:00:46. > :00:56.Kelly Holmes! The crowd are on their feet! Good footwork!
:00:56. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:12.Olympic champion! Rebecca Adlington Great Britain get the gold medal!
:01:12. > :01:22.Yes! Yes! Kelly Holmes for Great Britain! What a performance!
:01:22. > :01:25.
:01:26. > :01:31.Olympic champion! Absolutely Welcome to the triathlon Grand
:01:31. > :01:36.Final. We are just a few miles north of Beijing at the mean
:01:36. > :01:40.reservoir. It was the venue for the 2008 Olympics. There were no medals
:01:40. > :01:43.for Great Britain then but this weekend, we have a real chance of
:01:44. > :01:53.seeing British athletes crowned world champions in both the men's
:01:54. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:17.Yes, as we go into this race we know that the leader Alistair
:02:17. > :02:22.Brownlee could clinch his second world championship title if he
:02:22. > :02:26.finishes second to his brother, Jonny, or third if Javier Gomez
:02:26. > :02:32.wins. If Helen Jenkins, also leading in the standings, places on
:02:32. > :02:35.the podium, she will be guaranteed world champion and let's not forget,
:02:35. > :02:40.if Alistair finishes worse than second and his brother Jonny wins,
:02:40. > :02:43.then Jani will be crowned world champion. It is an enticing
:02:44. > :02:53.prospect over a course where Alistair had his first sniff of
:02:54. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:07.35, that is Alistair Brownlee... Alistair Brownlee for Great Britain
:03:07. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:12.Domestics will working for the team so it neutralised the race, nothing
:03:12. > :03:16.happened on the bike and it came down to the run. Alistair Brownlee
:03:16. > :03:23.is on the side of the screen. thought I was having the race of my
:03:23. > :03:27.life. I felt brilliant. Alistair Brownlee is doing the work.
:03:27. > :03:32.carried on feeling like that. Then I felt that my legs did not feel
:03:32. > :03:36.good at five kilometres and then at seven, they blew up. It went
:03:36. > :03:40.quickly from good to terrible but still a great experience for me to
:03:40. > :03:45.be leading the Olympic Games with four kilometres to go if. Since
:03:45. > :03:48.then Alistair have developed into the undisputed world No. 1 and this
:03:48. > :03:54.season he has been joined by his brother, Jonny, who has placed on
:03:54. > :03:59.the podium four times. Aged 23 and 21, they are seemingly unstoppable
:03:59. > :04:04.and could dominate the sport for many years to come, so what is it
:04:04. > :04:09.that makes the Brownlees so good? They are just as good bikers as
:04:09. > :04:13.they are runners and even a swimming is right up there. The
:04:13. > :04:17.chances of them are missing a bike bunch is close to zero. If they
:04:17. > :04:23.don't make it, they will ride on. They are complete athletes, which
:04:23. > :04:30.is what makes them not vulnerable. They are very hard-working lads.
:04:30. > :04:34.Everybody knows they train hearts up in Leeds. They love training at
:04:34. > :04:38.home. -- they train hard up in Leeds. They have everything in
:04:38. > :04:43.their environment that they need and they get their head down.
:04:43. > :04:46.have had a strong commitment to the sport from an early age. They have
:04:46. > :04:52.been consistent in their training every year. They have had very
:04:52. > :04:58.little time away from the sport in that period. And they really enjoy
:04:58. > :05:02.what they do. A lot of people from Australia and Germany ask me, what
:05:02. > :05:06.are the Brownlees doing? I think they are very motivated, they train
:05:06. > :05:12.very hard, they absolutely love it and they have taken their training
:05:12. > :05:16.to a new level. All the preparation is done once they get to the race
:05:16. > :05:22.and it is them about lap and execution but there preparation is
:05:22. > :05:26.incredible. They put themselves in a box more than any other athlete
:05:26. > :05:31.on the circuit and they get to the race much fitter and stronger and
:05:31. > :05:35.they are desperate to win. It is consistent training. They are
:05:35. > :05:39.sensible but a little bit crazy as well! They have the right
:05:39. > :05:44.combination. It is proving hard for the guys in the rest of the field
:05:44. > :05:49.to find any point to attack and I guess, in the end, it will come
:05:49. > :05:53.down to running again but certainly, they have raised the overall level,
:05:53. > :05:58.not because they are dominating the running but because the whole race
:05:58. > :06:02.is faster because they are putting their stamped on every race. Some
:06:02. > :06:06.would say that Brownlees could turn up at any venue and dominate but
:06:06. > :06:16.they and the other elite athletes we have studied every inch of this
:06:16. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:30.Olympic Court. This coal is just one lap and whip over 500 metres to
:06:30. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:40.course will be made very difficult when it is wet because of a change
:06:40. > :06:44.in surface to Tarmac from the rubber mats. Only the best cyclists
:06:44. > :06:49.will achieve this. After the technical corner, the athletes have
:06:49. > :06:54.got to come up the hill six times. It is very energy-sapping. They
:06:54. > :07:00.will be breathing very hard and it is the one opportunity the strong
:07:00. > :07:05.cyclists have to breakaway. Then it is onto the four lap 10 kilometre
:07:05. > :07:10.run. The athletes have to come up this load on each of the four laps.
:07:10. > :07:18.It is carpeted with a rubber surface but it is wet and it will
:07:18. > :07:23.be very draining. It will make your The British team found debating
:07:23. > :07:26.conditions tricky in the Olympics. Although it is colder now, it is
:07:26. > :07:32.still a demanding course. The elite athletes will know they have their
:07:32. > :07:37.work cut out in this series finale. Defending world champion Javier
:07:37. > :07:42.Gomez is the Brownlees' biggest rival. He is third in the standings
:07:42. > :07:48.but has not beaten both Alistair and Jonny since the opening race of
:07:48. > :07:53.the season. He was fourth in the Olympics in 2008. I will try to
:07:53. > :07:59.make them travel. I don't like to race to be third, I like to race to
:08:00. > :08:03.win. In 2008, it was the German the Jan Frodeno who became Olympic
:08:03. > :08:09.champion and he loves this course, but he struggled this season, with
:08:09. > :08:14.his best finish, 6th place in Madrid. It took me a while to
:08:14. > :08:21.realise that I was Olympic champion. I think this race will unfold
:08:21. > :08:27.differently. Alexander Bryukhankov was a close second to Alistair last
:08:27. > :08:34.month and the big Russian is a dark horse for a podium place. And warm-
:08:34. > :08:40.up under 23 champion, Will Clarke, is another Brit to keep an eye on.
:08:40. > :08:45.For him, it is all about impressing the Team GB selectors for 2012.
:08:45. > :08:50.have ridden many laps. It is really tough on the bike. I want to be top
:08:50. > :08:54.10 to keep no ranking higher. Then I can walk away with a top seven in
:08:54. > :09:01.their world chance. I am joined by the current world aquathlon
:09:01. > :09:04.champion, Richard. A lot of nerves right now? Definitely, this is
:09:04. > :09:08.probably the most nervous they will get. A couple of minutes to go
:09:08. > :09:12.until the start. They are visualising what they are going to
:09:12. > :09:17.do but they need to came back the aggression. The nerves want to
:09:17. > :09:21.spill out when the gun goes but you have to temper it. It rained last
:09:21. > :09:26.night and it is still drizzling. Will that suit the boys from York
:09:26. > :09:31.she? Absolutely. They were smiling in the lift. -- boys from
:09:31. > :09:34.Yorkshire? They love these conditions. Both of the athletes
:09:35. > :09:40.training hot and humid conditions and therefore it does not suit them
:09:40. > :09:45.to be racing in this. How will it pan out? It is a testing course.
:09:45. > :09:51.That is normally because of the heat. Today we have the rain and on
:09:51. > :09:56.the bike you have carpet, rubber matting and Tarmac. Risks will be
:09:56. > :10:01.taken out there. The person who takes the risk him get away with it
:10:01. > :10:05.may end up winning. Thanks, Richard. The athletes are lining up and it
:10:05. > :10:10.is time for the serious action to start.
:10:10. > :10:15.The weather has caused significantly. 24 hours it was 10
:10:15. > :10:23.degrees warmer and the heavens have opened as well. It is a cold and
:10:23. > :10:31.Alistair Brownlee leads the way in the overall standings, above his
:10:31. > :10:37.brother, and Tim Don is in the top 14 but does not race today. He has
:10:37. > :10:47.gone down with thickness. -- thickness. The bikes are ready to
:10:47. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:00.The line-up for the final triathlon They go in order of their current
:11:00. > :11:05.standings in the world championship series rankings. A few knowing
:11:05. > :11:10.looks between the Brownlee boys. They will be working together, the
:11:10. > :11:20.story of the season so far. A very confident looking British team,
:11:20. > :11:29.
:11:29. > :11:33.is. They look for clean water at the front of the field. 78 of them
:11:33. > :11:37.are starting today. Some getting barged out of contention in the
:11:37. > :11:47.first few metres. It is Vincent Luis of France who leads the way at
:11:47. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:52.this stage. Richard is with us in the commentary box. Where the
:11:52. > :11:56.Brownlee brothers chose to line-up, interestingly, on the near side
:11:56. > :12:02.which could be further to the first boy, which is position to the
:12:02. > :12:06.middle of the pontoon, but it also keeps them out of trouble. We can
:12:06. > :12:12.see some distinct groups forming. If they have kept out of trouble,
:12:12. > :12:16.they could arrive at that in the first pack. Apart from Alistair and
:12:16. > :12:22.Jonathan, the obvious names, who would you expect to set the pace in
:12:22. > :12:29.the water? Javier Gomez in Spain is one of the fastest swimmers in the
:12:29. > :12:36.pool. He has won 1500m inside 16 minutes. The Russians, a
:12:36. > :12:43.Bryukhankov, and the others, all known to be very fast swimmers so
:12:43. > :12:48.you can expect a couple of Russians, but you can never rule out the
:12:48. > :12:53.Brothers Brownlee. I think that is Jonny on the trail of Bryukhankov.
:12:53. > :12:58.They are practical, too. They tend to be careful at the start, then
:12:58. > :13:04.after 400m, they tend to ease themselves into contention. It is a
:13:04. > :13:09.frantic pace at the front from a Bryukhankov, the Russian. He is
:13:09. > :13:15.hoping to give himself an advantage at the end of the swim. Barely a
:13:15. > :13:25.breath of wind across the lake today. As a result, the pace is
:13:25. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:36.frantic. They swam at time of 80 minutes in the Olympic Games -- 18
:13:36. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:44.minutes. It will be interesting to flight on getting round the first
:13:44. > :13:50.boy and aiming to be in the first group around that, it is so
:13:50. > :13:53.important. Compare the style of the man at the bottom, Bryukhankov,
:13:53. > :14:00.with the effortless style of the man leading group at the top,
:14:00. > :14:06.Vincent Luis. We have a penalty for Adam Bowden of Great Britain. He
:14:06. > :14:10.went early. Number 61, Adam Bowden of Great Britain, we have to suffer
:14:10. > :14:15.a 15 second penalty and I think Jonathan Brownlee has lost his
:14:15. > :14:22.goggles so it is all happening for the British. It looks like his
:14:22. > :14:26.goggles have got knocked. Or he decided to remove them. One trick
:14:26. > :14:30.is often to put your goggles on first and then your hat on. It
:14:30. > :14:35.doesn't look like he has done that. They have leaked or been knocked in
:14:35. > :14:39.some way so he have chosen to discard them. I don't think he was
:14:39. > :14:49.contact lenses so it could be no problem for him. I am sure he has
:14:49. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:58.practised that in the pool. field have no chance. They cannot
:14:58. > :15:03.avoid getting bumped and kicked and punched. Sometimes, it is really
:15:03. > :15:07.bad, they can't even make a stroke. We saw one of the athletes
:15:07. > :15:13.reversing -- reverting to a restaurant. It is not deliberate,
:15:13. > :15:18.it is a factor of 70 plus guys, and a small space, trying frantically
:15:18. > :15:22.to stay near the front of the swimming pack. Pretty one-year-old
:15:22. > :15:31.Jonathan Brownlee, minus his goggles, so his eyes will be
:15:31. > :15:35.getting sore. -- 21-year-old. We will try and keep an eye on the
:15:35. > :15:39.Brownlee boys in the water. It will be easier to spot their tactical
:15:39. > :15:44.approach to the race when they are out on the bike. They are changing
:15:44. > :15:49.the sport. It actually looks like Jonathan is leading, and Alistair
:15:49. > :15:56.is on his feet, which is something they practised in training, I dare
:15:56. > :16:02.say. It looks like Jonathan is protecting Allistair, giving him a
:16:02. > :16:08.cushion. He is able to hold a slightly longer, slower struck,
:16:08. > :16:12.keeping his heart rate slightly lower. -- slower stroke. He could
:16:12. > :16:17.have a comfortable swim here, which will set him up for a good bike
:16:17. > :16:24.ride. They will work together on two wheels as well. Again,
:16:24. > :16:26.something they practise day-in, day-out. They will play a different
:16:26. > :16:32.scenarios, to figure out what is going on in the race, and what
:16:32. > :16:36.tactics they can use. How wise are the other competitors now to the
:16:36. > :16:40.fact that Jonathan and Alistair will be working as a team? I think
:16:40. > :16:44.it is early days in this team tactic, we have never had brothers
:16:44. > :16:49.working together like this. The difference with the brothers
:16:49. > :16:53.working together, and team-mates, is that they can work out what the
:16:53. > :16:58.other person is thinking without even thinking about it. They know
:16:58. > :17:03.what is going to happen before it happens. That is a real advantage,
:17:03. > :17:07.compared to any other team tactics that may come into play. The other
:17:07. > :17:13.athletes haven't really got an idea of what to do to combat it, and it
:17:13. > :17:17.could take several years before people figure out how they can
:17:17. > :17:25.disrupt, or just beat the Brownlee brothers. The answer is, bring
:17:25. > :17:31.along your brother! Now, they are approaching the end of the 1.5
:17:31. > :17:36.kilometres swimmer, a single loop. Making their way to transition.
:17:36. > :17:41.Wonderful sitting here, it is a shame it is not bright blue like it
:17:41. > :17:46.was for the Olympic Games in 2008, but a fairly decent crowd, braving
:17:46. > :17:55.the elements. They will watch the guys come towards the exit area.
:17:56. > :18:00.Number two is Jonathan Brownlee. Alistair is just behind him. Jonny
:18:00. > :18:06.is easy to spot, we can see his eyes, he has lost his goggles
:18:06. > :18:11.earlier in the swim. It looks like Brukhankov of Russia is swimming
:18:11. > :18:14.next to him, but giving him enough space. I think the front group of
:18:14. > :18:18.swimmers have worked out, if they give each other space and don't
:18:18. > :18:22.disrupt each other, the whole group will move together faster than if
:18:22. > :18:27.they are really bashing each other for position. So it gives the best
:18:27. > :18:32.chance of a small breakaway at the front of the bike ride. Other
:18:32. > :18:38.notables to look out for, well Clarke is wearing No. 8. Vidal, the
:18:38. > :18:45.Frenchman, wearing No. 9. And the other Russian, Polly Ansty, wearing
:18:45. > :18:49.No. 10. Now the pace is increasing slightly, as everybody jostles the
:18:49. > :18:53.position towards the end of the swim. But Jonathan Brownlee has no
:18:53. > :19:00.such problem, he has led to the swimmer from start to finish, and
:19:00. > :19:03.he will be first out of the water. The athletes realise, with the hill
:19:03. > :19:07.coming up and the technical conditions made worse by the
:19:07. > :19:14.weather, it is so important to get to the top of this hill first, to
:19:14. > :19:17.be in that first group. I think it will get very frantic in transition.
:19:17. > :19:27.So, the first stage of the Olympic distance triathlon on the Olympic
:19:27. > :19:34.course is just about done. Next, there follows a 40, to bike, which
:19:34. > :19:40.involves a six laps, with a decline in the middle a beach lap. -- the
:19:40. > :19:46.middle of each lap. Plus a 500 metre round the hairpin. A little
:19:46. > :19:51.stumble as Jonny comes out of the water. Graham Bell is watching this
:19:51. > :19:55.in transition. It looks like it is all going to plan. Jonny will have
:19:55. > :20:00.had to have worked a bit harder, losing his goggles on the swim, but
:20:01. > :20:08.it looks like a slight brake has developed. All going to plan a so
:20:08. > :20:15.far. Brukhankov is right behind him. The helmet goes on, everything has
:20:15. > :20:22.got to be done properly. Tissues are attached to the pedals. -- the
:20:22. > :20:26.shoes. They get on their bikes, and try and ease their feet into the
:20:26. > :20:30.shoes, which are attached to the pedals. That takes a bit of
:20:30. > :20:35.practice! Would people try and do is get their shoes to be open
:20:35. > :20:40.really wide, and one trick is to start your shoes with newspaper the
:20:40. > :20:43.night before, which holds them open, really wide. So you can put your
:20:43. > :20:50.feet straight into the shoes, if you don't get to them straight into
:20:50. > :20:54.the shoes, then at the front riders can get away. You don't want to
:20:54. > :21:01.have your feet outside your shoes at the bottom of this hill.
:21:01. > :21:08.Alistair Brownlee leads the way, wearing No. 1. He has Brukhankov in
:21:08. > :21:17.second, then Jonathan Brownlee his third. Another Russian is in port,
:21:17. > :21:23.then the rest of them are jostling for position. -- in 4th. We will
:21:23. > :21:27.have a group of 30 or 40, unless there is some decisive action taken
:21:27. > :21:33.by this leading group of about 15. I think we can see a small split
:21:33. > :21:38.forming. They are going to have to work together. The front 12-15 guys
:21:38. > :21:42.at the moment are looking to be leaving behind... I think the
:21:42. > :21:49.Japanese rider has left a gap, and this is not the place to leave a
:21:49. > :21:53.gap. No Javier Gomez in the leading group. The Spaniard is some way
:21:53. > :22:03.behind a we will keep an eye on him. He is number three in the world, a
:22:03. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:11.former world champion. Adam Bowden was too early, he has had to serve
:22:11. > :22:15.a 15 second penalty, he is trying to close the gap. The red dot marks
:22:16. > :22:18.the position of the leaders. We will get an idea of how far the
:22:19. > :22:23.chasing group are behind, but already, the work is starting at
:22:23. > :22:28.the front of the field. Looks like people are having a go already. It
:22:28. > :22:34.was unclear who that was. Goodness me, we have a man down! He collided
:22:34. > :22:42.with the barriers at the side of the road. He is picking up his bike
:22:42. > :22:49.and trying to carry on. It is number 76. That is one of the
:22:49. > :22:54.Chinese athletes. He has buckled his wheel. The bars are out of
:22:54. > :23:00.shape as well, no chance for him to continue. That bike is unsafe to
:23:00. > :23:07.ride. Very disappointing for him. He has broken the barriers. He is
:23:07. > :23:12.going to hurt tomorrow. His race is run. It looks like he is in one
:23:12. > :23:18.piece. Taking his turn at the front of the leading group is Vassily
:23:18. > :23:24.Evra of Russia. They have five laps to go. A quick check on the time
:23:24. > :23:30.between this leading group of about 25, and the chasers, who haven't
:23:30. > :23:35.arrived in transition yet. You could just see them at the top of
:23:35. > :23:40.your screen, they are probably 45 seconds behind. Alistair was just
:23:40. > :23:44.leading up about front pad, looking very comfortable. It is definitely
:23:44. > :23:50.the place to be in any technical situation. If you are at the front,
:23:50. > :23:54.as you come out of the band, it is easy for you to accelerate, and
:23:54. > :23:58.everyone else has to work much harder to make sure they are
:23:58. > :24:02.staying in contention. If you're on your own, you don't have to worry
:24:03. > :24:09.about everyone else. The group behind you is looking out for their
:24:09. > :24:16.opponents, as well. Will Clarke, at the front of the script, Alistair
:24:16. > :24:20.is just behind him. -- the front of this group. Will Clarke has had a
:24:20. > :24:30.pretty decent season. Silver medal in Hamburg recently. He has got
:24:30. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:50.some good form. He also had a good transition area, and out onto the
:24:50. > :24:56.tarmac. The streets that meander their way through the forest. Let's
:24:56. > :25:00.join Graham Bell in transition. Every time the cyclists come up on
:25:00. > :25:07.to this dam, they are riding on this blue rubber mat. It was laid
:25:07. > :25:12.for the Olympics, it is peeling at the edges. It is quite a lot more
:25:12. > :25:17.resistant, riding over this than on freshly laid tarmac, probably 10%
:25:17. > :25:22.more at that you have to put in. This is just sapping the energy out
:25:22. > :25:29.of their legs. We have got a rider who has broken away at the front of
:25:29. > :25:33.the field. Is it one of the Russians? Looks like it. It is a
:25:33. > :25:40.fairly long climb, it really does test the lungs. He is looking to
:25:40. > :25:44.make a break. He will certainly make the group think about the
:25:44. > :25:49.effort going in, if it is right, should they let him go, or at least
:25:50. > :25:54.it will excite them into trying difficult -- different tactics.
:25:54. > :26:00.Still no sign of Javier Gomez, he will not like these conditions, he
:26:00. > :26:05.likes it warm and humid. Being a Spaniard, he trains in hot, humid
:26:05. > :26:10.conditions, he likes the sun on his back, really would train in the
:26:10. > :26:15.cold. He is probably going to struggle in these conditions, but
:26:15. > :26:21.he is an outstanding athlete, his results show that, so there is a
:26:21. > :26:24.chancy could come back in, we can never write him off. The Brownlees,
:26:24. > :26:29.on the other hand, are from Yorkshire, this is what they are
:26:29. > :26:35.used to. This is the sort of wet, windy weather they trained in, week
:26:35. > :26:39.in, week out. They are sharing their duties at the front of the
:26:39. > :26:44.field. I saw them in the lift this morning, coming out of the race,
:26:44. > :26:52.they had big smiles on their face. I said, "how do you like these
:26:52. > :26:57.conditions?" they just gave me a wink, and smiled. Freewheeling on
:26:57. > :27:02.this downward section. Allister, tucked in behind. Certainly taking
:27:02. > :27:08.some risks. Looking to push the pace on. They have been around a
:27:08. > :27:13.couple of laps already, so they have realised they can do that.
:27:13. > :27:21.chasers are trying to close the gap, still on the upward leg. Will
:27:21. > :27:24.Clarke, taking some sort of energy gel. Alistair Brownlee, just behind
:27:24. > :27:29.him, and the weather is worsening all the time. Will Clarke would
:27:29. > :27:35.have time to that, he would no on which that he would take that on
:27:35. > :27:41.board so it kicks in at the start of the run. -- on which lap.
:27:41. > :27:47.chance to accelerate on that sharp, right-hand bend. It was pretty busy
:27:47. > :27:51.on this stage of the Olympic Games. They have laid new tarmac on this
:27:51. > :27:58.section of the course. Although we haven't seen any crashes, it
:27:58. > :28:02.certainly is slippy, so it could be slowing them down. We could have a
:28:02. > :28:10.check and see the Times, how it compares, my suspicion is it could
:28:10. > :28:16.be a couple of minutes slower. of this group are content to sit in
:28:16. > :28:24.behind and take it easy, others, like Paul Clark, Jonathan Brownlee,
:28:24. > :28:27.more eager to do the hard work, to dictate the pace -- Will Clarke.
:28:28. > :28:34.They get it easier at the back, but on the more technical sections of
:28:34. > :28:37.the course, they are going to have to push on, to stay on the pack. We
:28:37. > :28:44.saw the back of the pack was lent thinning out earlier, if you're at
:28:44. > :28:49.the front, you are out of trouble. Even though you're taking the wind,
:28:49. > :28:59.it can certainly be beneficial to be at the front. Next Saturday, on
:28:59. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:05.BBC One, we have the world road cycling from Copenhagen. Plenty of
:29:05. > :29:10.good cycling sport coming your way on the BBC. Alistair Brownlee leads
:29:10. > :29:14.the way in Beijing. His younger brother Jonathan, starting to
:29:14. > :29:20.extract his feet from those shoes on the pedals. They are coming into
:29:20. > :29:25.transition. They will dump their bikes, then head out for a 10, To
:29:25. > :29:30.Run, in the rain. You will see the athletes, leaving their feet on top
:29:30. > :29:35.of the shoes of the last 100 metres of the bike ride, they will bring a
:29:35. > :29:41.leg over the back of the bike, and then dismount on the red line.
:29:41. > :29:51.Probably going about 20 mph. It is very important to get off the bike
:29:51. > :29:55.
:29:55. > :30:00.first man to transition, although they have all arrived within 10 and
:30:00. > :30:04.12 seconds of each other. Position two is the place the Jonathan
:30:04. > :30:11.Brownlee. As he puts on his running shoes. A quick transition,
:30:11. > :30:16.absolutely essential. Jonathan is on his way out of transition. There
:30:16. > :30:21.is a group of four reading together. Alistair has gone out ahead as well.
:30:21. > :30:27.They are in an ideal position going into the run. Others in the group
:30:27. > :30:31.are 10, 20 metres back. You cannot give any lead to be Brownlees.
:30:31. > :30:35.Really, they should have gone into transition ahead of them so they
:30:35. > :30:40.could challenge them but at that is, the Brownlee brothers are right at
:30:40. > :30:46.the front of the race. The chasing pack have just come into transition.
:30:46. > :30:51.Meanwhile, the leading group, enormous, heading back down to be
:30:51. > :30:58.hairpin, with the Brownlees right in the thick of the action. Graham
:30:58. > :31:02.Bell? They all came through transition looking like they had
:31:02. > :31:10.worked very hard on the bikes and look who is at the front, the
:31:10. > :31:15.Brownlee boys. Pushing and pushing and pushing. Alistair Brownlee
:31:15. > :31:19.leads the way. Jonathan Brownlee is in second position. It is a
:31:19. > :31:25.familiar sight for those of you who followed triathlon with us on the
:31:25. > :31:30.BBC. It has become a familiar sight over the last few years. Both of
:31:30. > :31:35.them are high medal hopes for London 2012. Maik Petzold of
:31:35. > :31:41.Germany is in third position. Over these guys out in front, from the
:31:41. > :31:46.better runners, I can see Sven Riederer. Bronze medallist in 2004.
:31:46. > :31:52.He has been on the podium a couple of times this year. He is
:31:52. > :31:57.definitely a potential podium athlete. Since the third bronze
:31:57. > :32:02.medal in 2004, he was unsuccessful on this course in 2008. He was
:32:02. > :32:06.quite a way down the field but of course, you can never read any one
:32:06. > :32:14.off and out of that group, he is one to pick. Sven Riederer of
:32:14. > :32:19.Switzerland in contention. The Brownlees have left the group of
:32:19. > :32:24.six, trying to close the gap. That group now includes the danger man
:32:24. > :32:31.from Spain, Javier Gomez. We saw a group of his and Ivan Rana's
:32:31. > :32:36.supporters. Very vocal. But Alistair and Jonathan are making
:32:36. > :32:41.the most of the downhill section. They will love this downhill
:32:41. > :32:46.section. You have to let yourself go, let their late speed come and
:32:46. > :32:51.come off of the bottom of the hill and keep the pace going, keep the
:32:51. > :32:57.legs speed. The course rises after the left-hand 10. They would use
:32:57. > :33:02.the speed from the bottom to move up the slope. Here is how they do
:33:02. > :33:09.it. The strap comes undone. The FT rest on top and then there running
:33:09. > :33:13.shoes come on. -- the feet rest on top. Ordinarily, in a flash. He put
:33:13. > :33:18.talcum powder in to drive them out but in these conditions, it
:33:18. > :33:23.probably has not really helped -- to drive them out. He is doing
:33:23. > :33:28.anything to get them on as fast as possible. Lots of British
:33:28. > :33:33.supporters have made the journey to cheer on the Brownlees and the
:33:33. > :33:39.other British athletes. This is the back of the field. Chris McCormack
:33:39. > :33:44.struggled in his swim. He is a very strong on the bike. Trying to work
:33:44. > :33:49.his way back into an Olympics lot but struggling today. Alistair
:33:49. > :33:53.looks more comfortable than Jonny. We saw a grimace on Jonny's face.
:33:54. > :33:58.Alistair, I think he is trying to help his brother, pull him away
:33:58. > :34:03.from the rest of the field, coax him into come in with him, get him
:34:03. > :34:07.on his shoulder and pull him away, gradually increasing the pace, pull
:34:07. > :34:10.him away from the field, but Jonny is struggling and it looks like the
:34:10. > :34:16.gap is beginning to grow and Alistair will have to make a
:34:16. > :34:19.decision as to whether to leave his brother and go for the win.
:34:19. > :34:28.Alistair Brownlee has the lead in the final World Championships
:34:28. > :34:36.Series triathlon of the year in Beijing. Toddler key from Great
:34:36. > :34:43.Britain at the back of the field. His training, going on in
:34:43. > :34:46.Eastbourne. Jonathan is in second position, the 21-year-old. Younger
:34:46. > :34:50.than Alistair. A couple of trying athletes are behind Jonathan that
:34:50. > :34:56.are beginning to close the gap and one of them is Sven Riederer from
:34:56. > :35:03.Switzerland, a talented runner. The guy in the red is been lapped.
:35:03. > :35:08.Alistair looks more comfortable. His stride was much, much bigger.
:35:08. > :35:15.We have Steffen Justus of Germany, Ivan Vasiliev, the Russian, and one
:35:15. > :35:20.of the Americans... He is a great cyclist but he has not shown that
:35:20. > :35:27.today. Alistair looks like he is extending his lead. His stride is
:35:27. > :35:32.good, he is very stable. No one in front of him. Clear tarmac ahead at
:35:32. > :35:36.Alistair Brownlee. He finds himself in a very familiar position. And
:35:36. > :35:41.Jonathan is struggling, that is obvious. Trying to stay with his
:35:41. > :35:46.older brother but failing. Sven Riederer, in the black with the
:35:46. > :35:50.white sleeves, is closing the gap on Jonathan Brownlee, and Sven
:35:50. > :35:54.Riederer probably fancies his chances of moving up a place here.
:35:54. > :36:02.Round the hairpin, Alistair and Jonathan can see the others are
:36:02. > :36:07.closing in on them now. It is very difficult for Jonny. We can see
:36:07. > :36:11.Gomez and Riederer closing the gap. Alistair is pulling away from
:36:11. > :36:15.Jonathan. Mentally, he will see Alistair going up the road and he
:36:15. > :36:20.will see the athletes coming from behind and it is very difficult to
:36:20. > :36:25.keep yourself going. Once you start to try harder, you can sometimes
:36:25. > :36:30.slow down. Running is a funny discipline. If you can relax, you
:36:30. > :36:34.generally go quicker. The Union flag is being waived proudly and
:36:34. > :36:39.they have something to celebrate because out on his own is the world
:36:39. > :36:45.No. 1, Alistair Brownlee, from Great Britain, coming down that
:36:45. > :36:50.hill. It looks like he is still full of energy and he is going not
:36:50. > :36:56.only for the gold medal but to rubber-stamp his domination on the
:36:56. > :37:00.World Championships series. Alistair will certainly be getting
:37:00. > :37:05.an adrenalin rush. Once you realise you are pulling away from the rest
:37:05. > :37:10.of the field, it only makes you go harder and faster. Jonny is being
:37:10. > :37:14.caught. Jonny Brownlee in second, with Sven Riederer looming large in
:37:14. > :37:20.third, and Riederer from Switzerland is moving up on the
:37:20. > :37:25.shoulder of the younger Brownlee brother. He came at the bottom of
:37:25. > :37:29.the slope much better than Jonny, Riederer, so it looks like he will
:37:29. > :37:34.pass Jonny at some point. Javier Gomez is beginning to move along
:37:35. > :37:38.nicely, the Spanish former world champion. His position could have
:37:39. > :37:43.an overall bearing on his world championship series place in today
:37:43. > :37:48.as well so Gomez has got lots to run for here. Alistair Brownlee is
:37:48. > :37:52.out in front. No company at all. He can watch the others in the
:37:52. > :37:58.opposite direction. He will get the sight of Jonny Brownlee being
:37:58. > :38:03.swallowed up by the chases, including Gomez and Vidal and
:38:03. > :38:08.Riederer, who is right on Jonathan's shoulder. The problem is
:38:08. > :38:11.that Riederer and Javier Gomez had pulled the other athletes up. They
:38:11. > :38:16.have worked together and it has dragged the group up-to- Jonny
:38:16. > :38:25.Melfah. He is really going to have to find something if he is going to
:38:25. > :38:29.stay on the podium -- it has dragged the group up to Jonny now.
:38:29. > :38:33.Alistair is getting support all along the way. Running into the
:38:33. > :38:39.public to get something cooling on his legs. The weather has improved
:38:39. > :38:44.very slightly. The rain has eased off. He is bidding to become world
:38:44. > :38:49.champion for 2011 and to go into the Olympic year as the outstanding
:38:49. > :38:53.favourite in 2012 for the gold medal in Hyde Park. He is working
:38:53. > :38:57.up this final slope, and he wants to make sure that there is
:38:57. > :39:03.absolutely no chance that these chases will catch him. He will
:39:03. > :39:07.buried himself up the hill and give him no chance whatsoever but Jonny
:39:07. > :39:11.have definitely found something that because Riederer has not past
:39:11. > :39:16.him at the moment. Sven Riederer has caught up with Jonny Brownlee
:39:16. > :39:20.and his shadowing him at the moment that he has not yet struck for the
:39:20. > :39:27.lead. Alistair is beginning to look slightly tired. I remember his
:39:27. > :39:31.finish in Hyde Park in 2010, where suddenly he lost the ability to run
:39:31. > :39:35.in a straight line and he collapsed over the finishing line having lost
:39:35. > :39:40.the lead, but he has put that behind him now and we are hoping he
:39:40. > :39:45.has got enough in reserve to finish this race with a whim, not only
:39:45. > :39:52.here in Beijing but to give him the world title as well. -- with a
:39:52. > :39:56.winner. He is just gathering himself after the hill and now he
:39:56. > :40:00.is descending into the home straight, he will pick up again. In
:40:01. > :40:05.these conditions, he is unlikely to have a problem to the finish.
:40:05. > :40:09.Alistair Brownlee on the way to victory in Beijing, in what looks
:40:09. > :40:15.like a very fast time. Yes, they came off the bikes virtually the
:40:15. > :40:23.same time as 2008 but the run looks very special. It looks like he will
:40:23. > :40:28.run inside 30 minutes. The fastest run in 2008 was 30.45. I reckon him
:40:28. > :40:33.at the top 10 perhaps maybe run inside 30 minutes. He ran a 32
:40:33. > :40:38.minutes 10 kilometre or so if he runs two minutes after today, going
:40:38. > :40:43.into 2012, maybe they can find another minute next year! That
:40:43. > :40:48.would be something very special. I think we are looking at somewhere
:40:48. > :40:55.in the region of 29.5 minutes for 10 kilometres awful the bike. An
:40:55. > :40:59.amazing performance. Lots of noise from the crowd. Sensing something
:40:59. > :41:05.magical from Alistair Brownlee. But behind him there is a race within a
:41:05. > :41:10.race. Back of the silver medal. Jonny Brownlee looks across. Sven
:41:10. > :41:15.Riederer of Switzerland comes between Jonny Brownlee and Dmitry
:41:16. > :41:21.Polyansky of Russia. Possibly a five-way battle for second, if
:41:21. > :41:25.Vidal gets involved. Gomez has been left behind slightly. Out in front,
:41:25. > :41:30.coming round the head been for the last time, there is no doubt about
:41:30. > :41:35.two the number one is now. metres to go for Alistair. He has
:41:35. > :41:40.total control of the race. He will look across, he is more concerned
:41:40. > :41:46.about where Jonny is I think. He knows he has the race sewn up. He
:41:46. > :41:51.is checking for his brother. He will celebrate the victory of the
:41:51. > :41:54.World Championship Series. He has the Yorkshire flag there. Yet
:41:54. > :41:59.another world championship series victory for Alistair Brownlee.
:41:59. > :42:05.one makes him the best in the world. The champion of the world. He has
:42:05. > :42:09.so much margin. He can ease up and wrap the flag around is a orders.
:42:09. > :42:16.Behind him they are still fighting it out for second position. The
:42:16. > :42:21.champion in Beijing is Alistair Brownlee, who was jogging home,
:42:21. > :42:26.high-fives for the crowd, keeping an eye on the opposition sensibly,
:42:26. > :42:30.but easing his way towards the finishing line. 1 hour, 48 minutes
:42:30. > :42:35.and five seconds in Beijing for Alistair Brownlee! Sven Riederer
:42:35. > :42:42.keeps clear of the rest to take second, with Jonny Brownlee taking
:42:42. > :42:47.third position of today. Great result for Jonny. He really had to
:42:47. > :42:53.work for it but he stayed on the podium. I think that will give them
:42:53. > :42:59.one and two for both the brothers. What a fantastic position for 2012.
:43:00. > :43:04.His face is covered in mud and sweat. It was a brilliant run from
:43:04. > :43:08.Alistair Brownlee to seal this series in Beijing. He beat Sven
:43:08. > :43:15.Riederer by seven seconds, with brother Jonny three seconds back in
:43:15. > :43:25.third place. It was another decent day for will Clarke, who held done
:43:25. > :43:31.
:43:31. > :43:35.This win was really easy. -- the swim was really easy. I just
:43:35. > :43:40.followed Jonny! One of the easiest. The bike was quite hard. The
:43:40. > :43:45.corners were dangerous. I was trying to keep upright and near the
:43:45. > :43:49.front. On the run I felt like I was running through treacle but I was
:43:49. > :43:54.trying to keep Jonny second but I had to go towards the end because I
:43:54. > :44:00.knew it was getting close. Did you see Jonny lost his goggles? Yes, he
:44:00. > :44:07.pretty much through them at me! They were my goggles as well!
:44:07. > :44:13.Second place, delighted? No. It is fantastic for me, second in a Grand
:44:13. > :44:20.Final. In the past, I had so many bad luck in Beijing. First time, I
:44:20. > :44:26.broke my toe. Second time, a lost my wedding ring in the Lake. Third
:44:26. > :44:32.time, I lost really bad. I am really happy to be second of dog it
:44:32. > :44:37.was hard today. I spent a bit of energy on the swim. We worked hard.
:44:37. > :44:45.A lot of people were sacked doing nothing. My legs felt terrible if I
:44:45. > :44:50.I am pleased with third. It has been a long season but I am happy.
:44:50. > :44:55.How much does this mean to you? Fantastic. It is a shame I did not
:44:55. > :45:00.win last year but it is great to do it this year, to show it was not a
:45:00. > :45:06.fluke. I am racking them up! This will up the ante coming into
:45:06. > :45:10.London? Definitely. This has been my best here, even though 2009
:45:10. > :45:20.looks better on paper. My best races have been really good and it
:45:20. > :45:23.
:45:23. > :45:31.brothers. Javier Gomez did enough to take third place in the overall
:45:31. > :45:38.standings. Will Clarke did enough to finish 9th, with Brad Kahlefeldt
:45:38. > :45:42.of Australia in 10th. Stunning effort once again from Alistair
:45:42. > :45:47.Brownlee, said to become a household name in 11 months from
:45:47. > :45:55.now. Javier Gomez, used to have it all his own way, but now he has got
:45:55. > :46:01.some serious opponents to deal with. I think, leading into 2012, being
:46:01. > :46:05.completely dominant as Jonathan and Alistair are, the opposition is not
:46:05. > :46:09.quite sure what they can do to meet them, I think that will give them
:46:09. > :46:14.the best opportunity to get medals. We haven't had a medal in the
:46:14. > :46:19.triathlon at the Olympic Games are to date. And they raised the
:46:20. > :46:25.possibility of two. That really does set us up for a great Olympic
:46:25. > :46:29.Games. I have no idea how they are going to be beaten. It is all well
:46:29. > :46:33.and good winning world championship titles, and Alistair will celebrate
:46:33. > :46:43.this moment, but it is all about what happens next August in the
:46:43. > :46:48.
:46:48. > :46:54.GB in the under 23 event. None was indeed lead in the pack cycle, but
:46:54. > :47:04.a storming run lead to a British or one, two and three. Matt Sharp
:47:04. > :47:06.
:47:06. > :47:11.claimed gold, -- closely followed It was just us three at the end, I
:47:11. > :47:16.thought, we have got a medal. Coming up the hill, I let someone
:47:16. > :47:23.take it, I attacked so hard, and I nailed to the last kilometre. I'm
:47:23. > :47:33.very happy. In the paratriathlon events, more success for Team GB,
:47:33. > :47:35.
:47:35. > :47:40.All those athletes will be down here in force for the final event
:47:40. > :47:48.of this competition, the women's elite race, in which Helen Jenkins
:47:48. > :47:53.You are leading the standings going into this race, have you worked out
:47:54. > :47:58.all the connotations of where you need to place, for you to win it?
:47:58. > :48:03.started looking at it, but it was pretty complicated. The best thing
:48:03. > :48:09.to do is not think about it, just going in and do the best I can, if
:48:09. > :48:14.I win the race, I would definitely win! I am just go to try my best. I
:48:14. > :48:20.know the girls to lookout for, but you give it anything it --
:48:20. > :48:24.everything anyway. The women's field is wide open, several other
:48:24. > :48:29.women could challenge. There are so many, people have had a very up and
:48:29. > :48:34.down seasons, there are people like Emma Jackson who have come through,
:48:34. > :48:40.it is pretty open. It will be really interesting, what happens. I
:48:40. > :48:45.would love it if it was a hard race, but it hasn't happened many times
:48:45. > :48:50.this year, it will take a group of committed at Leeds. There will
:48:50. > :48:58.definitely be people coming out of the back with tired legs, that
:48:59. > :49:03.bloom that is quite a rich -- energy-sapping. In the Olympics,
:49:03. > :49:09.finished 21st, it wasn't the best day for me, I wasn't happy with the
:49:09. > :49:13.result, so it feels good to be back on that blue mat, to be back in
:49:13. > :49:18.China, but I would like to have a good rest -- race, almost to put
:49:18. > :49:24.that to rest. I hadn't raced for a year and a half a leading into that
:49:24. > :49:29.season, I started racing in 2008, by the time I go to the Olympics I
:49:29. > :49:33.buried myself out, I didn't have anything on the day. It would be
:49:33. > :49:39.great to have a good race here to get rid of that memory. Lying in
:49:39. > :49:43.wait for her is Barbara Riveros Diaz, second in the standings. She
:49:43. > :49:52.knows a powerful performance here will pile on the pressure on her
:49:52. > :49:59.Welsh rival. I am looking forward to the race, I haven't had a very
:49:59. > :50:04.good trip to get here, but it is very exciting to be after three
:50:04. > :50:09.years racing here. On their shoulders is the ultra consistent
:50:09. > :50:14.Andrea Hewitt, who beat Jenkins into 4th place in Lausanne, and
:50:14. > :50:21.will be a strong contender. I like this course in Beijing. It has got
:50:21. > :50:26.everything I like in a race, a flat run, it is good for me. Like her
:50:26. > :50:29.boyfriend Jan Frodeno, an Olympic champion Emma Snowsill has happy
:50:29. > :50:34.memories of this Beijing course. She has a good feeling about this
:50:34. > :50:40.race. It has been a special place to me, coming back here has brought
:50:40. > :50:45.up more memories then I realised, when you see the course, the place
:50:45. > :50:50.again, you realise the gravity of the game's been here, and also, the
:50:50. > :50:55.occasion and what it meant. Three years has gone by really quick, you
:50:55. > :51:00.realise that it has flown. Fellow Aussie Emma Moffatt has not had the
:51:00. > :51:05.best of years, but is desperate for her season to end on a high. This
:51:05. > :51:08.year I have had ups and downs, so I'm coming into it, hoping to
:51:09. > :51:12.finish a bit high out after the weekend. Liz Blatchford has had a
:51:12. > :51:18.difficult couple of years, but is hoping a strong performance here
:51:18. > :51:22.was set up the 2012. I'm not in amazing form, so I can't expect a
:51:22. > :51:29.great performance in this race, in all honesty, but I need to keep my
:51:29. > :51:35.points up, and stay within a high enough ranking the next year, what
:51:35. > :51:40.I get over this injury, I would try and race really well next year. --
:51:40. > :51:46.I will try. We are moments away from the Dextro Energy ITU world
:51:46. > :51:56.championship series final here in Beijing. It is time to hand over to
:51:56. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:20.race today. Helen Jenkins leads the world championship standings going
:52:20. > :52:32.
:52:32. > :52:37.ready to do -- dive into the still waters, a way they go. What a sight
:52:37. > :52:47.that is. One or two of them getting knocked, elbows, arms and hands
:52:47. > :52:52.
:52:52. > :52:59.flying. If you are getting left is that it is a very long, as we
:52:59. > :53:05.can see, over 100 metres, or at least 70 metres long, which gives
:53:05. > :53:12.the girls an opportunity to have a reasonably clean start. What a shot
:53:12. > :53:19.that is from the helicopter, hovering above the reservoir. All
:53:19. > :53:28.the safety procedures are in place. Boards, boats, medics on hand. The
:53:28. > :53:34.early pace, coming from Laura Bennett of the US. Helen Jenkins,
:53:34. > :53:37.wearing number-one because she is the world No. 1, from Great Britain.
:53:37. > :53:42.Jenkins, beginning to ease her way to the front, to enjoy some clear
:53:42. > :53:45.water in the reservoir. The great thing about having his she is such
:53:45. > :53:49.a great swimmer, she knows she's going to make the elite pack, but
:53:49. > :53:56.she wants to get to the front and push the pace, give herself the
:53:56. > :54:00.best opportunity to have a breakaway group on the bike. There
:54:00. > :54:07.are two or three distinct groups forming debate is a hexagonal shape
:54:07. > :54:14.that they swim. They only exit the water once, sometimes we see them
:54:14. > :54:19.getting out and diving in again, but just one died today. That clean
:54:19. > :54:22.start really important, because if they do jump at the start, they
:54:22. > :54:25.incur a 15 second penalty, which they have to take on the bike
:54:25. > :54:32.transition, which could mean the difference between making the front
:54:32. > :54:38.back or the second pack. Wonderful backdrop. You can access that
:54:38. > :54:41.temple by the Bridge on the left- hand side of your screen. Aileen
:54:41. > :54:47.Morrison of the Republic of Ireland, just having a look ahead, seeing
:54:47. > :54:57.how far she is off the pace, not far, in fact. Laura Bennett and
:54:57. > :54:58.
:54:58. > :55:04.Alan Jenkins, the leaders. -- Helen Jenkins. This is a swim that the
:55:04. > :55:08.athletes will enjoy. There is no turn. Until 540 metres in the race,
:55:08. > :55:14.which gives everyone an opportunity to find their space in the water.
:55:14. > :55:23.They come to these orange Wiis, then there is a giant white
:55:23. > :55:33.inflatable. They will then head out on the northern stretch of this
:55:33. > :55:38.
:55:38. > :55:43.If you get too close, you need to avoid any contact. The swimming
:55:43. > :55:49.goggles to have -- protect the eyes, but they can get ripped off by
:55:49. > :55:53.careless fingers. That turned point, you saw how it got very congested,
:55:53. > :56:03.and there is always the danger of losing your goggles, losing your
:56:03. > :56:11.position in the water. Helen Jenkins is leading the way, the 27-
:56:12. > :56:21.year-old. The Welsh triathlete, from Bridgend. The Olympic course
:56:22. > :56:23.
:56:23. > :56:28.will be in Hyde Park. This, of course, was the venue for the
:56:28. > :56:33.Beijing Olympic triathlon in 2008, when Emma Snowsill of Australia
:56:33. > :56:37.took the gold, and Snowsill is within sight of the leaders here.
:56:37. > :56:44.Emma Moffatt is her team-mate, that is who we are watching in the green
:56:44. > :56:54.and gold, number seven. No. Four is Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand, a
:56:54. > :56:58.
:56:58. > :57:06.good runner. There has been contact between the two British triathletes.
:57:06. > :57:13.A little bit close to -- close for comfort. Helen is thinking, I'm
:57:13. > :57:17.going to try and make this a little bit easier on the home stretch.
:57:17. > :57:24.There was contacted there, she put her hand on her team-mate's
:57:24. > :57:29.shoulder, Jenkins will not thank her for that! That is a great shot,
:57:29. > :57:33.all the swimmers coming straight towards our camera. All still quite
:57:33. > :57:38.closely packed together, I'm surprised we have not seen a
:57:38. > :57:42.significant break. But we are heading towards the transition area,
:57:42. > :57:46.very short on the run up to the bikes, no time will be lost there,
:57:46. > :57:52.hopefully. We will see this a Olympic flows system we had in
:57:52. > :57:58.place, where the athletes to run up, get their bike, and one into the
:57:58. > :58:06.bike course. It is almost over, the first section of the triathlon. To
:58:06. > :58:11.be followed by a 40 to a motor bike, and in a four kilometre or run,
:58:11. > :58:17.which is a four laps. Who is going to be first out of the water? I
:58:17. > :58:24.think it is going to be carried Lang of Great Britain. Liz
:58:24. > :58:29.Blatchford is right up as well. We could see British triathlete first,
:58:29. > :58:39.second and third. Lang emerges first, followed by Blatchford.
:58:39. > :58:41.
:58:41. > :58:45.Helen Jenkins is third. Sarah Groff is 4th. Lisa Norden is 9th. Vicky
:58:45. > :58:50.Holland is right up there as well. An excellent start for the British
:58:50. > :58:57.team. Let's join Graham Bell in transition. A great swimmer from
:58:57. > :59:00.Helen Jenkins. All she needs to do it his stay on the podium in this
:59:00. > :59:08.race to secure Op a world championship, but if I know her, I
:59:08. > :59:15.can see her attacking to try and spit this large group. They begin
:59:15. > :59:20.this first lap of six out on the roads. Some are still picking up
:59:20. > :59:24.their bikes, getting in the saddle, ready for stage at two. This
:59:24. > :59:28.transition, so important. The reason being is that they go out
:59:28. > :59:35.150 metres, which is great for the athlete, but then they go straight
:59:35. > :59:41.into a hill. If you are not in the front pack, you can get dropped.
:59:41. > :59:47.You can see how well spread the field is already. Out in front,
:59:47. > :59:50.minor adjustments still being made, sunglasses are still going on. One
:59:50. > :59:55.or two triathlete, still fiddling with their feet to get them into
:59:55. > :00:00.their shoes. It is absolutely key to not let the leading group get
:00:00. > :00:10.away, because there are some very, very tough cyclists who will inject
:00:10. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:22.alongside Laura Bennett. We could see a great big group form here and
:00:22. > :00:29.less the leading dozen kick away. have an idea that Helen is really
:00:29. > :00:35.not going to hang around. She wants a nice little group of about 10, 15
:00:35. > :00:43.athletes. They are just approaching the first hill and this is a real
:00:43. > :00:50.opportunity for the front group to make a gap on the chasers. Downhill
:00:50. > :00:57.they go briefly. Helen glancing over, making sure no one is
:00:57. > :01:01.dangerously close to have. When people are scrapping for position,
:01:01. > :01:06.accidents can happen. Kate McIlroy from New Zealand is in second
:01:06. > :01:13.position. They head out onto the tarmac. They really exciting pace
:01:13. > :01:18.being set by Helen Jenkins at the front of the palate 10. We can see
:01:18. > :01:25.a handful of athletes behind but as I've said before, it will be quite
:01:25. > :01:31.hard for them to get back on. Nordin of Sweden is going through,
:01:31. > :01:37.recently returned from winning the big money race, the $150,000
:01:37. > :01:41.winner-takes-all triathlon in Idaho. Emma Jackson trying to get with the
:01:41. > :01:49.leaders and she still hasn't got her left foot into the issue won
:01:49. > :01:59.her left pedal. It took some time. -- into her left shoe on her left
:01:59. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:16.they are climbing steadily up through the forest. Jodie
:02:16. > :02:21.Stimpson... Paula Findlay has come a cropper! She is being comforted
:02:21. > :02:25.at the side of the course. The Canadian, such an exciting prospect,
:02:25. > :02:29.the winner of the Hyde Park triathlon last year in London, but
:02:29. > :02:34.she has fallen off her bike and we will keep our fingers crossed that
:02:34. > :02:38.no damage has been done. fortunately, she fell on her bike
:02:38. > :02:44.when she was out training with some of the Canadian juniors and she got
:02:44. > :02:49.knocked off. She did go into the race with a few problems. Also, her
:02:49. > :02:56.hip injury that she has been carrying for the last three months.
:02:56. > :03:02.Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands, minding her own business, keeping
:03:02. > :03:12.out of trouble, trying to keep with the pace. Felicity Abram of
:03:12. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:22.Australia, just ahead of her. Out Others taking it easy on the back
:03:22. > :03:27.of the chasing group. Interesting to watch how the small group is
:03:27. > :03:30.working together. They are working a lot more effectively. In a big
:03:30. > :03:39.group, the athletes don't communicate well and that is where
:03:39. > :03:43.they used time. -- lose time. is a very pleasant part of the
:03:43. > :03:48.People's Republic of China, far from the Olympic host city of
:03:48. > :03:55.Beijing. The climb is approaching. They will have to really work hard
:03:55. > :04:01.to negotiate this part of the course. On six different occasions.
:04:01. > :04:09.It is interesting to see, the athletes in the second pack, the
:04:09. > :04:14.likes of Emma Moffatt, Snowsill, Riveros Diaz. Quite disappointing
:04:14. > :04:19.for them. Likewise, big girls in the front of thinking, we have all
:04:19. > :04:25.the great runners in the second pack. It is 40 kilometre ats in the
:04:25. > :04:35.saddle and then at 10 kilometre run. Jodie Stimpson having a chat to one
:04:35. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:47.McIlroy it is thinking about her team-mate, Andrea Hewitt, and
:04:47. > :04:50.putting in some extra work. She is in the best position she has been
:04:50. > :05:00.in all season and she knows she meets ATOC 10 here to qualify for
:05:00. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:08.the Olympics. -- she knows that she needs a top 10 here. Andrea Hewitt
:05:08. > :05:15.is out of the saddle. I count a group of 13 it bunched together.
:05:15. > :05:19.Helen Jenkins, wearing No. 1 on the right of your screen, bidding to
:05:19. > :05:24.become the world champion in Beijing today. She needs to finish
:05:24. > :05:30.on the podium if she is to do that. They are approaching transition.
:05:30. > :05:34.They need to make sure they don't go over the dismount line. In
:05:34. > :05:44.Lausanne, we saw a couple of athletes missed it in transition
:05:44. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:53.and incurred 15 seconds of the transition to get ready for that 10
:05:53. > :06:03.kilometre run, the final stage of the World Champions Series
:06:03. > :06:08.
:06:08. > :06:15.triathlon, the last event of the helmet goes into the box. She is on
:06:15. > :06:21.her way. Helen Jenkins, multi- tasking. She has to make sure it is
:06:21. > :06:24.up right otherwise she will be penalised and a way she goes. The
:06:25. > :06:29.front group on the bike exit pretty much as one for the 10 kilometre
:06:29. > :06:35.run. A bit of a sloppy transition from Helene, which is quite
:06:35. > :06:40.surprising. She is such an organised athlete. She has lost 40
:06:40. > :06:45.metres on Andrea Hewitt, looks to have come out in front with Laura
:06:45. > :06:51.Bennett. She has certainly got time to make up for that lost 20 or 30
:06:51. > :06:56.seconds. Three years ago, when the Olympic triathlon was held here,
:06:56. > :07:04.there was not a seat in the house. It was packed. Not quite so busy
:07:04. > :07:14.today but there are a few hundred triathlon fans watching. Transition
:07:14. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:28.is the focal point of the her way back to be field and is
:07:28. > :07:32.catching up with Andrea Hewitt. Laura Bennett is looking good and
:07:32. > :07:39.Lisa Nordin. A stubby transition but it looks like she is rectifying
:07:39. > :07:45.it. -- a sloppy transition. second group, has some good runners
:07:45. > :07:49.within this back. There certainly are. Emma Snowsill is capable of
:07:49. > :07:54.running two minutes faster than a lot of goals in the pack, which
:07:54. > :07:59.means she has no chance of catching some of the flower girls in the
:07:59. > :08:09.front pack but she has her work cut out for her -- some of the this
:08:09. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:24.Lowe Belz. Emma Jackson, a rising on the leading group are left a
:08:24. > :08:34.couple of minutes ago. Barbara Rivero de as his third in the
:08:34. > :08:45.
:08:45. > :08:54.rankings but is not having her best over 10 kilometres. They have four
:08:54. > :08:59.laps to run, 2.37 kilometre up loops, and an extra 500 metres. The
:08:59. > :09:05.chasing pack is led by Emma Jackson trying to close the gap but the
:09:05. > :09:10.leaders are a long way off. I can't even see them! Andrea Hewitt is
:09:10. > :09:15.setting the pace. Laura Bennett on her shoulder. Then Helen Jenkins,
:09:15. > :09:20.running downhill. There is a technique to running downhill. It
:09:20. > :09:27.is easy to make up or lose time. You can lose time with that
:09:27. > :09:33.technique. Emma Jackson is looking very relaxed. She is a young
:09:33. > :09:40.Australian athlete and is one of their leading Australian senior
:09:40. > :09:50.athletes right now. A better runners are starting to him put
:09:50. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:02.some pace into this state of the mountains. It is a warm afternoon
:10:02. > :10:07.in China. We have seen Bennett do this on a couple of occasions this
:10:07. > :10:13.year. She goes out very hard and then fades. She is very experienced,
:10:13. > :10:17.she knows what she is doing, but I was be surprised to see her at the
:10:17. > :10:26.end of the race. The Olympic champion has incurred at 15 second
:10:26. > :10:36.penalty, Emma Snowsill. She can take it on any particular lap she
:10:36. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:43.did wrong. The bike helmet has to go in the box and she hung it on
:10:43. > :10:53.the handlebars. A basic things but it has cost her the chance of
:10:53. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:04.with Andrea Hewitt hot on her heels. If Helen sat behind, did not do all
:11:04. > :11:09.of the work, a bit like on the bike, but I think she is looking happy in
:11:09. > :11:19.front, happy to do the work for the time being. And now she can see the
:11:19. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:33.time difference between her and the in front. Can be Kiwi stay with
:11:33. > :11:39.Helen Jenkins? She has certainly got the strength. I would say that
:11:39. > :11:49.cue it is the better sprinter. Helen is the stronger runner. -- I
:11:49. > :11:52.
:11:52. > :11:57.success this year and is bidding to become the world championship
:11:57. > :12:01.series gold medallist for 2011. All she have to do is finish in the top
:12:01. > :12:06.three but she wants to finish with another victory. Andrea Hewitt is
:12:06. > :12:12.on her shoulder, the 29-year-old from New Zealand probably having
:12:12. > :12:18.the best performance of her season so far. She has not run a race
:12:18. > :12:22.since Madrid in 2009. -- she has not won a race. She is looking the
:12:22. > :12:27.strongest I have seen her all the year. Helen Jenkins of Great
:12:27. > :12:36.Britain in first position. Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand trying to
:12:36. > :12:42.stay with her. Alice Betto, having the race of her life. That was down
:12:42. > :12:52.to the great work that these girls have done, working so hard in
:12:52. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:10.creating the huge gap on the bike keep Andrea Hewitt where she is.
:13:10. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:18.Nicola Spirig going through, the Smiths triathlete. -- this was true
:13:18. > :13:24.athlete. Morrison of Ireland is within that the leaders as well.
:13:24. > :13:28.Jenkins looks really relaxed. relaxed but Andrea Hewitt is
:13:28. > :13:34.sitting on her heels and she is just getting a bit of extra rest.
:13:34. > :13:41.If I was Helen I would be thinking, take your turn, Andrea, how tired
:13:41. > :13:46.are you? I want to see the expression on your face. This can
:13:46. > :13:56.write gives us a good idea of the gap to Laura Bennett in third --
:13:56. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:04.this camera. Snowsill still have to take her 15 second penalty. The
:14:04. > :14:09.yellow flag is raised. She knows it is still to come. As the lead pack
:14:09. > :14:18.comes through, it is looking pretty good. Alistair, how do you see it
:14:18. > :14:22.going? I think this race has got Helene's name all over it. She is
:14:22. > :14:28.away from the other stronger runners as well. The other girls
:14:28. > :14:33.will be working harder which will play into her hands. It is perfect
:14:33. > :14:38.racing conditions today. Probably 20 degrees and it is dry,
:14:38. > :14:48.absolutely perfect. The sun is not too strong. It is a shame it wasn't
:14:48. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:59.Alistair, the newly crowned champion, and his younger brother
:14:59. > :15:03.Jonny, the runner-up. What a weekend for them in Beijing. Back
:15:03. > :15:08.to Helen and Andrea, Helen is looking very, very relaxed. She
:15:08. > :15:14.hasn't tightened up yet in the shoulders. Still a lap to go, but
:15:14. > :15:18.looking very good at for the Brit and the overall series victory.
:15:18. > :15:23.British triathlon is in rude health at the moment, as they endeavour to
:15:23. > :15:27.make it a double. The women's title looks set to go the way at Helen
:15:27. > :15:33.Jenkins, and she's going to rapid up with a victory, or so she would
:15:33. > :15:38.hope. -- wrap it up. Is she going to try and kick away from the New
:15:38. > :15:45.Zealander? I would think with Hewitt's history in sprinting, to
:15:45. > :15:50.try and wind it up and see if she can drop her a little bit. Some
:15:50. > :15:56.interesting athletes in the chase group. Lisa Norden, who has been
:15:56. > :16:02.out injured, the best race of her year. Jenkins looks to have up to
:16:03. > :16:11.its likely, she is beginning to sense the final lap, and the
:16:11. > :16:17.finishing line. This is where the race is going on. Of the two,
:16:17. > :16:21.looking at them now, Jenkins looks by far the stronger. Signs of
:16:21. > :16:25.fatigue creeping into Hewitt's race. She has done well to stay with the
:16:25. > :16:30.world No. 1, but I think it will not be long until Jenkins leaves
:16:30. > :16:34.her behind. Very difficult with those glasses on to see any
:16:34. > :16:38.expression, to see the pain, they don't give a lot away, these
:16:38. > :16:48.athletes, with the glasses. But Jenkins is looking incredibly
:16:48. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:56.relaxed. One lap to go. There is the gap to those fighting it out
:16:56. > :17:01.for the third position, the last place on the podium. It is going to
:17:01. > :17:05.be somewhere around 25 seconds, the gap between the leading two and
:17:05. > :17:14.those battling for the third position. It is going to be an
:17:14. > :17:22.interesting battle, with Kate McIlroy, who has got a great sprint.
:17:22. > :17:29.Lisa Norden, coming through, 25 seconds behind the leaders now.
:17:29. > :17:36.Harrison, formerly of Great Britain, now of France. And Melanie Annaheim,
:17:36. > :17:40.this was the triathlete. -- of the Swiss triathlete. This is the best
:17:40. > :17:46.result she is going to have all year. Plenty of top 15 finishes,
:17:46. > :17:53.but not too many top 10, she denigrate position there. Coming
:17:53. > :17:57.around the hairpin and the flowers. The race reaches its climax. There
:17:57. > :18:05.is the Olympic champion, three years ago she was running for the
:18:05. > :18:11.gold medal. Snowsill is signalling that she wants to stop for her 15
:18:11. > :18:16.second count, here it comes down. It is along 15 seconds, this must
:18:16. > :18:21.feel like an eternity, and so difficult, because you really break
:18:21. > :18:28.your rhythm as well. Back at the front, Hewitt, where she has been
:18:28. > :18:34.almost the entire run so far. The camera operator and motorcycle for
:18:34. > :18:38.company. At this stage, Helen Jenkins can see how well spread the
:18:38. > :18:47.field has come with others still attempting to finish. They are deep
:18:47. > :18:52.into the final lap now. That actually looks like Vicky Holland
:18:52. > :18:57.up again -- up ahead, which is a great shame, she had a great season
:18:57. > :19:00.last year, but she has been injured, she has had the flu, all sorts of
:19:00. > :19:07.problems which have hindered her performance. It is sad to see her
:19:07. > :19:12.here being lapped by her fellow countrywoman. It is going to hurt
:19:12. > :19:17.and she is lapped by Helen Jenkins and Andrea Hewitt, but they are
:19:17. > :19:24.well on their way now, still no sign of a breakaway attempt by
:19:24. > :19:29.either of the leading pair. little bit of mind games going on
:19:29. > :19:35.right now, I think they have very little running left to do, I could
:19:35. > :19:42.not call it right now between these two. Still full of running, poor
:19:42. > :19:48.old Vicky Holland has to watch them go away. Annaheim, Bennett, Nordin,
:19:48. > :19:53.all still with their eyes on third position. Bennett, a lot of work to
:19:53. > :19:58.do yet, she has not yet qualified for the Olympics. Two Americans
:19:58. > :20:05.have. Andrea is starting to make a move, it is the first time that she
:20:05. > :20:09.has taken the lead, with just over 500 metres of running to go.
:20:10. > :20:16.Hewitt, seizing her opportunity, as they gallop downhill. Hewitt has
:20:16. > :20:22.taken it up, and she is taking this race to Helen Jenkins a of Great
:20:22. > :20:27.Britain dove and starting to put some daylight between her and Helen
:20:27. > :20:30.Jenkins. Has she gone too early? She might have done, but there is
:20:31. > :20:36.definitely daylight, and that is not a good thing, because there are
:20:36. > :20:42.signs that Henin is feeling it, she can't quite stay with her. -- Helen
:20:42. > :20:46.is feeling it. The crowd are starting to urge her and, Jenkins
:20:46. > :20:54.is responding to me she is closing the gap started. It is down to just
:20:54. > :21:01.a couple of metres now. They both want this victory so much. Hewitt
:21:01. > :21:06.has been such a long time since she has been number one in a world
:21:06. > :21:11.championship series lace. There is serious daylight now but with a two
:21:11. > :21:17.of them. Hewitt has got another gear, she is just starting to use
:21:17. > :21:22.it. The pain it is aged all over Andrea Hewitt's face. The gap is
:21:22. > :21:27.sick of the good now. Surely it is a winning margin for Andrea Hewitt
:21:27. > :21:32.of New Zealand. Helen Jenkins will take the world title, but she is
:21:32. > :21:36.not going to take the Grand Final victory today. But world champion
:21:36. > :21:40.again, for the second time in her career. She will settle for runner-
:21:40. > :21:47.up here. Hewitt has still got to finish this race, but her timing
:21:47. > :21:51.has been exquisite. Now there is a significant gap between Andrea
:21:51. > :21:58.Hewitt in first position and Helen Jenkins in second. Jenkins will not
:21:58. > :22:03.mind, she will settle for second, that is good enough to take her to
:22:03. > :22:08.the world championship series for 2011. Both athletes will be warmly
:22:08. > :22:12.welcomed on this run-in to the finish line. Stewart is gritting
:22:12. > :22:17.her teeth, determined to finish with a win. Jenkins again tries to
:22:17. > :22:24.close the gap, but there is nothing left in the tank, and it will be
:22:24. > :22:31.Hewitt's victory in Beijing in 2011. Just coming up to one hour and 58
:22:31. > :22:37.minutes, I doubt a performance from Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand. -- a
:22:37. > :22:41.gutsy performance. She managed to hold back until the timing was just
:22:41. > :22:48.right, and then she struck for home. She can now look over and see that
:22:48. > :22:53.Jenkins is nowhere to be seen. And Andrea Hewitt eases off to cross
:22:53. > :23:02.the line, and win the final world championship series triathlon of
:23:02. > :23:06.2011. Helen Jenkins his second today, but is the world No. 1. She
:23:06. > :23:12.is the champion of the world. She has confirmed that success here,
:23:12. > :23:18.despite having been beaten by Andrea Hewitt. That is exactly the
:23:18. > :23:25.same time that gave Emma Snowsill the gold medal here in the Olympics
:23:25. > :23:31.at three years ago. Third place goes to Melanie Annaheim of the US,
:23:31. > :23:40.31 seconds off the pace, with Lisa Norden taking 4th. Laura Bennett in
:23:40. > :23:48.5th to the US. Kate McIlroy of New Zealand is six, with Jessica
:23:48. > :23:51.Harrison a France taking 7th position. -- of France.
:23:51. > :23:56.Blatchford, taking eight for position, what an outstanding race,
:23:56. > :24:04.she has had a horrible year with injuries. What a fantastic result.
:24:04. > :24:14.The Olympics selectors will look very favourably on that result For.
:24:14. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:41.-- for her. Confirmation of the Andrea, congratulations, it has
:24:41. > :24:47.been a while since you lifted that tape in Madrid, 2009. Yes, Madrid,
:24:47. > :24:52.and last year I was so close to getting on the podium for the world
:24:52. > :24:58.champions Series, but this makes up for everything. What was better,
:24:58. > :25:06.getting seconds or winning today? Winning today! You were following
:25:06. > :25:10.Helen the hold way, -- hallway, where you putting your move?
:25:10. > :25:14.soon as she passed me, I hung on to her, I knew I had a little bit more
:25:14. > :25:19.energy for the last part, so I went for it as soon as I came into the
:25:19. > :25:24.stadium. You are world champion again. I know, it was such a tough
:25:24. > :25:29.day, I was so happy. It would have been awesome to take the win here,
:25:29. > :25:33.but I'm so pleased just to win the World Champs again. When you had
:25:33. > :25:37.her behind you, did you have a sneaking suspicion she was going to
:25:37. > :25:42.try and do that? I was hoping I would be able to pick it up on the
:25:42. > :25:46.last lap, because we had such a big gap to the grid behind us, I was
:25:46. > :25:51.thinking, keep it steady, but she had such a big kick, I couldn't
:25:51. > :25:55.hold on, my legs just went. It was a really tough day, the front group
:25:55. > :26:00.all worked really hard on the bike, I think it shows that if we all do
:26:00. > :26:07.commit on the bike, it can really work. It was a really tough race,
:26:07. > :26:12.and a lot of athletes were really struggling. I think because there
:26:12. > :26:17.is quite a big hill, and we really did work hard on the bike course,
:26:17. > :26:23.it really does show. If you have any weaknesses, you can see today,
:26:23. > :26:29.you end up at the back of the race. It has been a 2011 to remember for
:26:29. > :26:34.Helen Jenkins. The winner in Hyde Park, in the build-up to the 2012
:26:34. > :26:42.Olympic Games, and on the way, she has become the champion of the
:26:42. > :26:48.world in triathlon. What an amazing weekend of triathlon here from
:26:48. > :26:52.Beijing. We are pinching ourselves, because we now have two world
:26:52. > :26:57.champions, less than a year away from the London Olympics. It is a
:26:57. > :27:01.perfect set-up. They are going to have a small off period, down time,
:27:01. > :27:05.and then come back to training, if they can remain injury-free and
:27:05. > :27:09.focused, that elusive Olympic medal could come home. It is not just
:27:09. > :27:15.about Alistair and Helen, we have amazing strength in depth.
:27:15. > :27:18.Absolutely, Matt Sharp, Jonny is backing Alistair up in the men's
:27:18. > :27:21.race, getting the bronze medal, it is a team effort, and there are a
:27:22. > :27:26.lot of people behind the scenes pulling this team together. We