Semi-Final: Castleford v Leeds

:00:41. > :00:45.Good afternoon and welcome to a sunny but rather windy Hyde Park

:00:45. > :00:49.and the Dextro Energy London triathlon. A sport which is the

:00:49. > :00:52.ultimate test in stamina, strength and skill. This race is a big one.

:00:52. > :00:57.The world's top triathlete have made sure they are here because

:00:57. > :01:01.this weekend is a test event for London 2012. The proposed course

:01:01. > :01:06.for the event at next day's Olympic Games and a stunning setting it is

:01:06. > :01:15.as well. We have got a great crowd going on here. One hour before the

:01:15. > :01:20.name men's grace. Hello, crowd! You are live on BBC Two! Britain's top

:01:20. > :01:24.female triathlete is Helen Jenkins. She was world champion in 2008. She

:01:24. > :01:28.has come third in the past two years but if you were in any doubt

:01:28. > :01:34.help fit a triathlete has to be, look at this.

:01:34. > :01:38.This is heaven suffering a heavy crash in April -- Helen. She got up

:01:38. > :01:48.to finish the race. Since then, her season has really, really

:01:48. > :01:51.

:01:51. > :01:55.Everything has been going really well. My training has been going

:01:56. > :02:00.well, I am really happy with my last two races. It has given me a

:02:00. > :02:04.bit of confidence heading into this weekend. I have always liked the

:02:04. > :02:08.course in Madrid, we have had some bad races there but most of them

:02:08. > :02:12.have been really good. I did not have a great swimmer but

:02:12. > :02:16.I really worked hard on the bike and then run and had one of the

:02:16. > :02:26.best runs I have ever had. I think I ran almost a minute faster than I

:02:26. > :02:30.

:02:30. > :02:39.have ever done on that course Kitzbuhel well is a lovely place,

:02:39. > :02:42.it is always a bit colder, so I am Myself and Sarah Hoskins got away

:02:42. > :02:46.on a bike and I was hoping she would stay with me for the ride but

:02:47. > :02:52.I got caught so I wasn't sure how I would feel. Heading on to the rent

:02:52. > :03:02.after all that work in my legs. My hamstrings were really tight, I

:03:02. > :03:12.

:03:12. > :03:16.If it peters out at the beginning and then it is me and Paula Findlay

:03:16. > :03:22.at the beginning. It is a small margin, four seconds over a two are

:03:22. > :03:25.raised, that is not much but in both races, I gave everything I

:03:25. > :03:33.could and I know there is nothing else I could have done, just hope

:03:33. > :03:38.This is a massive event, the Olympic test event. The setting is

:03:38. > :03:41.amazing. I think doing the full Olympic course, going in front of

:03:41. > :03:47.Buckingham Palace, it will be really interesting to see how it is

:03:47. > :03:49.different. The atmosphere has been great for the past two years. The

:03:49. > :03:56.course isn't a massively challenging, it is pretty flat, I

:03:56. > :04:02.would like it if they would build some holes, that would make it

:04:02. > :04:07.interesting. I could qualify for the Olympics this week and, if I do

:04:07. > :04:10.not, at there are more chances like in Beijing but I want to do it this

:04:10. > :04:14.weekend, get on the podium and make the Olympic team.

:04:14. > :04:17.SONALI SHAH: Qualifying for the Olympics is going to be on the mind

:04:17. > :04:21.of so many athletes here this weekend but it is a gruelling sport

:04:21. > :04:26.and anything can happen. And one man who knows exactly what it is

:04:26. > :04:32.like taking part in a triathlon at the highest level is Richard

:04:32. > :04:36.stamens. Let's talk about Helen Jenkins. Three years on at the age

:04:37. > :04:41.of 27, it feels like she is coming into her own and reaching a peak at

:04:41. > :04:47.the right time. Absolutely, she has totally matured as an athlete. She

:04:47. > :04:54.suffered some injuries but she is working on them and she is working

:04:54. > :04:58.in the gym, making herself solid. Hopefully today another great

:04:58. > :05:03.result. She has already been on the podium this year, that is crucial.

:05:03. > :05:10.It is required as part of qualifications. Who is her main

:05:10. > :05:16.competition in the series? You have got the three Emmas, from Australia.

:05:16. > :05:19.They have already got a try factor. All three of them on the podium.

:05:19. > :05:22.They will look to dominate, they will not necessarily work as a team

:05:22. > :05:26.because they want to beat each other but that only makes the other

:05:26. > :05:31.one go harder. Definitely Australians but other nations as

:05:31. > :05:34.well but have got qualifications in this race to try to get to London

:05:34. > :05:39.2012 and I think they will see Americans, Canadians, all of them

:05:39. > :05:42.having a good. We were here yesterday as well, the crowd is

:05:42. > :05:47.already screening for the athletes running. The atmosphere is so great

:05:47. > :05:52.with only one year to go until the Olympic Games as well. Yes, it is a

:05:52. > :05:56.showcase. It really shows London off but by going down to London and

:05:56. > :05:59.Buckingham Palace, it is a spectacle. And everybody wants to

:05:59. > :06:08.come down and soak up the atmosphere and get as close to the

:06:08. > :06:11.athletes as possible. The triathlon is one of the few events that you

:06:11. > :06:18.don't need a ticket for. Come down next year to watch the race for

:06:18. > :06:28.free. Graham Bell has got your back as well, he has been out scouting

:06:28. > :06:32.out the best vantage points for the It all starts here at the

:06:32. > :06:35.Serpentine, the curving lake in the heart of Hyde Park. It might get a

:06:35. > :06:40.bit busy here at the start so if you fancy something more tranquil,

:06:40. > :06:45.you can come here to the south side of the late to take some tea or if

:06:45. > :06:52.you're feeling brave, have a dip in the Serpentine Lido. The water is

:06:52. > :06:59.bound to be warmer than on Christmas Day, that is when the

:06:59. > :07:03.Peter Pan dip takes place. Once out of the water, it is on to the bikes.

:07:03. > :07:07.It is a flat course but with all the turns and speed bumps, it is

:07:07. > :07:16.technically demanding. They will then cross the Serpentine Bridge,

:07:16. > :07:20.heading towards the south of Hyde Park. the Serpentine Gallery will

:07:20. > :07:24.be opening a new space in time for the London Games. You can then

:07:24. > :07:32.either feast your eyes on the opulence of the Albert Memorial or

:07:32. > :07:34.keep your eyes peeled for the athletes as they head down to Hyde

:07:34. > :07:38.Park Corner. There they pose the imposing

:07:38. > :07:42.Wellington Arch and then just a short sprint down Constitution Hill

:07:42. > :07:50.to the grandest of them all, Buckingham Palace. After that they

:07:50. > :07:54.turn back and raced towards the park, for 7 like laps in all. Then

:07:54. > :08:00.they will go on the run, knowing they are only four laps from the

:08:00. > :08:06.end of the race. A great place to see them is here at Rotten Row, it

:08:06. > :08:10.is a big U-turn towards the lake. This place might be called Rotten

:08:10. > :08:15.but it is anything but. 150 years ago, this is where Londoners came

:08:15. > :08:18.to promenade. It is a place to be seen back then. As they head

:08:18. > :08:27.towards the Serpentine, you can relax by the Diana memorial

:08:27. > :08:31.fountain. It was opened in 2004 at a cost of �3.6 million. If you are

:08:31. > :08:34.not one of the lucky people in the grandstand, you could stand here,

:08:34. > :08:38.right on the finishing straight and cheer the athletes as they sprint

:08:38. > :08:46.towards the line. It is an ideal position and most importantly, it

:08:46. > :08:50.The spectators really well how fantastic access to all the

:08:50. > :08:54.athletes and watching them perform next year at the Olympic Games.

:08:54. > :09:00.absolutely, and the course is so close to the athlete. Behind me, we

:09:00. > :09:04.can see Simon Whitfield, Olympic Games in Sydney champion, just

:09:04. > :09:10.preparing for the race. He is getting ready. You are literally on

:09:10. > :09:13.top of the race. It is pretty unique in that aspect. It is the

:09:13. > :09:17.last time they can test themselves properly on the Olympic course as

:09:17. > :09:22.well, what will they try to learn? It will give them visualisation.

:09:22. > :09:26.They will be able to learn the race for next year, that is so important.

:09:26. > :09:29.As they prepare for the Olympic race, they can visualise what went

:09:29. > :09:37.on today and use that to inspire them and hopefully motivate them to

:09:37. > :09:42.train that bit harder. Who does this course sit? Pretty much anyone

:09:42. > :09:45.because it is not a hard course, the topography is such that you

:09:45. > :09:55.have got a technical course in terms of Benn's but you have not

:09:55. > :09:55.

:09:56. > :10:01.got hills, -- bends. What kind of tactics will afflict be thinking of

:10:01. > :10:06.as they go round the course? They will try to conserve their energy

:10:06. > :10:10.and this win is a lottery. A lot of the time it is won on the run.

:10:10. > :10:14.the race is won on the run. You can set yourself up with a good swim

:10:14. > :10:19.and bike and that is what they will be trying to do. Those with the

:10:19. > :10:23.strength in the front end of the race will look through the bends

:10:23. > :10:27.and through Marble Arch and Constitution Hill and try to attack.

:10:27. > :10:37.Stuart Hayes is the man to concentrate on that. So many people

:10:37. > :10:37.

:10:37. > :10:45.will be thinking about team GB and Olympic qualification, and team GB

:10:45. > :10:54.is talking about using the equivalent of... Do you think that

:10:54. > :10:58.team GB will use the domestics? lot of things have to take place,

:10:58. > :11:03.that will allow the selectors to take place. It is an option and we

:11:03. > :11:11.should not rule it out and we as in other countries use it, for example

:11:11. > :11:16.in Athens. It is a possibility but I do not think we have passing that,

:11:16. > :11:21.we have got the brothers Brownlees, they know what each other are doing.

:11:21. > :11:25.With that in place, the team will gel well. The women is a different

:11:25. > :11:29.side. We have got Helen Jenkins, the only podium finish this year,

:11:29. > :11:33.she is dominant. They may look to was that angle that we have got a

:11:33. > :11:39.long way to go in the selection process. Wouldn't it be good to see

:11:39. > :11:45.someone who would be willing to sacrifice a medal? The yes, but at

:11:45. > :11:49.the same time a lot of things happen, in terms of making the

:11:49. > :11:55.podium and in Beijing, the final in a few weeks' time, it opens the

:11:55. > :11:58.door to athlete. You would think there would be a sit down

:11:58. > :12:03.conversation if people were willing to sacrifice medals. We are talking

:12:03. > :12:08.a lot about Olympic qualification that this rise is also part of the

:12:08. > :12:13.ITU World Championship series which has a seven-race battle, with the

:12:13. > :12:16.final in Beijing. That is next month. Your best four results count

:12:16. > :12:21.towards the World Championship and a lot of athletes have not really

:12:21. > :12:26.shown their hand at the moment. Barbara Riveros Diaz leads the way

:12:26. > :12:31.after a solid but rather unspectacular season. Paula Findlay

:12:31. > :12:33.came to prominence here in Hyde Park and has three wins but is

:12:33. > :12:37.suffering from a head injury. And suffering from a head injury. And

:12:37. > :12:41.Helen Jenkins with two second places, she is currently in six.

:12:41. > :12:50.Your commentators for the women's race are Matt Chilton and Steve

:12:50. > :12:58.COMMENTATOR: They are ready for the start here, Paul Findlay, the big

:12:58. > :13:08.favourite for this race. They did not race in Yokohama in Japan

:13:08. > :13:12.

:13:12. > :13:17.following the earthquake and That is the seen here in Hyde Park,

:13:17. > :13:24.they are way! 67 elite women triathletes diving into the

:13:24. > :13:34.Serpentine. To begin this Olympic test event. The real thing in a

:13:34. > :13:36.year from now. That will be the Olympic medal days here in Hyde

:13:37. > :13:40.Park and for the first time they are heading out of the park and

:13:40. > :13:46.into the streets and onto the streets of London, taking in some

:13:46. > :13:53.of the sites of this part of the world. Already they are beginning

:13:53. > :14:01.to spread. Just one single lap swim, last year they got out of the water

:14:01. > :14:06.and run along the pontoon and died staying in the water for the entire

:14:06. > :14:10.1.5 kilometres swim. Already two distinct groups beginning to form.

:14:10. > :14:16.Interesting there, Emma Moffatt on the nearside has really gone for it.

:14:16. > :14:23.What is critical on this no wet suits when, it will be very

:14:23. > :14:27.difficult to get away -- a no-wet suit swim. It will be a huge

:14:27. > :14:30.advantage... Every single one of these athletes is going to be

:14:30. > :14:36.looking for selection for their countries next year and they will

:14:36. > :14:41.put themselves on the line today. Emma Moffatt has really gone for it.

:14:42. > :14:46.And I know the Swiss athlete who has had a leg injury, and Laura

:14:46. > :14:53.Bennett she has been going on forever, she has got a case full of

:14:53. > :14:55.medals at home. She is in the best form of her life. But is fantastic.

:14:55. > :15:00.Spectacular scene and an early start for the women because of the

:15:00. > :15:10.problem with the road closures in London. The men will start and the

:15:10. > :15:14.afternoon for their race. The water temperature pretty cold in the

:15:15. > :15:20.water. Serpentine Lido open here as well, but no swimming during the

:15:20. > :15:24.past few weeks because of the oxygen levels. It was worrying for

:15:24. > :15:30.the fish stocks, they had to treat the water. Apparently oxygen levels

:15:30. > :15:40.are restored to a normal level now. Swimming has been allowed to resume

:15:40. > :15:44.

:15:44. > :15:51.for the recreational swimmers and In the opening section, just to

:15:51. > :15:58.remind you, 1,500m in the water. A 40, touch cycle, that involves

:15:58. > :16:03.seven laps around the park and streets of London -- 40 kilometres.

:16:03. > :16:13.There was a hint that Paula Findlay had gone early. It was touch and go.

:16:13. > :16:23.If she did go early, all of the others followed have. Ramires the

:16:23. > :16:26.

:16:26. > :16:29.us making a good start. -- Roddy Now the change in direction. A

:16:29. > :16:33.different layout for the swimming course this year because of the one

:16:34. > :16:38.lap stipulation, which is what they want to use in the Olympics. You

:16:38. > :16:43.can see the Serpentine Bridge. The crowd gathered. And a lot of argy-

:16:43. > :16:50.bargy, those that choose to go tight around the inflatable boys,

:16:50. > :16:53.there are a lot of flying elbows. People scramble for position in the

:16:53. > :16:58.water of the Serpentine. The Serpentine was the centrepiece for

:16:58. > :17:02.the celebrations in London in 1814 for the British victory at the

:17:02. > :17:08.Battle of Trafalgar. There are if you battles going on out there as

:17:08. > :17:17.they come around there. Do first sight of Helen Jenkins there. She

:17:17. > :17:21.has had a bit of the at breathing problem. It might be a -- a bit of

:17:21. > :17:26.a spiritual problem, it might be likely to affect her confidence.

:17:26. > :17:29.She is a previous world champion when nobody expected it. She loves

:17:29. > :17:33.the tough conditions. The conditions here today are very

:17:33. > :17:39.pleasant, very little wind, just under 22 degrees in the water and

:17:39. > :17:46.Helen needs to be up there. She just days to close that gap a

:17:46. > :17:51.little bit more on Laura Bennett and Sarah Haskins. With their wet

:17:51. > :17:54.suits, this transition should be lightning-fast. -- no wet suits.

:17:54. > :17:58.should be lightning-fast, they have nothing to think about other than

:17:58. > :18:01.getting on their bikes. You are looking at about 30 people and then

:18:02. > :18:05.there is a break. If you don't get into the first group, you won't

:18:05. > :18:08.make it back. It will be difficult to get back on and I am very

:18:08. > :18:14.surprised there is such a big group coming out of the water together

:18:14. > :18:19.right now. And then the final sprint, the

:18:19. > :18:25.first out of the water equals the first on to the bike for the 40, to

:18:25. > :18:31.his bike circuit. They will exit the park for the first time -- a 40

:18:31. > :18:37.kilometres. Her but the public will have to get used to it many times

:18:37. > :18:40.in they have next 12 months or so, there will be of many road closures.

:18:40. > :18:45.The swimming at the 2012 Olympics will also take place in the

:18:45. > :18:53.Serpentine, so it won't just be the triathlon. The open-water swimming

:18:53. > :19:00.matter and -- marathon also taking place. Approaching 90 minutes and

:19:00. > :19:04.approaching the steps and the run to transition -- 19. There will be

:19:04. > :19:07.a group of seven or eight are bunched together as they come to

:19:07. > :19:17.the steps to take them out of the the steps to take them out of the

:19:17. > :19:37.

:19:37. > :19:47.Lots of British interest here. Helen Jenkins is right up there,

:19:47. > :19:56.

:19:56. > :20:01.get their helmets on. The bikes are pushed to the white line. Then they

:20:01. > :20:10.can get on and they Exeter the blue carpet out on to the gravel. --

:20:10. > :20:15.exit. At group of a 30 potential riders in the first group. A few of

:20:15. > :20:19.the stragglers coming out but it is not too late. Two groups will form,

:20:19. > :20:23.it is likely they will come together to form one large peloton

:20:23. > :20:28.and they will all right together and form a spectacular sight

:20:28. > :20:32.through the park and out on the streets of London. Look at this,

:20:32. > :20:37.the series leader is just getting into transition now. How have is

:20:38. > :20:46.that affected by not having a wet suit? -- how will affected. That

:20:46. > :20:51.has but Barbara quite a way back down. They are on their way. Of 40

:20:51. > :20:56.kilometres. They begin in the park and they also exit the park, down

:20:56. > :21:04.constitution Hill, bisecting Green Park, down towards Buckingham

:21:04. > :21:11.Palace. A group of 30 also riders form in the peloton at the front of

:21:11. > :21:15.the field. I was hoping we would see a breakaway group. 30 is a lot

:21:15. > :21:20.of people and it is very difficult to get a group identity working

:21:20. > :21:23.through. We will see the athletes testing everybody else out. Is

:21:23. > :21:30.there anybody willing to come with me, and if you are, are you

:21:30. > :21:36.prepared to really work hard so we can try and break the field down?

:21:36. > :21:45.That is the scene in the park below us on the right. Sarah Haskins is

:21:45. > :21:49.just one a second clear of Sarah Groff. -- one second. Helen Jenkins

:21:49. > :21:59.is right up there, as is the Vicky Holland, and Jodie Stimpson. Lots

:21:59. > :21:59.

:21:59. > :22:02.of a British interest. -- lot of British interest. The British

:22:02. > :22:12.athletes are working at the front. Alan Jenkins is telling them to get

:22:12. > :22:17.

:22:17. > :22:21.to the front, let's do some work -- have visited London. We go round on

:22:21. > :22:26.a little loop in this part of the city where the road has been closed.

:22:26. > :22:30.Imagine the scene one year from now. This is a free event, there is no

:22:30. > :22:34.tickets required, anybody can come and watch on the streets of London.

:22:34. > :22:38.It is the first time they have been down here and tested the section of

:22:38. > :22:44.the course were the roads closed to traffic. We got our first glimpse

:22:44. > :22:47.of Paula Findlay there sitting happily on the back of the pack.

:22:47. > :22:51.The early attempts to make a break don't seem to have materialised. I

:22:51. > :22:57.think we will see more of that. The British athletes and the Australia

:22:57. > :23:00.athletes, Emma Moffatt in particular, very happy to work but

:23:00. > :23:04.will not do it by themselves. We will see some breaks going through

:23:04. > :23:13.but whether they can stay at the front, it is difficult. But we have

:23:13. > :23:18.somebody going for it here. Carey Lang. The -- Kerry. She is putting

:23:18. > :23:22.a marker down. She is saying, let's have a go for this, let's see if we

:23:22. > :23:26.can break away and get rid of some of the people who may be looking to

:23:26. > :23:32.run us down. Nobody going with her at the moment, nobody accepting

:23:32. > :23:36.that challenge. Very early to be going for it, very brave. Quite a

:23:36. > :23:40.big group here. What is the motivation for actually working on

:23:40. > :23:45.the front? There is a big motivation because there is a pack

:23:45. > :23:48.behind that contain some really good runners, so it even though

:23:48. > :23:52.some are not up in their best running form, they need to push on

:23:52. > :24:01.and make sure that gap from the second group grows. Is anybody in

:24:01. > :24:11.their working has domestic takes? It could be Lang at the front.

:24:11. > :24:11.

:24:11. > :24:20.as domestiques. She is not the best runner, carried. She isn't, but she

:24:20. > :24:26.is a good cyclist. Unfortunately, her running does let her down.

:24:26. > :24:35.This is Paula Findlay, dominant this year, the winner in Sydney, in

:24:35. > :24:45.Kitzbuehel. She has had a problem with her hip in the last few days.

:24:45. > :24:50.We will see if that affect so. -- affects her. You'll see the

:24:50. > :24:54.athletes through and past the transition in a very short time.

:24:54. > :24:58.Morrison of the Republic of Ireland at the back of the group. I think

:24:58. > :25:01.the reflection on their pace of the bikes, I think she was quite a long

:25:01. > :25:08.way down in the swim, and she has taken it all back on the first lap

:25:08. > :25:13.of the bikes. A very strong runner as well, we have seen that. That is

:25:13. > :25:21.the leading a group of four stop back into the beauty of Hyde Park -

:25:21. > :25:28.- that is the leading group of. They can take the applause from the

:25:28. > :25:33.grandstand as they complete the first lap of seven on this bike.

:25:33. > :25:42.would be interested to get a time check on that. We are getting the

:25:42. > :25:47.general confirmations coming up on the screen. Nicola is there, she

:25:47. > :25:52.has been working hard on her swimming. Anja Dittmer is still

:25:52. > :25:59.there, Jessica Harrison. Emma Snowsill is still there. We will

:25:59. > :26:05.check on how many are in that group. We think it is around 35, 40. 32,

:26:05. > :26:09.in fact, is the total number in this leading group. Again, I think

:26:10. > :26:18.if we hark back to the swim, we saw just how hard it was. If we broke

:26:18. > :26:23.this field in half, it is way over 30 seconds. Their pack are trying

:26:23. > :26:27.to get themselves a way, they have to close this gap a very early. So

:26:27. > :26:31.many of the athletes at the front, if they do work hard, they will put

:26:31. > :26:35.a significant a matter of time into the chases. 30 seconds is the

:26:35. > :26:41.difference between the first group of 32 and the chasing pack of six,

:26:41. > :26:46.who are then followed by another dozen. Those two will almost

:26:46. > :26:53.certainly form a hunting pack of 18 attempting to try and bridge the

:26:53. > :26:57.gap to the leading pack of 32. They are in one of the smartest parts of

:26:57. > :27:04.London. You can see the Government close by, you can see the Palace,

:27:04. > :27:08.the primary residence of the Queen. Originally known as Buckingham

:27:08. > :27:15.House. The original building was a large town house built for the Duke

:27:15. > :27:19.of Buckingham. The largest private garden in London. The East front

:27:19. > :27:26.contains that famous balcony on which the royal family judicially

:27:26. > :27:31.congregate. The -- traditionally. Of bought by George the Third as a

:27:31. > :27:37.private retreat for his wife Queen Charlotte, who had 15 children, 14

:27:37. > :27:40.of which were born in Buckingham Palace. I have seen a move by

:27:40. > :27:44.Jessica Harrison, looking to get off the front. Fredriksen is

:27:44. > :27:51.closing with her. Again, it does not look like a sustained attack at

:27:51. > :27:59.all. There is the standings leader, Barbara Riveros Diaz. She has and

:27:59. > :28:04.run a race -- have won a race this season but she has been consistent.

:28:04. > :28:11.And 98 clear of Paula Findlay of Canada, who has won the three races,

:28:11. > :28:15.but didn't take part in Hamburg in mid-July. They go under the archway,

:28:15. > :28:19.the Wellington Arch. What a backdrop that is, the statue on top

:28:19. > :28:28.is very impressive. A chariot come up with the three horses at the

:28:28. > :28:33.front and a winged figure on top of. Built between 1826 and 1830,

:28:33. > :28:41.designed by TSMS Burton, responsible for a lot of

:28:41. > :28:44.spectacular architecture we see this part of London. The chasing

:28:44. > :28:54.group there are just under one minute behind. The distance has

:28:54. > :28:56.

:28:56. > :28:59.concerted effort for this group to get back up there? It is the only

:28:59. > :29:08.way they will get involved in the prize money today. The gap is

:29:08. > :29:13.around 50 seconds or so, with the leading group and the chasers. The

:29:13. > :29:18.leaders, with Svenja Bazlen of Germany taking her time at the

:29:18. > :29:23.front. They will have been given a wake-up call, having seen the

:29:23. > :29:33.distance between this front peloton and the chasing group. Time for a

:29:33. > :29:38.

:29:38. > :29:47.bit of energy. Spirig, are also taking her opportunity. And Anne

:29:47. > :29:53.Laing -- and Kerry Lan has decided there has been enough hanging about.

:29:53. > :29:57.That is her third effort, so the energy expended on that, she hasn't

:29:57. > :30:00.managed to get away but nobody has matched and gone with her. Time is

:30:00. > :30:09.beginning to run out for those people who do want to try and make

:30:09. > :30:13.that break. Backward the chase group. -- back with. They have

:30:13. > :30:17.reduced the deficit by five or six seconds during the last lap. They

:30:17. > :30:27.now need to go again. They need to put some further pace into their

:30:27. > :30:31.

:30:31. > :30:35.efforts to bridge the gap between catching slowly, they are catching

:30:35. > :30:39.up. The second pack are working really well because we saw when

:30:39. > :30:42.they were on the first lap of the bike, it was a one-minute gap but

:30:42. > :30:47.now it is 30 seconds, so that his great work from the second pack.

:30:47. > :30:57.That will take it out of them, Willetts had them on the run?

:30:57. > :31:03.

:31:03. > :31:06.There's a few that are on the front view of London across the River

:31:06. > :31:16.Thames. A trio of British triathlete at the front of the

:31:16. > :31:22.

:31:22. > :31:28.field. Jenkins, Kerry Lang and significantly. The pace has really

:31:28. > :31:36.is off. You can say that two groups are about to become one huge pack.

:31:36. > :31:39.The leading group really eased off over the final section of that

:31:39. > :31:49.penultimate lap and now the leaders... Look at the group we

:31:49. > :31:52.

:31:52. > :31:56.have got here. There must be at the seat of government in Great

:31:56. > :32:03.Britain, Westminster Abbey on the right. The venue of the recent

:32:03. > :32:08.Royal Wedding. There's the London Eye, on the South Bank of the River

:32:08. > :32:18.Thames. They are the top of Constitution Hill for the final

:32:18. > :32:20.

:32:20. > :32:24.time. One of the smartest parts of London, Park Lane leading to Hyde

:32:24. > :32:29.Park Corner with the Ritz hotel not far away at the Dorchester Hotel,

:32:29. > :32:35.plenty of other high-class establishments in the vicinity.

:32:35. > :32:40.They will be back into Hyde Park, through the gates for the final

:32:40. > :32:46.time and then they will start to prepare for the arrival in

:32:46. > :32:50.transition. Look at that now, the jockeying for position. A single

:32:50. > :32:56.line now with less than one kilometre or a go, everybody

:32:56. > :33:00.sprinting around the edges. We see the hands and fingers going down,

:33:00. > :33:07.loosening in the FT and the shoes, the bare feet on top of the issues,

:33:07. > :33:13.the issues still clipped into the paddles. They want to get out. They

:33:13. > :33:18.may lose around 15, 20 seconds which is a long way going into the

:33:18. > :33:24.run. A couple of hundred metres to go until transition, a group of 60

:33:24. > :33:31.or so riders locked together in combat here. Just biding their time,

:33:31. > :33:35.some looking for some daylight over on the Ryders' right of the track.

:33:35. > :33:40.This could be spectacular. It could also be very chaotic with such a

:33:40. > :33:47.massive group coming in to hang up their bikes. There is a disbarred

:33:47. > :33:51.line. The leaders are there. They are getting off the back. They have

:33:51. > :33:55.rehearsed this. Lisa Norden in first. She will look for the place

:33:55. > :33:59.where she has to place the bike. Lisa Simpson, the first of the

:33:59. > :34:07.British riders, Helen Jenkins is through as well, she will be

:34:07. > :34:11.looking for a fast, effective transition. Sarah Haskins is

:34:11. > :34:17.through, and there's Emma Moffatt, the Olympic bronze medallist, she

:34:17. > :34:27.is on her way out. In it has turned into a running race. My money is on

:34:27. > :34:31.

:34:31. > :34:35.an Australian called Emma. There's 3 m as to look on. -- Emmas. One of

:34:35. > :34:38.them has got a huge confidence going into this race and also Paula

:34:38. > :34:48.Findlay, we know she has had a few injury niggles but she is world

:34:48. > :34:54.

:34:54. > :34:57.class. She is in with a great involved at the start of the lead

:34:57. > :35:00.group, that makes things very interesting. Helen Jenkins of Great

:35:00. > :35:09.Britain on the right of the screen, Emma Moffatt of Australia on the

:35:09. > :35:14.left. Jodie Stimpson just behind her. It is wide-open here. Nicola

:35:14. > :35:19.Spirig is there as well. She has been injured and running and

:35:19. > :35:24.swimming a lot, general fitness is very, very good but I think she has

:35:24. > :35:34.done an awful lot to get out there with Emma Moffatt. A big group out

:35:34. > :35:35.

:35:35. > :35:40.there with contention. We will see a big dropping off, I am sure.

:35:40. > :35:44.These have no bearing on what will happen with so many good runners.

:35:44. > :35:48.It is wide open here in Hyde Park and it is beginning to spread, that

:35:48. > :35:58.gives you an idea of the gap between the leading group which is

:35:58. > :36:01.

:36:01. > :36:07.now down to around 12 with a gap of about 10 metres to the next five.

:36:07. > :36:11.But the stretch beginning, I think that lead group of the 17 will be

:36:11. > :36:18.coming down one by one as the sheer pace of the run will force them off

:36:18. > :36:23.the back. Emma Snowsill has been left, a kick at the beginning of

:36:23. > :36:27.the field while we were watching the chases, a group of two or three

:36:27. > :36:34.started to inject some pace into the race. You can see there are

:36:34. > :36:40.free. I think Jenkins and Jodie Stimpson and Jackson are there and

:36:40. > :36:43.one other. That is certainly Jackson in 4th place. Let's check

:36:43. > :36:52.through, that is Helen Jenkins leading through. Helen Jenkins,

:36:52. > :37:02.Jodie Stimpson... A Emma Jackson, and the Japanese runner. Paula

:37:02. > :37:10.

:37:10. > :37:15.British woman has won in Hyde Park. Jodie Stimpson is on good form,

:37:15. > :37:25.Jenkins has come third. Ai Ueda of Japan has joined the leading

:37:25. > :37:27.

:37:27. > :37:31.quartet. That also includes Emma Jackson. We have a break away group,

:37:31. > :37:39.things really hotting up in the park. Be gathered by Helen Jenkins.

:37:39. > :37:45.He wants to get away from Paula Findlay. -- big effort by Paula

:37:45. > :37:51.Helen Jenkins. Jodie Stimpson looks up, she has got to cover... Emma

:37:51. > :37:58.Moffatt really falling behind there. Along with Paula Findlay. Those two,

:37:58. > :38:04.we know Paul Findlay -- Paula Findlay we know she's having injury

:38:04. > :38:09.problems. Helen is looking good. She is looking outstanding. Without

:38:09. > :38:12.Paula Findlay been on form, it has got to beat Helen's grace. Helen

:38:12. > :38:18.and Paula have battled it out in the past two World Championship

:38:18. > :38:21.Series races. We know that Paul has been injured so a very good chance

:38:21. > :38:27.that it is Helen's day today. COMMENTATOR: They are halfway

:38:27. > :38:34.through the run. Five kilometres Dan, five kilometres to go and the

:38:34. > :38:41.leader is Helen Jenkins from Great Britain. For twice a third here in

:38:41. > :38:45.the past and an hour and 43 minutes of swimming, biking and running

:38:45. > :38:55.with five kilometres still to go. Jodie Stimpson has been dropped

:38:55. > :38:55.

:38:55. > :39:03.down to around 6th position now. With a significant move being made

:39:04. > :39:08.by an your -- Anja Dittmer. We are just seeing a clear gap for the

:39:08. > :39:12.first time now. Alan Jenkins is not giving it at all and nor is Emma

:39:12. > :39:16.Jackson, she is chasing it through but the five-second gap may be up

:39:16. > :39:21.to eight seconds now. We must be closing in on around four

:39:21. > :39:25.kilometres to go but they have just drawn away from everybody else.

:39:25. > :39:30.Anja Dittmer she started relatively comfortably on the run and just

:39:30. > :39:34.beginning to break through but the first two, the leaders, really are

:39:34. > :39:40.getting a significant gap on the rest of the field. A shot over the

:39:40. > :39:50.Serpentine Bridge shows you the lead that Helen Jenkins has over

:39:50. > :39:52.

:39:52. > :40:01.her next-best rival, formerly Helen Tucker. Third twice on the podium

:40:01. > :40:11.here in London but never Victoria's. Possibly today. -- never victorious.

:40:11. > :40:15.

:40:15. > :40:18.Emma... Jackson beginning to lose her way. There she is with the end

:40:18. > :40:22.in sight, Helen Jenkins and the crowd beginning to show their

:40:22. > :40:32.appreciation. She has got a huge advantage now. Will it be enough to

:40:32. > :40:33.

:40:33. > :40:40.see her through this final lap? She has swum solidly. Now she leads

:40:40. > :40:44.with one lap to go. Look how easy it is for Helen Jenkins with 1.5

:40:44. > :40:49.kilometres to race, she is full of running. Enjoying this moment now.

:40:49. > :40:54.She can sense success at last in Hyde Park having twice finished in

:40:54. > :40:58.third position. Today, the victory is theirs. She will look over cross

:40:58. > :41:04.the like on the far side of the Serpentine from our commentary

:41:04. > :41:09.position. Going away from us but she will cross again and head back

:41:09. > :41:13.towards the blue carpet and the finishing line and fingers crossed,

:41:13. > :41:17.victory just a few minutes from now. Helen Jenkins leading the way still

:41:18. > :41:22.in Hyde Park and the battle for second and third continues.

:41:22. > :41:27.hammer went down there, didn't it? She opened the gap, Emma Jackson

:41:27. > :41:31.had gone back into the group, may be a bit of a second wind for Emma

:41:31. > :41:39.Jackson, the two Americans, Emma Snowsill fighting her way through

:41:39. > :41:45.and up now with Anja Dittmer, look at that. Helen Jenkins with about

:41:45. > :41:55.one kilometre to go. She looks so strong. Absolutely focused. Who is

:41:55. > :42:03.

:42:03. > :42:12.that in second place? That is... think that is when of America Gwen.

:42:12. > :42:17.That gives her selection. The Union flags are flying proudly in Hyde

:42:17. > :42:27.Park. Helen Jenkins has run an heroic race in the park today and

:42:27. > :42:28.

:42:28. > :42:32.has kicked away with fantastic timing. Jenkins will win in Hyde

:42:32. > :42:40.Park and will win comfortably. A massive margin, she has picked up

:42:40. > :42:44.her fight, she is beginning to celebrate. Jenkins cruising home

:42:45. > :42:50.now and starting to appreciate and savour the victory. Jenkins wins in

:42:50. > :42:56.Hyde Park, just over two hours, her time. What a win for her. Helen

:42:56. > :43:03.Jenkins, twice third in the pack wins today with America in second

:43:03. > :43:11.place and it is Anja Dittmer of Germany who comes in in third place.

:43:11. > :43:16.Jackson just pipping Emma Snowsill, the third Australians in 4th and

:43:16. > :43:21.5th. But from a British perspective, it is all about Helen Jenkins who

:43:21. > :43:26.has come close twice in the past but with one year to go as the

:43:26. > :43:31.Olympic countdown continues, Helen Jenkins is at the top of the table

:43:31. > :43:38.in Hyde Park. She will return as one of the favourites, fitness

:43:38. > :43:43.permitting, in 12 months from now to go for Olympic glory and gold.

:43:43. > :43:48.Helen Jenkins steps up to the highest point of the podium to

:43:48. > :43:58.accept her gold medal today. Will she be on the Olympic podium in 12

:43:58. > :44:38.

:44:38. > :44:46.months from now? Picking up an A day that Helen Jenkins will never

:44:46. > :44:49.forget. And I took it really easy, trying to get rid of the cold and I

:44:49. > :44:58.wasn't sure I could pull it out today, but the crowd were fantastic.

:44:58. > :45:02.They were so good shouting for me. I was shaking for you, everyone was.

:45:02. > :45:10.Ahmad last lap, I thought I was going to blow up. I was pushing

:45:10. > :45:15.right till the end. Better are so hard. There did you think coming

:45:15. > :45:23.into today, you would have such a big lead on a lap? Her idea that if

:45:24. > :45:33.it all went my way I could when, but I felt awful on the bike -- I

:45:33. > :45:37.had an idea. The first lap of the run, I was not sure. Then I got the

:45:37. > :45:43.lead and my husband was screaming at me, just keep going. We have

:45:43. > :45:49.done training sessions together and, so I was just used to him yelling

:45:49. > :45:53.at me to go faster. It is a real, it is a huge honour, I can only

:45:54. > :45:57.credit my coaches, my team-mates have helped me out as well.

:45:57. > :46:00.wasn't sure if I still had it in me because I am not of the youngest

:46:00. > :46:04.any more but I have lots of experience, and I don't know, I

:46:04. > :46:14.just pulled it together on the day when it counted the most this year,

:46:14. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:18.and I am just so happy. Happy with your performance today? Yes, apart

:46:18. > :46:23.from the last five killermacro, but everything else was moving in the

:46:23. > :46:27.right direction. --kilometre. what a joy impression of the

:46:28. > :46:33.course? It is phenomenal, but the spectators make this course and

:46:33. > :46:36.every year it gets better and today top it as well. I was running

:46:36. > :46:46.around Buckingham Palace, and a half of the people there were going,

:46:46. > :46:48.

:46:48. > :46:53.what was going on? You we have got Javier Gomez just setting up his

:46:54. > :46:58.transition spot. In -- we have got Javier Gomez.

:46:58. > :47:01.Richard, it was great to see the British winner at Hyde Park a year

:47:01. > :47:07.before the Olympics. It you couldn't ask for a better result.

:47:07. > :47:10.That is what we wanted to see. Helen was certainly after that. But

:47:10. > :47:19.she has come third twice and now she gets the wind while but said,

:47:19. > :47:23.it is the best preparation. -- she gets the wind this time out.

:47:23. > :47:28.she is not a big fan of the course, but she showed that it suits their.

:47:28. > :47:32.She struck out there in the run and stayed there. -- suits have.

:47:32. > :47:35.said in interview she wasn't feeling well, if that is how on a

:47:35. > :47:40.bad day, I look forward to seeing how in 12 months. They she said it

:47:40. > :47:46.really had. It is always going to. It might be hurting during the race

:47:46. > :47:50.but when you crossed the line, you forget about the pain. Obviously

:47:50. > :47:55.there was something wrong but even on a bad day, she is a win a four-

:47:55. > :48:00.star she fits the qualification criteria for the Olympics. -- she

:48:00. > :48:03.is a winner. She fits the qualification criteria. They put

:48:03. > :48:07.people forward at the end of September and Helen will be one of

:48:07. > :48:11.those people. If there are no more podiums in Beijing, they may not

:48:11. > :48:15.put anyone else forward. But Helen is almost certainly going to go to

:48:15. > :48:20.the Olympics. Of but we cannot categorically say that until the

:48:20. > :48:23.end of June next year, and tear goes forward in front of the

:48:23. > :48:27.National Committee. We will have to wait until that period where there

:48:27. > :48:34.are three names for the event going forward and they are accepted.

:48:34. > :48:40.are going to be the girls getting under way of Helen next year? Paula

:48:40. > :48:50.Findlay wasn't have to fit. If we look back at the last Olympic Games,

:48:50. > :48:53.it could be anyone. If he -- Paula Findlay wasn't to fit. There wasn't

:48:53. > :48:58.a bad back but there were a couple of contenders, but if we are going

:48:58. > :49:06.to form, it could be anyone. Helen has certainly set herself up

:49:06. > :49:10.brilliantly, but the Australians, Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill, and

:49:10. > :49:15.a host of other athletes. So it will be interesting to see what

:49:15. > :49:19.happens, who comes out. Paula Findlay from Canada, not on form at

:49:19. > :49:25.the moment with an injury but she has so she can win. If you are

:49:25. > :49:30.Helen, how would you spend your winter so you know you are at your

:49:30. > :49:37.best? The pressure is off have. She has done all she can do to get in

:49:37. > :49:40.the team, -- off her. She will be selected, it is pretty much 99%.

:49:40. > :49:46.She is now focused on staying in the best shape that she can, the

:49:46. > :49:50.best shape she can for the next 12 months. I spoke to her husband and

:49:51. > :49:54.his words were that she is bullet proof in the gym. So she is in

:49:54. > :49:59.their everyday, looking after that body and keeping all of the muscles

:49:59. > :50:02.working, -- there. That will reduce the chances of injury and she will

:50:02. > :50:06.work harder this winter and going to the Olympic year in the best

:50:06. > :50:15.shape. There are the other British girls who could get an Olympic

:50:15. > :50:19.sport? We are looking at Jodie Stimpson, she is on the way up. She

:50:19. > :50:24.ran a race a week ago, Olympic distance, she won that race and she

:50:24. > :50:29.has backed it up with 14th on the Olympic course. She is really

:50:29. > :50:33.stating her case. But to be honest, the criteria as such, she needs to

:50:33. > :50:39.get on the podium. That is the case for all of the goals. They have to

:50:39. > :50:45.get on the podium at the World Championship race. That will put

:50:45. > :50:49.them in contention. If a British win has but -- inspired you to get

:50:49. > :50:59.into the water, here is how you can get involved.

:50:59. > :51:06.

:51:06. > :51:14.Kerman. The big splash, everyone is doing good. To find out more, busy

:51:14. > :51:16.at the BBC website. It is not every day you see George Alagiah in

:51:17. > :51:20.goggles, and not every day that world champions and gold medal

:51:20. > :51:25.hopes have to sit opposite their main rivals get the breakfast table,

:51:25. > :51:32.but that is beat Beal at the Brownlee home. The last time we saw

:51:32. > :51:36.them here, we witnessed a very different story. Johne was

:51:36. > :51:46.sprinting have out of the shadow of his brother, and Alastair falling

:51:46. > :51:46.

:51:46. > :51:51.away. They have spent the last winter taking stock.

:51:51. > :51:54.Javier Gomez wins the London triathlon. Jonathan Brownlee has

:51:54. > :52:02.come past his brother do takes second. What has happened to

:52:02. > :52:07.Alistair Brownlee? I had no memory until I woke up on the bed. Of I

:52:07. > :52:11.had no -- a shocking day. Terrible side, Alistair Brownlee gave it

:52:11. > :52:16.absolutely everything and more. Just a bit wary now, because I know

:52:16. > :52:23.you can be as fit as you can be and a tiny thing goes wrong on the day

:52:23. > :52:28.and it has massive consequences. The brothers preparations began in

:52:28. > :52:33.November, heading to Lanzarote. It may have been a sunbathing weather,

:52:33. > :52:42.but there was little time for preparation and rest. It is quite

:52:42. > :52:46.windy, it doesn't feel heart. It feels nice. -- hot. One of the best

:52:46. > :52:52.things about being here is it doesn't get dark before 4pm. It is

:52:52. > :52:57.nice having a bit more daylight. But by the new year, there was no

:52:57. > :53:00.escaping the British climate. have got to learn to adapt to the

:53:01. > :53:04.conditions. You get the training in Bucher don't worry about making it

:53:04. > :53:10.too hard for yourself, it is counter-productive -- but you don't

:53:10. > :53:14.worry. A persistent ankle injury was hampering his training and

:53:14. > :53:18.affecting his mental preparation. It is do not knowing that is the

:53:18. > :53:24.worst part, you don't know what the injury is. Once you know what it is

:53:24. > :53:27.and how to Hewitt, it is getting all right. Alistair Brownlee was

:53:27. > :53:32.still the man to beat but it was clear his brother was a quiet be

:53:32. > :53:38.confident of a strong year to come. He was the world champion in 2009,

:53:39. > :53:43.he keeps on improving but I have to believe I can beat him. Belief can

:53:43. > :53:49.take you long way. At the opening World Championship Series event in

:53:49. > :53:54.Sydney, Jonathan had a very good day. Unlike his brother. In the

:53:54. > :53:58.race, everything seemed to go wrong. I punctured at the end of the bike.

:53:58. > :54:04.I got around the run and I fell over and I thought, can anything

:54:04. > :54:10.else go wrong? Jonathan came in second in Sydney behind reigning

:54:10. > :54:17.world champion Javier Gomez. It would be the Template for his year.

:54:17. > :54:27.Sydney was absolutely shocking. After that, it picked up of. I one

:54:27. > :54:27.

:54:27. > :54:33.in Madrid and Jonathan was second. -- I won. Alistair Brownlee will

:54:33. > :54:39.take victory for the second time here in his career. I seem to

:54:39. > :54:44.always be second. At I will start their World Series, I have gone up

:54:44. > :54:47.to number 55, and that I would say goodbye to him and say I will see

:54:47. > :54:52.you down the line, but now I am getting used to be rain to bid

:54:52. > :54:56.higher. I am really pleased with my season so far -- to be in the ranks

:54:56. > :54:59.for a bit higher. Spain was the backdrop for the European

:54:59. > :55:04.Championships. It would be the final chance for the brothers to

:55:04. > :55:08.assess their form before London. And it was good. Despite a puncture,

:55:08. > :55:14.Alistair Brownlee dragged himself back into contention thanks to some

:55:14. > :55:22.Tour de France style orders and some brotherly love. Another family

:55:23. > :55:27.one, two, with Javier Gomez way After their Spanish adventure, it

:55:27. > :55:30.was time to sample the restoring air of the Swiss Alps. It is a

:55:30. > :55:35.really nice place to train at this time of year. It is altitude as

:55:35. > :55:40.well, which is important. It hopefully get she that bit fitter.

:55:40. > :55:44.But the training camp was hopefully at -- as much about attitude as

:55:44. > :55:48.altitude. With the chances of Olympic qualification grown nearer,

:55:48. > :55:53.this was a time to reflect and focus on what would be needed for a

:55:53. > :55:57.year a head. Every race we have done since Sydney was break

:55:57. > :56:00.complete success, so I think we are learning more and more about how to

:56:00. > :56:04.train and how to recover and get ready for races. It is something we

:56:04. > :56:10.have both got a lot better at. Preparing for races and being at

:56:10. > :56:14.your best on race day. Alistair Brownlee has such a

:56:14. > :56:19.fantastic record in the series so far. He has won nine out of the 12

:56:19. > :56:23.races he has competed in. It is amazing, an outstanding record. The

:56:23. > :56:29.other athletes are looking at him. He has had a couple of hiccups, one

:56:29. > :56:33.of them being here last year when a stomach upset caused him to fade in

:56:33. > :56:38.the last kilometre of the race. But he is a force to be reckoned with.

:56:38. > :56:42.And there isn't just one of them, there is two of them, and that is

:56:42. > :56:47.the scariest thing for the rest of the world. You are taking on one

:56:47. > :56:52.and then another pops up. John of them came second here last year, it

:56:52. > :56:56.feels like he is coming into his own -- Jonathan. It is because they

:56:56. > :57:00.train together, and that is unique in triathlon. I can't think of any

:57:00. > :57:06.other siblings that have worked it together quite like this. They feed

:57:06. > :57:09.off each other. Rather than being a hindrance, it is a help of. They

:57:09. > :57:19.are almost communicating telepathic Kate. They know what the other is

:57:19. > :57:24.doing. -- Papa thickly. We saw it at the European Championships.

:57:24. > :57:28.then Alastair went and beat Jonathan into first place! They

:57:28. > :57:33.probably sat and greed that once they got to the bike ride, it is a

:57:33. > :57:36.free for all -- agreed. I think what we will see other the next

:57:36. > :57:42.year's is Alistair Brownlee dominating but Jonathan coming up

:57:42. > :57:46.to him. Bash over the next year's. We could have a great scenario for

:57:46. > :57:50.the British team where both of them are going head to head. It is the

:57:50. > :57:54.unique dynamic but you think that Jonathan is almost sacrificing

:57:54. > :58:00.himself to help his brother? You think he will start winning on his

:58:00. > :58:05.own? They are going to look to help each other. Alistair Brownlee will

:58:05. > :58:10.help Jonathan Brownlee and vice versa. When a third British person

:58:10. > :58:14.gets into the men's team, I think they will work as a team naturally.

:58:14. > :58:19.They are so close that the next member of the team will just have

:58:19. > :58:24.to gel and work with that. Britain has such a strong field in the

:58:24. > :58:27.men's triathlon. Why has Team GB failed to convert the success in

:58:27. > :58:30.the World Championships in to the Olympic medals? There is a

:58:30. > :58:34.statistic out there that Great Britain are one of the strongest if

:58:34. > :58:39.not the strongest a major go back to World Championships, at any

:58:39. > :58:43.distance or any age group within this sport. We haven't converted

:58:43. > :58:52.that to it at a Olympic medal yet. The elusive Olympic medal. It is

:58:52. > :58:57.not something that you can easily prepare for. We had a great result,

:58:57. > :59:01.the finishing 6th, but it has never gone to form, apart from that one

:59:01. > :59:04.Emma Snowsill victory. The other medal seemed to have come from

:59:04. > :59:09.nowhere and you are not quite sure what is going to happen. That is

:59:09. > :59:12.the thing about the Olympics. Hopefully this time, it will be the

:59:12. > :59:16.exception proving the rule, but the Brownlee brothers getting on the

:59:17. > :59:20.podium. They are the stars of the British triathlon but they are not

:59:20. > :59:30.guaranteed success today. There are a lot of other names to watch out

:59:30. > :59:30.

:59:30. > :59:36.Don Tim Don is the old man of the British team but it is too early to

:59:36. > :59:40.write off the 2006 champion. still love the sport, and I would

:59:40. > :59:46.love my daughter to come and watch me next year in 2012 and tell their

:59:46. > :59:49.grandchildren that her dad was an Olympian.

:59:49. > :59:53.Triathlon's Mr consistent over the last five years and they've

:59:53. > :59:58.reigning world champion, Javier Gomez of is the Brown the brothers

:59:58. > :00:05.strongest competition. A grinder rather than a sprinter, watching

:00:05. > :00:09.try and break the field early on. - - watch him. Everybody is motivated,

:00:09. > :00:13.all of the athletes are trying to do their best here. It is going to

:00:14. > :00:18.be an interesting race. The it has been a breakthrough here

:00:18. > :00:25.for Great Britain's William Clarke. He secured his first world senior

:00:25. > :00:29.series podium place in Hamburg. have got probably the hardest team

:00:29. > :00:34.in the world to qualify, so I am trying to try my hardest and try

:00:34. > :00:40.and get prepared enough and will hopefully produce a good

:00:40. > :00:50.performance. The German was a surprise when at

:00:50. > :00:52.

:00:53. > :00:58.the Beijing Games but he is no one- My motivation is unparalleled and I

:00:58. > :01:02.think that is my biggest advantage. SONALI SHAH: And make it about five

:01:02. > :01:06.minutes to go until the race. We have seen will Clarke and the

:01:06. > :01:10.Brownlee brothers make their way down the transition area to go on

:01:10. > :01:14.to the pontoon for the start of the race, what will be going through

:01:14. > :01:18.their heads? They are focused solely on what they are doing. A

:01:18. > :01:25.massive cheer went up for both will Clarke and the Brownlee brothers.

:01:25. > :01:29.If that was this year, what will it be like next year?! We have got 10

:01:29. > :01:36.dom walking down, he looks pensive, he wants to race faster -- we have

:01:36. > :01:38.got Tim Don coming down. They have been into the warm-up already so

:01:38. > :01:47.they have had the visualisation process going in and some of the

:01:47. > :01:51.athletes will be getting a bit cold so they put these jackets on. This

:01:51. > :01:57.guy from Germany coming down, he is not called at all. This is not a

:01:57. > :02:02.wet suits when so they are just in their triathlon suit. That can

:02:02. > :02:12.affect athletes in certain ways. Strong swimmers prefer the no wet

:02:12. > :02:12.

:02:13. > :02:16.suit swim. The Brownlee brothers, will Clarke and Stuart Hayes all

:02:16. > :02:22.prefer that. They earlier we saw the transition spots getting ready,

:02:22. > :02:26.how important is that part of the race? I have heard that described

:02:26. > :02:34.as the 4th race. He get, the four of discipline. It has got to be

:02:34. > :02:38.slick. -- the 4th discipline. You will see less than a second

:02:38. > :02:43.separating the fastest and slowest among the athletes, but you can

:02:43. > :02:47.lose the race in transition. You got to make sure that as you, in

:02:47. > :02:51.from this one on to the bike, super-fast on to the back. And then

:02:51. > :02:59.on to the run, the trainers: Quickly and you are plough back in

:02:59. > :03:03.contention. -- the trainers, on quickly. It is it highly detailed,

:03:03. > :03:07.the transition was back yes, that should the night before the race,

:03:07. > :03:13.they use elastic laces on their trainers and will be sliding them

:03:13. > :03:21.on and off. They will have a routine for left or right foot

:03:21. > :03:24.first. Just go for it, somebody else might be right and then left

:03:25. > :03:28.thought, some other athletes might be the other way round. If they get

:03:28. > :03:33.that done correctly, they have got a good chance on to the run. What

:03:33. > :03:37.will be going through their minds now? Probably just this one at the

:03:37. > :03:42.moment. Not about the whole race? don't think so, they may be running

:03:42. > :03:47.through that quickly but really, the start of the swim is so

:03:47. > :03:54.important. At first minute, minute and a half when everybody on the

:03:54. > :04:03.track starts to fast, and when I am coaching, I say don't start fast,

:04:03. > :04:08.but at the level we are at here, they have to start fast. And then

:04:08. > :04:13.later in the race they can begin to get their breath back, they haven't

:04:13. > :04:19.got to get a good position to take it by the scruff of the net. As we

:04:19. > :04:23.mentioned earlier, this is one of the seven races in the ITU series,

:04:23. > :04:26.and as it stands no, they don't necessarily reflect he will

:04:26. > :04:29.necessarily win after the Beijing Grand Final next month. That is

:04:29. > :04:34.because athletes are quite strategic about which raised they

:04:34. > :04:38.choose to take part in. As it stands, Javier Gomez won here last

:04:38. > :04:48.year is the leader of the pack but has not been up to usual high

:04:48. > :04:49.

:04:49. > :04:55.standards lately. Consistency has paid off for Wiliam Clarke and the

:04:55. > :05:05.Brownlees sticking together in 7th and 8. We handed to our commentary

:05:05. > :05:11.

:05:11. > :05:14.downpour of rain happened earlier and above us, there are clouds

:05:14. > :05:22.which may provide some precipitation as the race unfolds.

:05:22. > :05:27.But the elite men are lined up on the pontoon ready to dive into the

:05:27. > :05:33.Serpentine for a 1.5 kilometre swim followed by a 40 kilometre bike

:05:33. > :05:42.ride and 10 kilometres run to round things off. The Brownlee brothers

:05:42. > :05:49.at the extreme right of the pontoon. They are getting set, silver of

:05:49. > :05:59.Portugal as well. 7 and 8 worn by the Brownlee brothers, eight for

:05:59. > :06:09.

:06:09. > :06:15.Jonathan, seven for Alistair athletes. This is the elite race of

:06:15. > :06:22.the day. The crowd is ready and the helicopter up above. Now they step

:06:22. > :06:26.forward and the way they go. Racing in the Serpentine, 1.5 kilometres

:06:26. > :06:31.in the water, not as warm as yesterday but still no need for wet

:06:31. > :06:36.suits and they are scrambling for positions early on. Time to say

:06:36. > :06:40.good afternoon to Steve Trew. afternoon, a fascinating race and

:06:40. > :06:43.the women's grace was absolutely tremendous. What a fantastic

:06:43. > :06:48.victory by Helen Jenkins but the men I think will be just as

:06:48. > :06:53.exciting. I wonder if you will see the same tactics. We had a fairly

:06:53. > :06:58.slow laid-back bike yesterday, I think with the men we may be seen

:06:58. > :07:04.attack after attack after attack. I am told there are 112 turns on the

:07:04. > :07:08.bike course and with that, that is pretty exceptional. Interesting to

:07:08. > :07:13.see where Alistair Brownlee and Jonathan put themselves in the swim,

:07:13. > :07:18.they will want clean water and also interesting that we had Simon

:07:18. > :07:22.Whitfield, the Olympic champion and Chris McCormick getting on to the

:07:23. > :07:32.pontoon relatively late because their current rankings at world

:07:33. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:42.level may be at a bit of a France at the front. We have seen

:07:42. > :07:47.him in the past that he could lead swimmers out of the water but

:07:47. > :07:56.falling away as they get on to the bike. This is a look back at the

:07:56. > :08:02.start, clean start for both of the Brownlee brothers. The way they go

:08:02. > :08:05.into clean water, looking for clear water at every opportunity. It is a

:08:05. > :08:11.different course in the Serpentine this year. In the past, they have

:08:11. > :08:15.come out of the water after 750 metres and dive back in. The

:08:15. > :08:19.Olympic specifications don't allow for that so this year, as it is an

:08:19. > :08:24.Olympic test event, they will stay in the water and swim in this

:08:24. > :08:29.direction and come back and swim past the pontoon towards the

:08:29. > :08:38.eastern end of the Serpentine before returning and exiting via

:08:38. > :08:44.the carpeted steps running towards their bikes. Bent and -- then

:08:44. > :08:47.another new element is towards Park Lane, through the Wellington Arch

:08:47. > :08:51.and down Constitution Hill all are barely a hill there, past

:08:51. > :08:55.Buckingham Palace, round the Victoria Memorial and back up

:08:55. > :09:01.towards the park. A few dark clouds around. We had a burst of rain a

:09:01. > :09:05.while ago, the forecast has suggested that we may get more. The

:09:05. > :09:10.arrowhead with the leading swimmers cutting through the clean water and

:09:10. > :09:18.the others jostling for position, where they need to avoid elbows and

:09:18. > :09:21.arms at the forthcoming term. Raphael leading there and I was

:09:21. > :09:28.expecting the Russians to get out on the lead and that is quite

:09:28. > :09:37.surprising. We have talked a little bit about team tactics before.

:09:37. > :09:43.Possibly wondering whether to bring in David Hauss, we are also looking

:09:43. > :09:53.at another of the German athletes, he did not make the German team for

:09:53. > :09:54.

:09:54. > :10:02.the Olympic Games last time that he onto the Serpentine with the crowds

:10:02. > :10:06.four deep there. This is the first term. Raphael is the first through,

:10:06. > :10:11.and brings get a bit interesting behind him. It is carnage out there

:10:11. > :10:16.sometimes, it can be really painful. Swimming goggles can be lost and it

:10:16. > :10:19.can be a kick in painful parts, a real Scrabble which we have seen in

:10:19. > :10:25.the past, some of the elite athletes have been fished out of

:10:25. > :10:30.the water by the men in kayaks. It can be very dangerous sometimes.

:10:30. > :10:34.Interesting watching this one has come past. Past the first turning

:10:34. > :10:39.point and Alistair Brownlee was not in the top 10, you can see how

:10:39. > :10:44.difficult it is as they go past the third point and I was fascinated to

:10:44. > :10:48.see how the Brownlee brothers chose their starting position. They had a

:10:48. > :10:55.good choice and they chose to go way over on the right hand side.

:10:55. > :11:05.Maybe they were looking for clear water but coming round at first

:11:05. > :11:11.floating point, they have got a lot of work to do. Us the Serpentine

:11:11. > :11:17.was designed to look natural and you can see it copied in certain

:11:17. > :11:24.parts of the country. The Olympic champion in 2008 following a

:11:25. > :11:28.dramatic sprint finish. Falling Simon would feel, who was the

:11:28. > :11:33.inaugural Olympic champion. The man who took the medal in between,

:11:33. > :11:38.Hamish Carter, has since retired. We have got two of the three

:11:38. > :11:45.Olympic champions therefore in the history of sport racing today.

:11:45. > :11:55.German had a great season but fell away on that and is looking

:11:55. > :12:02.

:12:02. > :12:12.in this when -- marker. Confirmation yet to be received of

:12:12. > :12:13.

:12:13. > :12:16.where the Brownlees are. The German up early on in the swim.

:12:16. > :12:20.Olympic champion, the German, looking at his form through the

:12:20. > :12:24.water. Finding himself out in front. Keen to establish the form he has

:12:24. > :12:30.shown in Beijing when he took the gold medal. Fast through the water

:12:30. > :12:34.here. The wind that was travelling the group earlier on as they made

:12:34. > :12:38.their way through the Serpentine has eased off and it is quite calm

:12:38. > :12:43.now. Still a breeze but nowhere near as stiff as it was at around

:12:43. > :12:48.8:30am this morning. A very, very big spread on this one already. Not

:12:48. > :12:52.even halfway and that is an elite men's field which has really

:12:52. > :12:59.stretched and stretched. That has to be because of the hard work

:12:59. > :13:03.being done at the front of the pack by Raphael and the German. As we

:13:03. > :13:09.said, still waiting to see you confirmation of where the Brownlees

:13:09. > :13:13.were. Alistair Brownlee may have been back in 15th place, but that

:13:13. > :13:19.is not that important early on, but what is important, particularly as

:13:19. > :13:24.we come towards the end of this one, into transition and how they

:13:24. > :13:29.approach that. If they manage to get away well on the bike, as we

:13:29. > :13:39.saw with Kerry Lang making attack after attack, that could have an

:13:39. > :13:43.input on the end of the race. Eustace, another of the talented

:13:43. > :13:49.German and Sven Riederer as well wearing four. Their real scramble.

:13:49. > :13:53.These people yet to find freedom in the water. Loss of physical contact

:13:53. > :14:01.going on as they come past the Serpentine Lido, that is open to

:14:01. > :14:06.members every day of the year. -- lots of physical contact. I think

:14:06. > :14:09.we had our first quick glimpse of Jonathan Brownlee, up challenging

:14:09. > :14:14.in the lead group. Not right up at the front but beginning to make his

:14:14. > :14:21.mark. If Jonathan Brownlee is there, then Alistair Brownlee will not be

:14:21. > :14:25.the blue carpeted pontoon where everything began a few moments ago.

:14:25. > :14:32.They swim up towards the eastern side of the lake before turning

:14:32. > :14:42.back and having for the exit steps. The kayaks and Pavel bought there

:14:42. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:50.keeping a close eye on things -- particularly dangerous but also if

:14:50. > :14:53.they are riding around on the bikes when it is wet. And also when

:14:53. > :14:57.Alistair Brownlee fell in an earlier section of the race earlier

:14:57. > :15:02.this year, it can have an effect. Also when it has been dry, you

:15:02. > :15:07.might get a bit of grease and dirt on the road and then it can be very

:15:07. > :15:12.difficult underfoot particularly on the terms. The German still at the

:15:12. > :15:15.front, as well as Raphael, a huge stretch still going on and and er

:15:15. > :15:25.the athletes will be so pleased that the majority of them that it

:15:25. > :15:29.

:15:29. > :15:33.is a no wet suits when. -- a no wet suit swim. Hauss is third in the

:15:34. > :15:39.overall standings. He is engaged to Melanie Anaheim of Switzerland who

:15:39. > :15:46.raced in the women's competition. A solid if not spectacular season,

:15:46. > :15:53.David Hauss, the Frenchman. 29 coming through and that is Ivan of

:15:53. > :15:57.Russia. A handful of very talented Russians in the race, always a

:15:57. > :16:04.threat and lookout in particular for the two brothers, the poorly

:16:04. > :16:08.and the brothers. Dmitri who is 24 and his brother Igor. Those

:16:08. > :16:13.brothers will work together a bit like the Brownlee brothers when

:16:13. > :16:17.they get out of the water and onto the road. Such a depth of swimming

:16:17. > :16:27.in the Russians generally, they have made the mark of the couple of

:16:27. > :16:29.

:16:29. > :16:33.staying to each other, some of these leading guys. There will be

:16:33. > :16:38.some bruises and black guys, I am sure of it, because they normally

:16:38. > :16:47.spread a little further than this. We looked down on the Parker, 350

:16:47. > :16:52.acres, open from 5am until midnight all year -- the park. Henry VIII

:16:52. > :17:02.sees it from the monks of Westminster Abbey in 1536 and

:17:02. > :17:03.

:17:03. > :17:13.decided to turn it into his own moment are the ones in the middle

:17:13. > :17:23.

:17:23. > :17:27.of the pack who are looking to come initial sprint away that Richard

:17:27. > :17:31.Stannard referred to, some of them not going off too fast and just

:17:31. > :17:36.conserving their energy. Alistair Brownlee, the first real side of

:17:36. > :17:41.him, he is up there and at amongst the leading pack -- side of him. We

:17:41. > :17:46.knew he was with Jonathan Brownlee, so let's hope we have got both of

:17:46. > :17:50.them up there. We are waiting for a glimpse of William Clarke and Tim

:17:50. > :17:55.Don. William is in great form at the moment. Second in the standings

:17:55. > :18:01.at the moment, the 26-year-old from Cambridge. He recently took some

:18:01. > :18:05.warm-weather training in Lanzarote. He had his first podium in Hamburg

:18:05. > :18:10.at the last world championship series. Coached by a former

:18:10. > :18:16.Olympian. And there is the world championship standings leader,

:18:16. > :18:20.Javier Gomez of Spain. 2010 world championship leader, and a winner

:18:20. > :18:27.already this year in Sydney. Very much the man to beat. The defending

:18:27. > :18:33.champion here in Hyde Park. Gomez is up with that leading section now,

:18:33. > :18:40.looking over every time he breeds to the left, watching false start -

:18:40. > :18:44.- his breathing. We must be about two-thirds of they way through the

:18:44. > :18:49.swim. It is almost sprinting at the moment, a lot of almost clear water

:18:49. > :18:53.with people finding it difficult to find a good grip with their feet.

:18:53. > :19:01.Really, because of the speed to swimmers are leading with at the

:19:01. > :19:06.front. One of my interests her is Chris McCormack. World champion

:19:06. > :19:10.back in 1997, he contentiously didn't make the Olympic team for

:19:10. > :19:14.Australia in 2011 years down the line, he has said, I want to go to

:19:14. > :19:17.the Olympics and has totally changed his training a, coming away

:19:17. > :19:21.from the longer distances and coming back to the Olympic

:19:21. > :19:24.distances and wants to make the selectors really take a strong

:19:24. > :19:32.interest in him for Australia and for the landed the Olympics next

:19:32. > :19:41.year. A so the swim field is really stretched. The -- for the London

:19:41. > :19:45.Olympics next year. We look down on the city. That block of four on the

:19:45. > :19:49.left is known as one Hyde Park, some of the most expensive

:19:49. > :19:59.apartments ever built. And there are still a few foresail if you are

:19:59. > :20:03.interested. -- a for sale. Just starting to rain again likely. So

:20:04. > :20:09.the expected rain showers are arriving and that could make the

:20:09. > :20:14.run, on the bike, even more interesting, slightly more

:20:14. > :20:18.dangerous on the tight corners. If you can imagine there are more than

:20:18. > :20:27.100 to negotiate. The rain continues to fall, things will get

:20:27. > :20:30.slippery and dangerous underfoot and under we'll. -- wheels. The

:20:30. > :20:34.triathletes will start to think about the exit from the Serpentine,

:20:34. > :20:40.the climb up the steps and the entrance into transition. Just over

:20:40. > :20:46.300 metres to swim. They will start to consider how quickly and

:20:46. > :20:51.efficiently they can make the change from the water to the two

:20:51. > :20:58.wheels. It is fairly well spread now. There are 67 starter's command

:20:58. > :21:06.we will see a group of 25 plus coming out of the water -- there

:21:06. > :21:14.are 67 starters,. The bikes are all ready to go, with front wheel

:21:14. > :21:18.spacing out, as Richard Stannard mentioned. -- facing out. The entry

:21:18. > :21:24.and the exit of transition is often described as the 4th element of

:21:24. > :21:29.triathlon. I think so particularly today because the speed at the

:21:29. > :21:33.front of the swimmers, I guess we will see them out 18-30, so

:21:33. > :21:38.significantly faster than we saw the women factor -- barely a. But

:21:38. > :21:43.that spread of the swim, I would say that we have done absolutely

:21:43. > :21:48.huge spread, at over 90 seconds going right the way through. That

:21:48. > :21:55.is going to be very difficult to catch up. We do we been out here,

:21:55. > :21:59.we did see the second patch -- pack catching v -- with the women's a

:21:59. > :22:04.area, we did see the second pack catching the first one. The

:22:04. > :22:07.Australians, the English, the United States are America, or using

:22:07. > :22:12.this as an Olympic qualifying and they want to grab those slots the

:22:12. > :22:18.their country, and there will be a lot of hard work at the front today.

:22:18. > :22:23.The Serpentine itself is 28 acres, at maximum depth of 48 feet. It is

:22:23. > :22:28.only the eastern half that is known of the Serpentine. The other half

:22:28. > :22:38.stretches into Kensington Gardens and is known as the Long Water.

:22:38. > :22:39.

:22:39. > :22:49.Approaching the end job stage one. -- of stage one. Bennett is 40 km -

:22:49. > :22:51.

:22:51. > :23:01.- but then it is 40 km on the bikes. Then they will return for four laps

:23:01. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:11.on a for it, four of them at 2.5 km. Bash on foot of. Very tight at the

:23:11. > :23:16.front. At the athlete's minds already focused on transition. They

:23:17. > :23:24.are looking to get clean spaces, they run towards the bikes. A

:23:24. > :23:29.minute, maybe just a few seconds to go, heads will be going up, the

:23:29. > :23:35.right turn round, looking to go in there. We have seen a gap already,

:23:35. > :23:39.as you said, around 25 or 30 swimmers, possibly a few more, but

:23:39. > :23:45.working hard. It is a fall on race today, it is going to be absolutely

:23:45. > :23:51.head to head -- full-on. If a break tries to go, I am sure there will

:23:51. > :23:54.be a cover, and there will be break at the break after a break.

:23:54. > :24:00.thoughts turn to transition, to make it as smooth and as clean as

:24:00. > :24:03.quick as possible. Clean water out in front. There is the target,

:24:03. > :24:09.those two blue pontoons on the right and at the blue carpet with

:24:09. > :24:18.the steps. 17 minutes and 55 seconds, as they approached the

:24:19. > :24:24.steps. The exit coming fast. Everything should be registered on

:24:24. > :24:33.the computer as they go past. It is Gomes out first. Followed by

:24:34. > :24:40.Frodeno. Alistair is the first of the brothers. Both of the Brownlee

:24:40. > :24:46.brothers out in the top 10 as they sprint towards the transition. We

:24:46. > :24:51.will join up Richard Stannard and Sonali Shar.

:24:51. > :24:54.I think they were going out in 6th and 7th? They went through a

:24:54. > :24:59.transition very quickly. It looked as though in this when they were

:24:59. > :25:04.playing a bit of chess, they were happy to be where they were. -- In

:25:04. > :25:07.the swim. But they want to make the front pack now and consolidate or

:25:07. > :25:12.attack. You can never tell with these brothers, they have plans

:25:12. > :25:16.that no one can think of. So you work that impressed with their

:25:16. > :25:21.swim? It looked as though the whole group was a truly committing to

:25:21. > :25:25.this when. That was certainly fast, it was not slows willing, but

:25:25. > :25:32.nobody was really Committee -- it was not slow was winning. That is

:25:32. > :25:36.why we have not seen the fireworks again. Bentley very much, Matt and

:25:36. > :25:44.Stephen, back to you -- thank you very much.

:25:44. > :25:51.MATT CHILTON:. And we will expect this to form into one medium group

:25:51. > :25:57.up around 20, 25. There were a lot of races within 30 seconds of each

:25:57. > :26:02.other. And now the cat-and-mouse begins under section that takes

:26:03. > :26:05.them a long West Carriage Drive and out towards Hyde Park Corner, way

:26:05. > :26:10.they will exit the park for the first time and out into the streets

:26:10. > :26:17.of London -- where. Down Constitution Hill as we pick up one

:26:17. > :26:25.or two of the stragglers. And the last bike is just being collected.

:26:25. > :26:32.It is Jonathan Zipf of Germany. He is on his way. Also picking up with

:26:32. > :26:39.Chris McCormack, coming out there. The back on the Brits, Alistair and

:26:39. > :26:48.Jonathan way up there on this Wem. -- this win. Stuart pay is doing

:26:48. > :26:53.extremely well. Tim a don at just 20 seconds then -- Tim Don.

:26:53. > :26:58.Alistair Brownlee heads it out and Gomez following. Just to

:26:58. > :27:01.shepherding him back on the bike. Along comes Jonathan, with Alistair

:27:01. > :27:10.saying let's get up there and Let's see if we can make this from the

:27:10. > :27:15.front. We have Brownlee and Brownlee, 1 and 2. Gomez is trying

:27:15. > :27:25.to shadow every move. I think that is Chris Ken Ball from New Zealand

:27:25. > :27:25.

:27:25. > :27:30.who had a tremendous win. -- get Olympic Games. He has been around

:27:30. > :27:38.for a long time. It is the Olympic Games the tree focuses the mind.

:27:38. > :27:43.Let's have a quick check on that. - - that of really focuses. A lot of

:27:43. > :27:53.work being done added by the Brownlee brothers. Jonathan is the

:27:53. > :27:57.younger one false start Alistair is the older bash at the younger one.

:27:57. > :28:04.-- Jonathan is the younger one, Alistair is the older won by two

:28:04. > :28:10.years. There is the Olympic champion coming into transition.

:28:11. > :28:14.Gomez, the number one Spaniard, Swiss-born, left Switzerland at the

:28:14. > :28:24.age of three, born to Spanish parents. One of the top triathletes

:28:24. > :28:36.

:28:36. > :28:40.of that of Bass last 10 years. -- cut across the roundabout, which

:28:40. > :28:44.you normally drive past if you are making your way past this part of

:28:44. > :28:49.London and they will go under Wellington Arch. Also known as

:28:49. > :28:54.constitution Arch or Green Park arch, that was its original name.

:28:54. > :28:58.Wellington Arch and Marble Arch, to the north of the park, were plan

:28:58. > :29:06.did 1825 by George the 4th to commemorate British victories in

:29:06. > :29:11.the Napoleonic wars. The Wellington Arch named after the first Duke of

:29:11. > :29:16.Wellington, the premier Duke of Wellington who commanded the Allied

:29:16. > :29:21.Army when they defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

:29:21. > :29:25.have a real race on here, a group of 18-20 who have managed to get

:29:25. > :29:31.away from the chasers. We can see that they are working together as a

:29:31. > :29:36.team. They are coming together and working, and not slowing down

:29:36. > :29:41.whatsoever. Allerston tells Jonathan to keep pushing. --

:29:41. > :29:48.Alistair. But a huge gap at the moment, seven or eight seconds, --

:29:48. > :29:52.not a huge gap. But it could be significant. We saw the group get

:29:52. > :29:55.away with the women yesterday, there wasn't any closure at all

:29:55. > :29:58.until the last lap and it looks as though the men have decided that is

:29:58. > :30:04.not the way this race is going to go and they are going to be working

:30:04. > :30:09.from the front, right the way through. I Kent 22 in that first

:30:10. > :30:16.group and a similar number -- I count. And a similar number in the

:30:16. > :30:21.chase pack. They come down towards the Victoria Memorial in front of

:30:21. > :30:26.Buckingham Palace. One of the things we can see, we know they are

:30:26. > :30:30.going at speed, where they are almost in a single line. Rather

:30:30. > :30:38.than getting a very widespread, but the group just bunching up as the

:30:38. > :30:43.speed slows down. Number 37 leading them through. Second place is

:30:43. > :30:50.Jonathan Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee is right behind him.

:30:50. > :31:00.Raphael of France, one of the top swimmers, next. William Clarke,

:31:00. > :31:06.number two. Fabien of Italy is up there as well. Number five, of

:31:06. > :31:09.Russia. And No. 7, Alistair Brownlee. There is a modicum of the

:31:09. > :31:19.climb here as they regroup on Constitution Hill, but it is barely

:31:19. > :31:28.

:31:28. > :31:33.that distance between the first and second, never far from France and

:31:33. > :31:40.the Irish athlete as well. If the athletes keep working in front as

:31:40. > :31:43.well, it will be different to catch. We say so many times that it seems

:31:43. > :31:50.to the ground that second. Alexander Brukhankov putting

:31:50. > :31:54.himself on the line. Alistair and Jonathan keep on talking to each

:31:54. > :31:58.other. They all have been talking about what their plans are and

:31:58. > :32:00.maybe getting the assistance of some of the other athletes there,

:32:00. > :32:07.never to forget that they are looking for Olympic selection as

:32:07. > :32:12.well. A big race over the Olympic course and the hammer is really

:32:12. > :32:22.down and working in pack number one. It will the second pack catch them

:32:22. > :32:22.

:32:22. > :32:29.up? Feeding back into the park now. They are glancing over their

:32:29. > :32:39.shoulders. They will go under the trees and circle the park. Seven

:32:39. > :32:46.laps in total on the bike, bringing the 40 kilometre distance up. A big

:32:46. > :32:54.exciting group with nearly all the big names in there. I worry one

:32:54. > :32:58.athlete that is missing is Will Clarke, Issie in the second group?

:32:58. > :33:04.LaurentVidal leading the chase says. Looking like a few seconds from

:33:04. > :33:10.joining that lead group. The numbers and the main peloton might

:33:10. > :33:14.double quite sure if. I think it's time gap is around 12 seconds.

:33:14. > :33:21.Still a lot of distance to cover up. A lot of talking going on in the

:33:21. > :33:30.front pack. Not just the guys talking but also the guys at the

:33:30. > :33:36.front and the back. 27 minutes of the race at the moment. It was 29

:33:36. > :33:46.minutes at for the women's race from the first lap. There are the

:33:46. > :33:58.

:33:58. > :34:02.off the pace. But the good news is that Will Clarke is in the leading

:34:02. > :34:07.group. We will keep an eye on where Tim Don is. Simon Wood Hill has

:34:07. > :34:13.come through, Olympic champion in 2000 and we are still waiting for

:34:13. > :34:17.sign of Tim Don. The good news is that both of the Brownlee brothers

:34:17. > :34:21.and Will Clarke are in the leading group. We need to be looking at

:34:21. > :34:27.Stuart Hayes for Great Britain, we thought he was in the leading group

:34:27. > :34:31.but we are just getting information through but the man who does not

:34:31. > :34:34.appear to be there at the moment is Tim Don. That is the difference.

:34:35. > :34:39.That will not take long. We saw a gap of one minute and the women's

:34:39. > :34:44.grace closed down and the two packs eventually come together. The gap

:34:44. > :34:47.is just a handful of seconds here. No real pace or urgent pace at the

:34:47. > :34:53.front of the field so it will not be long before the two packs become

:34:53. > :35:03.one. Jonathan Brownlee takes his turn at the front of the field and

:35:03. > :35:05.

:35:05. > :35:15.through. And a big effort on the first lap and then backing off.

:35:15. > :35:15.

:35:15. > :35:20.Just a few people are able to do the majority of their work. The two

:35:20. > :35:24.lead packs combining that and we have got perhaps 45 athletes there

:35:24. > :35:28.all vying to get a good position. Early days of course on the bike

:35:28. > :35:32.ride but looking to get the good position going into the third

:35:32. > :35:35.discipline. Alistair Brownlee, 23 and educated at Bradford Grammar

:35:35. > :35:40.School and then gained a place at Cambridge to study medicine and

:35:40. > :35:48.decided to give that up and attend the University of Lydd where he did

:35:48. > :35:52.a psychology of sport degree in 2009 -- University of Leeds. He put

:35:53. > :36:00.in a big effort in Beijing but maybe spent too much energy then.

:36:00. > :36:04.He was young then, and the winner in 2009, taking pictures in Madrid,

:36:04. > :36:11.London in Hyde Park and the Gold Coast. The umbrellas are up but the

:36:12. > :36:16.spirits are not dampened yet. The front of the field sees union flags

:36:16. > :36:24.worn by Alistair Brownlee and Jonathan Brownlee as well. Jonathan,

:36:25. > :36:31.the younger of the two, educated also at Bradford Grammar. Studying

:36:31. > :36:41.history at Lydd University. He did well in Lausanne, but that is

:36:41. > :36:43.

:36:43. > :36:53.coming up on the BBC shortly as they are. We are not getting the

:36:53. > :36:53.

:36:54. > :36:58.big move. We had never be seeming to be willing to go out and push.

:36:58. > :37:01.Maybe a bit of slowing down because of the weather conditions. Most

:37:01. > :37:07.unpleasant for spectators. Very unpleasant indeed for the cyclists

:37:07. > :37:11.out there. They have got the sunglasses on, wearing shades and

:37:11. > :37:15.they will get drops of rain on them. If they are not wearing shades, but

:37:15. > :37:19.will make it is even worse. They will get the wind and rain coming

:37:19. > :37:24.into their eyes. Making it tough out there on the bike. Making the

:37:24. > :37:31.general group psychology thinking that they should just get through

:37:31. > :37:36.it. They don't want people going out of contention. Maybe a little

:37:36. > :37:42.bit of confidence for the run later on. Under the arch of the second

:37:42. > :37:48.time. A chariot drawn by four horses, not three as I said

:37:48. > :37:51.yesterday. A relatively new addition to the arch from 1912. It

:37:51. > :37:58.symbolises the Angel Of Peace descending on the chariot of war.

:37:58. > :38:08.And apparently it is the largest bronze sculpture in Europe. They

:38:08. > :38:10.are going down Constitution Hill for the second time. Try to keep

:38:10. > :38:16.the sunglasses trouble wherever possible. The rain is coming and

:38:16. > :38:20.going. Quite intense two minutes ago but it has eased off now.

:38:20. > :38:24.Stuart Hayes we saw there, adjusting his glasses. Good news

:38:24. > :38:28.for the Brits. We thought he was in the lead pack but we are just

:38:28. > :38:32.waiting for confirmation coming through and we can confirm that now.

:38:32. > :38:39.No news still on Tim Don, but with the two packs joined together, Tim

:38:39. > :38:49.Don will have been in the regroup. Five British athletes in there. We

:38:49. > :38:55.

:38:55. > :39:04.have not seen Alastair or and Jonathan Brownlee go towards the

:39:04. > :39:08.back of the front group. Kris Gemmell we caught earlier on, we

:39:08. > :39:14.will see if anyone is willing to go with him at the front. His team-

:39:14. > :39:19.mate at 37, another New Zealander, and the I love London signed on

:39:19. > :39:29.that umbrella. It does make a fantastic backdrop for this

:39:29. > :39:36.

:39:36. > :39:41.Well into their second lap of seven now. 37 has been joined by seven,

:39:41. > :39:45.37 is James L Murray, he has made a bit of a break and has been joined

:39:45. > :39:49.by Alistair Brownlee on his side. These two are putting pace into the

:39:49. > :39:56.front of the field. That looks to be significant because Alastair is

:39:56. > :40:02.looking behind, he is worried about whether it will be Jonathan

:40:03. > :40:08.bringing the chase. The New Zealand are getting out of the saddle.

:40:08. > :40:15.Doing his bit of work now. Will we be seeing a reaction from the first

:40:15. > :40:21.group? Second group closing very quickly. You can see how damp it is

:40:21. > :40:25.now with the rain getting on to our camera lens. That is at the back of

:40:25. > :40:32.the second group. We are approaching 50 races. The New

:40:32. > :40:36.Zealand are closely shadowed by Alistair Brownlee who is about to

:40:36. > :40:39.be joined by a Alexander Brukhankov of Russia. The Russian has made it

:40:39. > :40:46.3 at the front. And these are watching them go off into the

:40:46. > :40:49.distance. Will they respond and when? Well, well, well, we have a

:40:49. > :40:53.group of three going away. Interesting that Alistair Brownlee

:40:53. > :41:01.going away, and Jonathan Brownlee has not attempted to bridge the gap.

:41:01. > :41:05.At the start wandering when you talk about team tactics, you are

:41:05. > :41:11.wondering if the message get out, whether they hold out and wait and

:41:11. > :41:19.see. And also criteria for selection is getting on the podium

:41:19. > :41:26.here and the other race that is significant which is Beijing. Maybe

:41:26. > :41:29.Jonathan Brownlee is putting his place at a bit of risk. With the

:41:29. > :41:34.big man and Alexander Brukhankov working hard at the front, you do

:41:34. > :41:39.seem to have a bit of time now between those three and the big

:41:39. > :41:44.pack. I make it about 10 seconds. That is the early gap and there's

:41:44. > :41:49.Tim Don, in for position leading the chases through. Not the best

:41:49. > :41:59.swimmer so always taking a bit of time to get involved but he now

:41:59. > :41:59.

:41:59. > :42:04.will get encouraged. Now we see the sun come out and we always see Tim

:42:05. > :42:10.Don encouraging his competitors around to take their turn to put in

:42:10. > :42:16.the work and he will be say that they cannot afford to let that trio,

:42:16. > :42:22.the New Zealand athletes, Alexander Brukhankov and Brownlee get away.

:42:22. > :42:31.Tim Don is such a good athlete. He is not too happy and confident at

:42:31. > :42:35.the moment, we have seen that earlier this year and in a one off

:42:36. > :42:41.race, he is still putting a lot back. For five laps to go with a

:42:41. > :42:44.threatening dark cloud in the background, will it dumps

:42:44. > :42:48.significant rainfall on this course? That should liven up this

:42:48. > :42:53.already enjoyable section. The main pack coming through and encouraged

:42:53. > :42:57.by the crowds who have come out. In the tens of thousands. Alexander

:42:57. > :43:06.Brukhankov, the first man through. Getting a check on the other names

:43:06. > :43:15.making up this large chasing group. Sandwiched between them, Alistair

:43:15. > :43:20.Brownlee of Great Britain between Brukhankov. It will not be an easy

:43:20. > :43:24.group to break without a concerted effort. I guess a bit of disquiet

:43:24. > :43:30.in the pack, a bit of uncertainty with the rain coming through. We

:43:30. > :43:34.saw everybody adjusting sunglasses. People backing off the speed a bit.

:43:34. > :43:37.With the bravery of the three getting away, that has made a

:43:37. > :43:41.difference. You take your chances and if it works, you have got a

:43:41. > :43:45.significant gap and you can build on that for the run. It was the

:43:45. > :43:53.Charles the first he changed the nature of Hyde Park. Completely

:43:53. > :43:57.when he opened it to be public. Thousands of Londoners fled the

:43:57. > :44:03.city and camped in the park in the hope of escaping the Great plague.

:44:03. > :44:09.A bit of history for you there. A different sort of event going on

:44:09. > :44:13.here today for the thousands of Londoners who have watched this in

:44:13. > :44:23.anticipation of the Olympic triathlon, the 4th one to take

:44:23. > :44:24.

:44:24. > :44:30.place, on 5th August. A constant checking with Alastair Brown are

:44:30. > :44:36.looking behind. Two things going through his mind, is my brother

:44:36. > :44:39.there and other making inroads on the pack? Alexander Brukhankov

:44:40. > :44:43.sitting at the back, he did so much work getting into the lead back

:44:43. > :44:50.when he has put down the hammer. He is a big, strong man but they are

:44:50. > :44:59.working so well together. I stick my position, I love to see the

:44:59. > :45:09.athletes getting up front, -- I stake my position on this. Brownlee

:45:09. > :45:17.

:45:17. > :45:20.37. James. He is the meat in the sandwich. These three have really

:45:21. > :45:27.widened the gap and there will be concern in the chasing group that

:45:27. > :45:32.it does not grow too large to counter. I think I read that right,

:45:33. > :45:37.17 seconds, the gap on that. I am watching Alistair Brownlee's feet

:45:37. > :45:41.to turn around on the pedals. And he seems to have opted for a

:45:41. > :45:44.slightly smaller deer and the Russian and the Kiwi and if he can

:45:44. > :45:49.maintain his position, that will make his legs feel a bit fresher

:45:49. > :45:54.going into the run. He is not using the big here that will take a lot

:45:54. > :45:57.of the impact but turning over that much faster, he will be in a nice

:45:57. > :46:05.position if they can maintain his breakaway. There's the massive

:46:05. > :46:09.chasing group. Almost all of the remaining 67 starters are in the

:46:09. > :46:19.group. The trio out in front and there's a concerted effort from one

:46:19. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :46:28.of the Australians now, and that would be Kahlefeldt possibly. He is

:46:28. > :46:32.trying to bridge that gap under the Wellington Arch trying to make an

:46:32. > :46:38.attempt on this lead held by these three who are already going down

:46:38. > :46:44.Constitution Hill, the sight of three unsuccessful assassination

:46:44. > :46:49.attempts against Queen Victoria. That was during her reign. Sir

:46:49. > :46:54.Robert Peel wasn't quite so lucky, thrown from his horse and succeeded

:46:54. > :46:57.the Duke of Wellington. He was thrown from his horse on

:46:57. > :47:00.Constitution Hill and died three days later, when he was Prime

:47:00. > :47:05.Minister. There's Helen Jenkins, the winner

:47:05. > :47:08.of yesterday's race. Seeing herself on the big screen smiling broadly

:47:09. > :47:18.and taking a break from the commentary, and have a word with

:47:19. > :47:21.

:47:21. > :47:27.actually trying to help Alistair Brownlee during this race. Alistair

:47:27. > :47:31.is off the front, that small pack of a three, and any time somebody

:47:31. > :47:35.attacks that pack, Jonathan Brownlee will sit on the wheel of

:47:35. > :47:39.of the person next to the attack and make no effort to make a turn,

:47:39. > :47:44.and eventually slower the pack down. So the brothers are working

:47:44. > :47:53.together, but we can't see the real evidence, it is hidden within the

:47:53. > :47:57.race itself. Interesting, Richard Stannard's take on that. We will

:47:57. > :48:00.see if the gap widens significantly. We did see one of the Australians

:48:00. > :48:06.going off the front, obviously getting fed up with Jonathan

:48:06. > :48:09.Brownlee's tactics. Maybe he is trying to counter it. Alistair is

:48:09. > :48:15.making the most of this opportunity and these three are working really

:48:15. > :48:20.well. Brukhankov coming past. They are chopping and changing with the

:48:20. > :48:25.hard work at the front and taking time to refuel. It is a good little

:48:25. > :48:34.trio. She it is, and they have stayed away for a long time, no

:48:34. > :48:40.significant breaks like the women - - it is. Tim Don is in the chasing

:48:40. > :48:44.pack. It is something they have committed now, and once they have

:48:44. > :48:48.make that commitment, to fall back into the pack, they are going to

:48:48. > :48:56.beat at a disadvantage. You very rarely see an effective brake

:48:56. > :49:00.staying away. They have got to try and stay awake. As Richard said, at

:49:00. > :49:04.the team tactics are beginning to come into play, the brotherly

:49:04. > :49:10.tactics are beginning to come into play, with Jonathan Brownlee

:49:10. > :49:13.covering every single move. So if somebody was stronger after the

:49:13. > :49:17.getting away, he will be taken up as well, but not giving additional

:49:17. > :49:21.help to a lone breakaway. He will not be in a position where he will

:49:21. > :49:25.breach that group and take them back to the leaders. They really

:49:25. > :49:29.heavy rain has stayed away for the moment, it is drying up again now,

:49:29. > :49:36.although there is a cloud above the Serpentine. Pick looks rather

:49:36. > :49:42.threatening. That is the gap between the leading three. You

:49:42. > :49:46.could see from the helicopter, it was quite clear. That looks like

:49:46. > :49:53.Jonathan Brownlee again at the front of the field. William Clarke

:49:53. > :49:59.is five or six behind him. Tim Don is not far behind. All sorts of

:49:59. > :50:05.very this and runners, with good chances going into the final

:50:05. > :50:10.section. There is a man between the leading three and the chasing group.

:50:10. > :50:15.Somebody is trying to bridge that gap. Do you think that is Gomes

:50:15. > :50:19.coming through? It looks like the Spanish colours. They are all going,

:50:19. > :50:26.come on, let's get up there, and Jonathan Brownlee says he is more

:50:26. > :50:29.than happy to chase behind but I'm not going to do the work. So the

:50:29. > :50:33.big chase group, one in the medal has made a big effort by himself,

:50:33. > :50:38.but we still have those three leaders out there, including

:50:38. > :50:44.Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain. You are right about the Spanish

:50:44. > :50:54.colours, but it is not Gomes. It is rather, another former world

:50:54. > :50:58.

:50:58. > :51:03.champion, with another excellent pedigree -- Rana. And with just

:51:03. > :51:12.under five laps to go, it is Alistair Brownlee first, with

:51:12. > :51:20.Brukhankov. Others are making an effort to close the gap as well. 16

:51:20. > :51:24.seconds between them. 17 seconds officially, between the front for

:51:24. > :51:29.back row and the chasing pack. Coming through transition again.

:51:30. > :51:34.Bash the front four. It is not significant enough. We had

:51:34. > :51:38.anticipated around 17 seconds would have stretched on the third lap,

:51:38. > :51:42.but it hasn't happened. Maybe coming towards a critical part of

:51:42. > :51:48.the race, if we have that commitment absolutely going down by

:51:48. > :51:50.the leaders, or do we have a different sort of commitment, where

:51:50. > :51:54.the chasing pack finally get themselves together. They are going

:51:54. > :51:59.to have to ignore Jonathan Brownlee, who is more than happy to sit in

:51:59. > :52:02.there. The other Brits have to make a decision. Again, that huge spread

:52:02. > :52:08.on the road with the weak and it looks as though nobody is going to

:52:08. > :52:11.commit. -- with the width. You can understand the mind said, if you

:52:11. > :52:16.are looking for Olympic qualification, you will rest your

:52:16. > :52:21.legs and try and pick-up selection in the run. So many mind games

:52:21. > :52:25.going on. Always different things happening a, and that really is the

:52:25. > :52:31.absolute beauty of triathlon. Alistair Brownlee just checking on

:52:31. > :52:36.the time to see what sort of lead they have got on the chasers.

:52:36. > :52:44.L very, Brukhankov, Alistair Brownlee, now joined by the

:52:44. > :52:49.Spaniard at the back of the group of four. Brukhankov get an energy

:52:49. > :52:53.bar of some kind down him. Trying to maintain his base. Then there is

:52:53. > :53:00.the Spaniard, the form here world champion, he won in Cancun 10 years

:53:00. > :53:05.ago -- former. He has been so good, almost the same age as Tim Don.

:53:05. > :53:10.What a brave effort to come through. Another thing we need to talk about,

:53:10. > :53:13.another fact that, that is because the lead four are going so fast,

:53:14. > :53:18.even with the big group chasing through, they will be working hard

:53:18. > :53:23.as well. So it is great tactics by the front for and if anybody thinks

:53:23. > :53:27.they are going to be resting their legs in the chase back a, they need

:53:27. > :53:32.to think -- make sure they don't get to the front, because they are

:53:32. > :53:36.going to be called on to do some work. It looks to be closing, but

:53:36. > :53:45.the camera shortens it for us. have another breakaway group of

:53:45. > :53:55.three. Stuart Hayes is in there. I am pretty sure he is the third.

:53:55. > :54:00.Stuart Hayes is at the back of that group. He has covered up his arms

:54:00. > :54:06.so I can't get a look at his number. Is that Stuart Hayes? Or is that

:54:06. > :54:09.William Clarke? I am going to call that as Stuart Hayes. He has been

:54:09. > :54:15.brave in the past on loan breaks. But they haven't managed to get

:54:15. > :54:21.away. We want to find out what the gap is between the leaders and that

:54:21. > :54:25.this chase back. Those three that attempted it were quickly reeled in.

:54:25. > :54:32.They four that did succeed in getting away now have a significant

:54:32. > :54:37.lead -- the four. That has totally spread. 17 seconds on the last time

:54:37. > :54:42.check, I would say it is way over 20 seconds there. Maybe 25 seconds.

:54:42. > :54:48.It is such a fast pace, it hasn't slowed down at all. And credit is

:54:48. > :54:52.due to the athletes up there making it so hard for everybody else.

:54:52. > :54:58.Everybody taking care on the damp surface now, the rain is back again.

:54:58. > :55:03.It is the third burst of rain that we have had. No need for sunglasses

:55:03. > :55:07.at the moment. I umbrellas going up. I wonder how much longer the

:55:07. > :55:11.helicopter can fly before we get a real burst of rain from the cloud

:55:11. > :55:19.that is threatening at the moment. The helicopter might have to take

:55:19. > :55:29.cover. Back at the front of the field. Alistair Brownlee ahead of

:55:29. > :55:35.Brukhankov. They don't spend long in front. They are back in the park

:55:35. > :55:40.there. Just 10 or 15 seconds before they move out and let somebody else

:55:40. > :55:45.set the pace. The distance out between the leaders and the chase

:55:45. > :55:53.pack is 30 seconds. 30 seconds between the leading four and the

:55:53. > :56:03.chasers. It doesn't look like it is shrinking at all at the moment. Out

:56:03. > :56:10.

:56:10. > :56:14.in the wet, difficult conditions on in the park, but not by the Palace.

:56:14. > :56:19.So it is very localised, the weather. It is dry here, but it is

:56:19. > :56:25.certainly reigning in the park at the moment. I am sure that will

:56:25. > :56:29.change -- raining. It is a huge gap, that opening from 17 seconds to 30

:56:29. > :56:33.seconds. We are looking at those four athletes at the top, not very

:56:33. > :56:37.pleasant conditions with the water being flicked up from the wheels in

:56:37. > :56:41.front, but a lot more pleasant than it he was sitting in the middle or

:56:41. > :56:47.at the back of a chase back. Then you will have the cold water coming

:56:47. > :56:52.all of the or racing costume, going into your eyes. -- all over your

:56:52. > :56:57.race in costume. So those weather conditions up front, that is maybe

:56:57. > :57:03.contributing to opening up the gap from 17 up to 30. Gavin noble is

:57:03. > :57:07.off the bike. Represented Ireland in the Commonwealth Games -- Noble.

:57:07. > :57:12.We may have had a bit of a crash there, because some athletes are

:57:12. > :57:17.down as well. We will try and get another look at that. Two men down.

:57:17. > :57:23.We will assume there was a coming together. We can see the aftermath

:57:23. > :57:33.of it from the helicopter. The Irish rider's race is done, I think.

:57:33. > :57:38.

:57:38. > :57:43.Irishman. I think he will attempt to get back on his bike and close

:57:43. > :57:48.the gap but the damage may be irreparable. That is tough on Gavin,

:57:48. > :57:55.he is a very strong athlete, he has done a lot of work to establish

:57:55. > :57:59.himself as a real player. If we go back to the action at the front,

:57:59. > :58:03.they are still working so hard. The bike section has been tremendous

:58:03. > :58:07.and I guess mentally, they are thinking it it is tough for us at

:58:07. > :58:12.the front, it is a lot more difficult for those at the back.

:58:12. > :58:16.And once that gap has opened, again we talk about the mindset, there

:58:16. > :58:20.will be almost unconsciously a backing of of effort. Let's wait

:58:20. > :58:25.until we get into transition and but all the work in on the bike.

:58:25. > :58:34.Bad plays into the advantage of these leaders. Bash at that. Every

:58:34. > :58:37.single turn, of 112 -- that. We see them backing off slightly, moving

:58:38. > :58:43.away from each other, they are not taking any risks whatsoever. They

:58:43. > :58:47.will not risk touching wheels and been brought down. Four are ahead,

:58:47. > :58:56.the chasers are spreading. You can hear some breaks squeaking as they

:58:56. > :59:01.make the right hand -- brakes. In transition where we are, it is dry

:59:01. > :59:06.at the moment, so the weather is moving around. Dry in places and

:59:06. > :59:11.wet in others. It is dry under those trees, certainly. It is

:59:11. > :59:19.Alistair Brownlee followed by Brukhankov. 24 years of age, second

:59:20. > :59:29.last month behind Alistair Brownlee. Also second in Sydney last year.

:59:30. > :59:32.

:59:32. > :59:35.course, there are other bonus prize funds before finishing each lap...

:59:35. > :59:39.Some athletes will think if they are not going to be in contention

:59:39. > :59:43.on the run, they will put some effort in on the bike and and some

:59:43. > :59:49.money anyway. Here they come again through a transition, the leading

:59:50. > :59:54.quartet of riders. Let's get a check on the distance between the

:59:54. > :00:04.four at the front and the chasers, with three laps to go. It is

:00:04. > :00:08.

:00:08. > :00:18.transition area with a massive peloton of riders approaching. A

:00:18. > :00:20.

:00:20. > :00:30.huge group. 26 seconds, and that is officially the gap. We will have

:00:30. > :00:47.

:00:47. > :00:51.another word with Sonali Shar and SONALI SHAH: there's the very big

:00:51. > :00:58.chase group. What tactics are you seeing, Richard was back the French

:00:58. > :01:02.pack working very well. And with the surface changing all the time.

:01:02. > :01:11.We have seen so much rain so far. You can see the rain. But this end

:01:11. > :01:15.it is dry. You have got a van rather taking a year out -- Ivan

:01:15. > :01:20.Rana, and hint works well in the pack. We saw Johnny Brownlee, ever

:01:20. > :01:30.the bodyguard if you like. He is like a bodyguard, loch nothing

:01:30. > :01:34.

:01:34. > :01:43.anybody through. -- not letting As the chasing group trying to work

:01:43. > :01:51.out this puzzle. Lots of talented runners in that group. We have seen

:01:51. > :01:57.a huge gap close down on the final section but they have got work to

:01:57. > :02:03.do. We will follow the front four from up above. Changing as they

:02:03. > :02:13.swap around taking their turn to lead and it is Ivan Rana who has

:02:13. > :02:17.

:02:17. > :02:22.Sonali said, took a sabbatical from by a while ago. Elvery comes so,

:02:22. > :02:28.Rana drops back down between Brownlee and Brukhankov. We are

:02:28. > :02:31.looking at the athletes in the chase back, you have to ask how can

:02:31. > :02:36.you are rung Alistair Brownlee when he has proved on the World Cup

:02:36. > :02:40.series how strong he is. It has been Alistair and Jonathan and also

:02:40. > :02:44.to a large extent Gomez going through as well. I am surprised

:02:44. > :02:49.that Javier Gomez is in the back and has not made any attempt to go

:02:49. > :02:55.through. We are not hearing anything it of injury coming

:02:55. > :02:58.through from the Spanish camp but we are looking around, we are way

:02:58. > :03:06.into the second half of the bike section and if we do not make an

:03:06. > :03:12.impact now,... Just as we say that, somebody is making an effort for it

:03:12. > :03:18.and will we have anybody brave enough to put down a substantial

:03:18. > :03:22.lead. It closed down to 25 seconds but it has spread out again.

:03:22. > :03:29.leading four on their way back down towards the palace again. Under the

:03:29. > :03:36.Wellington Arch. The roads closed off and the traffic has been

:03:36. > :03:40.terrible but all for a good cause. Here's the chasing group, a half-

:03:40. > :03:46.hearted effort a moment or two ago to break away but that has been

:03:46. > :03:50.stand down now. I know we are not getting full time cheques coming

:03:50. > :03:54.through but having a look at the helicopter view of that, it has

:03:54. > :04:00.stretched out to a lot more than 30 seconds judging on the previous lap

:04:00. > :04:04.going through. We have got a lone rider, is that Gomez? No, it is one

:04:04. > :04:09.of the Russians... We will check on who that is. Somebody trying to

:04:09. > :04:13.bridge the gap to make the four a five? Looks like some elite is,

:04:13. > :04:20.somebody having a go working their way towards the front of the field

:04:20. > :04:30.to join the front four and I can tell you that it is a Swiss

:04:30. > :04:35.athlete... No, it is another Russian. Number 29 who is going it

:04:35. > :04:39.alone. Making it down Constitution Hill in an attempt to close the gap

:04:39. > :04:44.but he is having a really good gapped. I is a brave man. Going by

:04:44. > :04:47.himself and I am sure he has made that decision by himself and nobody

:04:47. > :04:51.has done with him. You can understand why Jonathan Brownlee

:04:51. > :04:55.has decided not to but why is nobody in that chase pack thinking

:04:55. > :04:58.I have got to do this and put myself in contention? The four at

:04:58. > :05:02.the front, the further they get away, the more difficult it will be

:05:02. > :05:06.to close down. We have got a totally different race situation as

:05:06. > :05:10.we saw with the women, the big slowdown in different pack that

:05:10. > :05:15.enabled everybody to get back and enabled young Emma Jackson from

:05:15. > :05:19.Australia to get back in contention but we are getting towards the end

:05:19. > :05:24.of that, it will not happen here today. Were have got a retirement

:05:24. > :05:28.here, the Austrian athlete has clearly come a cropper out on the

:05:28. > :05:33.road and I am not sure if it was what that did for him. The problem

:05:33. > :05:36.with his right arm is apparent and he is free wheeling slowly in it to

:05:36. > :05:43.get some medical attention at the transition, that is the end of his

:05:43. > :05:49.race here. 13.8 kilometres of the bike to go. We have got a leading

:05:49. > :05:55.group of four, we have got a Russian athlete trying to close the

:05:55. > :06:00.gap and 30 plus athletes still fairly tightly bunched together

:06:00. > :06:07.coming round the Victoria Memorial now. The Russian has just about

:06:07. > :06:10.half the gap so about halfway to his target area. Great effort. You

:06:10. > :06:16.have got to feel for the Swiss athlete, whenever anything goes

:06:16. > :06:20.wrong on the bike, it is the collarbone or the rest. It looks

:06:20. > :06:25.like he is suffering from a broken wrist. A tough call. But you have

:06:25. > :06:31.to deal with those conditions. It is the summer now, one year on and

:06:31. > :06:36.it will be the Olympic Games, it will be similar then. Similar

:06:36. > :06:42.weather conditions. These men have made his commitment and I keep

:06:42. > :06:46.saying, you have to admire them, it is so easy to say they will stay in

:06:46. > :06:52.the pack and go on for the running legs but these guys have gone for

:06:52. > :06:57.it. Not too long before we get into the final lap on the back. Alistair

:06:57. > :07:02.Brownlee leaves the way, Alexander Brukhankov his second, James Elvery

:07:02. > :07:07.is third, then Ivan Rana, former world champion his 4th at the

:07:07. > :07:11.moment. These four working well together and they have established

:07:11. > :07:20.a very handy lead. Certainly favours Alistair Brownlee. We know

:07:20. > :07:25.how good he is, Ivan Rana is a good run as well but will he focus just

:07:25. > :07:29.on cycling, will it affect his running capabilities? It looks good

:07:29. > :07:37.for a Brownlee gold to make it a double for the British team

:07:37. > :07:41.following Helen Jenkins' victory yesterday. A lot of work already

:07:41. > :07:45.done, and no easing up off the pace at the front whatsoever. Beginning

:07:45. > :07:49.to see the chase group stretching out now, maybe something is

:07:49. > :07:59.happening there. We cannot give this away entirely but with five

:07:59. > :08:01.

:08:01. > :08:06.people off the front, Olympic selection at there for grabs. The

:08:06. > :08:13.if other athletes are relying on the positions, it is difficult with

:08:13. > :08:17.the four athletes plus the other one getting away. James Elvery has

:08:17. > :08:23.done so much work on this. And a brave performance by Ivan Rana to

:08:24. > :08:28.back that up. As you say, Matt, Rana a bit of time away from the

:08:28. > :08:38.sport. Fresh coming back in, but he has lost the run fitness.

:08:38. > :08:48.

:08:48. > :08:56.around 12 seconds. The Russians should be the next man through, his

:08:56. > :09:05.time difference is around the mid- twenties. He is on a 24 seconds, he

:09:05. > :09:12.has done well but can he close the gap further in this next lap? Two

:09:12. > :09:19.laps to go. James Elvery, Brukhankov, Brownlee and Rana and

:09:19. > :09:23.then the Russian. And then the rest of them, a 43 second gap. It is

:09:23. > :09:29.going all the time. Surely now there will be an effort from this

:09:29. > :09:39.huge group of riders to make inroads into the lead of the fund

:09:39. > :09:40.

:09:40. > :09:44.for? -- the front four? Otherwise it will be too far and Brownlee

:09:44. > :09:47.will be gifted a victory. Others in the pack will be thinking that

:09:47. > :09:54.maybe Alistair Brownlee is out of sight but we are not too sure about

:09:54. > :09:58.Ivan Rana, but do I fancy my chances against the big Russian man,

:09:58. > :10:01.Brukhankov and McIlroy as well? Still podium places up for grabs

:10:02. > :10:06.and you have got to think that maybe Jonathan Brownlee is thinking

:10:06. > :10:12.he is a strong runner, he has proved that already. Maybe he can

:10:12. > :10:19.push his way back on to this. Still no letting up of pace at the front.

:10:19. > :10:24.Still trying to going out from the 15 seconds initially to three times

:10:25. > :10:29.that now. The hesitation was beginning to appear in the traced

:10:29. > :10:35.back, not wanting to close that down. By a brave effort by Rana to

:10:35. > :10:43.come up and now the Russian try to bridge the gap on his own as well.

:10:43. > :10:53.Elvery leading Rana. And brother Jonathan Brownlee is in the group

:10:53. > :10:55.

:10:55. > :10:59.the helicopter above with the motorcycle camera alongside and

:10:59. > :11:03.this is the way it has been for the majority of the race since the

:11:03. > :11:07.three and then finally four went away. We have got three-quarters of

:11:07. > :11:12.a minute lead over the chasing group, they have worked effectively

:11:12. > :11:18.together. Sharing the workload evenly and fairly. Nobody has done

:11:18. > :11:24.more than anyone else, the Russian is hoping to join them but he has

:11:25. > :11:29.the disadvantage of working alone. And that will not help him. He has

:11:29. > :11:32.got no one to share the workload with. A with the four at the front,

:11:32. > :11:40.there is an element of trust, and they will not allow anyone to sit

:11:40. > :11:46.in there. So making that commitment is there an importantly, it is the

:11:46. > :11:49.time element. They have got to stay with this, however hard it is. And

:11:49. > :11:54.however much it may take it out of your legs going into the run, you

:11:54. > :11:58.have still got that as well. 43 seconds at the moment but perhaps a

:11:58. > :12:04.bit more going in and to try to close a one-minute gap on the run,

:12:04. > :12:11.there are some people who are capable of doing it that such

:12:11. > :12:16.strong runners as Rana at his best and also Brownlee as well, that

:12:16. > :12:21.will be tough to do. For they are heading now once again under a

:12:21. > :12:29.constitution Arch or Wellington Arch. The chases behind, plenty of

:12:30. > :12:36.them have done a pretty much nothing. The Portuguese up for it

:12:36. > :12:39.at the back, he is a good runner. Minimal work-rate were acquired at

:12:39. > :12:43.the back of the pack and hoping that the pace is solid enough at

:12:43. > :12:48.the front when they come to transition of the second time, they

:12:48. > :12:51.can move forward and make a run. It is a bit of a gamble. I know we

:12:51. > :12:57.don't get a true impression when comparing the small group of four

:12:57. > :13:00.and a huge group going through, but it looks like there is not impetus

:13:00. > :13:04.in the big group. People able to sit up and freewheel for a bit and

:13:04. > :13:14.then with a minimum of effort re- establishing contact on to the

:13:14. > :13:18.

:13:18. > :13:23.the penultimate time before they had passed the Memorial Gate at the

:13:23. > :13:27.top of Constitution Hill, memorial to the Commonwealth soldiers and in

:13:27. > :13:31.that don't you can see on the right, there are inscribed the names of

:13:31. > :13:36.the Commonwealth soldiers who were awarded the Victoria Cross and the

:13:36. > :13:46.George Cross in the great wars. All unveiled by Her Majesty Queen

:13:46. > :13:47.

:13:47. > :13:57.Elizabeth in 2002. There's the Palace. Familiar to everybody now

:13:57. > :14:00.

:14:00. > :14:05.after the incredible scenes on where we have seen before, the

:14:05. > :14:14.riders crossing over and us as we say that, that gap has gone out to

:14:14. > :14:22.even more. I was just going to say, a great, great back-up to the four

:14:22. > :14:25.leading riders knowing that their a good position going for a run.

:14:25. > :14:31.For there's the man who had tried to make the break to join the

:14:31. > :14:40.leading four, he might find that it is a push too far for Ivan, the

:14:40. > :14:48.Russian. All alone as it comes past the palace. Out in front, Rana of

:14:48. > :14:52.Spain, Brukhankov of the Russian former the -- Russian Federation.

:14:52. > :15:02.And the man at the back of the leading group is James Elvery of

:15:02. > :15:08.

:15:08. > :15:13.New Zealand. Back towards the pack cry out from the barriers. Just to

:15:13. > :15:21.remind you, this will be a free to view events at the Olympics next

:15:21. > :15:31.year. August 5th for the women, August 7th for the men. If you have

:15:31. > :15:39.

:15:39. > :15:43.got tickets or not, to take up at the front. Bet has been such a

:15:43. > :15:48.good race, with everybody taking their turn up -- it has been. A

:15:48. > :15:51.little bit of caution going into the corners, making sure the inside

:15:51. > :15:57.peddled is up, not taking any chances with the difficult

:15:57. > :16:07.conditions. A glance over the side of from Byrukhankov, as Alistair

:16:07. > :16:18.

:16:18. > :16:26.Rana, the latest addition to this group of. But Brownlee heads

:16:26. > :16:31.towards the back. Can he reduce the gap? The last time we checked

:16:31. > :16:38.combat there was a gap of 24 seconds. Back alongside the

:16:39. > :16:44.Serpentine now. Talking about that hard work at the front of combat

:16:44. > :16:51.with everybody working so hard, but of course, we are ready working won

:16:51. > :16:54.in 24, and then we move over, and then when we get to the back of the

:16:54. > :17:01.group, it is even the 30% less, so although the legs will be tired,

:17:01. > :17:08.they will not be as tired as they would be that as the people on the

:17:08. > :17:11.lone ride. The crowd beginning to get behind the front four as they

:17:11. > :17:15.come through a transition. The next time, they will be dropping off

:17:15. > :17:25.their bikes and picking up their running shoes and heading out of

:17:25. > :17:30.the park. The bell sounds, one lap to go. Byrukhankov, Brownlee,

:17:30. > :17:35.Elvery and Rana have done some fantastic work leading at this bike.

:17:35. > :17:45.The gap is getting towards 30 seconds. Still no sign of the

:17:45. > :17:45.

:17:45. > :17:50.chasing group. The Russian a rise, I think his is a lost cause. --

:17:51. > :17:56.arrives. He is now nearly 40 seconds behind. And at the chasers

:17:56. > :18:06.are getting aren't for one minute behind the. -- the chasers are

:18:06. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:15.getting on for one minute behind, possibly more. So, 42 seconds.

:18:15. > :18:18.Stuart Hayes, 50 seconds. Then nearly a minute to Jonathan

:18:18. > :18:22.Brownlee. That is the gap that Alistair Brownlee and his fellow

:18:22. > :18:27.leaders have over the chasers. There are dark clouds over head,

:18:27. > :18:34.there may be some rain to come, but so far it has been a tactically

:18:34. > :18:39.astute race from this quartet. has been almost tactically perfect.

:18:39. > :18:44.They have shown a commitment. Be brave early and go for it, that is

:18:44. > :18:47.what you have to do. We saw Helen Jenkins doing it yesterday, being

:18:48. > :18:57.brave enough to go very early on the run and establishing a gap and

:18:58. > :19:07.

:19:07. > :19:13.building on it right the way Wales Memorial Fountain. On the

:19:13. > :19:23.left of the screen, more of the sides were then the park. -- sites

:19:23. > :19:29.

:19:29. > :19:35.within the park. Polyansky of Russia is 36. And a quick sighting

:19:35. > :19:39.of William Clarke. You can see noticeably the slowness going

:19:39. > :19:44.around the bend and the turns. the rain fall in the background.

:19:44. > :19:49.Kensington Palace just on the right of your screen, is that coming our

:19:49. > :19:54.way? That part of London, which is kind of High Street Kensington,

:19:54. > :20:02.will be taking the brunt of that rainfall. Is that heading our way

:20:02. > :20:05.shortly? If that rain is coming through, far better to arrive when

:20:05. > :20:15.the athletes are getting out onto the run rather than at of a bike

:20:15. > :20:21.

:20:21. > :20:26.discipline. Bash on the bike. -- on the bike. This was athlete having a

:20:26. > :20:33.go at the leading pack. Others are responding. Another Swiss rider

:20:33. > :20:35.behind him. The Swiss are looking to place in the top 10 to gain

:20:35. > :20:41.automatic Olympic selection for their country, so maybe that is why

:20:41. > :20:43.we have got the Swiss athletes out there. We are into the last lap and

:20:44. > :20:50.they are looking to get a clean space going into the final

:20:50. > :20:53.transition. Still very tightly bunched. There are 10 or 12 that

:20:53. > :20:58.they still have not moved from the back of that pack. They have sat in

:20:58. > :21:02.there, taking the easy route, hoping that they can conserve their

:21:02. > :21:08.energy for the run to come. Under Wellington Arch again for the final

:21:08. > :21:10.time, down Constitution Hill for the last time, towards the palace

:21:10. > :21:15.where they will make the turn around the Victoria Memorial and

:21:16. > :21:22.climb back up once again all the last trek up Constitution Hill,

:21:22. > :21:26.back into the park. The spectators will see these guys five more times.

:21:27. > :21:36.Once at the end of this lap and then at the end of each of the four

:21:37. > :21:37.

:21:37. > :21:41.run laps of. -- lap. Rana, the Spanish champion, 45, he will be

:21:41. > :21:48.happy with the decision he made to take the break before it got too

:21:48. > :21:52.large. Alistair Brownlee, still Spedding very swiftly indeed on the

:21:52. > :21:58.bike, and a conscious decision -- spinning. With a muscle memory

:21:58. > :22:02.there, a lot of people, if the legs are turning over at a particular

:22:02. > :22:10.speed, they will never raise that undid will come through into the

:22:10. > :22:14.run. With Alistair's excellent running it, he needs to be turning

:22:14. > :22:21.over exactly what he is doing it, 95, perhaps even a hundred as he

:22:21. > :22:27.goes through. The arch used to form part of Hyde Park corner, which has

:22:27. > :22:37.been moved into what is now the roundabout. The leaders are way

:22:37. > :22:49.

:22:49. > :22:52.beyond that, they all already down at the Palace. -- they are. But

:22:52. > :23:00.can't see anyone other Buckingham Palace balcony, I am not sure if

:23:00. > :23:04.they are paying attention -- on the. Now, the chasers know how far these

:23:04. > :23:10.four men are ahead. Up the hell for the last time, up towards the park,

:23:10. > :23:18.the return to Hyde Park -- up the hill. Brownlee has a word with Rana

:23:18. > :23:22.as he lets Byrukhankov said the pace again. -- set the pace. They

:23:22. > :23:28.know just how much their leaders and I guess, at being brave enough

:23:28. > :23:32.to go for the run a early on, they know they have that big a gap in

:23:32. > :23:42.there. Lots of good run as in the second pack, including Simon would

:23:42. > :23:51.

:23:51. > :23:56.it has all day on Hyde Park. I don't think it has reached this

:23:56. > :23:59.section outside the park -- heavier than it has all day. It has now

:23:59. > :24:09.reached this corner of Hyde Park and refuge is being sought wherever

:24:09. > :24:17.

:24:17. > :24:21.be anticipating the transition. Just over one kilometre to go. They

:24:21. > :24:25.will be looking down at the time. As we saw with the women's race,

:24:25. > :24:30.the shoes will be untidy and added that, the feat will be coming out,

:24:30. > :24:37.just lane defeat on top of the shoes -- and their feet. And then

:24:37. > :24:43.that swift transition. I am sure we will see... That weather really has

:24:43. > :24:47.just come, I would say at the right time, but the athletes will know

:24:47. > :24:51.what I mean, not having to put up with it on a bike. They have

:24:51. > :24:57.managed to get through the bike section up without having these

:24:57. > :25:03.conditions underfoot. Just over a kilometre to go. Just under one to

:25:03. > :25:07.go for the leading quartet of riders. They are coming into a

:25:07. > :25:13.downpour in this part of the park, it is really tipping get down now.

:25:13. > :25:17.Typical English summer weather. -- keeping it down. The riders at the

:25:17. > :25:21.end of the club have come through transition. This time they will

:25:21. > :25:24.stop just before transition. They will comes to that this meant line

:25:25. > :25:32.and they will jog along alongside their bikes before handing them up

:25:32. > :25:36.-- this mad. They will pick up their running shoes and a head out

:25:36. > :25:40.for four laps around the park. In terms of the time, it couldn't have

:25:41. > :25:47.been better, because the rain is coming thick and fast now as they

:25:47. > :25:52.come into Transition at the end of the bike course. Let's join Richard

:25:52. > :25:57.and Sonali Shah. The Richard, is Alistair conserving

:25:57. > :26:00.his energy? It looked as though on the way in from Buckingham Palace

:26:00. > :26:04.he certainly was. He has now moved to the front of the pack in order

:26:04. > :26:08.to get the best a transition possible. We will see him running

:26:08. > :26:11.into Transition in the lead, he will get his traders aren't as fast

:26:11. > :26:17.as possible and this weather will suit him down to the ground. He is

:26:17. > :26:25.a Yorkshire man, he can handle this rain. He will grab the bike, it

:26:25. > :26:29.gets the traders, and get out on the run. -- get his trainers. But

:26:29. > :26:32.Jonathan and Alistair work extremely hard at this. It wasn't

:26:32. > :26:37.extremely fast, but they have worked together, and look at the

:26:37. > :26:42.gap they have already bulletin or two of Rana. A we will see Jonathan

:26:42. > :26:45.said that he has already been conserving energy. He has, but so

:26:45. > :26:51.have the rest of the British. Stuart Hayes had ago, but we have

:26:51. > :26:56.seen nothing of William Clarke and Tim Don -- had a go. They have been

:26:56. > :27:02.waiting, it is almost at team tactic by Great Britain today. They

:27:02. > :27:12.hadn't chased Alistair Dam, they have let him do his job. -- down.

:27:12. > :27:15.

:27:15. > :27:23.Can Jonathan do it with these gap? somewhere between heavy and

:27:23. > :27:28.torrential -- are in. They could be some chaos here, as they look for

:27:28. > :27:33.their positions and the transition area. Gomez is in, he looks for his

:27:33. > :27:36.place, easy for him to find as the world No. 1. No. 8 is Jonathan

:27:36. > :27:42.Brownlee, he is getting his shoes on, trying to chase down his

:27:42. > :27:47.brother. Gomes put his hat end the box, but it is 1.25 minutes that

:27:47. > :27:52.these guys have to finish as they streamed out of the blue carpeted

:27:52. > :28:01.transition area and go on the hand of the leading four, who left more

:28:01. > :28:07.that 60, 70 seconds ago. A huge group that. Time for the runners to

:28:07. > :28:12.do their job now. They are crossing the Serpentine Bridge. They will

:28:12. > :28:15.Loop, the spectators will see them on the far side of the lake if they

:28:15. > :28:20.can see through the rain, and they will come past in front of them are

:28:20. > :28:26.three times before the final lap, which takes them across the

:28:26. > :28:32.finishing line. We will try and get a catch up on what is going on.

:28:32. > :28:39.There is Byrukhankov, the Russian. He is second or third at the moment.

:28:39. > :28:48.Alistair Brownlee, I recognise that running technique. He has a bend

:28:48. > :28:52.the gap. Alistair Brownlee is leading the way. We think they back

:28:52. > :28:59.and El very have been dropped. We have seen Alistair slip and fall

:28:59. > :29:05.the previous race, he will be aware of that -- we have seen in Rana and

:29:05. > :29:08.James Elvery being dropped. doesn't have that would form as a

:29:08. > :29:13.runner compared to Alistair, but the second race within his who is

:29:13. > :29:16.going to be coming out of the second pack and seeing who can

:29:16. > :29:24.possibly get onto the podium. Alistair is running a confident

:29:24. > :29:34.they, we knew he would, he has chosen his tactics ideally. There

:29:34. > :29:35.

:29:35. > :29:39.is Jotham Brownlee. -- Jonathan. Brad Kahlefeldt N the green and

:29:39. > :29:43.gold of Australia. A tremendous victory a couple of weeks ago.

:29:43. > :29:48.Jonathan Brownlee part of that chasing group. Miserable conditions

:29:48. > :29:54.now. This is how Alistair came into Transition. The rain is twice as

:29:54. > :30:00.heavy now as it was a couple of minutes ago. He hung up the bike,

:30:00. > :30:07.the front wheel in the slot, his helmet came off, and he struggled

:30:07. > :30:16.for about that to take it off. Gomez followed 1.25 minutes later.

:30:16. > :30:26.David Howes of France just after him. -- House. That gives you an

:30:26. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:40.idea of how hard the rain is off until they reach transition for

:30:40. > :30:43.a second time. There are pockets of blue-sky above but that is no

:30:44. > :30:51.consolation at the moment to the athletes and the spectators. The

:30:52. > :30:55.helicopter, I am happy to say, is staying airborne. We will hopefully

:30:55. > :31:00.get our pictures from the front of the field at the front of the field,

:31:00. > :31:03.we think Brukhankov is second and as far as we can tell, that is

:31:04. > :31:09.Alistair Brownlee, now we can catch up with him at the front of the

:31:09. > :31:14.field with Alistair Brownlee. He has run 1.5 kilometres already. And

:31:14. > :31:20.there's of Richard Stannard he said that he is an experienced fell

:31:20. > :31:24.runner in his youth, he is from Yorkshire, this is the sort of

:31:24. > :31:27.weather they like in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The sort of

:31:28. > :31:31.conditions will suit him down to the ground. He looks full of

:31:31. > :31:37.running at this stage. He is running away from Brukhankov but

:31:37. > :31:40.Brukhankov is having a great performance. These two seem to have

:31:40. > :31:50.got away and the second race developing behind them. Record's

:31:50. > :32:00.John A Brownlee both in great form -- which caught Johnny Brownlee.

:32:00. > :32:01.

:32:01. > :32:05.Brukhankov today, first sign of James Elvery going through as well.

:32:05. > :32:15.Elvery did so much work on the bike and now we have the sighting of

:32:15. > :32:21.Rana. He is third at the moment, and Elvery behind him. Rana ran

:32:21. > :32:31.well a few years ago in the heat of can Combe of the Caribbean coast of

:32:31. > :32:33.

:32:33. > :32:39.Mexico. Cancun. Will Clarke going through there as well among the

:32:39. > :32:44.leaders. That was Sven Riederer of Switzerland going past, Jonathan

:32:44. > :32:49.Brownlee leading the second group and on his shoulder, the World

:32:49. > :32:54.Number One, the champion here 12 months ago, Javier Gomez of Spain.

:32:54. > :33:01.If they David Hauss just sits on Javier Gomez's shoulder. -- and

:33:01. > :33:08.David Hauss just sit. Laurent Vidal of France comes through and then

:33:09. > :33:12.Jan Frodeno of Germany. The rain has eased off slightly but the

:33:12. > :33:16.darkest cloud seems to have passed so we will expect some bright

:33:16. > :33:20.spells ahead. The everybody has got a soaking though. There's our

:33:20. > :33:23.leader, Alistair Brownlee, the noise around Hyde Park as he comes

:33:23. > :33:27.through his first lap coming through transition is absolutely

:33:27. > :33:32.deafening. Incredible scenes here. They were treated to a British

:33:32. > :33:38.victory yesterday, in the form of Helen Jenkins in the women's grace.

:33:38. > :33:46.Can Brownlee make it a golden double for Great Britain? Carl

:33:46. > :33:52.Jones is coming through... That is a long way behind. Alistair

:33:52. > :33:56.Brownlee has just moved away with Rana in third place and James are

:33:56. > :34:06.very in 4th place. What an established gap on the first lap

:34:06. > :34:07.

:34:07. > :34:10.alone. Brownlee, Brukhankov, Elvery and Rana spread out on the course.

:34:10. > :34:15.Rana will be hoping to capitalise on his tactically smart move on the

:34:15. > :34:20.bike earlier. He may have run himself into a podium place. He is

:34:20. > :34:25.a long way off the lead of Alistair Brownlee as the Spaniard comes

:34:25. > :34:29.through transition at the end of the first lap with the Kiwi James

:34:29. > :34:35.Elvery behind him. He is being hunted down by Jonathan Brownlee

:34:35. > :34:45.behind him. Elvery will be easy pickings here 4 Jonathan Brownlee

:34:45. > :34:54.who is with Gomez and Hauss. Alistair Brownlee leads, Brad

:34:54. > :34:58.Kahlefeldt further behind along with Steffen Justus, Laura --

:34:58. > :35:03.Laurent Vidal. Other British contenders also down in the pack

:35:03. > :35:07.but might be too far off the pace. We are seeing Simon which Bill

:35:07. > :35:17.going through from Canada but what an indication -- Simon would field

:35:17. > :35:24.but what an indication that the cycling can take it out of the

:35:24. > :35:28.latest of the athletes. Tremendous effort from Brukhankov. I think the

:35:28. > :35:32.bronze medal is certainly up for grabs today and just possibly, just

:35:32. > :35:35.possibly the silver as well. At the moment Alistair Brownlee is free

:35:35. > :35:40.and running strongly, Brukhankov still looks very good at the moment.

:35:40. > :35:45.A big man for running but I think first and second, we could have a

:35:45. > :35:50.change in position coming in for the bronze medal. The at the

:35:51. > :35:56.British competitor we have not mentioned is Adam Bowden, also a

:35:56. > :36:05.minute and a half off the pace so going well today. 66, his number,

:36:05. > :36:14.we will keep an eye on him. He was quiet on the bike. A break from the

:36:14. > :36:19.chasers, John A Brownlee leading Javier Gomez and Hauss, the next

:36:19. > :36:23.athlete to go past. Adam Bowden that you mentioned there,

:36:23. > :36:27.international steeplechaser for Great Britain, went to the Comm of

:36:27. > :36:31.games for England and has tremendous running strength. -- to

:36:31. > :36:41.the Commonwealth Games for England. Maybe it is a chance for him to

:36:41. > :36:47.

:36:47. > :36:56.older brother Alistair in first position. He is way out in front.

:36:56. > :37:04.Johnny with Gomes try to make a whole in the lead. Jonathan

:37:04. > :37:08.Brownlee has got sight of Ivan Rana ahead. There's a chance for maybe

:37:08. > :37:14.two British competitors on the podium today. Alistair is out in

:37:14. > :37:19.front, there's our leader. The art would be sensational, all the

:37:19. > :37:23.effect that he had on holding the group back, but for him to be able

:37:23. > :37:30.to run through to a medal to join his brother on the podium would be

:37:30. > :37:35.very special indeed. We are looking at a tremendous athlete. On current

:37:35. > :37:39.form, the number one athlete in the world in triathlon. Unless there is

:37:39. > :37:49.an accident, Alistair and Johnny go through and the moment Alistair

:37:49. > :37:52.

:37:52. > :38:00.taking it through. Lovely upright position. Coming in front of the

:38:00. > :38:03.Serpentine Lido know, Javier Gomez on the left, Brownlee on the left.

:38:03. > :38:09.Johnny was second after the dramatic scenes when Alistair

:38:09. > :38:15.Brownlee ran out of steam in the final lap and drifted home in a

:38:15. > :38:22.daze. Javier Gomez and Bramley take turns to set the pace as they look

:38:22. > :38:32.ahead. I don't know if it is Brukhankov or Rana next in the

:38:32. > :38:33.

:38:33. > :38:36.firing line. Somebody mate have got something from the back but I think

:38:36. > :38:42.Rana is definitely within the site for third place. The rain

:38:42. > :38:46.continuing to fall, no longer torrential but so much heavy.

:38:46. > :38:56.Happily the helicopter is staying airborne bring as these hazy, damp

:38:56. > :39:04.

:39:04. > :39:08.pictures from above. -- bringing as and John A Brownlee. And of the

:39:08. > :39:12.second lap about to conclude for Alistair Brownlee, he is in a

:39:12. > :39:22.sensational position here. Jonathan Brownlee, his younger brother,

:39:22. > :39:23.

:39:23. > :39:29.taking the turn and Ivan Rana the next target. Rana is passed by a

:39:29. > :39:39.Javier Gomez, added that he has got anything else to give, he will

:39:39. > :39:40.

:39:40. > :39:50.Rana chose the right tactics for him. We knew he is not great

:39:50. > :39:55.running form. Hopefully he will get a respected position,. This is the

:39:55. > :40:00.bravest going off from the lead pack. The others will try to work

:40:00. > :40:04.their way through. Already on five kilometres of running, over one

:40:04. > :40:09.minute gap players from the huge gap and then into bronze-medal

:40:09. > :40:12.position, will we see a further breakdown of Brukhankov holding

:40:12. > :40:16.second, we think Alistair Brownlee must be set up in gold medal

:40:16. > :40:20.position at the moment but the way these chasers are running, Jonathan

:40:20. > :40:26.Brownlee and Javier Gomez, they could be running at the silver

:40:26. > :40:36.medal position. The rain is getting heavier at the moment. The noise

:40:36. > :40:37.

:40:37. > :40:47.built in the grandstand as Alistair Brownlee... He is already through

:40:47. > :40:50.

:40:50. > :40:55.but a gap of... Here he comes again onto that the carpet but still has

:40:55. > :40:59.half of his run to complete. Five kilometres down, five to go for

:40:59. > :41:07.Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain. Absolutely tremendous running.

:41:07. > :41:12.Still maintaining that. Brukhankov just 19 seconds down, he is having

:41:12. > :41:18.the race of his life he might to do this. It is painful to watch,

:41:18. > :41:25.Brukhankov really struggling here and that sensational second place

:41:25. > :41:28.in Kitzbuhel but he is where there is a danger behind as Jonathan

:41:29. > :41:36.Brownlee and Javier Gomez make their challenge on his position.

:41:36. > :41:46.Here they come through the drizzle. The you would think that they need

:41:46. > :41:46.

:41:46. > :41:56.to be within 3545 seconds, and it is coming away from that now.

:41:56. > :42:04.

:42:04. > :42:10.Brukhankov still won a significant going to go much faster but Javier

:42:10. > :42:14.Gomez kicks past Jonathan Brownlee. That is for the advantage, the

:42:14. > :42:18.minimal advantage as they come through the transition area with

:42:18. > :42:23.two laps to go. It looks like the real medal hunt will be on for the

:42:23. > :42:27.bronze. Brukhankov maintaining that position around one minute in front

:42:27. > :42:34.of his chasers and Alistair Brownlee, some 20 seconds in front

:42:34. > :42:38.of Brukhankov. Probably around four kilometres only to run now for top

:42:38. > :42:42.Ivan Rana is going backwards, and Brukhankov we are watching from the

:42:42. > :42:48.helicopter with the white cap and a lot of agony of his face, there's

:42:48. > :42:54.our leader. Alistair Brownlee, 4.32 kilometres to race for the British

:42:54. > :42:57.No. 1. Surely no repeat of his running out of steam in dramatic

:42:57. > :43:03.fashion one year ago. Surely the conditions are much cooler and

:43:03. > :43:06.damper this time, surely he will be able to maintain his advantage. He

:43:06. > :43:14.passes Brukhankov going in the other direction, Brukhankov is

:43:15. > :43:19.digging deep here, really working hard to keep up this place. I think

:43:19. > :43:23.he has been a brave man, he has done so much work on the bike. He

:43:23. > :43:27.has chased Alistair Brownlee going through, he has only got 20 seconds

:43:27. > :43:30.on two laps, and has maintained a gap of about one minute over the

:43:30. > :43:36.guys who are trying to take away his silver medal, and that is what

:43:36. > :43:43.he is thinking about. We do not have any information from Russia

:43:43. > :43:47.about how they will choose their Olympic teams. But for Brukhankov

:43:47. > :43:57.to be running as well as the is, you will be putting himself into

:43:57. > :43:59.

:43:59. > :44:03.Gomez, trying to open the gap. He can sense third position coming his

:44:03. > :44:07.way, could be a battle between these two for third, possibly

:44:07. > :44:13.second if Brukhankov runs out of steam. It has been a while since

:44:13. > :44:16.Brukhankov went round that hairpin. The Russian might just hold on for

:44:16. > :44:26.second and we could have a sprint finish between Jonathan Brownlee

:44:26. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :44:33.Laurent Vidal and uses, and then Jan Frodeno, the Olympic champion.

:44:33. > :44:37.Will Clarke coming round the hairpin now. Maik Petzold for

:44:37. > :44:45.Germany and the early leader, certainly on the bike, Rana still

:44:45. > :44:55.going backwards. And the others fighting out for positions within

:44:55. > :45:04.

:45:04. > :45:07.chance here and now we are seeing Jonathan Brownlee getting away from

:45:07. > :45:12.Javier Gomez. The first time we have seen a significant gap coming

:45:12. > :45:15.through there. Quite early days there, still about 3.5 kilometres

:45:16. > :45:22.to go and they will be looking to establish that but also being aware

:45:22. > :45:25.that David Hauss is not that far behind. Brownlee has made an impact,

:45:25. > :45:29.Javier Gomez is struggling to respond and Jonathan Brownlee would

:45:29. > :45:34.have preferred these conditions to the Spaniard, it is much more what

:45:34. > :45:40.he is used to training and running in West Yorkshire. Javier Gomez is

:45:40. > :45:43.tried to respond. Jonathan Brownlee for has got plenty more to offer

:45:43. > :45:53.here and he is widening the gap ever so slowly and very slightly

:45:53. > :45:55.

:45:55. > :46:02.but it might just prove to be stand-up turned... We just see that

:46:02. > :46:08.slight kick, as if Johne is thinking, another heart second --

:46:08. > :46:11.every time we see a slight twist or turn. Smooth as they come going

:46:11. > :46:15.around the bend. There doesn't matter to him whether they are

:46:15. > :46:23.racing in bright sunshine or these wet unpleasant conditions at the

:46:23. > :46:27.moment. He is used to do whatever the weather throws at him. He is

:46:27. > :46:34.back on the north side of the Serpentine, so he will be coming

:46:34. > :46:38.into the transition area. He will take the bell any second now.

:46:38. > :46:48.Alistair Brownlee comes past the hordes of our umbrellas and

:46:48. > :46:57.

:46:57. > :47:03.supporters, who are giving him lots you can't get any wetter! Once.

:47:04. > :47:07.They helicopter is still flying at, I am happy to say. -- the

:47:07. > :47:11.helicopter is still flying. Alistair leading the way while his

:47:11. > :47:16.younger brother tries to widen the gap between himself and Javier

:47:16. > :47:21.Gomez. It has got a little bigger, that break between third and 4th.

:47:21. > :47:26.Between them all is the brave Russian Bryukhankov, who is still

:47:26. > :47:34.holding on to second position. Staring through the drizzle, here

:47:34. > :47:41.is the leader. I would say 45 seconds, around cabinet, before we

:47:41. > :47:51.see the leaders coming through -- around a minute. Jonathan Brownlee

:47:51. > :47:54.

:47:54. > :48:00.moving away from Rana -- Gomes. -- Javier Gomez. The gap is widening

:48:01. > :48:05.slightly. Back with the leader, who closes his eyes in an attempt to

:48:05. > :48:11.clear his vision of the raindrops, which must be obscuring his view

:48:11. > :48:17.ahead. Bryukhankov is still holding on and digging deep, he is having

:48:17. > :48:23.the run of his life. Onto the blue carpet, he will be warmly welcomed,

:48:23. > :48:26.with one lap to go. Alistair Brownlee, into Transition. The next

:48:26. > :48:36.time he comes through, he will go to the right and head for the

:48:36. > :48:42.finishing line. 2.45 measure Macro the -- to buy 45 km to run.

:48:42. > :48:48.Bryukhankov is somehow keeping his second place and silver medal hopes

:48:48. > :48:53.are live a. He was 19 seconds down with two laps to go. He has only

:48:53. > :48:57.dropped another eight seconds and that is absolute guts and pure

:48:57. > :49:03.determination. He is refusing to give in, he is in all sorts of

:49:03. > :49:06.agony but he will not give it the second best. It would be a huge

:49:06. > :49:13.effort from the chasing back if they can close them what is a

:49:14. > :49:19.minute. -- close down. Backward Jonathan Brownlee. 10 third

:49:19. > :49:25.position in his own right that backward Jonathan Brownlee, in

:49:25. > :49:31.third position in his own right. -- back or with. The gap has and

:49:31. > :49:38.widened too much. He will hope he has timed his kick away from the

:49:38. > :49:44.Spaniard right and he can lead Gomes at a safe distance. -- Javier

:49:44. > :49:49.Gomez. The second of the Brownlee brother comes through transition.

:49:49. > :49:52.He has opened up a decent lead over Javier Gomez. It just over 40

:49:52. > :49:58.seconds to close on Bryukhankov before Jonathan Brownlee. It is a

:49:58. > :50:01.tough call, but the way Bryukhankov was running a, he looks so tired,

:50:01. > :50:07.just hanging on, pure inner strength that the moment, so there

:50:07. > :50:14.must be a chance for Jonathan did take that. But he is against it at

:50:14. > :50:20.the moment. Hauss, he seems to have fallen back. Alistair Brownlee

:50:20. > :50:23.can't go soon enough at the moment. He is almost home. He is into the

:50:23. > :50:29.last six or seven minutes of running down he is going to be

:50:29. > :50:34.acknowledged by this huge crowd here. Want 0.8 km to go, around the

:50:34. > :50:38.hairpin for the last time -- 1.8. He will see Bryukhankov coming the

:50:38. > :50:42.other way. He will also see his younger brother in the chase as

:50:42. > :50:49.well, as the athletes coming through a transition and see the

:50:49. > :50:52.one lap signed. -- signed. It is brightening up. The leading

:50:52. > :50:56.contenders could be welcomed back in a bit of sunshine, which would

:50:56. > :51:00.be nice up to the unpleasant weather of the last hour or so.

:51:00. > :51:04.can't speak highly enough of Bryukhankov, he is working so hard.

:51:04. > :51:10.You look at his face and think, how can you hold on, you are obviously

:51:10. > :51:18.suffering so much. And yet the stride and the pitch has not sought

:51:18. > :51:23.and does -- shortened, he is still driving with that up a body. He is

:51:23. > :51:29.refusing to give him, he wants that medal -- up a body. Backward the

:51:29. > :51:39.leader, No. 7 in the world standings at the moment -- a back

:51:39. > :51:43.

:51:43. > :51:50.home well serious race end London, where he dramatically drifted

:51:50. > :51:56.across the line in a state of semi- conscious best a year ago -- his

:51:56. > :52:02.home World Series race in London. The weather is drying up and for

:52:02. > :52:06.his grand finale and his run at two potential victory in Hyde Park. The

:52:06. > :52:10.others are still battling for the minor places, but none of them

:52:10. > :52:19.today, so far, able to match Alistair Brownlee, who has been in

:52:19. > :52:23.a class of his own. He was up there on the swim, in the top 10, as soon

:52:24. > :52:29.as they got on to the bike, he was there, holding it through and he

:52:29. > :52:32.has maintained it on the run. Around four minutes left, if that,

:52:32. > :52:36.and he knows, he is probably remember it what happened last year

:52:36. > :52:42.and thinking, that is not going to happen again, I am going to show

:52:42. > :52:46.that was a one-off. He has moved away now from Bryukhankov, we saw

:52:46. > :52:52.that happening there. I hope Bryukhankov hold on, because it has

:52:52. > :52:56.been a great effort. He went from the front of the run, he didn't sit

:52:56. > :53:00.back and think he could move through. We saw Jenkins did

:53:00. > :53:03.yesterday and we are seeing Alistair Brownlee do it today. --

:53:04. > :53:07.do it yesterday. The crowd beginning to get ready to welcome

:53:08. > :53:13.at home -- welcome him home. They are on their feet, starting to get

:53:13. > :53:16.ready with their horns and hooters to make him very welcome. Alistair

:53:16. > :53:22.Brownlee is on the right side of the Serpentine. It Bryukhankov is

:53:22. > :53:28.also on the northern bank. He looks like he will hold on to second

:53:28. > :53:33.position. Alistair drifts off towards his left, shadowed by the

:53:33. > :53:41.motorcycle with the camera on board. Looking for a bit of softness

:53:41. > :53:46.underfoot. Now, then, the final stages of this 2011 Hyde Park

:53:46. > :53:53.adventure, about to come to a close. Behind him, Alexander Bryukhankov

:53:53. > :53:57.has been a picture of pain, but a model of courage so far. What a

:53:57. > :54:04.performance from him. Will he hold on for second of will Jonathan

:54:04. > :54:10.Brownlee steal his thunder one more time? -- Paul will. It is a long

:54:10. > :54:14.gap for Jonathan Brownlee into the last lap. Alistair is about three

:54:15. > :54:20.minutes away from wedding. I am sure Bryukhankov will be able to

:54:20. > :54:24.maintain that -- away from winning. Here is the man running home. You

:54:24. > :54:29.can't guarantee Olympic selection, but to get the gold medal, to get

:54:29. > :54:33.that first place on the podium coming into the finish in Hyde Park,

:54:33. > :54:38.we will see that. Bryukhankov in second place, knowing if he has

:54:38. > :54:44.nearly got to the finish and the pain will stop, he will have a huge

:54:44. > :54:48.kudos to take home to his selectors. Jonathan Brownlee in third position

:54:48. > :54:54.on his own. It looks as though the brothers will once again graced the

:54:54. > :54:59.podium, this time together, in London. -- race. Alistair is on

:54:59. > :55:03.course for the victory, as he makes his final stages of this Hyde Park

:55:04. > :55:09.world championship series. Instead of going straight on through

:55:09. > :55:13.transition best time, he will keep right and take this little elbow up

:55:13. > :55:17.towards the finishing line. The others are still doing their work

:55:17. > :55:22.behind, trying to close the gap. Javier Gomez looks as though he

:55:22. > :55:32.will have to settle for 4th position today. $18,000 for the

:55:32. > :55:32.

:55:32. > :55:37.winner, 13,000 for the second, 9,500 for third at 7004 4th. $7,000

:55:37. > :55:42.looks like what Javier Gomez well look -- taken today. But Alistair

:55:42. > :55:46.Brownlee can start to celebrate. A year ago, it ended in dramatic

:55:46. > :55:53.style as he ran out of speed and collapsed before the finishing line.

:55:53. > :56:00.In 2011, it has been completed with ease. He has got time to salute, to

:56:00. > :56:07.shake hands, to high-five the crowd. He is enjoying the celebrations. He

:56:07. > :56:12.jogs home with consummate ease. Alistair Brownlee, reduced to a

:56:12. > :56:16.snail's pace as he enjoys this moment. He makes it a golden double

:56:16. > :56:20.for Great Britain, on Saturday morning Helen Jenkins one the

:56:20. > :56:26.women's race, and on Sunday afternoon, Alistair Brownlee

:56:26. > :56:32.crosses the line to celebrate victory in the men's competition

:56:32. > :56:36.for Great Britain. With the white rose of Yorkshire, rather than the

:56:36. > :56:46.British flag. Here is a brave man coming through, thoroughly deserved

:56:46. > :56:48.

:56:48. > :56:53.the acknowledgements. Well done, Alexander but that -- Bryukhankov.

:56:53. > :56:57.A courageous second place. Are we will wait and see the second of the

:56:57. > :57:03.Brownlee brother's home -- we will wait. It will be Jonathan taking

:57:03. > :57:07.third. There will be two Brownlee brothers on the world series

:57:07. > :57:11.champions podium in Hyde Park. What a weekend for Great Britain, for

:57:11. > :57:16.Helen Jenkins, for Alistair Brownlee and for Jonathan Brownlee,

:57:16. > :57:25.who joins him on the podium. First and third for the Brownlee boy is

:57:25. > :57:31.in Hyde Park. -- Boys. 1 and 3, what a weekend it has been

:57:31. > :57:36.for Team GB. Not forgetting Helen yesterday. It is absolutely amazing

:57:36. > :57:38.it, what a second before London 2012. The eyes of the world will be

:57:38. > :57:43.on the triathlon for Great Britain and with these two brothers,

:57:43. > :57:53.working together, but getting on the podium, it is on had offer.

:57:53. > :57:54.

:57:54. > :58:01.Fantastic. Britain has shown how good it is. Come and join us... Oh,

:58:01. > :58:07.good it is. Come and join us... Oh, good it is. Come and join us... Oh,

:58:07. > :58:13.good it is. Come and join us... Oh, no. Congratulations,... Thank you.

:58:13. > :58:16.By Kadri speak, I am really knackered. -- I can barely speak. I

:58:16. > :58:20.got into that with five minutes to go but I am really pleased,

:58:21. > :58:24.absolutely shattered. I am so sorry we are running out of time but we

:58:24. > :58:29.will do a proper interview and that will be on the website. Thank you

:58:29. > :58:35.very much for Richard for keeping us company at giving us your inside.

:58:35. > :58:39.Thank you to the commentators. -- insight. Less than a year until

:58:39. > :58:43.London 2012 hits this town and almost a year to the day and tell