of the second

:38:58.:39:04.

chase pack, that is interesting, a first time Olympic reputation for

:39:04.:39:07.

Gavin. First time for a Irish triathlete to get into the Olympic

:39:07.:39:15.

game, this seems a huge pace at the front. If they are not moving away,

:39:15.:39:21.

then it is a forcable -- forceful effort in the chase pack. Look at

:39:21.:39:26.

the crowds. Astonishing numbers have turned out to watch the

:39:26.:39:30.

Olympic triathlon which has caught the public imagination with the

:39:30.:39:34.

Brownlee brothers on all the front pages this morn, a lot of them.

:39:34.:39:37.

They are back passing the Serpentine and the pace, you are

:39:37.:39:41.

right, I don't think I have ever seen such a furious pace at the

:39:41.:39:47.

front of the field, as Alistair, just seizes to his left. Et let's

:39:47.:39:51.

them take it up as they hit the blue carpet to complete lap one of

:39:52.:39:58.

seven, so six kilometres down, a total time of 26 minutes, and three

:39:58.:40:03.

seconds, one lap down, six to go on the bike. What a start! There we

:40:03.:40:08.

are going to get a proper time split. My unofficial one was round

:40:08.:40:13.

20 seconds. As we see the leaders going through the transition areas,

:40:13.:40:18.

at the end of that one, it is just round there, 21 seconds, so that is

:40:18.:40:22.

going to be a lot of hard work. It will be a huge decision on the next

:40:22.:40:27.

couple of laps to stay out there. I wonder if Stuart heys in the chase

:40:27.:40:30.

pack is playing any part. If he is getting to the front to slow it

:40:30.:40:35.

down a little. We haven't had a sighting. There he is, at the back.

:40:35.:40:41.

32. There he is, Stuart the Hayes coming through now, number 32.

:40:41.:40:46.

Stuart Hayes is trying to get involved here. Stuart's yob would

:40:46.:40:50.

be to get to front of the chase pack and to try and slow it down.

:40:50.:40:54.

Of course as soon as he does that, you can imagine the response, they

:40:54.:40:59.

are not going to allow him to do it. It's a tough call for him. That is

:40:59.:41:03.

where we had the crash earlier, that speed bump starting the lap is

:41:03.:41:08.

where Whitfield and number one, Chacon hit the Tarmac heavily.

:41:08.:41:14.

Haven't heard any more about them, as we watch the chase, this is

:41:14.:41:18.

group three now, coming through transition to complete lap number

:41:18.:41:24.

one.. It is. We still have some of the big names down there, Richard

:41:24.:41:29.

Murray one minute 14 down. That is a tough call. They just seem to be

:41:29.:41:36.

working so hard. Now... Here are the leaders, Gomez, Varga, Jonny

:41:36.:41:39.

Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee. This group of five. Swam together,

:41:39.:41:44.

exited the Serpentine together. Hit transition together and are leading

:41:44.:41:50.

the race together. Look at the pace they areing as they head along

:41:50.:41:54.

south carriage drive. This runs parallels with Knightsbridge they

:41:54.:41:58.

will hit Hyde Park Corner. Park Lane, Constitution Hill, Grosvenor

:41:58.:42:03.

place and Piccadilly, five of London's main thoroughfares to

:42:03.:42:08.

begin the descent again, down to the Palace, there is work going on

:42:08.:42:15.

n the chase group. 21 is the Swiss rider. He is calling the shots at

:42:15.:42:19.

the front of the chase group. I can see them splitting. We have those

:42:19.:42:23.

who are prepared to work turning round, Stuart Hayes, rightly, I am

:42:23.:42:29.

not going to be doing any work, I am going to sit back and see if

:42:29.:42:34.

anything develops on the latter half where he can add to the

:42:34.:42:39.

Brownlee Brownlees' chances of winning. I am sure they will get

:42:39.:42:42.

feedback from their coaches and manager, they know the time gap has

:42:42.:42:46.

stayed the same and they have got now, they have almost made their

:42:46.:42:50.

commitment, they have got to keep going through. If they get back-in

:42:50.:42:53.

to the chase pack, the amount of work, the hard work they have done

:42:53.:42:58.

at the front is going to take its toll on their legs as they go into

:42:58.:43:03.

the run. Even at this early stage. Passing Astbury house on the right

:43:03.:43:07.

which means that Hyde Park Corner is looming. The grand entrance

:43:07.:43:12.

there, they come out of the Queen Mother gates which gives them a

:43:13.:43:16.

wider exit. Not necessary with only five of them at the front. They

:43:16.:43:21.

hang a right down Park Lane before they dive under the Wellington arch

:43:21.:43:26.

again. They are now passing in front of the hotel on the right

:43:26.:43:29.

which used to be St George's Hospital there is nice bridge on

:43:29.:43:35.

the right. And they go through this section which takes them down

:43:35.:43:39.

Constitution Hill, for the second time. Under the Wellington arch,

:43:39.:43:43.

the speed has not eased up. These five are really pushing hard at the

:43:43.:43:53.
:43:53.:44:03.

on. Gomez would like that, Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee would

:44:03.:44:11.

like that. Unofficially we had around the same time gap. The chase

:44:11.:44:21.
:44:21.:44:24.

group coming down through part of the memorial gates. Gomez takes his

:44:24.:44:32.

turn to force the pace of the front of the field.

:44:32.:44:39.

Coming down towards the palace for the second time. I am told that the

:44:39.:44:47.

time gap is down to 18 seconds. So the chase group not having an easy

:44:47.:44:56.

ride, having to work desperately hard.

:44:56.:45:01.

It is going to be difficult to have any kind of fresh legs going into

:45:01.:45:10.

the final round. Let us see what Chrissie Wellington it looks to

:45:10.:45:15.

make of the dynamics developing. Will the brothers have found

:45:16.:45:24.

themselves in an incredible position. They are working really

:45:24.:45:32.

hard. They are sharing the load. Using the draft behind to each

:45:32.:45:39.

other's wheels to conserve a little bit of energy. Each one of them

:45:39.:45:45.

taking a lead at the front. And the same strategy is being used by the

:45:45.:45:55.
:45:55.:46:02.

chase pack to try to close the gap. The New Zealanders are starting to

:46:02.:46:09.

pull out at the head of that pack. You can see the chase group now

:46:09.:46:19.
:46:19.:46:30.

closing the gap. The gap is now well under 20.

:46:30.:46:37.

Jan Frodeno, the defending champion. And there is Stuart Hayes, third

:46:38.:46:47.
:46:48.:47:02.

has been a concerted struggle. Just think what is going through

:47:02.:47:08.

their heads now, the five at the front. They seemed just to be

:47:08.:47:16.

working so much harder with that smaller group.

:47:16.:47:21.

You can bet that Gomez and Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee are

:47:21.:47:26.

saying, up we have made that commitment. If we ease up now and

:47:26.:47:29.

go back into the second group then at our next will be more tired for

:47:29.:47:39.
:47:39.:47:44.

the run. -- our legs. The crowd had to get up early to get such a great

:47:44.:47:54.
:47:54.:48:01.

advantage. In Hyde Park. -- vantage point. Varga sneaks in behind.

:48:01.:48:11.
:48:11.:48:14.

Fabian taking his turn. And it is Alastair believes them through.

:48:14.:48:19.

it looks as if the gap has closed. Gavin Noble from Ireland at the

:48:19.:48:29.
:48:29.:48:34.

head of the chase pack. The gap came down to 18. Nine seconds is

:48:34.:48:42.

now the gap. So will will shortly have a group of around 20 forming

:48:42.:48:52.
:48:52.:48:55.

at the front of the field. Fabian looks over his shoulder. Stuart

:48:55.:48:58.

Hayes is with that group. A Londoner through and through.

:48:59.:49:08.
:49:09.:49:13.

Thrilled to get the chance to race here. Jonny just getting a check on

:49:13.:49:23.
:49:23.:49:47.

I did not see the defending Olympic champion, Jan Frodeno from Germany.

:49:47.:49:54.

We saw Petzold coming through. It is similar to the way that the

:49:54.:49:59.

women's race developed with that big early lead and then a lot of

:49:59.:50:05.

jockeying for position. The leaders had just begun lap three. Everyone

:50:05.:50:12.

working hard to try to get involved. Lots of encouragement, lots of chat

:50:12.:50:22.
:50:22.:50:36.

between the riders. The brilliant Brownlee brothers out

:50:36.:50:46.
:50:46.:50:47.

in front. The gap is certainly coming down. Lots of conversation

:50:47.:50:52.

going on in that front group. Notts of encouragement to the others.

:50:52.:50:58.

They have to try to keep going. They will be working hard to close

:50:58.:51:02.

the gap but they have to establish the position that they set out nice

:51:02.:51:12.
:51:12.:51:15.

and early. They are working so well together as a team, that unit of

:51:15.:51:21.

five. Everyone trying to work hard. They

:51:22.:51:28.

want to stay in front, I do not know if they can.

:51:28.:51:38.
:51:38.:51:43.

There will exit the park again shortly.

:51:43.:51:48.

Going right time Park Lane. Out onto the tarmac of the roads of

:51:48.:51:57.

west London. We have been speaking about that

:51:57.:52:05.

that closing down but they still have not closed it completely.

:52:05.:52:10.

You would think that the chasing pack, as soon as the got that close,

:52:10.:52:18.

they would be able to get onto it. Perhaps it is coming. Five seconds

:52:18.:52:24.

between No. 5 and number six. The groups will come together very

:52:25.:52:34.
:52:35.:52:36.

shortly. The guys at the front know that the group is going to grow.

:52:36.:52:46.
:52:46.:52:53.

Perhaps it is time just to conserve their legs. David Hauss taking a

:52:53.:53:03.
:53:03.:53:34.

sites. This three Olympic ticket. The chasing group still way off the

:53:34.:53:44.
:53:44.:53:49.

pace. And the front group has grown. It was five, it is now 22. Stuart

:53:49.:53:56.

Hayes, this is what he has been brought in to do. He was a reserve

:53:56.:54:04.

in Athens and had a double puncture in the Olympic trials in 2008 and

:54:04.:54:08.

now he has the chance finally to race in the Olympic Triathlon that

:54:08.:54:15.

matters most to him. And he is leading the competition.

:54:15.:54:25.
:54:25.:54:26.

Alistair Brownlee look to forward and said, you go for it, Stewart.

:54:26.:54:35.

Vicky Holland is watching this race for us and let us catch up with her.

:54:35.:54:39.

It was an interesting break away with those five guys getting away.

:54:39.:54:47.

It was a pretty ideal situation for full stock the chasing pack, five

:54:47.:54:57.

or six of them in the front really doing most of the work. It has now

:54:57.:55:02.

come together. Stuart Heys straight to the front of that pack and he

:55:02.:55:12.
:55:12.:55:15.

will trying -- be trying to make it as hard as possible for the others.

:55:15.:55:22.

Sapping their legs as much as possible.

:55:22.:55:28.

This is the chase group coming through. I beg your pardon, this is

:55:28.:55:36.

the leading group. And we think there are 22 strung out along the

:55:36.:55:46.
:55:46.:56:02.

road. Vasiliev from Russia. He is always a threat. Jan Frodeno is now

:56:02.:56:12.

in that pack, the defending Olympic champion. The other two Russians

:56:12.:56:21.

have been having a fairly easy ride. With the three French athletes.

:56:21.:56:25.

They have been able to conserve their energy perhaps more than the

:56:25.:56:29.

athletes doing the work at the front. That is an interesting

:56:29.:56:39.
:56:39.:56:41.

tactic, a high risk strategy. But it has worked for them.

:56:41.:56:47.

We are hearing that it is possible that Jonathan Bramley might have to

:56:47.:56:55.

incur and 15 second penalty for mounting his bike to early when he

:56:55.:56:58.

exited into transition after the swim. We will try to get

:56:58.:57:08.
:57:08.:57:19.

confirmation on that. A fabulous performance from Gavin

:57:19.:57:29.
:57:29.:57:29.

Noble from Ireland. Everything to play for us still. The three French

:57:29.:57:33.

athletes have managed to re- establish contact in the lead group

:57:33.:57:38.

and they have not worked too hard at all. Across the Serpentine

:57:39.:57:48.
:57:49.:57:52.

Bridge. The pace is starting to move up again. The brothers at the

:57:52.:58:00.

front of the field. Murray of South Africa has been as

:58:00.:58:04.

strong contender throughout the season and is leading that chasing

:58:04.:58:14.
:58:14.:58:17.

group. One minute and 17 seconds off the pace of the leaders. That

:58:17.:58:24.

is tough for Richard Murray. He knows that swimming is his weakness.

:58:24.:58:28.

If he can be in contention and he has great chances of winning the

:58:28.:58:33.

race. But to be detached from the leading pack because of the speed

:58:33.:58:36.

of that first discipline today, that makes it extra difficult for

:58:36.:58:46.
:58:46.:59:01.

him. The duathlon is basically the triathlon without the swim.

:59:01.:59:05.

Unbelievable scenes. People standing on chairs, and on

:59:06.:59:10.

shoulders, trying to get a shot. For many people it will be their

:59:10.:59:16.

only chance to see an Olympics bought up close and personal. Such

:59:17.:59:20.

was the demand for the tickets when they first went on sale. And now

:59:20.:59:26.

they get a chance with this been a free event, to witness history in

:59:26.:59:32.

the making, potentially. A little conversation going on between

:59:32.:59:37.

Stuart Hayes and Gavin Noble. I wonder if they have developed some

:59:37.:59:47.

alternative strategy. Just some easing off on the pace. Almost a

:59:47.:59:57.
:59:57.:00:08.

regrouping. Getting there energy park. For the 4th time. Out through

:00:08.:00:13.

the gates on this right hand town to take them down towards Hyde Park

:00:13.:00:19.

Corner, before heading towards Buckingham Palace. The 4th lap of

:00:19.:00:23.

seven is well under way. All three of the British triathletes are

:00:23.:00:28.

involved, plus Gavin Noble from the Republic of Ireland, are out there

:00:28.:00:36.

and in contention at this stage. The triathlon, those three sports,

:00:36.:00:40.

you never can tell. We look at it, we try to think ahead to what is

:00:41.:00:45.

going to happen. We saw the break in the swim, the Leeds pack getting

:00:45.:00:50.

away and thinking, with such class, they are going to be able to stay

:00:50.:00:54.

away -- the lead pack. They get caught within two or three laps and

:00:54.:00:57.

it puts a whole different complexion on what is happening. We

:00:57.:01:01.

said about the French and Russians staying at the back, they are still

:01:01.:01:05.

doing that, confidence they are going to be able to maintain that,

:01:05.:01:11.

knowing they will get into the 10 kilometre run with fresh legs.

:01:11.:01:16.

Docherty has played this extremely well. He is going to be gathering

:01:16.:01:21.

his energy, thinking, is there a chance for me to get a third

:01:21.:01:26.

Olympic medal? Everything to play for. Here they come, at the front

:01:26.:01:30.

of the palace once again. Buckingham Palace, the most popular

:01:30.:01:37.

place to visit in London. 24 metres high, 77,000 square metres of floor

:01:37.:01:47.
:01:47.:01:54.

back of this group, taking it easy, letting the guys in the front do

:01:54.:01:58.

the work. I don't think they have the running power to challenge

:01:58.:02:02.

Gomez and the Brownlees. It is interesting, they are having to

:02:02.:02:08.

take it easy because they need all of their stamina for the run.

:02:08.:02:12.

many times, we have seen powerful, strong men, looking to get to the

:02:12.:02:17.

front of the bike. He is a heavy man on the run and he pushes it to

:02:17.:02:23.

the extreme. A different strategy. Bryukhankov, taking the chance to

:02:23.:02:30.

be sitting at the back. Here we go, Stuart Hayes takes his turn at the

:02:30.:02:34.

front, we are about halfway through the bike leg of the Olympic

:02:34.:02:39.

triathlon. We have just been trying to find out more about Jonny and

:02:40.:02:48.

his 15 second penalty. I have been up to the control box. Apparently,

:02:48.:02:52.

definitely a 15 second penalty for mounting the bike too early. We

:02:52.:02:59.

watched them come through. We did not see that. We would have noticed.

:02:59.:03:04.

They do have video evidence. If we could go back and have a look.

:03:04.:03:09.

Absolutely, it has to be one foot on the floor after you cross the

:03:09.:03:14.

line before you mount the bike. He could have taken off the fraction

:03:14.:03:17.

of a second too early. We didn't pick up on it at the time, it will

:03:17.:03:23.

be interesting to see it back. he appealed this? Unfortunately you

:03:23.:03:32.

not, if the penalty is given during the race. When does he take it?

:03:33.:03:38.

will have the option to take it at any point during the run. His first

:03:38.:03:43.

opportunity will be at the end of lap one. He could take it any lap

:03:43.:03:48.

until the very end. I would think he would take it at the end of the

:03:48.:03:52.

second of third lap. It will be a 15 second penalty, a stop and go

:03:52.:03:58.

where he has to wait. This is something they would have planned

:03:58.:04:02.

for, if they get a penalty, when they would try to take them?

:04:02.:04:08.

Absolutely. As an athlete you never want to have one you will consider

:04:09.:04:13.

when you might take it, in a situation where I believed I would

:04:13.:04:16.

be awarded a penalty earlier this year, had already planned which lap

:04:16.:04:22.

I would take it, so I was aware of that. Whether Jonny is currently

:04:22.:04:27.

aware, I don't know. His opposition will know he has to take a penalty.

:04:27.:04:31.

If he is in a group, they will know he has to drop out. They won't know

:04:31.:04:34.

that at this point. The numbers will go up on the board as they

:04:34.:04:40.

start the run. On the first lap, you will see the penalty board. As

:04:40.:04:43.

Jonny is such a marked man, his number will be known by virtually

:04:43.:04:48.

all of the field. They will know he has a penalty to take. That's the

:04:48.:04:54.

news from transition. Back to our commentators. Bad news bought

:04:54.:04:58.

Jonathan Brownlee. We saw him get the news a little earlier -- bad

:04:58.:05:02.

news for Jonathan Brown live. What is your take on this? I think that

:05:02.:05:07.

was fabulous insight from Vicky Holland. She is a great athlete and

:05:07.:05:12.

I think she's going to get even better. To really show us how the

:05:12.:05:16.

athletes are thinking... I am sure a lot of people will have bought,

:05:16.:05:26.
:05:26.:05:26.

let's get that penalty taken as quickly as we can. The thinking is

:05:26.:05:30.

that let's may be used the first five kilometres, to try to break

:05:30.:05:36.

away. I am sure we will see a hard run coming from Jonny and of course

:05:36.:05:40.

Alastair, to try to get some time between himself and the rest of the

:05:40.:05:48.

field. So if they do that, they wore take some of the 15 seconds.

:05:48.:05:53.

What a situation to put yourself in in an Olympic final. Having said

:05:53.:05:58.

that, the Brownlees have won so comfortably at the top level so far

:05:58.:06:04.

this season, if you think back to how far Jonny was ahead of Hancock

:06:04.:06:08.

when he won in Madrid, he could have stopped for 15 seconds and

:06:08.:06:16.

still won the competition. He is not, despite having a 15 second

:06:16.:06:22.

penalty to take, he is not out of the medals. He is not. We have this

:06:22.:06:28.

tremendous depth of field. Alistair and Jonny bring a different

:06:28.:06:38.
:06:38.:06:44.

Although dom's running is extremely strong, we have to take the

:06:44.:06:49.

dimensions of are the tactic will develop -- although Jonny's running

:06:49.:06:59.

is extremely strong. It is a huge decision that Jonny has got to make.

:06:59.:07:02.

I would go back to the insight from Vicky Holland, the inside was

:07:02.:07:08.

tremendous. I think racing hard in the first five kilometres, then the

:07:08.:07:17.

break. Vasiliev and Gemmell, 27 and 55. Forming a little splinter group.

:07:17.:07:21.

Trying to break away from the leaders. They will be reeled in

:07:21.:07:28.

pretty sharpish. Stuart Heys forces the pace at the front of that group.

:07:28.:07:34.

We are with the leaders as they make their way towards the exit of

:07:34.:07:39.

Hyde Park. They are well on their way, now on lap five of seven on

:07:39.:07:43.

the bike. Interesting, as soon as we saw the break go off, Stuart was

:07:43.:07:47.

there to cover. We had an indication of how fast he was

:07:47.:07:54.

because the gap almost went immediately to a single bike. It is

:07:55.:07:59.

so hard to break away. If you get away 20 or 30 metres, it is not

:07:59.:08:03.

significant. It has to be a sustained effort of five, six,

:08:03.:08:07.

seven minutes to try to establish the gap and get a significant time

:08:07.:08:17.
:08:17.:08:30.

difference. That didn't happen. breakaway, paid the price, ran out

:08:30.:08:35.

of steam. He has grown since then and he won't make the same mistake

:08:35.:08:41.

twice. The Olympic history tends to tell us that it is in your second

:08:41.:08:46.

Olympic Games that you win your first gold medal. This is still

:08:46.:08:50.

such a new sport but if we take that on board, this is Alistair's

:08:50.:08:58.

second Olympic Games. He is a competitive. He has learned, he

:08:58.:09:03.

paid the price in Beijing. Now an experienced athlete, twice world

:09:03.:09:08.

champion, at senior level and the Olympic Games on home territory, he

:09:08.:09:14.

has everything to go for. Under the Wellington Arch for the 4th time,

:09:14.:09:18.

down constitution Hill towards the palace, through the memorial gates

:09:18.:09:28.
:09:28.:09:31.

again. The memorial gates in operated by the Queen,

:09:31.:09:35.

commemorating the sacrifice of 5 million men from the Indian sub-

:09:35.:09:41.

continent, Africa and the Caribbean, during her Golden Jubilee in 2002.

:09:41.:09:49.

We have just celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. Vasiliev, going off again.

:09:49.:09:57.

We talked earlier about him doing the work at different. Because team

:09:57.:10:01.

tactics have become more and more a part of triathlon at this level,

:10:01.:10:07.

you have to think, is there a predetermined plan to get the

:10:07.:10:17.
:10:17.:10:21.

Scilly have to go at the front. little shimmy around as they head

:10:21.:10:27.

back up constitution Hill. Up towards the park. The chasers are a

:10:27.:10:34.

minute and 24 seconds behind, as they come through the arch. They

:10:34.:10:38.

will eyeball each other. The chase group will eyeball the leaders,

:10:38.:10:42.

with the leaders heading up the hill and the chasers going down

:10:42.:10:46.

constitution Hill. The chasers will get a real idea of the work I have

:10:47.:10:52.

to do, to try to get involved in this lead group, which numbers

:10:52.:10:57.

about 22 at this stage. Perhaps it looks as if we are getting a bit of

:10:57.:11:07.
:11:07.:11:12.

speed back at the front. The silly beginning to plan the end of the

:11:12.:11:17.

bike, the transition going into the run. In Jonny Brownlee's said, he

:11:17.:11:21.

will be dealing with the extra factor of the 15 second penalty,

:11:21.:11:28.

how he works with that. It is getting there. All of the time, the

:11:28.:11:31.

triathletes have to think ahead, what is happening in this

:11:31.:11:37.

discipline, how do we plan, how do we go forward so we go into the

:11:37.:11:40.

next disciplined enough recovered so that we can put our best in.

:11:40.:11:45.

Coming up to 58 minutes since the triathlon began in the water of the

:11:45.:11:50.

Serpentine. They are approaching the final third of the 5th lap of

:11:50.:11:58.

the bike, to round up of the 43 kilometres. Hayes at the front,

:11:58.:12:04.

Jonny Brownlee in second, still with the 15 second penalty to take.

:12:04.:12:09.

Alistair is playing a sensible game. He is sitting in 7th or eighth at

:12:09.:12:19.
:12:19.:12:20.

this stage. Here are the chasers. have to say, co Alastair came back

:12:20.:12:26.

after his injuries, he raced at Blenheim, he was outstanding. He

:12:26.:12:31.

went to another event and along with Jonny Brownlee, they had the

:12:31.:12:35.

breakaway on the bike, they were quick back in. Even of the

:12:35.:12:41.

desperately hard bike ride, he was still able to run away from the

:12:41.:12:46.

field with a huge distance. He will have the confidence, despite what

:12:46.:12:53.

has happened. Riding with the Colombian, with a camera mounted on

:12:53.:13:01.

his front wheel. An interesting insight into the backstage. Now we

:13:01.:13:07.

get a look behind, this is the camera looking back behind the bike

:13:07.:13:17.
:13:17.:13:17.

of the Brazilian. Brazil took their first gold medal in gymnastics

:13:17.:13:23.

yesterday. Hayes at the front, for Great Britain. What a moment for

:13:23.:13:30.

him in the middle race, in a crowd of this size. Stuart Hayes is doing

:13:30.:13:40.
:13:40.:13:55.

what he was brought in to do, to Hayes is delighted, he was the

:13:55.:14:01.

alternative reserve, and he found it very frustrating to be at the

:14:01.:14:04.

championships and be a little outside. So for him to get another

:14:04.:14:12.

chance to race at his home Olympics is great. Five laps of seven are

:14:12.:14:22.
:14:22.:14:23.

complete. Stuart Hayes leads the way. Alistair is tucked in in 7th

:14:23.:14:30.

or 8th position at this stage. Now they grow across the surplus dime -

:14:30.:14:40.

- they go across the Serpentine. You can just see the Albert

:14:40.:14:45.

Memorial in Kensington Gardens, as opposed to the Victoria Memorial

:14:45.:14:55.
:14:55.:15:04.

which sits in front of Buckingham Richard Murray leading through.

:15:04.:15:14.

What sort of time gap do we have? Butterfield is in that group, too.

:15:14.:15:18.

Will they be able to run one minute and 10 seconds faster than the

:15:18.:15:27.

front pack? I think not. The gap has come down 10 seconds. They have

:15:27.:15:32.

taken some time out of the lead, but the leading group is still

:15:32.:15:37.

going well, as Jonny Brownlee drinks some water and pour some

:15:38.:15:44.

down his neck. Just trying to keep himself cool. He is aware that this

:15:44.:15:50.

triathlon has taken on a different element now. He has to take a 15

:15:50.:15:57.

second penalty. This is Kris Gemmell from New Zealand. Alistair

:15:57.:16:07.
:16:07.:16:14.

is just tucked in behind no-ball working hard. He was brought in to

:16:14.:16:19.

do a job here for the British team, and it is a job he has done

:16:19.:16:25.

brilliantly so far. Interesting after Stewart was selected, talking

:16:25.:16:31.

to his wife, she said he wanted to go up with Alistair and Jonny, and

:16:31.:16:35.

his total focus moved away from triathlon and on to swimming and

:16:35.:16:41.

cycling. He is coming here with a specific aim, to make the race

:16:41.:16:47.

easier, better and more controlled fat Alistair and Jonny. He has done

:16:47.:16:57.
:16:57.:16:58.

his work magnificently. They came down from Yorkshire on Saturday.

:16:58.:17:04.

Jonathan was getting set for the biggest race of his life. Here they

:17:04.:17:14.
:17:14.:17:16.

go into the lap five. Here is Hyde Park corner. The the Spanish Javier

:17:16.:17:23.

Gomez is taking his turn at the front of the field. They have

:17:23.:17:27.

completed lap five and are into a lapse six now. An interesting

:17:27.:17:32.

development, people looking to try to get away. It is a high risk

:17:32.:17:37.

strategy, because if you work for it and you get dragged back in,

:17:37.:17:41.

then it's your legs are tired and you are not going to have a huge

:17:41.:17:50.

time difference and going into the 10 km run. If it does work,

:17:50.:17:53.

possibly. We saw on the women's race that the gap between the lead

:17:54.:17:59.

group and the chase group dropped dramatically on the last lap and a

:17:59.:18:05.

half. This doesn't seem to be happening here. Yet again, Vasiliev

:18:05.:18:14.

has gone to the front. This seems like a strategy. His two can

:18:14.:18:21.

patriots again to sit at the back and wait. Yes, he was six at the

:18:21.:18:28.

world championship event in Sydney. He finished 4th in Madrid. So he is

:18:28.:18:38.
:18:38.:18:43.

inconsistent but at times talented Some have different ideas about how

:18:43.:18:49.

to approach this 6th lap than others. There is a bit of pressure,

:18:49.:18:53.

and on March the front of the field, well strung-out as they come down

:18:53.:18:59.

constitution Hill. Richard Murray is still holding second place there.

:19:00.:19:08.

We know how strong a runner he is. He ran for 18 minutes for the five

:19:08.:19:18.
:19:18.:19:26.

kilometres, and that would give him a good time in contention.

:19:26.:19:34.

leaders are on their way up the hill. Stuart Hayes has let Jonathan

:19:34.:19:39.

Brownlee take a turn at the front. This is typical of Jonny Brownlee,

:19:39.:19:42.

barking instructions not only to his team-mates but to some of the

:19:42.:19:50.

others who may be doing less work at the front. So Stuart Hayes comes

:19:50.:19:56.

through to take it up at the front. No, actually, it is Alistair

:19:56.:20:02.

Brownlee, his brother. Alistair Brownlee is forcing the pace at the

:20:02.:20:07.

front of the triathlon at the climb up towards Hyde Park corner. He has

:20:07.:20:13.

opened up a gap. That is an interesting move. What has he

:20:13.:20:20.

decided to do? He is going at this late stage in the race, only a lap

:20:20.:20:29.

to go now. Am I prepared to take this race to everybody else? If

:20:29.:20:34.

they are going to try to catch me, to chase me, their legs will be

:20:34.:20:39.

tired, and I have the confidence that I will have the strength in my

:20:39.:20:44.

legs took out run the rest of this field. That is so brave and so

:20:44.:20:49.

interesting. He is coming back into the park, and the crowd are

:20:49.:20:55.

beginning to realise that they have a leader out on his own. Will he

:20:55.:21:02.

get reeled back in by the pack? Alistair Brownlee from Great

:21:02.:21:09.

Britain leads the Olympic triathlon. A little glance over his shoulder

:21:09.:21:13.

suggests it won't be long before he is back in the pack as they try to

:21:13.:21:23.
:21:23.:21:25.

closing-down. So, let's head back to the studio and talk to Chris to

:21:25.:21:34.

find out what she thinks. Alistair clearly used the corner to try to

:21:34.:21:43.

break the pack. I think he wanted to sack the legs of his competitors.

:21:43.:21:50.

He is not afraid to use these short, sharp bursts of speed to force the

:21:50.:21:55.

others to try and catch him, and he knows he can still be fresh for the

:21:55.:22:01.

run, whereas they may have fatigued a little more quickly. Stuart Hayes

:22:01.:22:06.

is now coming to the front again, pushing the pace, as he has been

:22:06.:22:13.

brought in to do. Coming to the end of lap six of seven. Alistair's

:22:13.:22:19.

mini-break has been cancelled out and he is back with the pack.

:22:19.:22:23.

Stuart Hayes will get his name on top of the pile again as they come

:22:23.:22:33.
:22:33.:22:45.

through transition. Toyama, Silva, Frodeno. Vigar, Bryukhankov. They

:22:45.:22:51.

are just a few seconds off the pace, lots of talented runners and strong

:22:51.:23:01.

legs available. They are on their way to complete the final lap of

:23:01.:23:10.

the bike course. I think we need to look very carefully at two athletes.

:23:10.:23:15.

Gomez has been in that league pack, content to sit back in 4th or 5th

:23:15.:23:24.

place, and he hasn't reacted to any of the breakaways. And very

:23:24.:23:31.

similarly, Jan Frodeno has followed very similar tactics, almost

:23:31.:23:39.

shadowing Gomez, sitting back in 8th, 10th, thinking ahead. If the

:23:39.:23:43.

Brownlees are thinking what they are thinking, let them do that, and

:23:43.:23:49.

if we can get an advantage, that might make a difference. No real

:23:49.:23:54.

change between the end of the last lap and this lap for the distance

:23:54.:24:03.

between the leaders and the chase group, it remains at about 1:11 or

:24:03.:24:12.

1:12. Javier Gomez, number 51, a winner on this course a couple of

:24:12.:24:22.
:24:22.:24:22.

years ago when Alistair ran out of steam. I think there is almost a

:24:22.:24:28.

bit of a sense of frustration. These athletes are seeing that,

:24:28.:24:33.

despite their efforts, this fairly big pack has got back together.

:24:33.:24:36.

There will be all sorts of different mind games going on there

:24:36.:24:42.

now. Despite the effort, the athletes who have played it very

:24:42.:24:47.

cagily, they have got back into the lead pack without working too hard,

:24:47.:24:51.

knowing that a little bit of extra confidence and fresher legs, they

:24:51.:24:57.

will have the ability to work hard against Alistair Brownlee, Jonny

:24:57.:25:04.

Brownlee, Jan Frodeno. It will give the extra dimension, another throw

:25:04.:25:10.

of the dice. You have to wonder if the other members of this lead pack

:25:10.:25:15.

are aware of that. There is a flash of green and gold. The Australians

:25:16.:25:25.
:25:26.:25:26.

took a bronze in the women's triathlon on Saturday. Courtney

:25:26.:25:35.

Atkinson. Now currently forcing the pace is Richard raga. Their exit

:25:35.:25:42.

the park for the last time. The seventh and final lap. There will

:25:42.:25:52.
:25:52.:26:01.

be one more whizz around the If we are calling his tactics right,

:26:01.:26:04.

we would expect him to start moving up in the next five or six minutes

:26:04.:26:09.

to try to get himself towards the front of the pack, because if he

:26:09.:26:14.

does have strong running legs, he wants to be there. If he comes in

:26:14.:26:18.

at the end of the pack, he will be a few seconds removed, and it will

:26:18.:26:24.

be a lot more crowded in there. So if he believes he can run with the

:26:24.:26:28.

the Brownlees, we will see him move up in the last couple of miles, the

:26:28.:26:34.

last few kilometres, as we approach the final transition. Stuart Hayes

:26:34.:26:44.
:26:44.:26:47.

at the front of the field, forcing finish in Beijing four years ago,

:26:47.:26:53.

just stretching his back out. He has been pretty anonymous this

:26:53.:27:03.

season. But he hadn't done that well before he won in Beijing

:27:03.:27:09.

summer, so don't discount him. These preparations, the extra

:27:09.:27:15.

dimensions in triathlon, getting so well prepared. We have a break away,

:27:15.:27:21.

somebody charging up at the front of the chase group. Birdcage Walk,

:27:21.:27:28.

this little triangle opposite the Palace. This is where so many

:27:28.:27:35.

people fell in the women's race on Saturday. But apart from the

:27:35.:27:40.

beginning of the bike race, early in lap one, everybody has managed

:27:40.:27:45.

to stay on their wheels so far. The leaders will now I bawled the

:27:45.:27:54.

chasers once again. You can just see them on the left-hand side of

:27:54.:28:04.
:28:04.:28:13.

up on the bike of Colucci of Brazil. They are coming down towards the

:28:13.:28:23.

palace. The leaders are now back on the uphill leg of Constitution Hill.

:28:23.:28:26.

Now everybody is starting to position themselves to give

:28:26.:28:30.

themselves the best position, the best chance, heading back into Hyde

:28:30.:28:38.

Park. Now, is that Bryukhankov coming in on the right hand side?

:28:38.:28:44.

Yes, it is, number two will stop we thought this might happen. He had

:28:44.:28:48.

been sitting back and resting his legs, and now he is just beginning

:28:48.:28:53.

to move up very gradually. Hopefully no one will notice me, he

:28:53.:29:00.

thinks, and I will get out there and give it 100%. We have seen him

:29:00.:29:03.

try to challenge Alistair and Jonny Brownlee before, and they have been

:29:03.:29:11.

too strong for him. Perhaps he hopes that his legs will be that

:29:11.:29:19.

little bit fresher for the run. hour and 15 minutes have passed now.

:29:19.:29:25.

We are on the final lap of the bike ride. They are on the red tarmac of

:29:25.:29:29.

Hyde Park, getting back into transition, where they have got to

:29:29.:29:34.

get things right. Remember that Jonny Brownlee was penalised be

:29:34.:29:38.

getting on his bike at the wrong time. Everybody will be making sure

:29:38.:29:43.

they get off their bikes at the correct stage when they come into

:29:43.:29:48.

transition. Stuart Hayes glances over his shoulder. He can see

:29:48.:29:54.

Alistair, and Jonny is a couple of places behind him. Atkinson of

:29:54.:29:58.

Australia is on the right. They are all starting to think about

:29:58.:30:03.

transition, and they will start to slip their feet out of their shoes

:30:03.:30:07.

and place them on top to make it an easy dismount as they hit the blue

:30:07.:30:17.
:30:17.:30:23.

thing for the Brownlees brothers. Gavin no-ball of the Republic of

:30:23.:30:33.
:30:33.:30:38.

Ireland makes his move. -- Gavin noble. Kris Gemmell comes in first.

:30:38.:30:44.

They run alongside their bikes. We keep our eyes on the man at the

:30:44.:30:48.

front, Alistair Brownlee. His younger brother is parallel with

:30:48.:30:57.

him. They will put their running shoes on. Alistair is on the right,

:30:57.:31:04.

Jonny is on the left. Jonathan has the 15 second penalty. They are on

:31:04.:31:10.

their way. Gomez and Luis have been joined at the front by the Brownlee

:31:10.:31:19.

brothers. He they now head out for a ten-metre run around the park.

:31:19.:31:25.

Stuart Hayes' work is done, he will still run and finish the race, but

:31:25.:31:30.

we have four or five who have kicked away from the front of the

:31:30.:31:33.

field at the second transition. Alistair Brownlee leads the Olympic

:31:34.:31:40.

triathlon, his brother Jonny is on his shoulders. Such professionalism

:31:40.:31:46.

by Stuart Hayes. We were watching everybody preparing. Tyler

:31:46.:31:50.

Butterfield is coming through, he has been working on the longer

:31:50.:31:54.

distances recently. Stuart Hayes kept his shoes on right into

:31:54.:31:58.

transition. He had to give up those few seconds but that was his job

:31:58.:32:03.

and he did so well. Well done, for Great Britain. Into this 10

:32:03.:32:08.

kilometre run, a bit of a false dawn to start with. The athlete

:32:08.:32:13.

pretty much get out together. Then we see the jockeying and the hard

:32:13.:32:20.

work. We will see if Alistair and Jonny have been prepared to work at

:32:20.:32:28.

the front, is Gomez going to go with them. We saw him play his

:32:28.:32:32.

raised to an ideal situation, the Russian. Stay at the back, work

:32:32.:32:38.

himself through and give himself every opportunity. The other two

:32:38.:32:43.

Spaniards have arrived at their transition. Alistair Brownlee leads

:32:43.:32:49.

on are the first lap of four to compete this 10,00-metre run.

:32:49.:32:59.
:32:59.:33:13.

Zealand, Vasiliev. There is ain't - - and out and back at the start of

:33:13.:33:21.

the lap. The Brownlee boys and Gomez have opened up a lead of four

:33:21.:33:29.

seconds to the next best. This is crucial for Jonny Brownlee, he has

:33:29.:33:33.

to go away with the Leeds pack. He has the 15th second penalty to

:33:33.:33:38.

serve later on. The speed of that, my goodness. Alistair Brownlee

:33:38.:33:43.

looks like an 800-metre runner going through there. Johnny,

:33:43.:33:49.

covering everything. They have put their market down early. This

:33:49.:33:55.

really is 100% effort from the first step. Passing in front of the

:33:55.:34:02.

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain. You could see the massive group of

:34:02.:34:06.

people watching on the big screen in Hyde Park, enjoying the

:34:06.:34:16.
:34:16.:34:21.

competition. Alistair Brownlee starting to make a move through the

:34:21.:34:26.

field. Unofficially, they are trying to take a time split again.

:34:26.:34:31.

Already, I think we have nine seconds between our three leaders.

:34:31.:34:35.

Jonny Brownlee decided what he needed to do to get rid of this 15

:34:35.:34:39.

second penalty. You know what? If he carries on running like this, he

:34:39.:34:49.
:34:49.:34:53.

could serve the penalty and still absolutely extraordinary.

:34:53.:34:58.

Phenomenal numbers have come out today to support the Brownlee

:34:58.:35:03.

brothers. And the athletes from all over the world. Everybody is

:35:03.:35:06.

getting well-supported at the London Games. Today, they want to

:35:06.:35:12.

see another gold medal for Great Britain. 18 gold medals so far for

:35:12.:35:20.

Team GB. Can Alistair or Jonny deliver 19? Cell of Portugal,

:35:20.:35:25.

Bryukhankov of Russia, Vidal of France. The three French guys are

:35:25.:35:30.

tightly bunched together. They look exhausted compared to the three at

:35:30.:35:38.

the front. Alistair, Jonathan and Gomez of Spain, 1, 2 and 3.

:35:38.:35:43.

Tactically, how well the French did, three athletes in the top 12. They

:35:43.:35:51.

have superb -- they have saved their legs. It has almost gone to

:35:51.:35:57.

script. We are so used to seeing surprises and the unexpected.

:35:57.:36:01.

Everybody's thoughts at the beginning, Alistair Brownlee, Jonny

:36:01.:36:04.

Brownlee and Javier Gomez will be the three players and so it has

:36:05.:36:11.

proved. You have to say, the Dixon tactics come into play in triathlon

:36:11.:36:21.
:36:21.:36:32.

are making themselves felt -- the Konno Gomez is a very good runner.

:36:32.:36:39.

He has tasted success on this course already Allsop he was second

:36:39.:36:45.

in Hamburg, third behind the brothers. He knows what he has got

:36:45.:36:51.

to do, he knows he has to keep tabs on them to hamper their opportunity

:36:51.:36:59.

of -- to have an opportunity of getting in the medals. He will also

:36:59.:37:04.

note that Jonny has a 15 second penalty -- he will also know that.

:37:04.:37:07.

Gomez has to stay with the Brownlees, but he cannot afford to

:37:07.:37:12.

let it go to a sprint. When we get to the last two-and-a-half, three

:37:12.:37:17.

kilometres, I think Javier Gomez will have to make a break to go

:37:17.:37:22.

early. If he does try to stay there, I don't think that will be

:37:22.:37:28.

successful. Again, we have got to bring back the other element of the

:37:28.:37:33.

15 second penalty that Jonny Brownlee has to serve. These are

:37:33.:37:39.

the chasers, Bryukhankov with them. They approach the end of the first

:37:39.:37:49.
:37:49.:37:54.

Javier Gomez of Spain is second, Jonathan Brownlee is third. They

:37:54.:38:00.

have just passed the penalty box, we will see if Jonny stands in

:38:00.:38:05.

there for the 15 seconds, possibly, at the end of the second lap. They

:38:05.:38:11.

have just completed the first. Vicky, those were the three we

:38:11.:38:14.

would have predicted to be right at the front. Absolutely. It doesn't

:38:14.:38:17.

always happen in the Olympic Games but those are the three favourites,

:38:18.:38:22.

it is good to see them running away. They have got a clear gap, Jonny

:38:22.:38:27.

still has a penalty to take. It is not game over. They have a good gap

:38:27.:38:32.

on the next group coming through. Johnny could use the penalty to his

:38:32.:38:36.

advantage and try to use that to help overhaul Gomez as a potential

:38:36.:38:40.

break in the race. The nothing to worry about, he is still in medal

:38:40.:38:45.

contention. Derry family. It will depend what colour, with a bit of

:38:45.:38:55.
:38:55.:39:10.

the pace at the front of this Olympic triathlon race, as they

:39:10.:39:14.

cross the Serpentine Bridge. And they go out and back to begin the

:39:14.:39:20.

second of four laps. Great input from Vicky Holland, thinking ahead.

:39:20.:39:26.

15 seconds, maybe 16, the time gap between our three leaders and the

:39:26.:39:29.

chasing pack. If Jonathan decides to take the penalty at the end of

:39:30.:39:34.

lap number two, when he comes out of the penalty box, he will have

:39:34.:39:43.

other athletes around him. We have seen it previously, that the

:39:43.:39:46.

thinking time means that the athlete comes out very highly

:39:46.:39:50.

motivated and determined to do well. As the Vicky said, certainly not

:39:50.:39:56.

all over for Jonny by any means. He could make it work to his advantage.

:39:56.:40:01.

They come around the out and back. We see the time difference between

:40:01.:40:04.

the front three and the chasers as they are eyeball each other on the

:40:04.:40:12.

way back into the centre of Hyde Park. Vidal and Hauss and one of

:40:12.:40:18.

the Russians, it is about 21 seconds, the gap between the front

:40:18.:40:23.

three and the chasing three. three French athletes are currently

:40:23.:40:33.
:40:33.:40:47.

front. The added interest of the 15 seconds to be taken. Does Jonny --

:40:47.:40:57.
:40:57.:41:01.

have the leg speed? A what I am not sure he will go back with Gomez but

:41:01.:41:11.
:41:11.:41:21.

he could still be in contention for not an easy looking runner.

:41:21.:41:24.

Alistair continues to push the pace out in front of this Olympic

:41:24.:41:31.

triathlon. Javier Gomez on his shoulder, watching and waiting. It

:41:31.:41:36.

is Jonny Brownlee who is there at this stage. Javier Gomez has done

:41:36.:41:42.

everything that has been asked of him. He has covered every single

:41:42.:41:47.

move, every single acceleration. Look at these pictures in the park,

:41:47.:41:52.

absolutely extraordinary. Sorry to interrupt. Unbelievable numbers

:41:52.:41:56.

watching on the big screen. I am not surprised, I refer to it

:41:56.:42:06.
:42:06.:42:11.

earlier. I think the organiser of night, there were getting into the

:42:11.:42:14.

park at 5:30am to get a position and I was laughing at them. I was

:42:14.:42:22.

wrong. If they arrived for the start of the race, there would not

:42:22.:42:29.

have got in. To me, the fascination is coming down to what happens when

:42:29.:42:34.

Jonny takes the 15 second gap. Is he going to be able to get back on

:42:34.:42:44.
:42:44.:42:49.

to the leaders? You could not write in a second and put himself in the

:42:49.:42:57.

penalty box to take the 15 seconds that he was dished out for, for

:42:57.:43:00.

mounting his bike too early on the way out of transition after the

:43:00.:43:07.

swim. Alistair kicks at the front, a little uphill moment for a few

:43:07.:43:14.

yards. He decided to move the pace up a fraction as well. These are

:43:14.:43:20.

the guys in 4th, 5th and 6. Bryukhankov is in 7th at this stage.

:43:20.:43:30.
:43:30.:43:42.

Lorant Vidal -- Laurent Vidal is in they came out of the water. The

:43:42.:43:48.

signs are clear for Jonny Brownlee to save. They say, penalty box, 200

:43:48.:43:54.

metres. He knows exactly where to go to take what is effectively a 15

:43:54.:44:04.
:44:04.:44:09.

something else comes into play, as well. Alistair is leading, Javier

:44:09.:44:14.

Gomez in second. I am pretty sure they both think they can out sprint

:44:14.:44:19.

Gomez. Would there be any possibility of Alistair Brownlee

:44:19.:44:22.

gradually slowing the pace down so that his brother can get back to

:44:22.:44:30.

them? I can't believe that he would take the chance of doing that and

:44:30.:44:34.

negate his sprint finish, but you don't know with these two. They

:44:34.:44:41.

have proved so many times that they can finish one and two. It is

:44:41.:44:46.

amazing the amount of times they have put between themselves and the

:44:46.:44:52.

chasing athletes into laps. So even when Jonny serves that penalty, he

:44:52.:44:57.

will come out in bronze medal position. Suddenly the whole race

:44:57.:45:04.

takes on a Formula One element. He wants to going for the penalty but

:45:04.:45:13.

still emerge in front of his competitors. And he is not taking

:45:13.:45:21.

account this time. We think he is waiting until the end of lap three

:45:21.:45:31.
:45:31.:45:38.

to go into the penalty box. Just that long shot there within

:45:38.:45:44.

indication of the gap. What a great performance these French athletes

:45:44.:45:49.

have had. If this was a team competition, wouldn't they be

:45:49.:45:58.

winning it? To re emphasise, despite Jonny Brownlee's penalty

:45:58.:46:06.

that he has to take, he would still be in contention for bronze. Just

:46:06.:46:11.

2.5 kilometres to go. Does he feel he would have the ability to sprint

:46:11.:46:17.

back to Gomez? Anything is possible. What a race this has turned out to

:46:17.:46:23.

be. Alistair need to push along at the front of the field. Jonny

:46:23.:46:29.

Brownlee allowing a few metres to former between him in third and the

:46:29.:46:34.

two leaders out in second and first. Jonny Brownlee is struggling out to

:46:34.:46:39.

maintain this sort of pace, and he still has a 15 second penalty to

:46:39.:46:46.

come. Maybe he is now just focusing on the bronze medal. Alistair is

:46:46.:46:53.

heading out with Gomez for company. And there it is the first time we

:46:53.:46:58.

have seen any weaknesses in Jonny Brownlee's armoury at all. Maybe

:46:59.:47:03.

the maintenance of that speed has created that gap. And now the mind

:47:03.:47:07.

games will start. He has worked so hard to stay with the others at the

:47:08.:47:13.

front, and if has not been able to do that, has he blown it? What will

:47:13.:47:21.

happen when he takes his 15 seconds? These will be the thoughts.

:47:21.:47:26.

If that time difference multiply as and multiply as, it will bring the

:47:26.:47:32.

French athletes back in contention. Berry's six seconds now between

:47:32.:47:38.

Alistair in first and Jonathan in third. The leaders are now Alistair

:47:38.:47:46.

Brownlee of Great Britain, Javier Gomez of Spain. On the third lap of

:47:46.:47:50.

four on the triathlon. Another penalty being taken, the Argentine

:47:50.:47:55.

has been sent into the penalty box. He has taken his, and that is what

:47:56.:48:03.

will happen to Jonathan later. And now Alistair has made a move on

:48:03.:48:10.

Gomez. It is not race-winning daylight, but it is a significant

:48:10.:48:16.

move at the front of the field Alistair Brownlee. He has now got a

:48:16.:48:23.

gap of 1.5 seconds over Javier Gomez of Spain. And this is just

:48:23.:48:29.

where you might imagine that Javier Gomez would make his move. He needs

:48:29.:48:34.

to try on the third lap to get away from this printing capabilities of

:48:34.:48:39.

Alistair Brownlee. Alistair knows that. It is not a significant gap,

:48:39.:48:43.

but there is a 10m base, and that perhaps would give Jonny Brownlee a

:48:43.:48:50.

little hope as well. Alistair Brownlee leaves the Olympic

:48:50.:48:56.

triathlon ahead of Javier Gomez of Spain. There are tens of thousands

:48:56.:49:01.

watching on the giant screens in Hyde Park, and alongside the

:49:01.:49:09.

Serpentine they are 10, 12, 15 deep in places. Gomez is not allowing

:49:09.:49:18.

Alistair Brownlee to get too far in front of him. The Spanish flags are

:49:18.:49:23.

in evidence alongside the Serpentine as well. Third out of

:49:23.:49:28.

the water, 4th after the bike, but he was always with the the Leeds.

:49:29.:49:33.

The French runners currently battling for 4th and 5th at this

:49:33.:49:40.

stage. It is such a tough call for Javier Gomez, with the two brothers,

:49:40.:49:46.

the Brownlee boys, all the energy in Hyde Park, every country

:49:46.:49:54.

represented, but huge, huge shouts, cheers, applause for the Brown

:49:54.:50:01.

leads -- the Brownlees. Can he used that to try to get himself back

:50:01.:50:09.

into contention? I don't think that gap has opened any more at all. It

:50:09.:50:13.

is almost like an invisible elastic band, he is trying to draw himself

:50:13.:50:19.

back in. To me, it looks as though Jonny Brownlee went through a bad

:50:19.:50:25.

patch, but he has re-established the cadence. He has his eye is

:50:25.:50:31.

totally focused on Gomez, and Alistair Brownlee is looking as if

:50:31.:50:36.

he could have made an important break. Brownlee leads the way, he

:50:36.:50:46.
:50:46.:50:46.

has opened a gap of about 10m now. Harris and the Dahl are contending

:50:46.:50:50.

for bronze if they can move up one journey Brownlee after he takes his

:50:50.:51:00.
:51:00.:51:04.

penalty. It is not all over by any means. The penalty times, wreath --

:51:04.:51:11.

we think about that, but the French runners are running a kg race,

:51:11.:51:17.

knowing that Jonny has got to make that penalty. They think if they

:51:17.:51:21.

can get into the final lap alongside him, we could see one of

:51:21.:51:31.
:51:31.:51:32.

the French athletes taking a medal. Alistair Brownlee leads, Javier

:51:32.:51:37.

Gomez in second, and Jonny Brownlee still with a penalty to take is in

:51:37.:51:44.

third. Alistair maintains his focus at the front. Keeping up a good

:51:44.:51:49.

rhythm, good speed here. Look at the encouragement he is receiving

:51:49.:51:55.

along the way. Alistair Brownlee from rare West Yorkshire leading

:51:55.:52:03.

the Olympic triathlon through Hyde Park. Keeping a decent gap from the

:52:04.:52:09.

man who is going for the silver medal, Javier Gomez. And Jonny is

:52:09.:52:15.

heading for the penalty box. He will have to stop and stand, and

:52:15.:52:19.

time will tick past very slowly for Jonny Brownlee as he takes his

:52:19.:52:24.

place in the penalty box. He has gone in behind that screen, and he

:52:24.:52:34.

will have to watch. 10 seconds. He keeps himself moving. Another

:52:34.:52:39.

couple of seconds and he will be released. And he is away again! He

:52:39.:52:44.

stumbled as he came out of the penalty box, but Great Britain are

:52:44.:52:49.

still on for two out of the three Olympic medals here. Maybe Gomez

:52:49.:52:56.

will tire as Jonny looks over his shoulder to see how close the

:52:56.:53:04.

French runners are. He is still in bronze medal position. A five-

:53:04.:53:09.

second gap, two-and-a-half kilometres to go. What is the time

:53:09.:53:13.

gap between Gomez and Jonny Brownlee? That is what we are

:53:13.:53:19.

looking for. The difference between Alistair and Gomez is five, and the

:53:19.:53:24.

difference between Gomez and Brownlee is another 27 seconds.

:53:24.:53:34.

That really is a tough catch. French guys are another 13 seconds

:53:34.:53:39.

behind Jonny. He has a 13 second cushion to hold onto that bronze

:53:39.:53:46.

medal. And that's not much at all. We saw how he was suffering at the

:53:46.:53:50.

beginning of lap number three. It will have broken his rhythm, going

:53:50.:53:56.

into the penalty box, perhaps taken a little bit of confidence. At the

:53:56.:54:00.

moment, it looks very much like Alistair Brownlee and Javier Gomez,

:54:01.:54:05.

but I think everything is to play for in the bronze. It is not over

:54:05.:54:14.

by any means. Alistair Brownlee is on his way on the final lap. Less

:54:14.:54:24.
:54:24.:54:24.

than 2.5 kilometres to run. The gap is no significant as they

:54:24.:54:29.

approached for the last time. Jonathan Brownlee maintains his

:54:29.:54:33.

position in third, and looks to be more comfortable than he was before

:54:33.:54:39.

he entered the penalty box. A moment Alistair to enjoy as he

:54:39.:54:46.

passes Gomez. Gomez comes around the yellow marker and out and back.

:54:46.:54:52.

And now the two brothers will see each other. In first on the left,

:54:52.:54:58.

Alistair. In third on the right, Jonathan. And between them is Gomez

:54:58.:55:08.

of Spain. Here are the two French triathletes, doing battle for 4th

:55:08.:55:14.

and 5th at this stage unless they can find some speed over this last

:55:14.:55:21.

two kilometres. That is absolutely fascinating. Alistair Brownlee

:55:21.:55:28.

running so strongly, he looks to be moving happily away. The crowd are

:55:28.:55:38.

cheering him on. So many British supporters there, a wall of sound.

:55:38.:55:42.

And on the long shot, just beginning to move away quite

:55:42.:55:47.

significantly. One kilometre for Alistair Brownlee, the leader in

:55:47.:55:55.

the Olympic triathlon. He has timed it brilliantly so far. Gomez has so

:55:55.:56:00.

far had no response on the run. He is running for silver from Spain

:56:00.:56:07.

here. He has triumphed in Hyde Park in the past. It looks at the moment

:56:07.:56:14.

as if he will have to settle for second best from Alistair today.

:56:14.:56:23.

And what a race Alistair has had. He requires the skills of Michael

:56:23.:56:26.

Phelps followed by some of them Bradley Wiggins and Mo Farah's

:56:26.:56:32.

ability at the end, to run at the 10 K after all the efforts that

:56:33.:56:40.

have gone before. Alistair Brownlee is the best so far, and he is

:56:40.:56:45.

approaching the end of his Olympic triathlon in good shape. Alistair I

:56:45.:56:52.

know will be absolutely delighted to win this event. It is still

:56:52.:56:57.

fascinating, looking at Gomez working so hard there, he will not

:56:57.:57:03.

give up. But he does seem a little isolated. Does Jonny Brownlee have

:57:03.:57:09.

anything left to catch him for the silver medal? The gap is enormous

:57:09.:57:14.

now alongside the Serpentine. There is the second place man, Javier

:57:14.:57:23.

Gomez. Brownlee heads towards the crowds on the side of the course he

:57:23.:57:28.

or are roaring him through the biggest race of his life so far. He

:57:28.:57:32.

is looking weary, looking tired, but he has surely got enough in his

:57:32.:57:38.

legs to finish the job in Hyde Park today, and take the gold medal.

:57:38.:57:42.

Gomez rounds the corner and glances back to have a look, position of

:57:42.:57:50.

Jonathan Brownlee, who stays in bronze medal position. What does

:57:50.:57:55.

that look tell us? Is Gomez feeling a little tired and worrying about

:57:55.:57:59.

Jonny Brownlee coming back on him? Or is he looking back and thinking,

:57:59.:58:06.

I have more than enough gap now. Jonny Brownlee coming through,

:58:06.:58:11.

looking back at the tiny bit fresher now. He is not giving up on

:58:11.:58:16.

this silver medal. He will chase and chase and chase. There is the

:58:16.:58:20.

man who currently has the silver medal, being hunted down by

:58:20.:58:28.

Jonathan Brownlee. The French pair have spread. It is an 18 second gap

:58:28.:58:34.

now between the lead and third place, between Alistair in first

:58:34.:58:38.

and Jonathan in third position here as we have a look at some of the

:58:38.:58:42.

others. For a day no one not successfully defend his

:58:42.:58:52.
:58:52.:58:58.

quest for a gold in Hyde Park. Look at the scenes either side this

:58:58.:59:06.

stretch of tarmac by the turpentine -- the Serpentine. He is giving it

:59:06.:59:10.

everything. He is glancing over his shoulder, he is obviously feeling

:59:10.:59:16.

the pace. Gomez drenches himself, trying to keep himself cool.

:59:16.:59:22.

Alistair Brownlee is digging deep, but still with an injection of pace,

:59:22.:59:29.

as he tries to finish in style. Gomez, in silver-medal position,

:59:29.:59:33.

they come past the penalty area. Once they hit the blue carpet, we

:59:33.:59:39.

will know it is nearly done for Alistair Brownlee. I just wonder if

:59:39.:59:44.

it is going through Alistair's head, what happened a couple of years ago.

:59:44.:59:49.

It is not going to happen today. We are seeing the first British

:59:49.:59:53.

Olympic triathlon champion in the guise of Alistair Brownlee. He

:59:53.:59:57.

knows he has got it now. It has been an absolutely fabulous

:59:57.:00:02.

performance. This is effectively a lap of honour for Alistair Brownlee,

:00:02.:00:07.

as he slows down to a jog on the blue carpet. He has got the Union

:00:07.:00:13.

Jack around his shoulders. He can walk across the line. Alistair

:00:13.:00:18.

Brownlee is the Olympic triathlon champion. Great Britain's 19s gold

:00:18.:00:23.

medal of the Games goes to Alistair Brownlee. Javier Gomez takes the

:00:23.:00:29.

silver. There will be both of the brilliant Brownlee brothers on the

:00:30.:00:36.

Olympic podium as Jonathan comes home for bronze. He had to stand

:00:36.:00:44.

and take a 15 second penalty. But he has done enough to hold on. A 15

:00:44.:00:49.

second gap and still the bronze medal for Jonathan. Tremendous. He

:00:49.:00:53.

is going to be absolutely delighted. We can't take anything away from

:00:53.:00:58.

Javier Gomez. He would not give in, he worked and he worked. So did

:00:58.:01:05.

David Hauss, a tactic is superb race, he has learnt that position.

:01:05.:01:07.

Laurent Vidal comes through, he looked to be going through a tough

:01:07.:01:17.
:01:17.:01:20.

period. What a great day for Great Britain and Yorkshire. A fabulous

:01:20.:01:25.

performance by Javier Gomez in the silver-medal position. Goodness me,

:01:25.:01:35.
:01:35.:01:35.

what a race it was. Co Riederer of Switzerland, hoping to make it a

:01:35.:01:40.

Swiss double following the victory in the women's race on Saturday. In

:01:40.:01:48.

the end, Alistair was too good. What an advert for Great Britain

:01:48.:01:58.
:01:58.:01:58.

triathlon. It has been a long time coming. We have had pre-race

:01:58.:02:05.

favourites before. A week have come to London, told years on from

:02:05.:02:12.

Sydney, and taken a gold medal, Alistair Brownlee. Docherty

:02:12.:02:16.

finishing now, silver medallist in Athens, the bronze medallist in

:02:16.:02:26.
:02:26.:02:35.

for some of the mind or places -- minor places. Bryukhankov was the

:02:36.:02:42.

best of the Russians. Fabian was one of the first out of the water,

:02:42.:02:48.

Luis in the 11th. Hunter Kemper completing his 4th Olympic

:02:48.:02:56.

triathlon. This man had such a big started the season, winning the

:02:56.:03:00.

World Championships event in Sydney. -- big start to the season. He

:03:00.:03:05.

hasn't been able to follow it up with any decent result since then.

:03:05.:03:10.

We'll keep an eye it on Stuart Hayes, who came and did his job

:03:10.:03:16.

superbly in the water and on the bike. Stuart Hayes was never going

:03:16.:03:26.

to feature in the 10,000-metre run at the end of the triathlon. It is

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all about Alistair Brownlee who has taken gold for Great Britain. There

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is Gavin Noble from the Republic of Ireland, finishing three minutes

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and 22 seconds off the pace. indication of how fast that run was.

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The athletes of this calibre, having three minutes taken out on

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this run. Stuart Hayes did a brilliant job and I am sure he gets

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into the finishing straight, the crowd will acknowledge what he has

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done for Great Britain. Chris has watched it all from the studio,

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let's see what she made of the gold medal. It was phenomenal. It is

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phenomenal for Alistair, great for Jonny, phenomenal for triathlon in

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Great Britain in general. It was a wonderful performance, it went

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exactly according to the script. Once they hit the run, there was no

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question of who was going to take the gold medal. So incredibly

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pleased for the two Brownlee brothers and Javier Gomez. This is

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how Alistair brought it home, with the flag around his shoulders. With

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enough daylight between he and Gomez in second to savour the

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moment, as he crossed the line to win the Olympic triathlon. On home

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soil. And there is Stuart Hayes, finishing now. 4:43 off the pace

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but he is absolutely shattered, he was brought in to do a job. A great

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performance by Stuart Hayes, who could not have done more on the

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bike section. He covered, every break that went, he was there and

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dominating the pace, taking advice from Alistair and Jonny, putting

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himself in the position they wanted to be in. A great performance.

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have just seen Stuart Hayes finish. Before he has had time to catches

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breath, Sonali Shah has tracked him down. -- catch his breath. What a

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performance from you. It is not me, it is the two Brownlees. I did my

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best to help them and it worked, the team tactics helped. Those guys

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are amazing, I have been training with them for the last month and I

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couldn't imagine anyone beating them, they are amazing. The crowd

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was unbelievable. I probably ran a personal best today. Just because

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of the emotion running past the of the emotion running past the

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crowd. It was a great race. helped Britain win its first

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triathlon medal, let's not take anything away from you, a gold and

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a bronze. It is a great moment for British triathlon. Sq we have got

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it right for once, which is amazing. It has taken us three tries but now

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we know what we are doing. I want to say thank you, the B T F have

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done great leading up into this race. How did the crowd feel,

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cheering you on? Amazing, all over the back -- the bank there, it is

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unbelievable. Her you must be so pleased to get a personal best at

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their home triathlon. I don't know if it was, I felt -- it felt like

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one. It was a good day today. done, you were phenomenal. Thank

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What a race, what a day in the park What a race, what a day in the park

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for Alistair Brownlee. A few tears of joy as he finally realised what

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he had done. He did what he came to do, to win the Olympic gold medal

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and to be joined on the podium by his younger brother, Jonathan.

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Alistair Brownlee, on top of the world. He has won the Olympic

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triathlon in Hyde Park ahead of Well, he has done it, they have

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done it. The Bradford grammar school boys have done very well,

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congratulations. Great Britain's 19s gold medal of these games,

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equalling the total from Beijing. The first medals in triathlon and

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Chrissy Wellington was going bonkers! Give your reaction, please,

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about what this event means. To the Brownlee boys and to your sport.

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is absolutely phenomenal. Alistair has now won everything there is to

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win in triathlon, from the junior World Championships all the way

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through to an Olympic gold medal. It was the most phenomenal

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performance. He showed you can work incredibly hard on the swim, push

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the pace on the bike and still go on to what I am sure he is a 29

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minute 10 km run. To be joined on the podium by his brother, it must

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make the victory all the sweeter. This means everything to British

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triathlon. Whilst it is still a minority sport in terms of media

:08:36.:08:40.

coverage and sponsorship, it is definitely a majority sport in

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terms of participation. The fastest growing sport in this country at

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the moment and the crowds are a testament to that. They have come

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out in tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands, by the look of it.

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is wonderful. I know that the crowd support would have lifted the

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Brownlees to achieve that phenomenal success was stopped you

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talked about aggressive tactics from the start and that is what we

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saw on the swim. In the first transition, Jonny was in a bit of

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problems. I guess knowing when to take the penalty is an art in

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itself. Yet, it was interesting to see when he strategically decided

:09:17.:09:26.

to take the penalty, to create a gap for himself. He still had the

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gap for himself. He still had the cushion to be able to come home in

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cushion to be able to come home in bronze medal position. I am sure

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that is something they would have decided before the race. Will there

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be a tinge of disappointment from Jonny's perspective? How often does

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that sort of thing happen in that sport? It doesn't happen regularly

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but there are penalties that are incurred before various

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misdemeanours. I don't think you'll be too disappointed, he will be

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thrilled to get on the podium. It looks like he was dropping back

:09:58.:10:02.

into bronze-medal position even before he took the penalty. I think

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he will be incredibly happy with the result. He is only 22, there is

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plenty more to come from him, and from Alistair, I am sure. The first

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brothers from Great Britain to win medals in the same event since the

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Searle brothers in the boat 20 years ago. They were not competing

:10:18.:10:22.

against each other, they were very much in it together. What has been

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the reaction down there? atmosphere here was crazy when

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Alistair crossed the line. We have just witnessed Britain's first

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triathlon medals and you must be so proud of the brothers doing it

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together. Absolutely, and when they do it like that, you wonder if

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there was any doubt. They were supreme in all three legs and to

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come away with it two medals was the objective of the team.

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Congratulations to them. We are used to seeing Alistair winning but

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I have never seen him get so emotional when he crosses the line

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for a absolutely, but this is the big one, that everyone wants to win.

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In some sports it is not typical but in a track it absolutely is --

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in triathlon it absolutely is. He has been dominant pretty much since

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the last Olympics so to win like today was the icing on the cake, I

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am not surprised at the emotion. The team tactics when pretty much

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according to plan. Absolutely. They try to make the breakaway state but

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when it didn't happen they try to keep the pace high -- the breakaway

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stick. They tried to test the pace of some runners. I think that

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worked well. Not many of them run to their full potential and I think

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that is because their legs were tired. Jonny handled the penalty

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situation well, knowing when to take it and still getting a bronze.

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It was perfect timing, I would have suggested lap two or three would

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have been best. He had to wait and it was the right time, for sure.

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is time to see Alistair and Jonny get their medals, I'll hand you

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back to our commentators. We will do that, but we have to get off the

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air very shortly. We are changing channels, we are moving to BBC Two.

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Don't worry, you will hear from the boys shortly and you will see that

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medal ceremony over on BBC took -- BBC to put up the 19th gold medal

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