22/07/2013 Triathlon: World Series


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stops on the World Triathlon Series calendar, the German city of

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Hamburg, with the reputation or having the largest and loudest

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crowds. This is the oldest triathlon in the WTS calendar. Last year, they

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turned it into our fast and furious sprint race. The shorter distances

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back and Hamburg is also hosting the Mixed Relay World Championships. And

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this weekend will be the first time the Brownlee Brothers go head to

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course looks like this. Off a pontoon in the Alster artificial

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lake, the athletes must dive in and complete a 750 metre swim. The bike

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section takes place on the main shopping streets. It consists of

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four 5km laps on a technically demanding course that includes eight

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sharp turns. Once the bike has been completed and transition two

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negotiated, the athletes will finally run two 2.5km laps on a flat

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course around the lake, finishing at the entrance to Hamburg City Hall.

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The amateurs are racing at the moment and the crowds have been

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roaring them on. One person to expect the most support is home

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favourite and current leader Annie Hogg -- Anne Haug. I grew up in a

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teachers family, so I got lots of sport from early on, trying every

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kind of sport, then deciding on the triathlon at the age of 20. But I

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could not swim, so I had to train first. I then it was -- I then

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decided to do the triathlon, nearly got third, and I stayed in the

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sport, and I am really happy with that. The last World Series race of

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2012 goes the way of Germany's Anne Haug. You won your first race at the

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end of last year in the Grand Final, and now you are World Series

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leader, and people are ready speaking about you being one of the

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favourites to take over from the current world champion and take that

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title? Are you feeling that expectation? I'll macro from zero to

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100 last year, it was quite amazing. I have to get used to the pressure

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and staff, but tried to keep it away from me, not put too much pressure

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on myself. I race to win, obviously, but if you can win the title or not,

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I just try to give my best every time, and I would be glad for a

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medal. I did not have a really good race, playing the safeguard, because

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of expectations and not willing to risk anything, but you cannot win

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without risking. Now I have the races that count for this series,

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and I can risk a little more, and get back into fighting mode and

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fighting to win. I do not want to be frightened of disappointing anyone.

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Quite a rivalry developing between you and Jodie Stimpson, in second

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place, winning in Kitzbuhel, of course. What is it like training

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together? Can you beat friends and rivals? I think it is possible. We

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benefit each other in training, she is an great athlete, and we can

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learn from each other, pushing each other to our limits, maybe the

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reason why we are in front. After the race, we are friends again full

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is top what kind of race are you expecting here?

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It is just a sprint, and it will be hard, but I will fight for the end,

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and hope the gap is not too big and I can close it. I expect a fast one.

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It is always special to race in Handsworth. It is amazing since I

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started. -- in Hamburg. The crowd pushes you. Sometimes you forget you

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are in pain. We look forward to seeing how that

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rivalry plays out here in Hamburg. After five of the eight World Series

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races, it is all looking pretty tight at the top of the women's

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rankings. Anne Haug returned to number one after have a place in

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Kitzbuhel. Jodie Stimpson's win saw her go into second. The Austrian

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mountain course was a one off, but Jodie Stimpson wants to prove her

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win will not be. It was such a fantastic feeling. I really want to

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try and get another win. But they are so hard to come by. With that

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great women on the start line, it will be our fast race. I would love

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to get on top of the podium again, but who knows? Great Britain's Non

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Stanford has moved up to fourth, even though struggling on the

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Kitzbuheler Horn, finishing 16th. The flat course in Germany should

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suit her better. Tens of thousands of spectators have lined the streets

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ready to see these elite women in action. I shall hand you over to

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commentators Matt Chilton and Steve Trew.

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We start right in front of the Rathaus, and here is the start

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representatives. That includes Michael Wright, who is in ninth. --

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includes McIlroy. We have 68 in total scheduled to race. And we are

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Eddie for Brown says -- and we are ready for round six. In front of a

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massive crowd. A beautiful day, a little breeze, warm water. And the

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elite women are lined up ready to dive into the water, to get this

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race underway. A spectacular start, beautiful weather. In the past, it

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has been bitterly cold and wet here in Hamburg, but it is going to be

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fine all weekend and a really fast and UDS start. The shorter distance,

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just 750 metres, before exiting at a different point to begin the 20 acre

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longer-term hike, grinding off with attends llamas are run. -- the 10K

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run. Gwen Jorgensen doing well, but not managing completely. I do not

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know what happened, very tight on the start. Just trying to watch go

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out there with Non Stanford, who made a huge coming out. She is

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absolutely pushing it. 15 swimmers out in front, including the eye

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right leader, who is having a lovely time. She will have no one for

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company. Just a slight kink to the right here. And keeping clear of the

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kayak, which is the offer guidance. Now getting more tasty at the back

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of the field. I am not sure that kayak should be positioned there,

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not helping anyone, that is a hard surface, they are bumping into it.

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They should be able to get up to the soft and turning very, and I do not

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know what was in mind of the partner there. I am very surprised at that.

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The Leeds swimmers could look up to site to get round easily, but this

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huge and shut the back at a huge disadvantage. The partner went on

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the wrong side. Not a good start. And what was that person doing in

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that kayak? They should not have been in the thick of the field. No

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wonder some were pushing them out of the way. I am sure he got some abuse

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as they went around. What a nonsense. And here is the start

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again. Always a spectacular view from the helicopter shot. The crowd

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is here in force, able to cool off by dipping feet and ankles into the

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water. And watching the swimmers coming to the end of this first leg

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of the WTS sprint event in Hamburg. And the leader looking up to see

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what is coming ahead. That is her position in transition as her bike

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awaits. That early lead closing down now. It looks quite difficult

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conditions on the swimmers, coming into this long stretch. Going

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underneath the bridge and into the finish and, with the wind really

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hitting into the swimmers. You can see the destruction on the surface,

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and that long lead has closed, and it will be interesting to see what

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Jodie Stimpson and Non Stanford of Great Britain are. Stanford was

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excited going into this, saying she learned a lot about herself a couple

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of weeks ago in Kitzbuhel, and interesting to see where she will go

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on this different, very flat race. And coming up to the exit, just in

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front of the Hamburg City Hall. The leader just coming out into the

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light at the far side of the bridge. Some of them are still entering that

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dark area. Just going under that bridge. And not -- and number 35

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from Spain, coming up on the leader, shoulder to shoulder. It looks like

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a working group now. They are moving away from the main body of the

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swimmers. Shall we have any British athletes in this leads six? A

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technical course of four coulomb tours, with seven turns on each, but

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it could be interesting to have that mean cushion. -- four kilometres.

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What an actors -- atmosphere. We have not seen crowds like this since

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Hyde Park last August. 67 exiting the swim, after a 9.5 minutes. A

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little break of about seven or eight seconds before the next group. Jodie

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Stimpson comes out in 10th. We are still looking out for Non Stanford.

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She is through now, in 19th. They give Holland is coming out on 27th

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positions, all the British competitors within the top 30. --

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Vicky Holland. This transition, a long run through, will be vitally

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important, as that gap of six or seven seconds, cannot be closed?

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Anne Haug is a bit down on the swim, and will have to work so hard to put

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herself in a medal winning position. We join the leaders out on the roads

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of Hamburg now, beginning the first of their 54 kilometre laps. Dick

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swimmers coming out together. -- five km laps.

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They are looking around, you can see what's being exchanged, and not too

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many seconds behind with the chase group. Anne Haug is just a little

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work to do to close right up to the leaders. She has company. And these

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team-mates already exchanging words, discussing tactics for the

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next two kilometres on two wheels. Anne Haug has been taken back, by

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workers and helpers, into that main pack. She is sitting behind now,

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taking as much drafting as she possibly can. And the Australian

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taking it up at this stage. Pushing hard, number 27, and she is joined

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by number 15 and number 14. It will not be long before this front group

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of about eight or nine grows significantly as the chasers come

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together. You can see how narrow some of these streets are, really

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putting them through their paces here, no massive group able to form

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wide across the road, because the width is just four metres in places.

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have Non Stanford in that lead group lead group as well. Again, you have

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to say what a great job the pacemaker has done for her. Look how

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many are with her. They include Non Stanford, officially in 17th

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position. Right up there in the thick of the action and Jodie

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Stimpson and Vicky Holland is there as well. We have three of the four

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British contestants in the lead group. Vanessa Raw is only six

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seconds back with a chance to close the gap. Jodie Stimpson's turn.

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She's happy to share the workload. This front group now numbers 20 or

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more. Possibly even approaching 30 in this front group. The longest

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straight section on this bike is just around one kilometre. Everybody

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will be looking to try to move as far to the front as they can. On the

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turns, that is when accidents are likely to occur. It is a question of

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staying as near to the front as possible, but not doing all the work

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front of the field. The two Germans have cruised through to lead the

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Hamburg WTS Sprint. Bazlen has guided Anne Haug, currently number

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one in the world standings, right to the front of the field. Now, the

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German supporters are lining the roads of Hamburg. They are

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acknowledging the fact that they have chances. They have positions

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one and two as they approach the end of the second lap on the bike.

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Bazlen and Haug. Good work so far from the German pair. Very good

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tactically. Are we going to see a maintenance of that with Anne Haug

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They are becoming ones and twos through this very narrow course.

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Into transition at the end of the second lap. Bazlen and Haug lead the

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way for Germany. Non Stanford in fifth with Jodie Stimpson two back.

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All these riders in contention. You have to think that with her running

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skills, Non Stanford is very well Holland in 23rd position there for

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are deep into the third of four laps in this women's sprint. Simic is

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keen to open the throttle a little further. They get to the more tricky

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section of the bike laps presently and the pace will slow, almost to a

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snail's pace, as they come round some of these hairpins in the old

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part of the city. I don't think Sarah Groff has been too far off the

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lead of this bike section right from the swim. Jodie Stimpson bridging

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that ten-second gap very quickly. She's managed to establish herself

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at the front. Going around the corner, people squeezing in and then

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it comes out into the single line again. Yeah. In the middle of that

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front group, one or two close calls as they came through that left

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handed hairpin. Wheels a little this race. She's taken it up again

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to put the Germans in first and second position. They have obviously

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got some team tactics working here. The chase group coming to this

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left-handed hairpin. Last time we got a check on the clock, they had a

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41-second deficit. That group does include Gwen Jorgensen from the

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United States of America. motorcycle camera speeds from the

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last to first within the chase group. The chase group currently led

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by Gwen Jorgensen. Twice a winner third position in this chase pack.

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Jodie Stimpson is tucked in behind. Ashleigh Gentle is also there. They

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complete lap three of five. Non Stanford officially ninth at that

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the spotlight. She will be reeled in Brazilian, Oliveira, and the main

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lead group. Plenty in there, tucked away, keeping out of trouble, not

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doing any work at the front of the field, conserving energy. On a hot

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day, that's probably not such a bad tactic. I think Pamela has gone from

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the front to see if she can tempt six-second gap just by making that

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attack. If people are reluctant to chase, and she can get out of sight,

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she be in a commanding situation. As we say that, there seems to be more

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effort now to try to close the gap with her to bring her back into the

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lead pack rather than in front of others, returning towards the front

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of the field and it's Bazlen leading Haug, Haug takes it up. Ever present

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is Jodie Stimpson and with four is Non Stanford. Razarenova is looking

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for a spare wheel - no, she is saying she is done, her race is run.

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This is shaping up to be a pulsating finish in round six of the World

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Triathlon Series for 2013. Bazlen is first. The same time as Haug.

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Stimpson and Stanford the same time to round off this sprint distance

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event here in Hamburg. Bazlen's running is OK. Whether or not she

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will be able to keep with Stimpson and Stanford and Haug remains to be

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seen. There are one or two Australians who might fancy their

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chances as well. Lots in contention. No real opportunity to be making any

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ground on the narrow section, so the early preparation work done there.

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Even very, very early to be unclipping the shoes, just making

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sure the tyre tyres - already, we can see the feet on top of the

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shoes, still clipped into the pedals. -- sure the tyres - already,

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we can see the feet on top of the shoes, still clipped into the

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plenty in contention. They head for the bike stands for the final time.

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There's a bit of a problem here for Anne Haug. She didn't make the

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quickest entry and exit to transition. She is OK. Away that go.

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It's a five kilometre run to complete this sprint distance. Two

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British athletes, Non Stanford and Jodie Stimpson, in company with Anne

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Haug of Germany, who leads the WTS standings for 2013. They have all

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tasted success this season. And now nervous moments for the German crowd

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as they watch Haug do battle with Stanford and Stimpson in the early

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stages of this five kilometre run. Beginning to open that gap in the

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early stages of the run, perhaps ten seconds already, and you wonder is

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it possible that Non Stanford has misjudged and gone out too fast? I

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don't think so. Jodie Stimpson, with lots of experience now, as indeed

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does Haug, content to let Non Stanford lead it through just to sit

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behind and see how the race develops. We know Non Stanford has a

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sprint finish. She demonstrated that in the San Diego race when she was

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involved with a battle for second place with Emma Moffatt, which she

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Stimpson is fresh off the back of a win, she is full of confidence

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following her triumph in the Austrian Alps. Haug is the home town

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hero at the age of 30. She must be approaching the end of her top-level

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career. She past the water bottle over to Stimpson there. That was a

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good move from Anne Haug. Stimpson might have missed her own feed so

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decided to share Anne Haug's water. We saw Non Stanford just miss her

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first water bottle and was able to get the second one. I think that is

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fantastic, to do that, two of the greatest athletes in the triathlon

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world, making sure that neither one is at a disadvantage. Jorgensen

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tries to claw her bah way back into contention. -- claw her way back

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into contention. Her run is supreme in the right conditions. Surely it

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is too much to ask that Jorgensen can get into contention again today.

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She is giving it a good go. The announcer getting the crowd to chant

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Anne Haug's name. Gentle and Hewitt in fourth and fifth as they hit the

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end of lap one. Stanford, Stimpson and Haug, followed by Hewitt and

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Gentle. 2.5 kilometres to go in this WTS sprint distance in Hamburg.

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Setting up for a grandstand finish will just tuck in and turn three

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into four. We have a leading quartet now. Hewitt fancies her chances.

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Hewitt, Haug, Stanford and Stimpson. They form the front group with

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around two kilometres to race here in Hamburg. All eyes locally on Anne

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Haug in the middle of the pack. She looks pretty comfortable. We know

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all about Non Stanford's sprinting prowess. Hewitt's a great runner.

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Stimpson has proved herself at the highest level already this season

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with that victory in Kitzbuehel and the third place in Japan and Madrid.

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Fifth in San Diego as well. A stunning season for Stimpson and

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Stanford. A big performance by Ashleigh Gentle, who has managed to

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claw her way back on to this lead group, making it five now. They seem

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to have gone away from Emma Jackson. In fact, they have gone away from

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Emma Jackson. She did look to be closing. We now have that three,

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that became four, and has now become five. Five chasing three places on

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the podium. The sprint title for 2013 upper grabs, two British, a

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German, kiwi and an Australian. Five abreast, look at that. Fantastic

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racing here. And they are down to the last 1800, coming down to a 1500

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metre foot race to decide it today. Ashleigh Gentle comes through.

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Letting the others now she is not to be taken lightly in this situation.

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Number two is Stimpson, Stanford is finish? Or perhaps Haug making her

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move, perhaps 1000 metres out? You have to think Non Stanford would be

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favoured if it comes down to a sprint. Perhaps we might see Anne

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Haug looking to make her mark 800 metres out. So the noise levels have

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just dropped off slightly as they are on the extreme far reaches of

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the Rhine course? -- of the wrong course. We'll Anne Haug Winford

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Germany? Stanford, Stenson, Hewitt and Gentle all going to be fighting

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have every step of the way. There is an injection of pace at the front

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from Haug, just a little kick from the German, but the two British

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triathletes went with her. Possibly a step too far for Hewitt, who

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appears to be going backwards. Gentle struggling to stay with them.

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Jodie Stimpson had moved to the left, able to see any changes in

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speed whatsoever. As soon as Anne Haug went for that, Stimpson was on

:32:07.:32:17.
:32:17.:32:22.

her shoulders, also making sure that Stanford is also in with a chance.

:32:22.:32:32.
:32:32.:32:34.

Haug objects and other bit of pace. Now, she is going for victory in

:32:34.:32:41.

Hamburg. It looks like it is a good break from Anne Haug. Stimpson and

:32:41.:32:51.
:32:51.:32:51.

Stanford struggling to match the German's pace. When she went away,

:32:51.:32:58.

Stanford first to react, Stimpson a little slower. Will this bring have

:32:58.:33:02.

a home win in Hamburg? It looks like it might be decisive from Anne

:33:02.:33:10.

Haug. A brave effort from Haug to do that so early. Can she maintain

:33:10.:33:16.

that? We know she is a strength runner. That looks to be happening.

:33:16.:33:20.

I commend this performance. Looks like less than 800 metres to go and

:33:20.:33:25.

I cannot read that gap being closed by the two British athletes.

:33:25.:33:33.

looks like Stanford and Stimpson will fight it out for second as Anne

:33:33.:33:37.

Haug's timing is perfect this afternoon. Full of running still,

:33:37.:33:45.

the noise levels rising, the result they wanted to see. As Anne Haug,

:33:45.:33:49.

the World Triathlon Series leader for 2013, has left the British duo

:33:49.:33:58.

behind her. Haug takes the applause, heading towards the finish for

:33:58.:34:03.

transition for the final time. What a burst of speed, keeping plenty in

:34:03.:34:09.

reserve, tactically superb, aided by Bazlen's excellent work on the

:34:09.:34:15.

bike. She was able to drafting behind, take it easy, and look at

:34:15.:34:23.

her running up to the finish. Plenty more to give. Stanford and Stimpson

:34:23.:34:28.

still battling for second, but it looks like Haug's victory in Hamburg

:34:28.:34:36.

this afternoon. Anne Haug of Germany within sight of her second victory

:34:36.:34:42.

of the year. She won in Auckland at the opener. This is then, I classed

:34:42.:34:52.

in Madrid by Stanford and in San Diego by Jorgensen and Stanford. Now

:34:52.:34:58.

she knows victory is ours for the taking. And it is the blue carpet.

:34:58.:35:05.

Anne Haug soaking it all up here in Hamburg, the 30-year-old from Munich

:35:05.:35:10.

coming in with a classy finish to win the WTS sprint title for 2013.

:35:10.:35:19.

Anne Haug wins in a time of 57 minutes and 21 seconds. Stanford's

:35:19.:35:25.

Sprint keep seven second, Stimpson the winner in Kitzbuhel finishes in

:35:26.:35:35.
:35:36.:35:36.

third. Andrea Hewitt in fourth, Ashleigh Gentle instead. The Germans

:35:36.:35:46.
:35:46.:35:46.

wanted to see victory in Hamburg or Haug. -- for Haug. And she really

:35:46.:35:51.

had to work for it. She judged that run to absolute perfection.

:35:51.:36:01.
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An unforgettable home victory in overall standings for 2013.

:36:27.:36:31.

Huge congratulations. How does it feel to have won a race on home soil

:36:31.:36:41.
:36:41.:36:42.

believe it. You torture yourself to the limit and to be in the middle of

:36:42.:36:47.

the podium is a dream come true and amazing. There were three of you

:36:47.:36:52.

girls so tight on the run, we wondered who would kick burst, then

:36:52.:36:56.

about 800 metres to go, I huge burst of energy from you. We did that come

:36:57.:37:04.

from? I felt very good on the run, and planned to attack on the hill

:37:04.:37:07.

with one kilometre from the finish line, then decided now or never, and

:37:07.:37:14.

Winford Gold and I did it. Representing Great Britain, Non

:37:14.:37:21.

Stanford. Congratulations, silver in Hamburg. How are you feeling?

:37:21.:37:28.

Absolutely delighted. I got my hand stuck at one point, working really

:37:28.:37:32.

hard to get back into the bike group, trying to make the run hard

:37:32.:37:39.

from the start, but when Anne Haug went, she had some speed. What was

:37:39.:37:43.

going on at the beginning of that run? The dot in the first lap, that

:37:43.:37:51.

was the podium, then Andrea Hewitt came up from behind. It was crazy. I

:37:51.:37:54.

think I must have slowed down quite a lot and let them back into the

:37:54.:37:59.

race. But it was a good race, exciting, I did not know what would

:37:59.:38:05.

happen. To share the podium again with Jodie Stimpson is fantastic.

:38:05.:38:12.

Once you stole Anne Haug kick on, was it just about second, then?

:38:12.:38:16.

dug in and I am pleased with second. Well done, another podium,

:38:16.:38:24.

congratulations. Thank you. How does it feel to back your win at

:38:24.:38:31.

in Kitzbuhel? Fantastic. It was fast, or in from the word go, and

:38:31.:38:37.

great to finish on the podium. were the crowds like? It was

:38:37.:38:44.

awesome, but everyone was shouting for Anne Haug.

:38:44.:38:49.

What a race, with two British women on the podium again and Anne Haug

:38:49.:38:54.

making sure no one else won on her home turf. Coming up, the Brownlee

:38:54.:38:59.

brothers lead in the men's sprint rates, then extended highlights of

:38:59.:39:05.

the Mixed Relay World Championships. Now it is finally here, after it

:39:05.:39:09.

injury, illness, late withdrawals, the battle we have all been waiting

:39:09.:39:15.

for. All three male Olympic medallists on the start line for the

:39:15.:39:21.

first time since London 2012. Prepare yourself for Brownlee

:39:21.:39:29.

against Gomez against Brownlee. Started off very well in Auckland. I

:39:29.:39:35.

won the first race of this year. Unfortunately, I had an ankle

:39:35.:39:41.

injury, so I had to miss the first race. By season started in San

:39:41.:39:47.

Diego. That went great for me. I1-macro. The first three or four

:39:47.:39:52.

days in San Diego, I did not feel good. That did not make me very

:39:52.:40:02.
:40:02.:40:03.

happy. Then my first race of the year, I won that one. Jonny was very

:40:03.:40:09.

strong, and I was very happy with winning that race. In Madrid, that

:40:09.:40:15.

was a few weeks later, again I was first. I planned to raise in

:40:16.:40:22.

Madrid, but I was just not right and had to pull out of Madrid. I knew I

:40:22.:40:30.

was tight for running fast and would not beat Jonathan. But it was good.

:40:30.:40:35.

Kitzbuhel was new and exciting, uphill was different. I was feeling

:40:35.:40:40.

very excited for the first time, but got ill 24 hours before the race,

:40:40.:40:48.

could not get out of -- had to pull out and I was gifted. Kitzbuhel gave

:40:48.:40:52.

me the chance to race without being fit running wise. It was all decided

:40:53.:40:58.

on the bike, and it was decided then. Unfortunately, I crashed five

:40:58.:41:08.

days before the race. Nothing too serious, but hurt a lot of kin. --

:41:08.:41:16.

skin. But no Hamburg. Not only the first

:41:16.:41:20.

time you are facing Alistair since London 2012, but the whole Olympic

:41:20.:41:28.

podium, you guys just missing each other this season? We have. Some bad

:41:28.:41:32.

luck as well, injuries, illnesses, but also last year, the Olympic

:41:32.:41:37.

year, took a lot out of everyone. When you aim for a something for so

:41:37.:41:42.

long, training so hard, the year after, it has to take something out

:41:42.:41:48.

of you. Having some bad luck, but last year was hard. It is true

:41:48.:41:54.

racers are different when the Brownlees racing. It will be fast

:41:54.:41:58.

from the beginning and they do not look back. The push as hard as they

:41:58.:42:04.

can on the bikes. We love to raise the best one in the world. With

:42:04.:42:12.

those two, it will be a fast race. I like running with massive margins, I

:42:12.:42:17.

am very competitive. The races I remembered are those that are

:42:17.:42:24.

hard-fought. I think, deep down, I appreciate strong competition.

:42:24.:42:29.

Alistair has an incredible record, being very good when he turns up.

:42:29.:42:34.

With the spring, the Brownlees out there, the course is very fast, lots

:42:34.:42:44.
:42:44.:42:56.

of crowds. If I was a betting man, I leader appears to be in a commanding

:42:56.:43:02.

position, but he has competed in all five races so far this year and

:43:02.:43:12.

peered to the Brownlees with two apiece. They cannot afford to miss

:43:12.:43:16.

any more races, making this weekend crucial.

:43:16.:43:20.

With nine of the top ten men in the world lining up here in Germany,

:43:20.:43:24.

this race should be another brother, now to hand you back to Matt Chilton

:43:24.:43:34.

and Steve Trew. There is Jonny Brownlee, he missed

:43:34.:43:38.

Kitzbuhel where his brother triumphed with a dominant display of

:43:38.:43:45.

uphill climbing. And there is Alistair. The Olympic champion. Both

:43:45.:43:50.

Brownlee brothers being warmly welcomed onto the start pontoon. And

:43:50.:44:00.
:44:00.:44:09.

to go. Javier Gomez closest to us, number one, coming up against both

:44:09.:44:19.
:44:19.:44:20.

Brownlee brothers here today. And in the goal for the sprint

:44:20.:44:26.

distance 750 metres in the relatively warm waters. Gomez has

:44:26.:44:33.

made a good start, easy to spot in the red suit. You can be sure that

:44:33.:44:37.

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will be hot on his heels, not letting him

:44:37.:44:44.

get too far away. Alistair fresh off the back of a win in Kitzbuhel,

:44:44.:44:50.

Jonathan winning the two previous rounds. Gomez won the opener in

:44:50.:44:59.

Auckland. It is the first time all three Olympic medallists have raced

:44:59.:45:03.

together so far this season. The first time Alistair and Jonathan

:45:03.:45:09.

Brownlee will do battle since the Olympic games in Hyde Park in August

:45:09.:45:19.
:45:19.:45:31.

fourth. That could well will be Richard Murray of South Africa.

:45:31.:45:34.

Richard Varga leads through. Looking to see the position of that safety

:45:34.:45:41.

canoe. The kayak was in the way for the women's swim. Thankfully, it's

:45:41.:45:45.

kept clear of danger this time. This is always a worrying time. There was

:45:45.:45:51.

a bit of ducking and diving there and a bit of afters as well between

:45:51.:45:58.

two swimmers. One got ducked, and then he returned the compliment.

:45:58.:46:07.

They need to be separated. That was Adam Bowden who took the brunt of

:46:07.:46:17.
:46:17.:46:19.

the punishment there. Richard Varga leading them through. He has one of

:46:19.:46:23.

the Brownlees behind him. Richard Murray won this triathlon 12 months

:46:23.:46:33.
:46:33.:46:36.

ago, a good all-rounder. 66 having a little go there is Max Schwetz of

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

Schwetz. I wonder if we are going to see a repeat of the situation we saw

:46:53.:46:57.

in the women's race earlier. Anne Haug has to be challenged in the

:46:57.:47:06.

swim, she had a pacemaker working for her. I wonder if that is the

:47:06.:47:13.

situation that Max Schwetz has put in. They disappear from view now

:47:13.:47:18.

under this wide road bridge which crosses the river. It brings them

:47:18.:47:26.

back into daylight in a moment. They will exit on to the main road before

:47:26.:47:32.

trotting into transition and picking Unionist their bikes for five

:47:32.:47:37.

four-kilometre laps around the streets of Hamburg. We kex pect an

:47:37.:47:44.

early front group of ten or 12 to form. They are back into daylight.

:47:44.:47:54.
:47:54.:47:54.

Varga is spotted by the crowd. The crowd are 15-deep in places. They

:47:54.:47:59.

have already tasted success today, the Germans, with victory for Anne

:47:59.:48:09.

Haug. They will all be keeping a close eye on the position of Jan

:48:09.:48:17.

Frodeno. We are sure that is Alistair Brownlee in third place.

:48:17.:48:21.

Johnny was a couple of positions down when we saw him. No reason to

:48:21.:48:26.

doubt he is not going to be up in the top ten coming out of the swim.

:48:26.:48:32.

We will see if the brothers will be working together. Lots of noise to

:48:32.:48:36.

greet the swimmers as they approach the end of stage one of this sprint

:48:36.:48:46.
:48:46.:48:50.

distance. Varga is on his feet and out of the water. Closely followed

:48:50.:48:55.

by Schoeman. Alistair, the first of the Brownlee brothers, Jonathan hot

:48:55.:49:00.

on his heels. The important names, as far as British triathlon is

:49:00.:49:05.

concerned, is Brownlee. They are coming in in third and fourth

:49:05.:49:13.

respectively. They will be in the thick of things as they head out of

:49:13.:49:23.
:49:23.:49:36.

transition on two wheels. We could have Adam Bowden, Aaron Harris

:49:36.:49:43.

taking part in this sprint distance this afternoon. This was Brownlee on

:49:43.:49:53.
:49:53.:50:02.

his way up the ramp, Alistair Frodeno yet. They are on the road,

:50:02.:50:09.

just getting their feet into the shoes. Schoeman looks over his

:50:09.:50:13.

shoulder and that white bike helmet worn by Alistair, with Jonathan in

:50:13.:50:21.

fifth position at this stage. So the bike course takes them away from the

:50:21.:50:31.
:50:31.:50:41.

including one very sharp out and back hairpin, a left-hander.

:50:41.:50:45.

strong possibility of a group getting away from here and certainly

:50:45.:50:49.

Jonny Brownlee has gone to the front, he's looked behind and said,

:50:49.:50:56.

"Come on, let's go for this!" Both the Brownlee boys love putting

:50:56.:51:03.

themselves on the line. Very, very aware that their running strengths

:51:03.:51:06.

are so good and we do seem to have a big effort on this group trying to

:51:06.:51:16.
:51:16.:51:27.

and the chasers. It's getting on for ten seconds, possibly more. And

:51:27.:51:32.

there's Frodeno, second of the chasing group. Frodeno therefore in

:51:32.:51:37.

13th position at this stage, the former Olympic Champion, in his

:51:37.:51:43.

farewell race. Schwetz behind Frodeno, so I wonder if we will see

:51:43.:51:53.
:51:53.:51:58.

him moving to the front to try and going in at the front. Schoeman is

:51:58.:52:08.
:52:08.:52:14.

having to work really hard to stay with Javier Gomez. The other one I

:52:14.:52:21.

spotted early on was Aaron Royle of Australia. He is in this group. That

:52:21.:52:26.

is the left-handed tight hairpin, which needs to be handled with care.

:52:26.:52:33.

Very, very close to going through the barrier. Perhaps an indication

:52:33.:52:36.

of how hard these cyclists are working at the front. Alistair and

:52:36.:52:46.
:52:46.:52:57.

Johnny, they have both talked about shortened slightly. We have gone

:52:57.:53:01.

down to nine. Two have been struggling to keep with the pace.

:53:01.:53:11.
:53:11.:53:16.

The Brownlee boys, we have also got Luis of France, Vincent Luis, who

:53:16.:53:22.

was a strong contender - he will be hoping he can keep with them. Fabian

:53:22.:53:30.

is in there, Ryan Sissons, Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico, Frodeno and

:53:30.:53:40.
:53:40.:54:02.

Varga to complete the front group -- penalty. He still managed to stand

:54:02.:54:12.
:54:12.:54:18.

still for 15 seconds. He still took the bronze medal. Gomez split them.

:54:18.:54:22.

Long shadows across the streets of Hamburg. A terrific shot from the

:54:22.:54:29.

helicopter. The brunt of the work is being taken by Alistair, Johnny and

:54:30.:54:34.

Javier Gomez. Our remaining six athletes, are they content to be

:54:34.:54:44.
:54:44.:54:56.

in there. And there is Frodeno. can't see it happening if we

:54:56.:55:04.

maintain the pace at the front here. Every time we see it, one of the

:55:04.:55:14.
:55:14.:55:28.

Brownlee, Gomez, Sissons, Fabian, Luis and Raphael. They have formed a

:55:28.:55:31.

breakaway group and they look unlikely to be caught. A British

:55:31.:55:36.

flag is being waved furiously. Slightly outnumbered today, the

:55:36.:55:41.

British supporters. They like what they have seen so far with two

:55:41.:55:46.

athletes already on the podium. We could have two more today with

:55:46.:55:55.

Jonathan and Alistair. The chasing group, with Mola doing much of the

:55:55.:56:05.
:56:05.:56:11.

work alongside Jan Frodeno. Tony Moulai. There's Mola. Second in the

:56:11.:56:21.
:56:21.:56:30.

seeing if the other brother is coming through. Now there's that

:56:30.:56:35.

encouragement - "Come on, guys, if you want to stay with us, you have

:56:35.:56:40.

to be prepared to work!" They don't hold back - they will be dishing

:56:40.:56:44.

their commands out. There are two who have just sat back and eased it

:56:44.:56:48.

up at the back of the leading group as we take a look at the chase

:56:48.:56:53.

group. They were 20-plus seconds behind at the end of lap two. We

:56:53.:56:57.

will get a check shortly on whether that has stretched or shrunk at the

:56:57.:57:03.

end of lap three. We saw the women's race earlier where Vicky Holland

:57:03.:57:12.

finished 19th on her comeback. Vicky is now alongside Sonali.

:57:12.:57:17.

How does it feel to be back racing? It is great to be back here. On a

:57:17.:57:20.

course like this, you can hear the atmosphere, you can see how many

:57:20.:57:25.

people come to watch it. It is great to be back. On a race like today, it

:57:25.:57:29.

shows you that you have to be at your best otherwise you won't be

:57:29.:57:34.

able to compete. The women's race was a thrill to watch. Two of your

:57:34.:57:38.

team-mates on the podium and Anne Haug, what a tactical race from her?

:57:38.:57:48.

Absolutely. The Germans employed a pacemaker tactic and they showcased

:57:48.:57:54.

how to do it today using Bazlen to drag Anne Haug around and then she

:57:54.:58:03.

flew off the front. Now, here they come! The men are around halfway

:58:03.:58:08.

through the bike course. You have raced on this course already today.

:58:08.:58:13.

What are you expecting from them? You know, I think these boys will

:58:13.:58:17.

not get caught. This course is tight and technical, very, very fast.

:58:17.:58:22.

There are a lot of turns towards the second half of the course. Those

:58:22.:58:26.

boys in a smaller group have the advantage when it comes technical.

:58:26.:58:31.

Here is the chase group. I don't think they will get caught now.

:58:31.:58:37.

are about 20-plus seconds down. About 20 seconds, yes. Thank you.No

:58:37.:58:47.
:58:47.:58:49.

problem. Aurelien Raphael, the Frenchman.

:58:49.:58:58.

Gomez with Luis, who has decided to have a little time at the front.

:58:58.:59:03.

Alistair can't resist it. He doesn't like the lack of pace. He decides to

:59:03.:59:07.

race. The speed of this bike leg, they are deep into lap four of five

:59:07.:59:13.

now. They are having to work so hard to stay there. It looked like Javier

:59:13.:59:22.

Gomez was wondering at the intensity of this. Schoeman is thinking, "Are

:59:22.:59:32.
:59:32.:59:45.

couple of bike lengths. With the chasers, we have the Brazilian with

:59:45.:59:50.

a mini break. That will not last long.

:59:50.:00:00.
:00:00.:00:11.

himself I've run by his compatriot -- out run by his compatriot,

:00:11.:00:16.

perhaps feeling he should get to the front and perhaps squeeze of one or

:00:16.:00:21.

two of the members of this lead group. After that last few seconds,

:00:21.:00:26.

when he was leading the group, he went back into third. Jonathan

:00:27.:00:34.

seemed to say something, shake his head, and Jonathan unimpressed with

:00:34.:00:44.
:00:44.:00:59.

Brownlee brothers Aaron a sensational position, first and

:00:59.:01:09.
:01:09.:01:21.

kilometres on two wheels and excellent work by this group of

:01:21.:01:27.

nine, but really only by Gomez and the Brownlee brothers and occasional

:01:27.:01:34.

output from Fabian and Royle. Heading under and passed the central

:01:34.:01:44.
:01:44.:01:45.

railway station. Ultimately, it will be offered raise between Javier

:01:45.:01:55.

Gomez and Alistair and has an Brownlee. -- will be a foot race. I

:01:55.:01:58.

repeat of the Olympic triathlon last August. But it is a shorter

:01:58.:02:06.

distance, just five kilometres to run, rather than the Olympic ten.

:02:06.:02:16.
:02:16.:02:19.

1800 metres left to ride. Luis of France into third position, wanting

:02:19.:02:29.
:02:29.:02:32.

a good position to get involved when they enter to park up the bikes.

:02:32.:02:37.

This really is so fast. If they are running anywhere near we have seen

:02:37.:02:43.

them do before, they will have a finishing time of around 50 minutes

:02:43.:02:46.

for this sprint distance event, really quite stunning. They are

:02:46.:02:52.

taking it to a new level, these guys. Can anybody go with the big

:02:52.:02:56.

three question mac nine in this group. We know the capabilities of

:02:56.:03:03.

the Brownlees and Gomez, what about the other sex? Now it is time to

:03:03.:03:13.
:03:13.:03:13.

think about arriving in transition. -- other six? Preparing for the

:03:13.:03:17.

arrival and this mind. Jonny Brownlee learned his lesson at the

:03:18.:03:25.

Olympics, with the penalty for at this might malfunction. There is

:03:25.:03:31.

Alistair's spot in the transition area. And it is Fabian, the Italian,

:03:31.:03:37.

sneaking alongside, to get himself a nudge towards his position in

:03:37.:03:44.

transition. Feet on the floor, Jonathan nice and early, everyone

:03:44.:03:49.

hitting it on the mark, and the nine leaders arriving together in

:03:49.:03:53.

transition. Whether they will leave together is a different matter.

:03:53.:03:57.

Alistair is there a fast, shoe is going on, Jonathan on the other side

:03:57.:04:02.

from his brother, helmet off, sunglasses in hand, but not

:04:02.:04:10.

bothering. And nine in, and nine out. Gomez kicking away to give

:04:10.:04:16.

himself an early advantage. I think we will see this absolutely flat out

:04:16.:04:26.
:04:26.:04:27.

from the first place. Frodeno comes in, the Swiss is there as well. And

:04:27.:04:36.

there goes the former Olympic champion, Frodeno out of transition

:04:36.:04:43.

with a lot of work to do. I confront, it is the Brownlees and

:04:43.:04:49.

Schoeman and Gomez. The other five at the moment not keeping with them.

:04:49.:04:57.

This was Alistair coming into transition. Good work. A group of

:04:57.:05:02.

four, Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair Brownlee, Henri Schoeman and Javier

:05:02.:05:12.
:05:12.:05:13.

Gomez. The French triathletes and Royle so far unable to match the

:05:13.:05:21.

running pace of the front four. Alistair seems content at the moment

:05:21.:05:28.

just to follow his brother through and Schoeman, after that initial

:05:28.:05:32.

fast pace, back in fourth place. This will be the big question for

:05:32.:05:41.

him. Frodeno leading the trailing pack. Schoeman struggling to keep

:05:41.:05:47.

pace with Gomez and the brothers. He has been dropped not by much, but a

:05:47.:05:52.

significant gap of three or four metres. Schoeman will feel that

:05:52.:06:00.

psychologically. And an issue here with the German in transition.

:06:00.:06:05.

Stopping to have a conversation, not quite sure what that was about.

:06:05.:06:10.

wonder if that was a time penalty for an printer and we did not see.

:06:10.:06:17.

Schoeman working hard, but not able to to get in front. Alistair

:06:17.:06:27.

Brownlee seems happy to be chasing through now. Jonny Brownlee keeping

:06:27.:06:36.

nice and cool. And Alistair takes a shower. The three Olympic medallists

:06:36.:06:43.

from London 2012 out in front in this WTS sprint in Hamburg. The

:06:43.:06:46.

bronze medallist leading the silver medallist, with a gold medallist

:06:46.:06:56.
:06:56.:06:57.

currently in third. It is almost a replay of one old fire on the

:06:57.:07:04.

standings, these three so dominant at the Olympic games. -- almost a

:07:04.:07:07.

replay of World Triathlon Series standings. These three have moved

:07:07.:07:15.

away from the rest of the world. Gomez taking his place at the front.

:07:15.:07:21.

The Brownlees sat this event out in preparation for the Olympic Games.

:07:21.:07:27.

Gomez took part in a race that was won by Richard Murray. Gomez the

:07:27.:07:33.

winner of this race in 2010, and the winner of the opener of this year's

:07:33.:07:38.

WTS in Auckland. 30 years of age, born in Switzerland, and running for

:07:38.:07:47.

Spain. The Olympic silver medallist. It seemed like Javier

:07:47.:07:51.

Gomez was looking to increase the pace, but not wanting to leave this

:07:51.:07:56.

to a sprint finish, but after that couple of hundred metres at the

:07:56.:08:00.

front, they are back together. Alistair Brownlee seems to be happy

:08:00.:08:05.

to keep in third place, monitoring what Gomez is doing, what his

:08:05.:08:10.

brother Jonathan is doing. And a big gap now between the front three and

:08:10.:08:17.

the next best. A gap of 20 seconds, possibly more. That is the injection

:08:17.:08:23.

of pace that these three, the best in the world, have brought to the

:08:23.:08:28.

final stage of this race. Approaching the end of the first

:08:28.:08:34.

lap, just 2.5 kilometres of running to go. Jonny looks over his

:08:34.:08:41.

shoulder. He was beckoning Gomez through there. He kind of step aside

:08:41.:08:47.

and gave him that gap, but Gomez not accepting, happy to be the meat in

:08:47.:08:55.

the Brownlee Sandridge at this stage. Nobody has made a move yet.

:08:55.:09:00.

-- Brownlee sandwich. Nobody has made a move yet, they know each

:09:00.:09:05.

other well, these three, and terrific races over the years

:09:05.:09:08.

between the Spaniard and the two Yorkshiremen. The gaps in the next

:09:09.:09:18.
:09:19.:09:38.

best, which is Schoeman, is 20 12th.

:09:38.:09:46.

2.5 kilometres to go, we have seen the winner upfront? Is someone

:09:46.:09:53.

unusual would have to happen. They are the usual suspects, the most

:09:53.:09:57.

frequent for the guys, Olympic medallists as well, and it will have

:09:57.:10:01.

to come from those three. The question will be who will take it.

:10:02.:10:08.

At the moment, Jonny looks the best, setting the pace. Gomez looks

:10:08.:10:13.

comfortable and you have to say that Alistair does not look his usual

:10:13.:10:19.

dominant self. Whispers that perhaps he is not feeling 100% today, but

:10:19.:10:25.

Alistair Brownlee's 100% is not a normal person's 100%, do not write

:10:25.:10:30.

him off, I think it will come down to the wire.

:10:30.:10:37.

I do not think Gomez can afford it to go to a sprint finish. Increase

:10:37.:10:43.

the pace to run any speed out of the Brownlees' legs. Gomez in front, no

:10:43.:10:53.
:10:53.:10:55.

distance between these three. Deep into the final lap. Nothing

:10:55.:11:00.

between Javier Gomez, Jonathan Brownlee and Alistair Brownlee, the

:11:00.:11:08.

three Olympic medallist battling for superiority here in Hamburg. I think

:11:08.:11:13.

Gomez tried to increase the pace then, stretching away by a couple of

:11:13.:11:18.

metres, immediately covered, and if anything Alistair Brownlee

:11:18.:11:26.

lengthened his stride, indicating he is feeling very comfortable.

:11:26.:11:29.

Schoeman now beginning to pay the price for that early pace trying to

:11:29.:11:39.
:11:39.:11:40.

go with these three. Just over 1600 metres to run. And the Spaniard,

:11:40.:11:46.

Javier Gomez, has a little glance. He can sense they are they are. And

:11:46.:11:51.

here comes Jonathan, easing alongside Gomez, and taking first

:11:51.:12:01.
:12:01.:12:06.

position, whilst Alistair is happy to loiter in third at this stage.

:12:06.:12:11.

And Vidal has finished his race prematurely. That is most unusual.I

:12:11.:12:18.

hope he is all right. Annexed a modicum of pace here. And the sudden

:12:18.:12:22.

left and right turns, you can see one of the athletes making a break,

:12:22.:12:32.
:12:32.:12:39.

but all responding, all aware. And throughout, going off so fast,

:12:39.:12:45.

Schoeman trying to stay with them, was able to for about 800 metres,

:12:45.:12:51.

maybe one kilometre, but just found it too much. But these three have

:12:51.:12:55.

maintained, watching each other, Alistair particularly the hunter in

:12:56.:13:02.

this scenario. And you just wonder, is Gomez going to go? If he is going

:13:02.:13:06.

to make that escape comment he cannot afford to leave it too long.

:13:06.:13:15.

The younger Brownlee, Jonathan. Gomez, the Spaniard, and the Olympic

:13:15.:13:22.

champion, Alistair, in third. We thought Alistair might look the more

:13:22.:13:26.

comfortable, but right now, maybe it is Jonny looking the more

:13:26.:13:30.

comfortable of the two Brownlees. And you can never really judge with

:13:31.:13:35.

Gomez, because he has always got something in reserve. We saw on the

:13:35.:13:43.

women's race, the two Brits in the leading free, almost as sure of a

:13:43.:13:48.

podium position, then I've run in the last 1000 metres, and you wonder

:13:48.:13:56.

if that could happen again. -- then out run. Gomez dropping to third for

:13:56.:14:02.

the moment. Are the Brownlees beginning to turn the screw on

:14:02.:14:12.
:14:12.:14:16.

Gomez? And here is the hairpin, will one of them kick? Jonathan tried to

:14:16.:14:19.

edge away, Gomez and Alistair had it covered. The gap is a fraction

:14:19.:14:27.

longer than it was. Gomez, can he fight back? He is having to stand

:14:27.:14:31.

and stare and watch as the gap lengthens. Gomez kicks and tries to

:14:31.:14:41.
:14:41.:14:42.

close the gap. I think he just succeeded. Back there, working hard.

:14:42.:14:46.

You can sense they are watching each other, knowing that one of them is

:14:46.:14:50.

going to go. And if they are prepared to put everything on the

:14:50.:14:56.

line, still with the two Brownlees in front, Gomez covering, and not

:14:56.:15:02.

over by any means at the moment. kilometres per hour across the

:15:02.:15:07.

streets of hamburg, for the Brownlee brothers and Gomez as they start to

:15:07.:15:14.

wind it up towards the finish of this sprint distance race, which has

:15:14.:15:18.

been as thrilling as expected. Another kick from Jonathan. Is Gomez

:15:18.:15:26.

broken this time? Tries to respond. The two brothers are beginning to

:15:26.:15:31.

make a dent in Gomez's armour, he cannot reply this time, as Jonathan

:15:31.:15:36.

Glanz is behind to see his older brother breathing down his neck and

:15:36.:15:46.
:15:46.:15:50.

four or five metres on Gomez. Now, Alistair Brownlee goes for it. It is

:15:50.:15:53.

brother against brother as Alistair Brownlee takes the lead for the

:15:53.:15:57.

first time on the run. Johnny trying to cover him back. Gomez cannot

:15:57.:16:03.

match this. Alistair looks behind, "Have I got it this time?" Then

:16:03.:16:06.

comes Jonny Brownlee again. Jonathan has responded. Jonathan wants this

:16:06.:16:15.

one. Alistair is trying to come back at him. It's Jonathan's win!

:16:15.:16:25.
:16:25.:16:27.

Alistair takes second. 51:05. Third place goes to Javier Gomez. At last,

:16:27.:16:32.

younger brother Jonathan gets one over on his big brother. He had to

:16:32.:16:38.

respond. He had to watch Alistair go past and find something to reply. It

:16:38.:16:44.

will be a great finish again for Richard Murray. He was the winner 12

:16:44.:16:54.
:16:54.:17:03.

months ago. He's come back to take fifth. Sven Riederer next, Raphael,

:17:04.:17:09.

and the roar goes up for Jan Frodeno. No final victory for the

:17:09.:17:14.

former Olympic Champion. Frodeno ends his IT U career in tenth

:17:14.:17:22.

position. -- in ITU career in tenth position. That has to be one of the

:17:22.:17:29.

best races I have ever seen. Brownlee brothers, Jonathan glancing

:17:29.:17:35.

to his left, Alistair eyes shut, he knew it was a lost cause. Beaten by

:17:35.:17:45.
:17:45.:17:47.

his younger brother. So confirmation of Jonathan Brownlee's third WTS

:17:47.:17:57.
:17:57.:18:22.

is just 565 points behind now. A sprint finish here in Hamburg

:18:22.:18:27.

against your brother and you won? Finally I have beaten him! I knew if

:18:27.:18:31.

I didn't beat him today, I would probably never beat him. He's had

:18:31.:18:34.

problems throughout the whole year. I have done probably 15 more track

:18:34.:18:44.
:18:44.:18:44.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

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had to give it all. I am absolutely delighted with second. Good to be on

:19:26.:19:32.

the podium again. It was really fast again. I worked hard on the bike,

:19:32.:19:36.

did not feel good on the run. I even tried in the second lap, but they

:19:36.:19:44.

were faster. But I am happy. It was quite good.

:19:45.:19:50.

We keep going on about it being your first time racing together? What did

:19:50.:19:56.

it feel like? Definitely, the races change when they are together. Very

:19:56.:20:03.

fast from the beginning, no break, no rest, pushing hard. Three wins

:20:03.:20:08.

out of three races, high confident do you feel defending your World

:20:08.:20:14.

Championship title? Very confident. Two races left, I cannot afford

:20:14.:20:21.

anything going wrong. I know that Alistair and Gomez will be better in

:20:21.:20:26.

Stockholm. Pretty confident, but two more races to go. Well done, what a

:20:27.:20:36.

finish. Thank you.Still one more race to go, the dynamic and popular

:20:36.:20:40.

Mixed Relay World Championships. You were part of the victorious British

:20:40.:20:48.

team last year. I will do race work? It is a fantastic race, high octane,

:20:48.:20:57.

really fast, with two males, two females. This win is really short,

:20:57.:21:04.

only 300 metres. This win X it is behind me, . The exit for the

:21:04.:21:10.

swimming is behind me. They finish on the run with handing over to the

:21:10.:21:20.

next member of the team. So one mini really each, then attack team?

:21:20.:21:27.

flying down the ramp here, and off they go. It is fast to watch and

:21:27.:21:31.

super exciting. How disappointing where you to hear the International

:21:31.:21:36.

Olympic Committee's decision last week not to include the Mixed Relay

:21:36.:21:43.

format as part of Rio 2016? It was disappointing, quite a shock, made

:21:43.:21:48.

earlier than we originally thought. Today was supposed to be the

:21:48.:21:53.

showcase for the committee to see how fantastic the event is, for the

:21:53.:21:57.

athletes and spectators, a great event to watch, so a shame it will

:21:57.:22:02.

not be part of the programme in 2016. But it will take place at the

:22:02.:22:06.

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year. And possibly it could come

:22:06.:22:12.

back to the Olympics in 2020. hope so. Thank you. The Brits know

:22:12.:22:17.

how to win this format, having been Mixed Relay champions for the past

:22:17.:22:23.

two years. But how well do the members know each other? I am Non

:22:23.:22:31.

Stanford, the 2012 next relay champion. Water her parents names? I

:22:31.:22:40.

have never met them. I shall go for Welsh names. Jill and John. I am

:22:40.:22:44.

Alistair Brownlee, the 2011 Mixed Relay champion. What are his parents

:22:44.:22:54.

names? I do not have a clue. I am Jonny Brownlee, Mixed Relay

:22:54.:23:03.

champion. What are his parents names? Keith and calf. What is Non

:23:03.:23:07.

Stanford's most treasured possession? She absolutely loves her

:23:07.:23:17.
:23:17.:23:32.

I use my laptop the most. Maybe his Olympic bronze medal? What is

:23:32.:23:37.

Alistair's most treasured possession? His bike. My most

:23:37.:23:42.

treasured possession is my Olympic medal. When is her birthday? Early

:23:42.:23:49.

January. 8th January. I will give you that. April, May. 8th February.

:23:49.:23:57.

The 30th April. The 30th April, 1990. It is the same day as my Dad.

:23:57.:24:05.

December? 23rd April, 1988? What does Non Stanford wear to bed,

:24:05.:24:15.

Jonathan Brownlee? It's hard work with girls, this. I'm going to go

:24:15.:24:21.

that she wears just a pair of undies. A smile! I'm always happy to

:24:21.:24:28.

be there. That is a good one! Boxers. Pyjamas. I think Jonny

:24:28.:24:33.

Brownlee wears a flat cap to bed! Nothing else! LAUGHTER Normally

:24:33.:24:39.

boxers and a T-shirt! Nothing exciting. He lies! No idea, I have

:24:39.:24:45.

never seen her in bed! Nothing special. Who does Non think your

:24:45.:24:49.

biggest rivals this weekend are? think she will have said the German

:24:49.:24:55.

team. They are strong all round and she races Anne Haug so the German

:24:55.:25:01.

team. Maybe New Zealand, they are pretty strong and they have some big

:25:01.:25:06.

athletes. Fair enough! Not as good as Alistair. Who did Alistair say

:25:06.:25:11.

are your biggest rivals for the Mixed Relay World Championships?

:25:11.:25:16.

German team. Germany. You are correct. That is one out of five.

:25:16.:25:20.

She said Germany. You will say the German team. Two out of five for

:25:20.:25:25.

you. Great. I know her well. Maybe he said Germany as we are in

:25:25.:25:30.

Hamburg. The French will be good. You scored two out of five. That is

:25:30.:25:35.

quite good. Yes, it might be better to let their bodies do the talking

:25:35.:25:40.

to see if the British team can prove you don't need to know each other's

:25:40.:25:49.

mums and dads to make it a Mixed Relay World Championship hat-trick.

:25:49.:25:55.

Let's get back to Matt and Steve. There are is the start list. There

:25:55.:25:59.

are 21 teams involved. It is hard to see Great Britain getting challenged

:25:59.:26:09.
:26:09.:26:15.

The best they can hope for is second or third because the outright

:26:15.:26:21.

favourites are the British team. Here is the course for the mixed

:26:21.:26:31.
:26:31.:26:46.

relay today. The swim very short. No the bike. Two laps of 3.3 kilometres

:26:46.:26:55.

to give us a total of 6.6. The run is a mile. 850 metres followed by

:26:55.:27:04.

750 metres, then the handover from athlete to athlete. We are ready to

:27:04.:27:11.

race in Hamburg. The mixed relay about to unfold. What a beautiful

:27:11.:27:21.
:27:21.:27:26.

day. Just a bit of breeze, warm lap. No wonder it is a fast and

:27:26.:27:31.

furious start as we follow them from the helicopter shot above. Jodie

:27:31.:27:36.

Stimpson opening things up for Great Britain, who are wearing number one.

:27:36.:27:45.

They are team number one. Steve true is alongside. -- Steve Trew is

:27:45.:27:51.

alongside. Britain will be tough to beat today? Yes. We have been

:27:51.:27:55.

looking down the teams here. We cannot see - and I hope we are not

:27:55.:28:05.
:28:05.:28:05.

doing this with the kiss of - we cannot see there is the deputy th

:28:05.:28:09.

that other teams have. What we did yesterday was how critical the

:28:09.:28:14.

changeovers and the first part of each new discipline was. If Gwen

:28:14.:28:18.

Jorgensen - she had the same time as Anne Haug and then at the beginning

:28:18.:28:23.

of the bike, it went. Just because of that, she put herself out of a

:28:23.:28:27.

very good chance of getting on the podium there. She had a tremendous

:28:27.:28:31.

run, 30 seconds faster than anybody else. It will be interesting to see

:28:31.:28:36.

what they do today. We are hoping and expecting that Jodie Stimpson is

:28:36.:28:41.

in among this leading group. It is difficult to spot who is where. We

:28:41.:28:46.

will get a look on the computer timing as they come out of the

:28:46.:28:51.

water. Jodie had a good swim yesterday and there is no reason to

:28:51.:28:56.

doubt she should be up and fighting hard at the start of this. It has

:28:56.:29:00.

stretched out just on that short distance here. USA out first, Great

:29:00.:29:05.

Britain in third. I this I the timing system missed the Japanese

:29:05.:29:09.

swimmer coming out. The USA are second there. Great Britain right up

:29:09.:29:19.
:29:19.:29:19.

there. Stimpson in the darker GB Team strip today, just behind

:29:19.:29:25.

Switzerland. Stimpson heading for her bike. Helmet on. And now they

:29:25.:29:29.

make their way out of transition. A few Union Jacks present today.

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

Obviously, the dominant flag is the Jodie Stimpson in this group as

:29:47.:29:54.

well. And the French player not Barbie line. They can afford to push

:29:54.:30:04.
:30:04.:30:04.

on. -- not far behind. Just a short bike to negotiate. The pace seems

:30:04.:30:13.

relatively slow at this stage. The Japanese takes it up. France up

:30:13.:30:20.

alongside. Just behind those Jodie Stimpson for Great Britain. I am

:30:20.:30:24.

wondering if one of the tactics may be to keep with the leading pack on

:30:24.:30:32.

the bike, then trying to break on the run. It would be really

:30:32.:30:37.

difficult to get away on such a short distance, but the run brings

:30:37.:30:42.

different tactics, so perhaps Jodie Stimpson's tactics, the British

:30:43.:30:47.

team's tactics, is to keep with the bike at the front, then make a move

:30:47.:30:56.

on the first of the four runs. Sarah Groff of the USA alongside

:30:56.:31:02.

Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain. Emma Moffat preparing her shoes for

:31:02.:31:06.

the ride in transition. Everyone reaching down for the starts,

:31:06.:31:11.

loosening of this shoe attachments before arriving at the transition

:31:11.:31:21.
:31:21.:31:23.

area. Just 520 metres to write. ride. It looks like Jodie Stimpson

:31:23.:31:29.

once a clear gap in transition, alongside Emma Moffat in front, just

:31:29.:31:36.

a couple of meat -- just a couple of 100 metres to go. We shall expect

:31:36.:31:44.

them to rush out of transition. minutes before hitting the run. And

:31:44.:31:54.
:31:54.:31:57.

it is a mile, 1.6 Colombo tours, to two laps. -- 1.6 kilometres.

:31:57.:32:02.

Stimpson had a problem losing some control of her bike coming in, but

:32:02.:32:10.

no damage done, hanging it up, and with a running shoes, eager to exit

:32:10.:32:19.

transition. Terrific changeover from Emma Moffat, and Jodie Stimpson has

:32:19.:32:25.

a few yards to cover now. Andrea Hewitt desperately trying to hold

:32:25.:32:32.

onto the lead group. And the Netherlands are up there, up into

:32:32.:32:42.
:32:42.:32:45.

fourth position. The men are waiting to receive the handover. Sarah

:32:45.:32:50.

Groff, the 31-year-old American, and her results so far this season, but

:32:50.:32:54.

being overtaken towards the changeover by Jodie Stimpson,

:32:54.:33:01.

desperate to make up or two mistakes in transition, wanting to set

:33:01.:33:08.

Alistair Brownlee of on a leading position, but Groff is having none

:33:08.:33:14.

of it, only a short distance, and recovering the lead. And away the

:33:14.:33:23.

men go. About ten metres ahead of the next best. Spectacular start

:33:23.:33:31.

from the men. Absolutely superb, I love this event. This is where the

:33:31.:33:36.

action really starts evolving. We had a two team breakaway there,

:33:36.:33:42.

we're it will develop now, and that huge split on the final run

:33:42.:33:47.

discipline for the first athletes in each team, and this is where those

:33:47.:33:52.

splits will stretch and stretch. What an indication of the effort.

:33:52.:33:57.

You work so hard to stay in that league Park, tremendous performance.

:33:57.:34:03.

Alistair Brownlee was challenging at the start of the swim, coming around

:34:03.:34:08.

the turn around already. It will be under 3.5 minutes for the swim

:34:08.:34:17.

discipline, I am sure. They are already tearing it up here. Frodeno

:34:17.:34:22.

with a good swim, right in contention here, the 2008 Olympic

:34:22.:34:32.
:34:32.:34:33.

champion, Jan Frodeno, not far away from Alistair Brownlee. Getting a

:34:33.:34:38.

full check on who is we're once they come out of the water in the next

:34:38.:34:45.

few seconds. It is the Americans first, Ben Kanute holding onto that

:34:45.:34:49.

first position. Burst into the water, followed by Alistair

:34:49.:34:59.
:34:59.:35:12.

Brownlee, Switzerland outset then pack and the next ones out of water.

:35:12.:35:22.
:35:22.:35:23.

Seven men, 17 is, about two ride for this bike ride. -- seven men, seven

:35:23.:35:30.

teams. Expect Alistair Brownlee to force the pace at the front of the

:35:30.:35:34.

field, looking around already, checking what the opposition is up

:35:34.:35:44.
:35:44.:35:45.

to. And there he is, out in front, head down, making opponents work.

:35:45.:35:50.

And Javier Gomez, miles behind. Goodness me, the Olympic silver

:35:50.:36:00.

medallist with a mountain to climb, way off the pace. And move from

:36:00.:36:04.

Alistair, who has decided as transition gets near, she wants

:36:04.:36:13.

clean space, does not want to take of getting Impey did. -- he wants. I

:36:13.:36:16.

am looking forward to seeing Alistair Brownlee run the one-mile

:36:16.:36:26.
:36:26.:36:26.

discipline. The fastest runner, that there is doubt, and he might just do

:36:26.:36:31.

enough in his 1600 metre run to effectively win the race for Great

:36:31.:36:35.

Britain if he explodes out of transition and sprints out of the

:36:35.:36:42.

two laps. He raced only yesterday, but it was a sprint yesterday, and

:36:42.:36:49.

has had 24 hours or so to recover. If he runs like we know he can, he

:36:49.:36:54.

might give Non Stanford and unassailable lead. Down to the

:36:54.:37:04.
:37:04.:37:13.

leading free at the front, including smoothly as he would have liked, not

:37:13.:37:22.

that it should matter, he should be first or second out of transition.

:37:22.:37:28.

Kanute first, followed by Brownlee. Looks like a split at the front of

:37:28.:37:32.

the run, and Alistair Brownlee forging ahead of Aaron Royle, just

:37:32.:37:37.

online number one of the lab section, giving a significant lead

:37:37.:37:45.

to Non Stanford, going off as the third athlete for Great Britain.

:37:45.:37:52.

Kanute was first to lead, but dropping to 30 from transition.

:37:52.:37:56.

Frodeno roared through every step. Gomez has a lot of work to do, miles

:37:56.:38:02.

behind, not in contention at this stage, it is all about Alistair.

:38:02.:38:08.

Getting quicker, everything is being left out on the roads here for

:38:09.:38:15.

Alistair, his last race for a little while, as he cleanly hands over to

:38:15.:38:22.

Non Stanford, who sprints towards the water. Add a good entry, good

:38:23.:38:29.

dive. What was it like out there? That

:38:29.:38:38.

hurt like L. Even if it is short, it still hurts. And your assessment, GB

:38:38.:38:48.
:38:48.:38:51.

already doing well all. Perfect planning. Non Stanford is doing

:38:51.:39:00.

well, in the perfect position. If Non Stanford can maintain this

:39:00.:39:05.

lead on the swim, there could be a time trial on the bike. Six of the

:39:05.:39:11.

men coming down and down as Alistair put the hammer down. This creates

:39:11.:39:15.

different situations, different concentration, because Stanford will

:39:15.:39:21.

be out on her own, barely aware that if Gwen Jorgensen can close on her

:39:21.:39:30.

bike, it puts her in a personal situation. Stanford almost done with

:39:30.:39:36.

the water. She should start to think about her run to the transition

:39:36.:39:40.

area. Perhaps collecting her bike and heading out on two wheels for

:39:40.:39:46.

the 6.6 hello metre bike ride, meanwhile Gwen Jorgensen from the US

:39:46.:39:54.

with that ungainly swims Roque owing well -- swim stroke going well. But

:39:54.:39:59.

quite a gap. Non Stanford way in front, arriving at transition, on

:39:59.:40:07.

her bike and away as the others get set to begin. It is conceivable the

:40:07.:40:15.

second group can close down on Non Stanford. It is possible to do it in

:40:15.:40:25.
:40:25.:40:26.

the distance they have. Non Stanford has tasted such success this

:40:26.:40:31.

season. She kicked off the season in second place in San Diego, beaten by

:40:31.:40:39.

Gwen Jorgensen there, had her first WTS win in Madrid, then backing it

:40:39.:40:47.

up with a second place in the sprint in Hamburg 24 hours ago. It has been

:40:47.:40:50.

the breakthrough season for Non Stanford, but one of the main rivals

:40:50.:40:56.

has been Gwen Jorgensen, of the USA, and McIlroy of New Zealand

:40:56.:41:01.

attempting to close the gap on Non Stanford now. News of a ten second

:41:02.:41:11.
:41:12.:41:12.

penalty. Non Stanford has to take a ten second standing penalty, because

:41:12.:41:17.

of an infringement, not by hard, but by Alistair Brownlee, I'd miss you

:41:17.:41:26.

with his dismount. -- and issue with his dismount. That has fallen to Non

:41:26.:41:33.

Stanford, taking Brownlee's punishment. That is going to throw

:41:33.:41:40.

out all sorts of things, with Gwen Jorgensen, around 15 seconds down,

:41:40.:41:45.

down to five immediately, and she is the strongest runner at the moment.

:41:45.:41:52.

We have a bite down, and a law enforcement officer in the street.

:41:52.:42:02.
:42:02.:42:02.

-- bike down. Coming towards the end of the bicycle leg. Getting ready to

:42:02.:42:10.

dismount. No sign of the penalty, no visual of that penalty taken by Non

:42:10.:42:15.

Stanford, but we assume she has taken it, because she is not

:42:15.:42:19.

figuring, and Germany credited with first position. We shall try and

:42:19.:42:27.

figure out what has happened. McIlroy almost colliding with Haug.

:42:28.:42:37.
:42:38.:42:39.

Jorgensen on her way. Germany leading the way. We are is Stanford?

:42:39.:42:47.

-- where is. We saw that crash there, but I am hoping nothing has

:42:47.:42:54.

happened. Unusual to get news of the race leader. We did see up by sick

:42:54.:43:04.
:43:04.:43:07.

on the deck, we did see some action to retrieve it. -- bike on the deck.

:43:07.:43:17.
:43:17.:43:18.

Was that Non Stanford? There was a body on the left. That looked like

:43:18.:43:27.

Non. That was a British uniform. It is all over for Britain. We know

:43:27.:43:32.

that Non Stanford has crashed, do not know if she is all right, what

:43:32.:43:37.

are you hearing? The coverage has not really sure on what has

:43:37.:43:42.

happened, we are yet to see the crash. The farce be new is when the

:43:42.:43:48.

chase back came into transition. -- the first we knew about it is when

:43:48.:43:54.

the chase came back. Unfortunately, she is probably at the furthest

:43:54.:43:58.

point of the bike course. We wanted to win this, but the biggest thing

:43:58.:44:03.

is to make sure Non Stanford is OK and she can continue later in the

:44:03.:44:09.

year. Fingers crossed she is OK, thank you.

:44:09.:44:14.

This is the battle for first, second and third, Anne Haug and Gwen

:44:14.:44:20.

Jorgensen. Drama in Hamburg this afternoon. Engels crossed that Non

:44:20.:44:30.
:44:30.:44:31.

Stanford is OK. No newsreader yet -- no news yet on her position.

:44:31.:44:35.

Jorgensen coming from behind to run through the field, did it to win in

:44:35.:44:42.

San Diego, again in Yokohama, sixth in the individual sprint yesterday,

:44:42.:44:50.

leaving Anne Haug, yesterday's winner, behind her. Haug will haul

:44:50.:44:55.

from a decent performance from Loschke, already in pursuit of

:44:55.:44:59.

Cameron Dye, who is in the water already full is up the last

:44:59.:45:07.

triathletes for Germany with a great dive. What a great performance by

:45:07.:45:12.

Anne Haug there, working so hard on the bike, and getting in the pack in

:45:12.:45:18.

front, straight to the front, knowing that Gwen Jorgensen would be

:45:18.:45:23.

in a commanding situation into the run, and yet she did not give an

:45:23.:45:29.

inch, working and working, and put Germany back in contention. You can

:45:29.:45:39.
:45:39.:46:06.

hear that crowd's appreciation hitting the water. Cameron Dye is

:46:06.:46:13.

coming out. Next out of the water will be the German, Franz Loschke.

:46:13.:46:23.
:46:23.:46:43.

Sissons of New Zealand. Dye has his He will have Sissons for company.

:46:43.:46:50.

Sissons not sure where his bike is. He has lost his bike. Loschke

:46:50.:46:58.

looking a little heavy with his running steps. Out on the roads of

:46:58.:47:03.

Hamburg with Cameron Dye of the United States of America. He had an

:47:04.:47:10.

11-second lead at the time on the swim. He now has most of his 6.6

:47:10.:47:14.

kilometres still to ride. His feet are in the shoes. He is comfortable.

:47:14.:47:19.

He is in the lead on this bike. Surely nothing can go wrong. Of

:47:19.:47:26.

course, it all went wrong for Non Stanford, out in front, no company,

:47:26.:47:30.

we still don't know what happened. Whether it was a mechanical problem,

:47:30.:47:34.

or whether she made contact with one of the barriers a t the side of the

:47:34.:47:44.
:47:44.:47:46.

road, or something worse. We still don't know. -- at the side of the

:47:46.:47:50.

road, or something worse. We still don't know. It doesn't appear that

:47:50.:47:54.

Dye is making... That is Non Stanford, Steve, being stretchered

:47:54.:48:02.

off the course. That is where we have just past. So Stanford is

:48:02.:48:05.

clearly receiving medical attention at the side of the course. That was

:48:05.:48:13.

the scene of the earlier crash. We saw the aftermath of it. Sissons of

:48:13.:48:18.

New Zealand, Loschke of Germany, coming off the cobbles. Loschke is

:48:18.:48:28.
:48:28.:48:33.

and a mile to run. The Germans sensing potentially another victory.

:48:33.:48:37.

Anne Haug winning the women's sprint yesterday, but they want more. Here

:48:37.:48:41.

is our leader, Cameron Dye. He is starting to prepare for transition,

:48:41.:48:45.

physically prepare now. He is moving that shoe. He doesn't want to make

:48:45.:48:50.

any sudden movements. He wants to get the dismount spot on as well.

:48:50.:48:54.

And his timing needs to be sweet as he comes into transition. He doesn't

:48:54.:49:00.

want to slow down too much because he has to - the two riders behind

:49:00.:49:08.

him are closing the gap. Loschke - dl they are - Loschke and Sissons.

:49:08.:49:14.

The gap just closing a couple of seconds, but certainly they will be

:49:14.:49:18.

in transition together. Out of the saddle again, just chasing down as

:49:18.:49:22.

we come through. Dye might have been too cautious with his preparations

:49:22.:49:26.

for transition because the other two have kept up the pace as they hit

:49:26.:49:32.

the cobblestones. Loschke and Sissons, they haven't taken their

:49:32.:49:36.

feet out of the peddleals, they maintain their pace. Dye comes into

:49:36.:49:40.

transition. Two feet on the carpet. His bike station is right there.

:49:41.:49:45.

Sissons and Loschke go past him in transition. They could exit with a

:49:45.:49:48.

smooth turnover just ahead of the American. The American has missed

:49:48.:49:52.

his target with his helmet. Goodness me! That could cost him the chance.

:49:52.:49:57.

He's on his way. But he will be joined pretty quickly by Loschke and

:49:57.:50:02.

Sissons. Right on his tail. Loschke got that right. Sissons left a

:50:02.:50:07.

little behind. Now it is a foot race for the gold and Loschke goes past

:50:07.:50:13.

Cameron Dye. Explodes out of transition, roared on by the German

:50:13.:50:17.

crowd and his team-mates. Sweet timing for Franz Loschke, who missed

:50:17.:50:21.

the medal a year ago. He was in the team that finished fourth in

:50:21.:50:30.

Stockholm. He is now in gold medal position here. Haug and Frodeno and

:50:30.:50:34.

the rest of the German contingent can barely watch. Loschke grinds it

:50:34.:50:38.

out here in Hamburg. We hear so much about how a home crowd can lift an

:50:38.:50:43.

athlete. That is certainly happening here. Loschke has gone for it early

:50:44.:50:48.

on, as you say. He's not - he doesn't look smooth. He's an

:50:48.:50:53.

ungainly runner. He is working so hard for it. Ryan Sissons is in hot

:50:53.:50:58.

pursuit. They have both gone past Dye very early on. You almost hope

:50:58.:51:02.

that the home athlete can maintain this pace and keep the pressure

:51:02.:51:09.

right the way through the run. Sissons is looming. Sissons is in

:51:09.:51:14.

second position for New Zealand. Dye has been dropped to third. It's a

:51:14.:51:24.

short run. It's a sprint relay. An 850 metre lap and then a 750. The

:51:24.:51:28.

850 is done for Loschke. He is on his way for the second half. He is

:51:28.:51:31.

more than halfway through. Roared through transition by the Hamburg

:51:31.:51:39.

supporters. Just a couple of minutes running only to go. 750 metres to

:51:39.:51:44.

go. That's our leader from Germany at the moment. He is very aware that

:51:44.:51:50.

Ryan Sissons is working hard to close on him. Forget about the

:51:50.:51:55.

Brazilian and the Italian - they are on their first lap. Loschke is on

:51:55.:51:59.

his second and digging very deep now. Nine seconds is the gap. It is

:51:59.:52:06.

significant. Loschke getting lifted by this Hamburg crowd, flying

:52:06.:52:11.

through the streets. There's the man in second, Ryan Sissons, of New

:52:11.:52:17.

Zealand. Loschke does look faster. It looks like Ryan Sissons has

:52:17.:52:22.

worked so hard, he is almost struggling to maintain that pace. I

:52:22.:52:26.

think Loschke has increased the lead and no doubt - he is working so

:52:26.:52:29.

hard, but you have to give everything to the crowd. They have

:52:29.:52:38.

lifted him so much. Jan Frodeno is delighted. Jan Frodeno on his final

:52:38.:52:42.

weekend, he made the top ten in the individual race. He could be able to

:52:43.:52:48.

end his career on a high note with a gold medal in the relay if Loschke

:52:48.:52:55.

can keep this going. With 300 metres to run, he shows no signs of letting

:52:55.:53:03.

up. Franz Loschke of Germany, who has been backed up superbly here

:53:04.:53:08.

this afternoon by a terrific start from Anne Haug, then Jan Frodeno

:53:08.:53:13.

went well. It wasn't a race without mistakes, but he did enough before

:53:13.:53:21.

Anne Haug just about kept tabs with Gwen Jorgensen, Cameron Dye down in

:53:21.:53:24.

third position for the USA and Loschke is starting to soak it all

:53:24.:53:30.

up. He knows that this is his win! He is starting to celebrate.

:53:30.:53:40.
:53:40.:53:43.

Germany's second gold of the weekend: -- weekend. Loschke's work

:53:43.:53:50.

is done. The gold medal is his. Let's take nothing away from

:53:50.:53:59.

Germany, who win the mixed relay and Loschke is lifted aloft by Haug, by

:53:59.:54:03.

Frodeno and Knapp. They are the champions. It will be the silver to

:54:03.:54:09.

Sissons and the rest of the New Zealand contenders. A good run from

:54:09.:54:15.

Ryan Sissons. He will be joined on the podium by Kate McIlroy, Tony

:54:15.:54:22.

Dodds and Andrea Hewitt. Cameron Dye finishes in third to take the bronze

:54:22.:54:26.

alongside Sarah Groff, Ben Kanute and Gwen Jorgensen.

:54:26.:54:36.
:54:36.:54:44.

Confirmation of the final results of our home town. Yeah. It is amazing.

:54:44.:54:50.

Yet, it was a fight till the end and all you could do was watch? Yeah, it

:54:50.:54:56.

was really a great race. It was really hard. Yeah. Great. You have

:54:56.:55:00.

been on the podium already this weekend. Then you did it again for

:55:00.:55:06.

the home crowds? Yeah, in front of the home crowd, it is very special

:55:06.:55:12.

for the Germans. It was like a fairytale weekend for me. Yeah.

:55:12.:55:16.

Congratulations to everyone. We did a great job. A perfect ending for

:55:16.:55:22.

you as well, Jan? It is your last weekend of WTS racing? Yes, quite

:55:22.:55:25.

possibly the last weekend and with the mixed relay comes mixed

:55:25.:55:30.

emotions. There's so many ups and downs, and favourites and all the

:55:30.:55:33.

medals that were dealt out before already. But it's like in track and

:55:33.:55:39.

field, you have to bring a relay to the end and yeah, I am glad my

:55:39.:55:42.

team-mates carried me today and we had a wonderful race at home.

:55:42.:55:45.

Brendan, thanks for talking to us. Update us on Non Stanford's

:55:45.:55:49.

condition? I have spoken to her physio, who is with her at the

:55:49.:55:53.

hospital. She was treated at the scene by the medics. She was put on

:55:53.:55:57.

a spinal board as a precaution and arm in a sling, but she's not

:55:57.:56:03.

showing great signs of pain or distress. She's conscious. She's

:56:03.:56:10.

talking about things and she's displaying more signs of jut set.

:56:10.:56:15.

you know ma happened? We haven't been able to get that information.

:56:15.:56:19.

-- Do you know what happened?We haven't been able to get that

:56:19.:56:23.

information. 20 seconds up, the group came back in and she wasn't

:56:23.:56:28.

there. We have no idea. I do know, as a team, the athletes got together

:56:28.:56:31.

this morning, that he were talking about how they were going to fight

:56:31.:56:37.

for every second as a lead because they wanted to do it. Johnny, you

:56:37.:56:42.

never got out there. But I am sure, like everyone else, is happy to hear

:56:42.:56:47.

Non is doing OK? Yeah. That is the most important thing. At the end of

:56:48.:56:52.

the day, it is only racing! Obviously, I wanted to race. We had

:56:52.:56:57.

a strong team. As we keep saying, so much can go wrong and when there's

:56:57.:57:02.

four people involved, there's four times the chance of crashing and

:57:02.:57:07.

that's what happened. Alistair, things started off so well. Yes, we

:57:07.:57:11.

were doing alright. Jody had us in the perfect position. I was trying

:57:11.:57:15.

to get rid of as many people as I can. Handing over to Non in the

:57:16.:57:19.

perfect position. She had to keep herself in the race and these things

:57:20.:57:25.

happen. We are hearing from the hospital that Non is coherent, but

:57:25.:57:33.

really upset, she feels she has let you down? She is like that. I didn't

:57:33.:57:37.

see she her come round so I knew it must have been serious. She would

:57:37.:57:41.

never pull out and let the team down. Like I say, the fact that she

:57:41.:57:44.

is up and talking is the most important thing. Congratulations to

:57:44.:57:48.

the Germans on their very first mixed relay World Championship

:57:48.:57:52.

title. It wasn't of course the ending the Brits were hoping for,

:57:52.:57:57.

but as we have been hearing, thankfully Non Stanford is doing OK.

:57:57.:58:02.

Let's not forget, despite all the drama, that was British triathlon's

:58:02.:58:05.

most successful weekend of racing ever. That just about wraps things

:58:05.:58:11.

up here in Hamburg. We are back at the end of August for stage seven of

:58:12.:58:16.

the World Triathlon Series in Stockholm. You will be able to see

:58:16.:58:20.

live coverage of the women's race on Saturday 24th August on the BBC

:58:20.:58:24.

Sport website. We will also have extended highlights of the women's

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