Grand Final

:00:24. > :00:31.Hello and welcome to London's Hyde Park. It is a packed afternoon of

:00:31. > :00:35.sport on the BBC today, so if you are looking for the Moto GP, that is

:00:35. > :00:40.on the red button. But on the banks of the Serpentine we have the climax

:00:40. > :00:45.of the 20 13th world triathlon series. There are still three men

:00:45. > :00:51.with a realistic chance of taking the title -- the 20 13th world

:00:51. > :00:55.triathlon series. Those include Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee. Here

:00:55. > :01:05.is how the series so far has led us to the exciting conclusion. Javier

:01:05. > :01:11.Gomez the Olympic silver medallist has laid down a marker here, right

:01:11. > :01:15.at the start of the season. Right now there is no want to touch

:01:15. > :01:26.Alistair Brownlee, and he wins in California. It is Jonathan Stern to

:01:26. > :01:30.shine in Yokohama. What a win. Jonathan Brownlee has been

:01:30. > :01:32.absolutely brilliant here today with his second successive victory in the

:01:32. > :01:45.series. Brown league wins in emphatic style

:01:45. > :01:51.ex-Commissioner -- Brownlee wins in emphatic style! It is a split

:01:51. > :01:59.between the brothers, but it is Jonathan's victory in Hamburg.

:01:59. > :02:05.Alistair takes the win in Stockholm. A stunning success. So it is likely

:02:05. > :02:09.to be Alistair, John thaw Javier Gomez to be crowned world champion

:02:09. > :02:14.after a bomb -- 1500 metres swim, a four kilometre bike ride and ten K

:02:14. > :02:19.run. Graham Bell will be out and about on the course. The race

:02:19. > :02:25.revolves around here, the transition. This is the equivalent

:02:25. > :02:29.of an F1 pit lane walk, except without all the noise and any

:02:29. > :02:34.mechanics, because the athletes do everything themselves, wracking

:02:34. > :02:40.their bikes, making sure everything is in the right position. You OK,

:02:40. > :02:45.Alistair? Looking good for today? I think so. A good crowd, but its

:02:45. > :02:51.toll. Good Yorkshire weather.We all need a bit of weather like this to

:02:51. > :02:56.make is the all at home. Don't let me interrupt your preparations. Even

:02:56. > :02:59.down to the helmet on the front of the handlebars, that would go

:02:59. > :03:04.straight onto the head. That has to be done up before they can pull the

:03:04. > :03:07.bike out of the rack and run out. It is important that you follow the

:03:07. > :03:11.rules and make sure that when you coming out of the swim, the wet suit

:03:11. > :03:15.is back in the box. If you break any of the rules, you get a penalty, and

:03:15. > :03:22.we don't want to see any of that today, do we? No penalties today,

:03:22. > :03:26.crossed. Brilliant. Once they have picked up the bike, they had onto

:03:26. > :03:32.the road and do the 40 K loop around London. Let's welcome four-time

:03:32. > :03:37.Ironman triathlon champion Chrissie Wellington, who will be with us all

:03:37. > :03:40.afternoon, and joining us is Malcolm Brown, who has been the running

:03:40. > :03:46.coach for the Brownlee brothers were a few years. We are so used to

:03:46. > :03:51.seeing the Brownlee brothers win that it is easy to take that success

:03:51. > :03:56.for granted. Chrissie, put it into context how important those two boys

:03:56. > :03:59.have been to the sport? They have catapulted the sport into the public

:03:59. > :04:05.consciousness, not just at the Olympics last year, but even before.

:04:05. > :04:12.They have taken the triathlon world by storm. They have dominated for

:04:12. > :04:15.the past three or four years. It's fantastic to see two amazing British

:04:15. > :04:18.the past three or four years. It's athletes on top. Malcolm, achieving

:04:18. > :04:23.the kind of results that they do not only takes a phenomenal amount of

:04:23. > :04:27.training, but also a certain amount of character. I know the boys are

:04:27. > :04:32.very different, but give us an insight into their personalities. As

:04:32. > :04:38.you say, they are two individuals, but what they share in common is a

:04:38. > :04:43.love of the outdoors, a love of pushing themselves. A little

:04:43. > :04:46.internal competition against the other one. All of those factors and

:04:46. > :04:50.many more have created the characters we will see in a few

:04:50. > :04:54.minutes. A top year for Alistair, lots of problems with his lack --

:04:54. > :04:58.ankle -- a tough year. There were lots of problems with his lack --

:04:58. > :05:02.rumours he would not make it to the start. How is he doing? He had a

:05:02. > :05:04.decent breakfast, looked out the window and saw the rain and thought

:05:04. > :05:10.decent breakfast, looked out the it was good. He is OK. He is going

:05:10. > :05:13.to start and see how it goes. When I spoke to Johnny ahead of the race he

:05:13. > :05:18.said he was not really feeling the pressure ahead of -- of being the

:05:18. > :05:22.reigning world champion. Can that be true? I don't think he feels the

:05:22. > :05:25.pressure of being the reigning world champion. He has the usual prerace

:05:25. > :05:32.anxiety is one would have, but he's in good shape and he sees an

:05:32. > :05:36.opportunity here. How important have the boys been to the sport of

:05:36. > :05:41.triathlon? How much more attention has the sport of triathlon got

:05:41. > :05:46.because of the Brownlee brothers? I think the combination of the boys,

:05:46. > :05:49.the Olympics on this course last year, and there is a lot of interest

:05:49. > :05:54.in the sport. I think because they are brothers there are a lot of

:05:54. > :05:57.little old ladies in the supermarket asking of the boys get on with each

:05:57. > :06:02.other. They are a bit worried, but they are, so we don't need to worry.

:06:02. > :06:07.I did love the story of the old lady who gave them £10 each for winning

:06:07. > :06:12.the Olympic medal, and that is what they call legacy. They seem to have

:06:12. > :06:16.appealed to more than the hard school of triathlon fans. There is a

:06:16. > :06:20.wider audience than that. Good luck to you and your boys today,

:06:20. > :06:23.Malcolm. The elite men's race is just a finale to a whole host of

:06:23. > :06:27.championship races. Yesterday it was just a finale to a whole host of

:06:27. > :06:35.the elite women's race where there were also two British athletes in

:06:35. > :06:42.the running to win that world title. Welcome to a soggy and at times

:06:42. > :06:47.foggy morning. The Gwen Jorgensen is the leader in the world triumphant

:06:47. > :06:50.-- triathlon seed -- series. If she wins today, she will become world

:06:50. > :06:54.champion. Anything can happen as they come to the end of the swim.

:06:54. > :06:58.Gwen Jorgensen will not be far away from the leaders. This race

:06:58. > :07:02.beginning to play into her hands. Non Stanford has not got her wet

:07:02. > :07:13.suit in the box, and that is a rule infringement. That could result in a

:07:13. > :07:23.penalty. A disastrous swim for she has to be over two minutes down. It

:07:23. > :07:28.looks like Gwen Jorgensen is down. It will be a battle for the title

:07:28. > :07:30.between the triathletes, all over for Gwen Jorgensen. They run towards

:07:30. > :07:37.the transition them in. She's kicking clear of the

:07:37. > :07:42.pack. What a gutsy move from Non Stanford. So, Stanford takes a

:07:42. > :07:47.punishment now. And the tactic has paid off for Non Stanford, she still

:07:47. > :07:53.in first position. Stimson has been dropped by Aileen Reid. A

:07:53. > :07:56.sensational raid -- Stimpson. This culminates in a magnificent victory.

:07:56. > :08:02.Non Stanford is the champion of the world.

:08:02. > :08:10.Delighted to be surrounded by great British sport -- sportswomen.

:08:10. > :08:15.Joining me is Non Stanford and runner-up Jody Stimpson. Thank you

:08:15. > :08:19.for joining us. Non-, thanks for joining us, your historic win, going

:08:20. > :08:23.from under 23 world champion to senior world champion in just a

:08:23. > :08:28.year, and more than 24 hours after the race, has it own game? Not

:08:28. > :08:33.really. Still on cloud nine, can't believe it. So surreal. Everyone is

:08:33. > :08:38.congratulating me and talking about the race, and I am just buzzing.

:08:38. > :08:42.It's all a bit of a blur, but it's fantastic. Just trying to soak it

:08:42. > :08:48.all up and enjoy it. Malcolm was talking about how much hard work the

:08:48. > :08:55.Brownlee brothers put in. How much hard work, dedication and sacrifice

:08:55. > :08:58.it really takes? You broke your arm earlier and it could have been the

:08:58. > :09:03.end of the season for you, but now you world champion. It is hard work

:09:03. > :09:07.and you have to make massive sacrifices, but everyone out there

:09:07. > :09:11.is putting in the work, and I really enjoy it, so that is the main

:09:11. > :09:15.thing. I love what I do, so it's not that much of a sacrifice when you

:09:15. > :09:20.enjoy it. It is great at the end of the season, because we can sit back,

:09:20. > :09:24.chill out and reflect on it and appreciate the hard work and all we

:09:24. > :09:29.have achieved. Jodie, you have had a phenomenal year as well and you have

:09:29. > :09:34.been part of the sport since the age of nine years old, so how emotional

:09:34. > :09:38.has it been for you to reach this level? I think yesterday it hit

:09:38. > :09:43.home, to be honest. It was a really emotional day yesterday. I got to

:09:43. > :09:47.see family and friends and everyone who helped me along the journey. I

:09:47. > :09:49.did get really emotional and I started crying a little bit. It

:09:49. > :09:54.meant the world yesterday, and to do started crying a little bit. It

:09:54. > :09:58.it on home soil means even more. Krissy, they are the headliners this

:09:58. > :10:02.year, but British women, including Helen Jenkins, have a history in the

:10:02. > :10:06.sport. But when it comes to a British one and two we always hear

:10:06. > :10:10.about the Brownlee brothers, so how proud were you to hear about it in

:10:10. > :10:17.the women's race? I could not have been prouder. It was such a great

:10:17. > :10:20.race, full of excitement. There were so many incidents happening out

:10:20. > :10:29.there. It was fantastic. And you have a British one and two is

:10:29. > :10:33.phenomenal -- to have. These girls will inspire the next generation of

:10:33. > :10:37.triathletes, and it is such an exciting time. Absolutely. We must

:10:37. > :10:41.not let you go without talking about your next big home race. The results

:10:41. > :10:45.mean that you have both been selected for the Commonwealth Games,

:10:45. > :10:47.but on different teams. Jodie, how important was it for you to be

:10:47. > :10:52.picked for team England, especially important was it for you to be

:10:52. > :10:56.after not making the London Olympics? Not making the London

:10:56. > :11:01.Olympics was devastating. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had

:11:01. > :11:05.to go through in my life. It was kind of in my head then never to

:11:05. > :11:09.miss another championship and to do all I could do not miss another one.

:11:09. > :11:13.When I was in the race yesterday, it was at the forefront of my mind that

:11:13. > :11:19.I had to get into the top six to qualify for the Commonwealth Games.

:11:19. > :11:23.I've done that, I'm going, and I'm ready now. You must be hoping to be

:11:23. > :11:25.part of team Wales with Helen Jenkins as well, which would make a

:11:25. > :11:33.part of team Wales with Helen very strong team for the relay.

:11:34. > :11:37.Yellow -- it will be so exciting to have Helen there and it will be

:11:37. > :11:40.great to race alongside her and be on the same team. And to represent

:11:40. > :11:44.Wales, that is a really special thing, you don't get to do it often.

:11:44. > :11:49.We are such a proud, strong nation, and I can't wait now. We could see

:11:49. > :11:53.your Welsh pride yesterday when you snatched the Welsh flag and came

:11:53. > :12:02.down the home straight draped in it. Yes, I saw the flag and thought I

:12:02. > :12:05.would have to take it. I got a bit of stick about not taking the

:12:05. > :12:08.British one, but it was the first black eyesore. I am really proud to

:12:08. > :12:10.be Welsh. We don't get the opportunity to represent Wales very

:12:10. > :12:12.often, so I like to keep the flag flying for the homeland. -- it was

:12:12. > :12:15.often, so I like to keep the flag the first black eyesore. There must

:12:15. > :12:19.be something in the water in Wales, so many champion 's. Thank you very

:12:19. > :12:23.much for joining us. Now, the success of the three ladies beside

:12:23. > :12:30.me has helped the boom in people taking up the triathlon over the

:12:30. > :12:33.past few years. Here are the series grand finalists, not just elite

:12:33. > :12:38.athletes who get to go on the Olympic course, but thousands of

:12:38. > :12:43.people who get to compete in various different disciplines, including

:12:43. > :12:47.70-year-old Londoner Eddie Brocklesby. She entered the oldest

:12:47. > :12:49.female age group race this morning, and here is how she got to the start

:12:49. > :13:03.line. My name is Eddie, Edwina Brocklesby.

:13:03. > :13:10.I am 70 years old now, and I am the oldest British woman to have done an

:13:10. > :13:15.Ironman. I did little sport until I was about 50. Even at university I

:13:15. > :13:21.did relatively little. I represented the University at the twist, of

:13:21. > :13:27.which I was very proud. My husband died when I was 52. And at that

:13:27. > :13:29.point I was part of a very small running club in

:13:29. > :13:33.point I was part of a very small They were going to cease being a

:13:33. > :13:38.club, and the last thing they did was to get what is a club's place in

:13:38. > :13:42.the London Marathon and presented it to me, so I had to do the London

:13:42. > :13:47.Marathon, and I had to do them justice, really. It's great when you

:13:47. > :13:50.are running. You can talk if you wanted or be absolutely silent going

:13:50. > :13:55.uphill and other people can talk to you -- you can talk if you want to.

:13:55. > :13:59.I had a son who was into triathlon and I watched him doing the London

:14:00. > :14:05.triathlon, so that was my first real sporting event in the world of the

:14:05. > :14:08.sport. I was out supporting my son doing the Lanzarote Ironman and I

:14:08. > :14:10.thought I would love to have a go at it, so that was the beginning of my

:14:10. > :14:17.thought I would love to have a go at Ironman career. She is an incredible

:14:17. > :14:23.woman, an inspiration, and I don't know too many people half her age

:14:23. > :14:27.you have the energy she has. The support I get, because I'm a lot

:14:27. > :14:33.slower than everyone else, by the time I get in the sun is going down

:14:33. > :14:38.and I'm going from bar to bar all along with great support from

:14:38. > :14:42.everyone. I think one of her best habits is that she is just

:14:42. > :14:45.relentless in her training. She trains incredibly hard, and her

:14:45. > :14:49.worst habit is the fact she does not know when to stop. In all walks of

:14:49. > :14:55.life, whether it's training, work, and I wouldn't say partying, but she

:14:55. > :14:58.is good at that too. I have been swimming here in Hampton, lovely

:14:58. > :15:03.venue, warm, all through the year. I've been here for coaching sessions

:15:03. > :15:13.and even more importantly to watch my grandson do the triathlon here,

:15:13. > :15:16.my 11-year-old grandson. So exciting to see him in the ball doing his

:15:16. > :15:18.lengths and then going off to bushy Park to do the run. I have probably

:15:19. > :15:25.minimise my running. -- see him in the pool. I have done quite a lot of

:15:25. > :15:29.biking in the fabulous Surrey Hills, and Herne Hill velodrome has been

:15:29. > :15:36.great fun. My main motivation is to stay fit and go on enjoying life as

:15:36. > :15:40.much as I am. I am running silver fit as a charity to encourage people

:15:40. > :15:43.to live a better lifestyle and participate more in exercise, even

:15:43. > :15:50.if they are quite limited in what they can do. I guess I am delighted

:15:50. > :15:56.if they are quite limited in what it is inspirational for women,

:15:56. > :16:02.certainly in Ironman competitions, 10-12% are women, and great to see

:16:02. > :16:07.younger women coming forward. How much longer can she train at this

:16:07. > :16:12.level? I think she has set new rules and do not see her stopping in the

:16:12. > :16:18.near future at all. I think we will see a lot more of Eddie. Triathlon

:16:18. > :16:23.particularly is a great sport. If you cannot run, you can always

:16:23. > :16:32.swim. Hiking is probably my favourite. -- biking. I have had

:16:32. > :16:37.some fantastic opportunities around the world swimming. I do not always

:16:37. > :16:42.enjoy a swimming, but you always feel good after you come out of a

:16:42. > :16:47.swimming pool, even after four lengths, there is a feel-good

:16:47. > :16:59.factor, which you can do for almost the rest of your life.

:16:59. > :17:08.And this is Eddie finishing her race this morning, aiming to do it in

:17:08. > :17:17.three hours, finishing fifth in the 70 275 age group, and she was happy

:17:17. > :17:25.with her placing. -- 70-75. Chrissy, how great does she look? And

:17:25. > :17:31.absolutely phenomenal lady. I had the privilege of first meeting heard

:17:31. > :17:37.when I first started this more -- the sport, he had in London, and she

:17:37. > :17:42.shows age is just a number. Why does age seem not to be a barrier in

:17:42. > :17:51.sports like triathlon, when everyone else seems to retire by 27? It has

:17:51. > :18:02.an injured and is sport, and people have that in June is capability. --

:18:02. > :18:07.it is a sport of endurance. In the amateur ranks, there is nothing to

:18:07. > :18:13.stop people taking up the sport at any age. I met someone who took up

:18:13. > :18:22.the sport at 73 and, as we have seen with Eddie, age is just a number. So

:18:22. > :18:26.many people, all different backgrounds and ages. And we see it

:18:26. > :18:33.up and down the country every weekend, people of any ages,

:18:33. > :18:39.particularly women taking the sport. Absolutely, that is what I laugh

:18:40. > :18:45.about triathlon, it is really open, growing exponentially, anyone can

:18:45. > :18:52.take it up, regardless of ability or age. Good to hear. With most of the

:18:52. > :18:58.race is done and dusted, all that is left is the men's Grand Final. Who

:18:58. > :19:00.will be crowned 2013 world champion? Here is how the leaders

:19:00. > :19:14.stand at the moment. Javier Gomez has one win and three

:19:14. > :19:21.second-place finishes. Johnny has three victories plus third. Alistair

:19:22. > :19:26.has three wins and a second place. If a Brownlee wins, he becomes world

:19:26. > :19:32.champion. Javier Gomez needs when and for Alistair to finish third or

:19:33. > :19:39.lower for him to clinch his dog world title. There were lots of

:19:39. > :19:44.elements that can bring other athletes into play, as we saw

:19:44. > :19:47.yesterday. Non Stanford had to spend time in the penalty box, as Jonny

:19:47. > :19:57.Brownlee did during the Olympics. They will want to avoid that penalty

:19:57. > :20:02.area, except for Graham, who always looks for trouble.

:20:02. > :20:07.I am with Emma Deakin in the dreaded penalty box. You were here when

:20:07. > :20:11.Jonathan Brownlee served out his penalty. How do you really across to

:20:11. > :20:17.the athletes that there is a penalty? There is a large penalty

:20:17. > :20:22.board. The number will appear when the athlete comes out of transition,

:20:22. > :20:26.and we have coaches placed at different points on the course, in

:20:27. > :20:33.an area with less public, so they can either shout or we use a

:20:33. > :20:39.whiteboard. In that particular incidents, with the coaches shouting

:20:40. > :20:46.to Jonathan, take that penalty on the third, or second lap, how does

:20:46. > :20:51.that work? The athletes and coaches speak to each other before, knowing

:20:51. > :20:56.what to do if they get a penalty, knowing when is the best position,

:20:56. > :21:02.so rather than seeing when to take it, the athletes will work to get a

:21:02. > :21:07.gap before going into the penalty box. And physiologically, what does

:21:07. > :21:12.it do? Non Stanford running flat-out, then suddenly you stop,

:21:12. > :21:19.then have to get going again. What does that do to the body? It is

:21:19. > :21:23.momentum, you are running, feeling good, it can give athletes the

:21:23. > :21:29.chance to stop, get their breath back, then get more of a surge.

:21:30. > :21:37.Others can feel worse. But you do not have to stop completely, you can

:21:37. > :21:42.jog on the spot, so you are being ready to go. You have been working

:21:42. > :21:47.with Alistair and Johnny quite a bit. Do they acknowledge you when

:21:48. > :21:54.you give information? Who has the best poker face? Both have good

:21:54. > :21:58.ones, Alistair tends to grimace more, but you cannot read much into

:21:58. > :22:07.that, I have been told that they can hear me streaking, but they know

:22:07. > :22:13.what they need to do. -- shrieking. Fingers crossed we will not have any

:22:13. > :22:20.penalties and have a fear race. Definitely.

:22:20. > :22:25.-- fair race. The races only eight minutes away.

:22:25. > :22:43.Now to hear from the men who have dominated.

:22:43. > :22:51.2013 has gone as well as I could have hoped. Not feeling too much

:22:51. > :22:58.pressure about being world champion. I want to have a good

:22:58. > :23:03.race. It has felt quite strange. Some problems after San Diego, then

:23:03. > :23:11.the tendons started flaring up, and some problems in my calf, the same

:23:11. > :23:16.ankle, just the rest of the body is fine. Started quite well at the

:23:16. > :23:22.start of the year, then not so good, the Brownlees doing very well.

:23:22. > :23:27.We were very tight in the end. It is going to be very exciting. Everyone

:23:27. > :23:32.has the chance to be one of champion, making it more exciting

:23:32. > :23:40.for the crowd. Quite emotional, having breakfast in the same hotel,

:23:40. > :23:45.the same as last year. Conflicting emotions, wonderful to be back, and

:23:45. > :23:51.it has special memories. It would have been nice to draw a line under

:23:51. > :23:57.the Olympics. That race was awesome, the crowd was huge, a great

:23:57. > :24:03.atmosphere, probably one of my best performances ever, so great

:24:03. > :24:11.memories. I just want to have a good race and, most importantly, a safe

:24:11. > :24:16.race, no penalties, run an extra 10-15 metres to start getting a

:24:16. > :24:23.penalty in that transition space. It can be harder to do this course

:24:23. > :24:30.well. Not like Stockholm, but it is going to be tough to do something

:24:30. > :24:33.different. We will see, it depends on the circumstances of the race

:24:33. > :24:40.around you. We will see what happens.

:24:40. > :24:47.It is brother against brother! I can afford to come second if Gomez wins.

:24:47. > :24:54.They are both fantastic athletes and difficult to beat. I would say to

:24:54. > :25:03.Gomez, go for it, if he is going to win, at least a Brownlee can win. I

:25:03. > :25:07.can use more tactics on this course. I do not have any team-mate in the

:25:07. > :25:11.first group, any other people working for me like the Brownlees,

:25:11. > :25:16.you can think about the race, but have to make decisions during it. We

:25:16. > :25:22.will see how I feel, how the legs are, trying to make the right

:25:22. > :25:28.decisions. I am in the stands with two guys

:25:28. > :25:37.very close to Alistair and Jonathan, the housemate to Jonathan, and the

:25:37. > :25:45.brothers' younger brother Ed. Rhys, of the two of them, which one will

:25:45. > :25:50.give you the hardest time? Both push you the in, day out, all three

:25:50. > :25:54.sessions per day, but Alistair is always the one trying to be

:25:54. > :26:00.competitive every moment, every session, whether sprinting up a

:26:00. > :26:03.hill, mother running. Alistair is more competitive, but both hugely

:26:03. > :26:09.competitive and unbelievable athletes, which makes it tough. And

:26:09. > :26:16.great to train with them and fantastic living with Johnny? A

:26:16. > :26:21.great guy to live with, like any normal housemate, anyone living with

:26:21. > :26:27.a friend, it is the same, going out together, living together, having a

:26:27. > :26:35.laugh. Any normal housemate doing triathlon for a living, maybe! How

:26:35. > :26:41.difficult where the as brothers for you? A bit of a nightmare, to be

:26:41. > :26:53.honest, absolutely everything was a competition. That is just how they

:26:53. > :26:59.are, isn't it? You two have come woefully underprepared, because I

:26:59. > :27:06.will hand you a Yorkshire flag. You can get a British flag and we can

:27:06. > :27:11.support the Brownlees here today. It is great to see a decent crowd on

:27:11. > :27:15.the banks of the Serpentine, despite the weather, and the crowds getting

:27:15. > :27:20.going. The athletes are announced through the transition area, then

:27:20. > :27:27.going to the pontoon area to pick the spot. Putting you on the spot,

:27:27. > :27:36.who do you think will win? Fantastic atmosphere and I will stick my neck

:27:36. > :27:38.out and the Jonny Brownlee -- and will say Jonny Brownlee, then

:27:38. > :27:45.Alistair, then Javier Gomez. Keeping will say Jonny Brownlee, then

:27:45. > :27:51.his title for one year? If I was using my money, I would say Jonny

:27:51. > :27:57.Brownlee. Time for the race to start and to hand you to the commentators.

:27:57. > :28:05.Thank you. That is the scene looking down on the Royal Park and the

:28:05. > :28:10.Serpentine dividing the part in two, and the blue pontoon, the athletes

:28:10. > :28:15.lining up, with and the blue pontoon, the athletes

:28:15. > :28:25.areas, keeping warm, their jackets on until the last minute, looking

:28:25. > :28:31.down, and the current standings. The leaders tightly bandaged, three of

:28:31. > :28:42.them could win the title. -- tightly bunched. These are the current

:28:42. > :28:49.series rankings after seven of eight races. They are trying to keep warm.

:28:49. > :28:57.The brothers, Alistair, wearing number one, Jonathan in two, Gomez

:28:57. > :29:02.weirs three. And there is the Serpentine. Still and come today.

:29:02. > :29:12.And this doubtless for this final race, reflecting the standings. --

:29:12. > :29:26.still and calm. Richard Varga, the strongest

:29:26. > :29:32.swimmer, but he has been sick this week, likely to lead the swim if he

:29:32. > :29:39.has got his health back in order. The rest of the list is ticking away

:29:39. > :29:47.at the bottom of the screen, a total of 69 due to dive into this 40 acre

:29:47. > :29:51.lake. The eastern half is the Serpentine, the Serpentine Bridge

:29:51. > :29:57.marks the boundary over to the right of the screen, between Hyde Park and

:29:57. > :30:05.Kensington Gardens. Similar scenes to August the 7th 2012, when the

:30:05. > :30:13.British brothers brought home two of the three medals, gold and bronze,

:30:13. > :30:17.with Gomez between them. Now, they have a 1.5 kilometres swim,

:30:17. > :30:22.returning to the blue area, where there are bikes are part apart of 40

:30:22. > :30:27.K cycle, taking them out of the park down to the Palace, then returning

:30:27. > :30:34.to the park for a ten kilometre run, the concluding segment. The

:30:34. > :30:43.Grand Final of the 2013 World Triathlon Series for men, right here

:30:43. > :30:47.in Hyde Park, wearing number one, Alistair Brownlee, two Jonathan

:30:47. > :30:52.Brownlee, three Javier Gomez, ready to go, time for the talking to stop,

:30:52. > :31:02.for the triathlon to begin this afternoon. We have had a brilliant

:31:02. > :31:07.season and it has come down to this potentially enthralling climax. We

:31:07. > :31:10.had the success of Non Stanford in the women's race yesterday, and

:31:10. > :31:16.Jodie Stimpson joining her on the podium. Can the Brownlee Brothers

:31:16. > :31:22.wrap it up for Great Britain today? They are into the Serpentine and

:31:22. > :31:27.away! It is wild in the calm water as the arms and legs do their work.

:31:27. > :31:32.Everybody looking for Clearwater and we already have one or two

:31:32. > :31:37.struggling with the place. Expect Richard Varga to be involved. He is

:31:37. > :31:40.comfortably the best swimmer in the field and also a training partner of

:31:40. > :31:46.the Brownlee brothers, so there will be looking to get a toe up as they

:31:46. > :31:53.head towards the Serpentine Bridge, then make the turnaround of the

:31:53. > :32:00.three boys, then passed the Lansbury -- passed the Lansbury Lyda, then

:32:00. > :32:04.dive back into the water for lap number two. Flailing arms coming

:32:04. > :32:11.through, and Richard Varga going for it. The three main protagonists,

:32:11. > :32:16.Johnny, Alistair, Javier Gomez, trying to look for the shortest line

:32:16. > :32:20.they can take. The swim leaders seem to have come from the left-hand side

:32:20. > :32:26.this week and they will have taken note. They will be looking to chase

:32:26. > :32:31.on Richard Varga, and that pace, initially is absolutely stunning. No

:32:31. > :32:37.holding back there. No thoughts of a 1500 metres swim, flat out on the

:32:37. > :32:40.first 200 and hanging on, easing back slightly as the work takes its

:32:40. > :32:43.first 200 and hanging on, easing toll, and by then, we think, the

:32:43. > :32:48.pattern of the swimming section of the race will have been established.

:32:48. > :32:53.But it is ridiculously fast going out there, and people already

:32:53. > :32:57.desperately trying to hang on. It is fast because the water is so flat

:32:57. > :33:02.and calm and inviting. Richard Varga, as expected, setting the

:33:02. > :33:06.pace. He is a very good swimmer. Sometimes gets a little left behind

:33:06. > :33:08.on the bicycle and the run but making improvements in the

:33:08. > :33:12.on the bicycle and the run but disciplines and had his best result

:33:12. > :33:18.of the season in the seventh round in Stockholm a couple of weeks ago.

:33:18. > :33:22.He was seventh. There is Jonathan Brownlee, winner in Yokohama and

:33:22. > :33:30.Madrid, and in the spring disciplines in hamburg -- Hamburg.

:33:30. > :33:36.He will not want to let Alistair and Richard Varga get to in -- far in

:33:36. > :33:42.front. We saw an exceptionally fast swim to kick off the women's race

:33:42. > :33:49.yesterday, and it seems the men are following suit on this, so far,

:33:49. > :33:54.fingers crossed, dry Sunday afternoon. Dry at the moment, but

:33:54. > :33:58.rain expected around 3pm according to the forecast. If that is true, we

:33:58. > :34:03.are in luck, because by then they should be off the bike and the

:34:03. > :34:09.danger element is taken out. Very tight around the first pillar. You

:34:09. > :34:13.can see the arms flailing. Fighting the position. Yesterday we saw what

:34:13. > :34:18.could happen with the women's swim, and if you get a hit, that can play

:34:18. > :34:23.into it, but the leaders around safely. Just beginning to stretch

:34:23. > :34:28.out slightly with this extraordinarily fast early pace. One

:34:28. > :34:33.or two getting completely ducked, submerged in the Serpentine on the

:34:33. > :34:39.first turn. It was a violent at times. You need to steer clear of

:34:39. > :34:42.the pillars. They were like some sort of crazy washing machine

:34:42. > :34:46.through the first section. Richard Varga looks ahead. He has had this

:34:46. > :34:50.sickness, some sort of vomiting virus in the build-up to the event,

:34:50. > :34:54.but he seems to be stronger today. We will see how long he can hold

:34:54. > :35:03.it. He's been training with the Brownlee brothers at altitude in

:35:03. > :35:06.Saint Moritz, so he has improved his all-round triathlon performance.

:35:06. > :35:15.Earlier in the week he won the world championship Aqua triathlon event, a

:35:15. > :35:20.shorter swimming and running event, which he dominated. He has already

:35:20. > :35:31.tasted world championship success. They had off towards the Lyda --

:35:31. > :35:35.lido which was opened in the 1930s. It is open to the public. The

:35:35. > :35:44.Serpentine swimming club have a 100 yard swimming -- every Christmas

:35:44. > :35:49.morning, competing for the Peter Pan cup, inaugurated by JM Barrie, the

:35:49. > :35:53.creator of Peter Pan. The crowd getting involved, lined up on both

:35:53. > :35:57.the Southern and northern banks of the Serpentine. The noise level is

:35:57. > :36:01.beginning to build. This is what we want, as the Brownlee brothers raced

:36:01. > :36:07.shoulder to shoulder through the Serpentine. The noise level starting

:36:07. > :36:13.to build. It is the Olympic spirit of the 7th of August, 2012, being

:36:13. > :36:17.rekindled this afternoon. We saw a clash in the swim and it looked as

:36:17. > :36:21.though Jonathan Brownlee would be pulled back. He managed to recover

:36:21. > :36:30.but there was a hesitation. Richard Varga did win the Aquathon and had a

:36:30. > :36:33.time penalty on the run, and overcame it. His biking has

:36:33. > :36:38.improved, and I think he could be the dark horse in this. We talk

:36:38. > :36:42.about Javier Gomez and Alistair and Johnny Brownlee, but there are other

:36:42. > :36:46.people, and sometimes the script doesn't always follow what we wanted

:36:46. > :36:56.to. With Gwen Jorgensen yesterday, and with what happened to Anne

:36:56. > :37:01.Haug, things can happen, and it looked like the British might be

:37:01. > :37:04.affected there. There are other British triathletes there, like

:37:04. > :37:11.David McNamee, the boyfriend of Non Stanford. Matthew Sharp is number 20

:37:11. > :37:17.-- 30. Mark Buckingham is 38. Aaron Harris is 53. And Phil Wolfe is

:37:17. > :37:23.number 68, so lots of British interest in the water today. Gomez

:37:23. > :37:28.is getting a little left behind here. He is not with the lead

:37:28. > :37:36.group. He must be ten or 15 seconds behind Richard Varga. He certainly

:37:36. > :37:40.was, and that is the first close-up shot of Javier Gomez coming through.

:37:40. > :37:44.We see the way that Richard has stretched the field at the front. We

:37:44. > :37:48.are so used to him going out there and after a period of settling in,

:37:48. > :37:51.the athletes almost getting a straight line behind, but today it

:37:51. > :37:55.seems that Richard has not backed off at all and is stretching out the

:37:55. > :37:59.field, and it does look as if Javier Gomez is the pressure just a little

:38:00. > :38:08.at this early stage. -- feeling the pressure. 870 metres to swim. They

:38:08. > :38:14.will come out of the water, and did Richard Varga take a wrong turn? I

:38:14. > :38:19.wonder if he veered slightly onto an incorrect course. They have become

:38:19. > :38:23.behind the pontoon. No, he's got it. He went slightly further to his

:38:23. > :38:30.right than he needed and now has readjusted his course. And he will

:38:30. > :38:32.return to behind the starting pontoon, the next yellow

:38:32. > :38:36.return to behind the starting inflatable, and then he will turn to

:38:36. > :38:41.the X it and the spectacular re-entry to the water of the

:38:41. > :38:48.Serpentine, where the maximum depth is 17 feet, 5.3 metres deep. As we

:38:48. > :38:51.approach the halfway mark we is 17 feet, 5.3 metres deep. As we

:38:51. > :38:58.anticipate getting a clearer idea of what sort of time is on, but he is

:38:58. > :39:03.way out in front, and the sight of Javier Gomez showed him off the pace

:39:03. > :39:05.a bit. However, everybody is off the pace that Richard Varga has said on

:39:05. > :39:10.a bit. However, everybody is off the the first lap of the two. One more

:39:10. > :39:13.turn to make, and we will get a full check on the positions of the

:39:13. > :39:20.remaining triathletes, assuming we still have a full complement as they

:39:20. > :39:24.X it the water. One thing is for sure, Richard Varga is where he

:39:24. > :39:26.likes to be. Of course, he does not want to ride alone. He will want to

:39:26. > :39:34.leave transition in company with want to ride alone. He will want to

:39:34. > :39:38.Alistair and Jonathan. He is not going to win the race today, but he

:39:38. > :39:42.will want to be involved with the Brownlee brothers as he glances over

:39:42. > :39:47.his shoulder. Richard Varga burst out the water. In second position is

:39:47. > :39:55.Aaron Royle from Australia, then Fabian. Jonathan comes out in force.

:39:55. > :39:56.Henry Schuman has had a good season, and Aurelien Raphael and

:39:56. > :40:07.Hirokatsu Tayama. Javier Gomez is 16 seconds off the

:40:07. > :40:14.pace. Gomez has not had a great swim so far. He can't afford to let that

:40:14. > :40:20.gap grow too much in the second lap, Javier Gomez. We saw the same thing

:40:20. > :40:26.happen with Anne Haug yesterday. She did not have a great swim and was

:40:26. > :40:31.never really able to close the gap. They are exciting, walking over the

:40:31. > :40:37.ridge, and they are diving back into the waters of the Serpentine. One of

:40:37. > :40:42.the big danger is that we saw with Anne Haug yesterday, if you get

:40:42. > :40:47.caught in a pack, there is a chance that you might get an elbow or a

:40:47. > :40:54.hand flying out, or the goggles are dislodged. We did think there was a

:40:54. > :41:01.clash before and it was a clash, and it looks like Vincent Luis, trying

:41:01. > :41:07.to work his way through the Brownlee brothers, but no mishap for Jonny

:41:07. > :41:10.to work his way through the Brownlee and Alistair. Richard Varga is going

:41:10. > :41:13.to lead the swim and will go into transition with clean space in front

:41:13. > :41:17.of him and he will find it much easier. He will not be put off by

:41:17. > :41:23.anyone else and will have a clean entry and exit and will make sure he

:41:23. > :41:29.is in the lead pack as they go onto the second discipline the bike. A

:41:29. > :41:32.quick reminder of how the season panned out. Javier Gomez with a

:41:32. > :41:38.victory in Auckland, but the Brownlee brothers were not there. In

:41:38. > :41:43.San Diego Leicester -- Alistair won that. Johnny Brownlee won in

:41:43. > :41:47.Yokohama, and again in Madrid while Alistair was still struggling with

:41:47. > :41:55.an Achilles injury. Alistair dominated in Germany. He had nobody

:41:55. > :42:04.for company up the mountain, the complete destruction of the rest of

:42:04. > :42:10.the field. In hamburg -- Hamburg, it was a split finish the line. In

:42:10. > :42:14.Stockholm, Alistair was the victor, Gomez was second, and Jonathan was

:42:14. > :42:19.third. They have added up all of their points and they come to London

:42:20. > :42:24.for the grand finale, and all three of them, the two brothers from

:42:24. > :42:27.Yorkshire and the Spaniard in with a chance of the world championship but

:42:27. > :42:32.the Brownlee brothers have had a better start than their great rival

:42:32. > :42:37.Gomez in the swim section. When we get the big three triathlon together

:42:37. > :42:42.in men's field, that has been established, the order is the one

:42:42. > :42:48.that we play around with. Is this where Javier Gomez makes the change?

:42:48. > :42:52.He had a very hard race schedule in the year early on, then went up the

:42:52. > :42:55.distance, and that this race he has arrested a bit. He has come in a

:42:56. > :42:59.little bit fresher and you wonder what sort of told the season has

:42:59. > :43:04.played on Alistair with the injuries, and the whole accumulation

:43:04. > :43:10.of the pressure from the Olympic Games coming back into this.

:43:10. > :43:12.Alistair and Jonny, we support Great Britain, of course, but Javier Gomez

:43:12. > :43:16.Alistair and Jonny, we support Great is in with a great chance if he can

:43:16. > :43:22.recover from what am by his standards, is slightly below swim.

:43:22. > :43:28.-- what is by his standards. On the second lap of the swim with under

:43:28. > :43:33.500 metres to go. There are two laps of 750 to complete the swim. The

:43:33. > :43:40.bicycle involves seven laps of 5.7 kilometres. They come out of the

:43:40. > :43:44.park and head down Constitution hill towards the palace. Another bit of a

:43:44. > :43:49.argy-bargy at the turn. Some of the later starters including Aurelien

:43:49. > :43:54.Raphael getting pushed off his racing line. It really can be nasty.

:43:54. > :43:59.Fingers in our eyes, all sorts of injuries occurring at times. The

:43:59. > :44:03.field is now so well spread. We saw a similar pattern emerging in the

:44:03. > :44:07.women's race yesterday. You see on the bottom right the memorial to

:44:07. > :44:12.Diana, Princess of Wales, the stone ring Fountain. And then some of the

:44:12. > :44:21.most expensive real estate in London. I gather one house there was

:44:21. > :44:25.repossessed in Hyde Park last week. Possession and repossession, and in

:44:25. > :44:30.possession of the race, Richard Varga. Pushing and pushing. We have

:44:30. > :44:35.seen a spread on this elite field. It is unlike anything we have seen

:44:35. > :44:40.early on this season. He really has pushed it, Richard. We knew he would

:44:40. > :44:44.go out there and we have been accustomed to him backing to have a

:44:44. > :44:48.group to work with, but the tactics have changed. Alistair said that

:44:48. > :44:53.this race would depend on circumstances around him. Richard

:44:53. > :44:56.Varga has decided that he wants to dictate the circumstances on the

:44:56. > :44:59.swimming, and as we rapidly approach the end of the swim, it's been

:44:59. > :45:03.extremely fast and he has already put a lot of athletes out of

:45:03. > :45:08.contention, because they cannot stay with the pace. As we see the

:45:08. > :45:12.Serpentine safe area for swimming on the far side, that is 100 metres

:45:13. > :45:15.from one end to the other, and we can see that Richard Varga has a 15

:45:15. > :45:23.metre lead over all except about can see that Richard Varga has a 15

:45:23. > :45:28.of the athletes in the field. Tens of thousands out to watch this Grand

:45:28. > :45:32.Final this afternoon, the rain has held off, the helicopter able to

:45:32. > :45:39.fly, the wind and issue earlier, seeming to drop off slightly, the

:45:39. > :45:44.athletes thinking about the arrival in the transition, all taking note

:45:44. > :45:50.of what happened to Non Stanford when she deposited her wet suit

:45:50. > :45:56.yesterday, it did not find the box, the plastic box, the equipment has

:45:56. > :46:00.to be put exactly in place, it is hard, but rules there for a reason,

:46:00. > :46:07.otherwise equipment would be all over transition. Stanford broke the

:46:07. > :46:12.rules, incurred the 15 second stop-go penalty, still claiming

:46:12. > :46:17.victory in the race and the World Triathlon Series title for 2013. The

:46:17. > :46:22.boys will have learnt a lesson from that, and as we had from Jonny

:46:22. > :46:27.Brownlee, he learnt his lesson from incurring a stop-go penalty in the

:46:27. > :46:36.Olympics in 2012 when he had at this mind infringement -- dismount. At

:46:36. > :46:43.some point, he went over the line while still on his bike, and he was

:46:43. > :46:48.forced to take the stop-go penalty. Fast approaching the end of the

:46:48. > :46:53.swim, the possibility of a break after four swimmers, then maybe

:46:53. > :47:00.eight together, and other small break, everything depending on

:47:00. > :47:03.transition. Transition is so important, but possibly even more

:47:03. > :47:06.important in this, we'll Javier important, but possibly even more

:47:06. > :47:17.Gomez re-establish himself into the league back? -- the lead pack. I

:47:17. > :47:21.wonder how many will wear gloves, lots of frozen fingers yesterday,

:47:22. > :47:26.and Jodie Stimpson could not get one of her shoes on because of problems

:47:26. > :47:34.with her fingers. We shall see what they elect to wear on the first of

:47:34. > :47:43.the seven bike laps stop looking down on the swimmers, you can see

:47:43. > :47:50.how much there is nothing given at all by Richard Varga. He went at the

:47:50. > :47:55.front, stayed at the front, Jonathan and Alistair working to stay in

:47:55. > :47:59.contention, and Gomez appears to be falling off the pace a little,

:47:59. > :48:06.unless he has moved in the middle of luck number two, he will work hard

:48:06. > :48:11.on transition to get back on. We will get a split time for the

:48:11. > :48:18.Spaniard now. Richard Varga will win the swimming section, the Slovakian

:48:18. > :48:24.exiting the water now, preparing himself for the arrival in

:48:24. > :48:28.transition. Fast in the water. Aaron Royle still in second, John estate

:48:28. > :48:37.in third, Alistair and fourth, a Royle still in second, John estate

:48:37. > :48:46.slap on the water for the Japanese. -- slip. Javier Gomez has lost a

:48:46. > :48:53.little more, but will arrive shortly in transition. They need to get this

:48:53. > :49:00.right. Alistair looking calm and relaxed, barely even breathing

:49:00. > :49:06.heavily, multitasking, stepping out of his wet suit, Varga already on

:49:06. > :49:13.his way. Jonathan making sure everything is in position. The

:49:13. > :49:20.brothers are on their way. Alistair getting on board his bike. How far

:49:20. > :49:28.behind is Gomez? He will have to do a bit of early work to try and close

:49:28. > :49:34.the 18 second gap. Looks like Javier Gomez manage that. Alistair Brownlee

:49:34. > :49:41.almost relaxing through transition, surely looking behind for what gap

:49:41. > :49:48.is there, realising that, although Gomez was 18-19 seconds off, so many

:49:48. > :49:55.athletes with seconds apart, but he is likely to to be in succession. It

:49:55. > :50:04.looks like two athletes trying to get off in front. We'll be looked

:50:04. > :50:09.back? Everything to play for. Let us hear from Graham Bell.

:50:09. > :50:15.Fingers crossed, no real infringements. It looked like all

:50:15. > :50:21.athletes, articulate athletes, looking cold, I think it was

:50:21. > :50:28.particularly tough, and some riders actually riding with covers over the

:50:28. > :50:32.front of their cycle boats, just trying to get the feeling back in

:50:32. > :50:39.their tours. The Brownlees not going for that nonsense. -- their toes.

:50:39. > :50:44.They are out in front pushing hard on the bike.

:50:44. > :50:49.The first lap underway, looking back at Alistair's transition, keeping

:50:49. > :50:56.himself calm, some others quicker, but with his bike speed so

:50:56. > :51:06.dominant, he knows he can lead from the front, maybe making a breakaway,

:51:06. > :51:11.as he did in Stockholm. Kicking clear with a couple of laps to go.

:51:11. > :51:15.Alistair looked like he was suffering with the colder little,

:51:15. > :51:22.trying to get the clip into the crash hat, not getting out of the

:51:22. > :51:27.wet suit as he normally does, losing a few seconds, watching some

:51:27. > :51:32.athletes go past him. Getting control, then mounting on the bike.

:51:33. > :51:39.They are on their way, the first lap, taking them up to Hyde Park

:51:39. > :51:44.Corner, passed up to one Hyde Park, going through the Wellington Arch,

:51:44. > :51:52.cruising down Constitution Hill, connecting the western end of The

:51:52. > :51:56.Mall, ordered by Buckingham Palace gardens and Green Park, and we can't

:51:56. > :52:07.see who is involved in this front group. The brothers are there. -- we

:52:07. > :52:16.can see. Ryan Bailie, I think, is there, no sign yet of Gomez, Richard

:52:16. > :52:22.Varga at the back of that group of about nine in the early stages.

:52:22. > :52:31.Aaron Royle of Australia there, Gomez out of the saddle them, he has

:52:32. > :52:37.Raphael and Luis from France. The need to work hard and stay on it.

:52:37. > :52:43.Going out of the Queen Mother Memorial Gates, the right time,

:52:43. > :52:51.briefly onto Park Lane and Hyde Park Corner, where the traffic has been

:52:51. > :52:56.removed, passed the Duke of Wellington's London home, now a

:52:56. > :53:05.museum and art gallery, all about the Duke of Wellington here, the

:53:05. > :53:13.stone statue at the top, with the agent of peace, Buckingham Palace

:53:13. > :53:19.gardens, and the tennis court on the bottom right, then down Constitution

:53:19. > :53:21.Hill, through the Memorial Gates, the walls to Buckingham Palace

:53:21. > :53:27.Hill, through the Memorial Gates, gardens on the right. Single file,

:53:27. > :53:35.the roads are drive for the moment -- dry. The athletes staying in

:53:35. > :53:42.single file, wondering where they can get to, keeping working,

:53:42. > :53:50.focusing, concentrating. Hide him not quite getting his shoes on, now

:53:50. > :53:55.he has. -- Hirokatsu Tayama not quite. They know that if they lose

:53:55. > :54:05.the lead pack, the race could be over. Steffen Justus, the German, in

:54:05. > :54:11.the league group, currently the top man for the Germans potentially. One

:54:11. > :54:18.of the Russians. McCartney of Canada, this group trying to bridge

:54:18. > :54:21.the gap between the leading group containing all three world title

:54:21. > :54:27.contenders, the Brownlee Brothers and Gomez, onto this little triangle

:54:27. > :54:33.around what is known as bird cage walk, past the Queen Victoria

:54:33. > :54:40.Memorial, we're Gwen Jorgensen crashed yesterday. Buckingham Palace

:54:40. > :54:47.proudly watching over, and the flag is flying, the Queen is in

:54:47. > :54:50.residence. That front pack working with the front line, then the

:54:50. > :54:57.changeover, so the pursuing group can see what they have to do. No

:54:57. > :55:01.backing off whatsoever on pace, people working to establish their

:55:01. > :55:07.position knowing they have to keep working to stay there. This group

:55:07. > :55:15.with all the main contenders and others wanting to get involved.

:55:15. > :55:17.Vincent Luis not quite getting his feet there. Both Frenchmen likely to

:55:18. > :55:24.Vincent Luis not quite getting his work together. The Brownlee Brothers

:55:24. > :55:31.have put in a burst of effort and an extra modicum of speed. Jonathan I'd

:55:31. > :55:36.of the saddle, pushing hard, back up towards Constitution Hill, not a

:55:36. > :55:42.hill at all, a slight incline between the Wellington Arch down to

:55:42. > :55:49.the palace. -- Jonathan out of the saddle. That search proves the

:55:49. > :55:54.people baby are not lose concentration. Alistair said, if

:55:54. > :56:00.people want to beat me, they have to do it on the bike, he is very

:56:00. > :56:04.confident on the running. He knows what is necessary for a particular

:56:04. > :56:10.race situation. Looking at Stockholm, when we assumed that lead

:56:10. > :56:15.pack would stay together, then Alistair changed the plan, went

:56:15. > :56:24.early, no reaction, and he won because of that. This group of six

:56:24. > :56:28.working together as best they can to try and close the gap, lots of chat,

:56:28. > :56:31.working together as best they can to but an electric pace at the front as

:56:31. > :56:39.the Brownlee Brothers control the pack, heading back into the park,

:56:39. > :56:48.shortly completing lap one of seven, are very fast start on dry roads to

:56:48. > :56:58.the 40 kbytes. Such was the pace at Stockholm. -- 40K bikes. It looks as

:56:58. > :57:04.if the same tactics are being applied, the strong riders working

:57:04. > :57:09.hard to get rid of as many opponents as possible so it comes down to an

:57:09. > :57:11.honest run, no one there with fresh legs going into the final

:57:11. > :57:19.honest run, no one there with fresh discipline. Look at that speed!

:57:19. > :57:26.CHEERING. And the noise levels premises and -- the noise level is

:57:26. > :57:32.reminiscent of 2012, that real Olympic feel! And out of the front

:57:32. > :57:39.Aaron Royle. These cyclists are loving it! Whether Alistair has

:57:39. > :57:48.taken control, and known that the pace would be hot, then Alistair

:57:48. > :57:52.comes out, has had his rest, he has jumped over from fourth position

:57:52. > :58:02.back to the front, he wants to be in control, in the lead, totally in

:58:02. > :58:12.command. Gomez is with them. A total of 13 in the lead group, including

:58:12. > :58:15.the Russian Dmitry Polyanskiy. A great performance by Tony Dodds of

:58:15. > :58:20.New Zealand, and he will be happy to be there, and more than willing to

:58:20. > :58:25.put in every single piece of work to stay there. The chase group coming

:58:25. > :58:33.through on transition, not that far down at all. Over the Serpentine

:58:33. > :58:41.Bridge, now heading on this left turn on the southern bank of the

:58:41. > :58:48.lake. And this is the second chase group, these guys are 51 seconds off

:58:48. > :59:00.the pace, Aaron Harris is there, Richard Murray, lots of work to do

:59:00. > :59:05.here. 51 second gap. That is going to need a concerted effort by that

:59:05. > :59:10.group to try to break down. Richard Murray, such a strong runner, but

:59:10. > :59:15.needs to put himself in contention, close one minute, and that will be a

:59:15. > :59:24.difficult one to close, a very big ask. And this was a few moments ago,

:59:24. > :59:29.Alistair number one, and Jonathan saying to do some work, giving a

:59:29. > :59:38.mouthful to Alessandro Fabi and of Italy, letting his feelings be known

:59:38. > :59:47.to the Italian. -- Alessandro Fabian. Up to Hyde Park Corner.

:59:47. > :59:52.Gomez saying to him, you have laid down the rules, I will act and put

:59:52. > :59:59.on more speed, saying that to Alessandro. And now shouting that

:59:59. > :00:08.they need to work hard and get through that Chase Park. Jonathan

:00:08. > :00:12.Brownlee barking orders. Alistair in fact, bossing the situation,

:00:12. > :00:18.ordering them past, then like some sort of team coach, weaving through

:00:18. > :00:29.the middle of the pack and keeping the 13 riding and attacking,

:00:29. > :00:34.extraordinary scenes! Book is heated to command, when it is done, you've

:00:34. > :00:40.established the pecking order -- but isn't it working. He is able to do

:00:40. > :00:43.that, and almost at will he can decide if he wants to stay in the

:00:43. > :00:47.pack, go to the front, inject the pace. He is strong enough to do

:00:47. > :00:52.that, and he's confident if the pace drops off he has two options. He can

:00:52. > :00:57.attack, or sit back confident in the knowledge is running is strong

:00:57. > :01:01.enough. I don't think I've ever seen that happen. Alistair Brownlee is

:01:01. > :01:06.always vocal, but I've never seen him ease off, sit up, go backwards

:01:06. > :01:11.through the pack and bark is orders at all of his competitors.

:01:11. > :01:15.Extraordinary scenes, such is his remarkable confidence. This is the

:01:15. > :01:27.first chasing group, including the Russian, Ivan Polley and speak --

:01:27. > :01:33.the Frenchman. The lead group of 13 is stretching clear. They are

:01:33. > :01:40.already going down Constitution Hill, coming under the Wellington

:01:40. > :01:46.Arch, sometimes known as Green Park arch, at the top of Hyde Park Corner

:01:46. > :01:48.where six London streets converge. Park Lane, Piccadilly, Constitution

:01:48. > :01:52.Hill, Grosvenor Place, Grosvenor Park Lane, Piccadilly, Constitution

:01:52. > :01:59.Crescent, and Knightsbridge from the West. In the three grand tours of

:01:59. > :02:04.cycling they talk about the necessity of having a pack leader,

:02:04. > :02:08.someone who can command, and Alistair Brownlee has taken that

:02:08. > :02:14.guys upon himself, to command the pack, take control and set the rules

:02:15. > :02:18.he will accept and nothing else. Down towards the Palace and the

:02:18. > :02:24.Victoria Memorial. The Victoria Memorial comprises the dominion

:02:24. > :02:27.gates, the Canada gate, the Australia south and west Africa

:02:27. > :02:34.gate, and the vast central monument to member rating the death of Queen

:02:34. > :02:38.Victoria in 1901. It is 25 metres high and was created by Sir Thomas

:02:39. > :02:46.Brock and formally unveiled by King George V in 1911. A lot of hard work

:02:46. > :02:53.going on but no inroads being made into the leading pack, as we rapidly

:02:53. > :02:59.cover their yards and miles on this 40 kilometre bike ride. This group

:02:59. > :03:00.is pedestrian compared to the leaders. These guys are in a

:03:00. > :03:04.different race compared to the group leaders. These guys are in a

:03:04. > :03:10.that contains the boss man, Alistair Brownlee, and the 12 others. They

:03:10. > :03:15.have done the turnaround bird cage walk and will have a look at the

:03:15. > :03:18.chasers. The chase is still coming past the Victoria Memorial and the

:03:18. > :03:24.Palace, but the lead group are well on the way to complete their second

:03:24. > :03:27.lap of the seven. It is the coordination and leadership. Without

:03:27. > :03:31.that coordination and the insistence that everybody does their work,

:03:31. > :03:36.maybe we will get somebody fast at the front of the pack, but as soon

:03:36. > :03:40.as they move back the speed ebbs away. A clear indication when we

:03:40. > :03:45.come to the end of the second lap will come. But at the moment

:03:45. > :03:51.Jonathan and Alistair commanding the pack. Gomez looking very stern and

:03:51. > :03:55.dour. Wondering what will happen, and he's pretty sure he is in

:03:55. > :03:59.contention. He once this title, let's make no bones about it. One

:03:59. > :04:04.win in the opening race of the season for Gomez, without the

:04:04. > :04:09.Bradley brothers, in Auckland. Coming through the memorial gates at

:04:09. > :04:13.the top of Constitution Hill. A right turn, and a brief visit to

:04:13. > :04:22.Park Lane, before they re-enter the park. They go past the building next

:04:22. > :04:26.to the grand entrance of Hyde Park. It is the London home of the Duke of

:04:26. > :04:33.Wellington on the left, and they just pass it as they hit Park Lane.

:04:33. > :04:36.Just beginning to see the backmarkers having to work extremely

:04:36. > :04:40.hard as they come off the corner, re-establishing contact. They do not

:04:40. > :04:46.want to be left in no man's land as they approach towards the end of the

:04:46. > :04:47.finish of this lap. Look at this, working hard, Chase, Chase, Chase,

:04:47. > :05:06.chase. Back into Hyde Park. The leaders,

:05:06. > :05:12.the Bradley brothers, with a couple of Australians, with Javier Gomez --

:05:12. > :05:16.the Brownlee Bros. Alessandro Fabian is the back marker, but he got a

:05:16. > :05:23.mouthful from Alistair Brownlee for sitting in an soaking it up. Aaron

:05:23. > :05:29.Royle is there. One of the New Zealanders there in black. Tony

:05:29. > :05:33.Dodds was there, and he works so hard just to stay there, and we have

:05:33. > :05:43.two New Zealanders, I think, but it will become clearer. The grandstands

:05:43. > :05:48.are full to bursting today. There is not any room anywhere. They are six

:05:48. > :06:00.or seven deep in the freestanding area on the side of the course.

:06:00. > :06:10.Extraordinary noise levels once again. I am reminded of the Olympics

:06:10. > :06:15.and the amazing atmosphere when Alistair Brownlee became the Olympic

:06:15. > :06:21.champion, as they complete lap two. The crowd are going crazy. Jonathan

:06:21. > :06:28.is officially second, but all of these guys are working exceptionally

:06:28. > :06:37.hard. Gomez, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Tony Dodds, Vincent Luis, Henri Schoeman

:06:37. > :06:40.and Alessandro Fabian. I thought we might have had somebody dropping off

:06:40. > :06:46.on that lap because of the speed but it hasn't occurred. Now, what is the

:06:46. > :06:50.time gap, if it stretched out, which I think it will have done. We can

:06:50. > :06:54.see them coming through the second pack, but the third pack is chasing

:06:54. > :07:00.down 51 seconds. But very early stages on the bike section. Here is

:07:00. > :07:05.the chasing group, and the gap is 41 seconds. 41 seconds between the

:07:05. > :07:11.leaders and the chase group, which is a big old group of riders. That

:07:11. > :07:15.gap has extended, hasn't it? Going out to over 40 seconds with five

:07:15. > :07:19.laps to go. Alistair Brownlee very pleased, I'm sure, with the tactics

:07:19. > :07:23.he has forced upon the lead group. You have to work hard if you want to

:07:23. > :07:27.stay with us. But everybody has done that and stayed in touch. The 13

:07:27. > :07:34.riders have stayed away and increased their lead over the

:07:34. > :07:38.chasers. The Royal Albert Hall is opposite the magnificent Albert

:07:38. > :07:48.Memorial, now fully restored, and a stunning piece of the London

:07:48. > :07:52.skyline. 27.5 kilometres to ride, so not quite halfway through the bike

:07:52. > :07:58.section. And he is at it again. Alistair is letting his lungs

:07:58. > :08:03.expresses feelings. He is really barking at the rest of them. He's

:08:03. > :08:06.doing it again. Same move, going backwards, encouraging them through,

:08:06. > :08:09.doing it again. Same move, going barking the instructions. And then

:08:09. > :08:17.he surges forward to take his place at the front. Both of the Brownlee

:08:17. > :08:22.Bros in a relatively low gear, really turning over fast. Jonathan

:08:22. > :08:25.particularly seems to have chosen a lower gear. Richard Varga being

:08:25. > :08:29.proactive in making sure that the speed stays up. Every time Richard

:08:29. > :08:35.goes to the front there is a bit of a surge and the others have to chase

:08:35. > :08:39.and follow. And Fabian, who is normally so strong, happy to do his

:08:39. > :08:41.work usually but seems to be happy to hang on as we progress on this

:08:41. > :08:59.work usually but seems to be happy cycle stage.

:08:59. > :09:05.Yes, the wind is not too strong. We were concerned that the helicopter

:09:05. > :09:08.would not be able to provide us with these magnificent pictures. But it

:09:08. > :09:10.would not be able to provide us with has just eased off. We were told by

:09:10. > :09:16.the weathermen that the first major has just eased off. We were told by

:09:16. > :09:20.storm of autumn was on its way, but we seem to have bypassed it here at

:09:20. > :09:27.the moment. The skies are a little grey above, but at the moment it is

:09:27. > :09:31.dry underfoot and under the wheels. A few spits and spots of rain

:09:31. > :09:38.earlier in the afternoon, but perfect conditions, and I'm glad it

:09:38. > :09:41.is dry. We would not have had such magnificent support at roadside and

:09:41. > :09:46.in the park to watch this race had it been chucking it down with rain.

:09:46. > :09:50.And also importantly with the rain holding off, it does give the

:09:50. > :09:54.athletes that ability and confidence that they can push it on the bike.

:09:54. > :09:59.If it had been wet underfoot, with the experience of the women's race

:09:59. > :10:03.yesterday, I am sure that the actual speed of the leading pack would be

:10:03. > :10:06.considerably down. But now it is dry they can afford to go flat out from

:10:06. > :10:12.the front and keep that pressure on throughout the second discipline.

:10:12. > :10:16.The New Zealand War Memorial is on the top right, and then through the

:10:16. > :10:20.memorial gates at the top of Constitution Hill. The stone

:10:20. > :10:27.pillars, the campaign stones they are called, inaugurated in 2002 to

:10:27. > :10:30.commemorate soldiers from the British Empire who served for

:10:30. > :10:35.Britain in the first and Second World War is. These are the

:10:35. > :10:39.chasers. They have come out of the park and are chasing through the

:10:39. > :10:43.arch. A bit of interest at the front, an injection of pace to

:10:43. > :10:48.reduce the lead which, at the end of the second lap, was 41 seconds. That

:10:48. > :10:53.is Richard Murray, probably the best of the group. The only one to have

:10:53. > :10:57.visited a world triathlon series podium this season, second behind

:10:57. > :11:04.Alistair Brownlee in San Diego. Richard Murray, along with Henry

:11:04. > :11:13.Schuman -- Henri Schoeman, the leading triathletes in South Africa.

:11:13. > :11:16.If this gap keeps growing, it is unlikely that Richard will be able

:11:17. > :11:20.to close down that. He is thinking of that and thinking, OK, let's see

:11:20. > :11:24.if I can make the jump. Is there anybody willing enough to come with

:11:24. > :11:29.me to see if we can work together and close the gap on leaders? Quite

:11:29. > :11:33.an autumnal scene with the leaves from the trees in the various royal

:11:33. > :11:38.parks being blown across the red tarmac of this part of London, in

:11:38. > :11:44.front of the Victoria Memorial with the golden statue of the Queen

:11:44. > :11:51.looking down. Buckingham Palace there. Bombed several times during

:11:51. > :11:57.the Second World War, the most serious incident resulting in the

:11:57. > :12:02.destruction of the palace chapel in 1940. And one German bomb landed in

:12:02. > :12:07.the palace quadrangle while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were

:12:07. > :12:10.in residence and the Queen famously declared, "I am glad we have been

:12:10. > :12:20.bombed, now I can look the East End in the face. " I'm not sure if the

:12:20. > :12:22.chasing group can look each other in the face at the moment, because

:12:22. > :12:25.every time we come to turn, the group is stretched. There is no

:12:25. > :12:32.coordination. We have the workers at front. Ivan Vasiliev working hard,

:12:32. > :12:36.but the injection of paste seems to mean that the group is stretching

:12:36. > :12:40.out on the other athletes in the group display an unwillingness to go

:12:40. > :12:46.to the front -- an injection of pace. With Ivan Vasiliev trying to

:12:46. > :12:50.do that by himself, very little chance at all. Bottom right of the

:12:50. > :12:55.screen is the newly inaugurated Royal Air Force bomber command

:12:55. > :13:00.Memorial for the 55,000 aircrew of RAF bomber command who died during

:13:00. > :13:03.the Second World War. Built with Portland stone and unveiled at the

:13:03. > :13:10.end of June 2012, opened by Her Majesty The Queen. And the aluminium

:13:10. > :13:14.used to build the roof came from a Royal Canadian air force Halifax

:13:14. > :13:19.which crashed in Belgium in 1944 and was rediscovered in recent years

:13:19. > :13:28.with three of the aircrew still at their posts.

:13:28. > :13:32.Lots of chatter from Alistair Brownlee, world number one, Olympic

:13:32. > :13:38.champion, his younger brother Jonathan alongside. Aaron Royle,

:13:38. > :13:43.Tony Dodds, Richard Varga, the Brownlee Bros training partner, he

:13:43. > :13:48.is up there as well. They are coming up to complete lap number three. At

:13:48. > :13:57.the end of the second lap the advantage was 41 seconds. Just a

:13:57. > :14:00.little indication that the Japanese rider is feeling the pressure. He

:14:00. > :14:03.stayed at the back of the last few kilometres and not been able to come

:14:03. > :14:07.through and make a significant impact, and you just wonder if he is

:14:07. > :14:13.feeling the speed so much that he will not be able to stay there. Time

:14:13. > :14:39.to go down and hear from Chrissie Wellington.

:14:39. > :14:41.A few technical problems. We could not link up with Chrissie

:14:41. > :14:46.Wellington, but we will hear from not link up with Chrissie

:14:46. > :14:51.her shortly. Meanwhile, a chance to check on the leaders as they

:14:51. > :14:54.complete the third lap. Then we will get a check on the time difference

:14:54. > :15:00.between the lead group and the chasing pack. Four laps to go. So,

:15:00. > :15:06.we are soon to be halfway through, and a bit of pointing and waving

:15:06. > :15:11.going on. That is from within the chasing group, which is growing all

:15:11. > :15:23.the time. 41 seconds last time they cut the times. It is going to be

:15:23. > :15:28.more than that now. I think Steffen Justus has been pushed to the front

:15:28. > :15:31.to do some work. That gap staying the same, just 40 seconds,

:15:31. > :15:35.establishing an easing off at the the same, just 40 seconds,

:15:35. > :15:41.front, knowing it will be difficult to close the gap without concerted

:15:41. > :15:46.work. It looked like they would be a way off, but no change at all, it

:15:46. > :15:57.was the same in the women's race yesterday, the chasing pack not

:15:57. > :16:03.managing to make a dent on the lead. The group containing the three main

:16:03. > :16:08.contenders, meanwhile, Alistair, it Jonathan and Javier Gomez, well on

:16:08. > :16:14.their way in lap number four. We know that Alistair's preferred

:16:14. > :16:22.tactics are to treat the first two kilometres of the Rand, going fast,

:16:22. > :16:30.creating a gap. -- the run. He seems to have pushed that similar tactic

:16:30. > :16:34.onto the cycling, fishing, opening the gap, sitting back a little,

:16:34. > :16:44.appreciating, knowing it will be a huge effort to close.

:16:44. > :16:51.The lead group, a dozen or so riders, forcing the pace at the

:16:51. > :17:03.front of the field, then another huge group, the chase group,

:17:03. > :17:13.containing a cosmopolitan bunch, XT five is Francesc Godoy of Spain,

:17:13. > :17:19.number nine the Russian, number 23 is Steffen Justus, the German in a

:17:19. > :17:32.small breakaway group now grown to a group of about 20. 44, Simon from

:17:32. > :17:34.Belgium, and 36, Marco van der Stel from the Netherlands. Lots of

:17:34. > :17:39.discussion between the riders. We're from the Netherlands. Lots of

:17:39. > :17:48.at the end of each lap live far behind the leaders they are, knowing

:17:48. > :17:53.how much work needs to be done. But different when comparing how the

:17:53. > :17:58.work is divided, that lead pack at the moment, each individual athlete

:17:58. > :18:03.getting to the front, immediately the move over, the next athlete

:18:03. > :18:12.moving over smoothly. On the chase pack, some staying at the front for

:18:12. > :18:17.30 seconds, and that will cause fatigue, then working hard. There

:18:18. > :18:24.has to be a constant turnaround, a short time at the front, then with

:18:24. > :18:30.the opportunity to recover, to do the same again and again, to be at

:18:30. > :18:36.the front of the lead pack. And the Wellington Arch, onto Constitution

:18:36. > :18:41.Hill for the fourth time, rolling down from Hyde Park Corner towards

:18:41. > :18:49.the Palace, with three assassination attempts there on Queen Victoria in

:18:49. > :18:55.1840, 1840, 1849, all failing, of course, and in 1850, the former

:18:55. > :19:05.Prime Minister, Edward Beale, the Rhone from his horse and dying from

:19:05. > :19:11.his injuries. -- Edward Peel. And the Spaniards there, having a very

:19:11. > :19:18.good season. Mario Mola. He was first in Hamburg in the sprint

:19:18. > :19:23.event, a good triathletes. Big Ben staring down on this part of

:19:23. > :19:30.London, coming past the Victoria Memorial once again, in front of

:19:30. > :19:34.Buckingham Palace. The cycling discipline going so quickly at the

:19:34. > :19:38.front, eating up the kilometres, quickly approaching the running,

:19:38. > :19:45.then things will be interesting indeed, with that speed at the

:19:45. > :19:47.front. Gomez, the Brownlee Brothers, how strong will be the rest of the

:19:47. > :19:53.pack? Aaron Royle has had a good, how strong will be the rest of the

:19:53. > :19:59.some outstanding races, this could be the one where he will go.

:19:59. > :20:09.Interesting to see what Richard Varga will do, including that

:20:09. > :20:14.penalty. Nice for the leaders here, not so for the chasers, with the

:20:14. > :20:19.whole of the Birdcage Walk triangle to negotiate, an awful lot to do to

:20:19. > :20:24.get involved with this Brownlee to negotiate, an awful lot to do to

:20:24. > :20:30.controlled group of 13 at the front. There seems to be a front and back

:20:30. > :20:32.position, one brother leading, another one marshalling the rest,

:20:32. > :20:42.barking his orders through the group. Lovely, just that turnaround,

:20:42. > :20:49.pure seam filing we have seen in the grand tours, moving up on the

:20:49. > :20:54.right-hand side, moved to the front for a few revelations, down the

:20:54. > :20:58.left, do that again and again, maximising everything you have two

:20:58. > :21:04.in sure you stay at the front. The station beginning to set in, David

:21:05. > :21:12.McNamee looking back, saying he has done his bit, trying to chase them

:21:12. > :21:17.down, but a reluctance to get to the front, some thinking they would stay

:21:17. > :21:28.behind, you can do the work, having the fresh legs to run through.

:21:28. > :21:33.Richard Murray, momentarily out of this seat, pushing the pace at the

:21:33. > :21:44.front of this chase group. Another group not too far behind. Certainly

:21:44. > :21:54.frustration from Richard Murray, saying, come on, we have done our

:21:54. > :21:58.work, you do yours as well! Back with the leaders, Alistair looking

:21:58. > :22:05.back, sees what is happening, slots himself nice uncomfortably in the

:22:05. > :22:12.middle of the park. And enjoying the welcome the Brownlee Brothers will

:22:12. > :22:18.get. Now back with the chasers, as we check the timing at the end of

:22:18. > :22:22.this fourth lap, 41 seconds at the end of lap two, 40 seconds at the

:22:22. > :22:28.end of the three. Richard Murray not happy there, clearly disheartened

:22:29. > :22:33.with the company he is keeping at this stage. Important to be strong

:22:33. > :22:39.overall, if you have that weakness, particularly with swimming, and

:22:39. > :22:45.Richard Murray is a good swimmer, but not staying with the strongest,

:22:45. > :22:47.and if you leave that gap, you set yourself a difficult target, exactly

:22:47. > :22:52.and if you leave that gap, you set what he is facing now. This winter,

:22:52. > :23:02.he will work on his swimming technique. So, they are about to

:23:02. > :23:08.complete lap number four, 51 minutes and about 50 seconds into the final

:23:08. > :23:28.World Triathlon Series event of this season. The gap at the end of lap

:23:28. > :23:33.three was 40 seconds. And there is the leading group of 13, the clock

:23:33. > :23:36.ticking away at the bottom right, showing the gap to this group, with

:23:36. > :23:44.Richard Murray at the helm, in control, they might have fined five

:23:44. > :23:52.seconds. It was 40 seconds, it is down to 33, a slight bend made in

:23:52. > :23:55.the league during lap number four. No wonder there is frustration from

:23:55. > :24:01.Richard Murray, if he can close that gap without seemingly any real help

:24:02. > :24:06.from the other athletes, what could be achieved with a concerted

:24:06. > :24:12.effort, if they worked consistently to close that gap, that could give

:24:12. > :24:17.Richard a chance. With the weather worsening, and that lap four

:24:17. > :24:22.complete, time to hear from Chrissie Wellington.

:24:22. > :24:25.The first pack coming through, you realise how fast these boys are

:24:25. > :24:32.cycling out there with the rain coming down, making it very

:24:32. > :24:37.interesting, especially on corners. It is a really aggressive,

:24:37. > :24:41.competent, attacking raids. I would like to see some of their other

:24:41. > :24:47.competent, attacking raids. I would athletes really pushing it. Maybe

:24:47. > :24:48.pushing away from the Brownlees, where they stand a chance of

:24:48. > :24:57.victory. They know the boys can run where they stand a chance of

:24:57. > :25:03.29 minutes for the ten kilometres off the hard 40 kilometres cycling,

:25:03. > :25:08.and the need to push the pace to make a breakaway, the only way they

:25:08. > :25:14.can stand a chance to get on the podium today.

:25:14. > :25:21.It is going to get interesting in the second half of this bike race,

:25:21. > :25:27.because the rain is falling, and a couple of incidents in the women's

:25:27. > :25:31.race, when the road surface was slippery. Chrissie spoke about a

:25:32. > :25:36.break from one of the others. We might get a break from a Brownlee.

:25:36. > :25:42.We saw Alistair do it with magnificent results in Stockholm.

:25:42. > :25:45.With three laps to go, about 2.5 maybe, Navy Alistair thinks

:25:46. > :25:50.With three laps to go, about 2.5 the time to do it again. It will

:25:50. > :25:54.take a brave man to break away. With the time to do it again. It will

:25:54. > :26:00.wet conditions, the rain starting even later, possibly even more

:26:00. > :26:06.dangerous. The grease on the London Road, a slight time could make it

:26:06. > :26:13.difficult to maintain contact. The gap is back out to 40 seconds

:26:13. > :26:18.between the leaders and chase pack. Perhaps there is an attack going on

:26:18. > :26:26.from it looks like Alistair, being covered by everybody else, extending

:26:26. > :26:31.the gap now. Single file again, all keeping out of trouble. They need to

:26:31. > :26:34.be careful as the rain continues to fall on these already greasy

:26:34. > :26:47.streets. Up towards Hyde Park Corner once again, with under 15 kilometres

:26:47. > :26:51.to right now. And at the back, Hirokatsu Tayama of Japan has Rafael

:26:51. > :26:56.just ahead of him. Those wearing sunglasses will need to keep them

:26:56. > :27:02.clean. Some will throw them away as vision becomes more difficult at the

:27:02. > :27:06.high speeds and the rain is something down now. Much heavier

:27:06. > :27:16.rainfall than the women injured yesterday. Tough conditions indeed,

:27:16. > :27:24.possibly I game changer, possibly a change of pace, becoming difficult,

:27:24. > :27:35.the need for strong mental attitude. Buckingham Palace, 20 metres high at

:27:35. > :27:39.its highest point, and there would ordinarily be a changing of the

:27:39. > :27:48.guard today, odd numbered days in September, but no changing of the

:27:49. > :28:01.guard cause of the triathlon. -- because of. This extended chase

:28:01. > :28:04.group is well spread, as the leaders reach the bottom of Constitution

:28:04. > :28:11.Hill, riding the Queen Victoria Memorial once again, round the

:28:11. > :28:17.triangle, then back towards the park. From a sightseeing point of

:28:17. > :28:24.view, aspect a killer triathlon, maybe the most spectacular in the

:28:24. > :28:30.world. -- spectacular triathlon. Taking in so many renowned sites as

:28:30. > :28:35.the World Triathlon Series in Hyde Park and the surrounding area.

:28:35. > :28:42.Conditions becoming more and more difficult. The chasing pack, so many

:28:42. > :28:47.people, and a reluctance to leave. And a reluctance to stave close

:28:47. > :28:54.behind the wheel in front because of water being flicked up. They could

:28:54. > :28:58.be brave enough to use the advantage to work from the front to keep the

:28:58. > :29:04.speed up. Hesitation going into corners, very weird how quickly the

:29:04. > :29:06.game can change, you can lose that we'll and be back on the floor and

:29:06. > :29:15.game over. The rain seems to we'll and be back on the floor and

:29:15. > :29:23.eased fractionally. Looking down that the spectators, some umbrellas

:29:23. > :29:32.have gone down. Maybe reigning heavier down at the park. There are

:29:33. > :29:42.pockets of white club, -- white clouds, but looking grim generally.

:29:42. > :29:47.Some easing of effort. Taking a little bit more time. Slight

:29:47. > :29:55.hesitation on the corner, no one wants to throw their chances. Just a

:29:55. > :30:02.little bit of easing off before the final race. Possibly an individual

:30:02. > :30:10.could be brave to break, but it will be a brave effort needed. So, they

:30:10. > :30:14.have of the hill again, and they will dive back into the park, and go

:30:15. > :30:19.into transition to complete the fifth lap. At the end of the fourth,

:30:19. > :30:24.it was a 33 second gap, then we have a graphic flashing up saying it had

:30:24. > :30:27.grown to 40 seconds but I'm not sure that is accurate. I can't see the

:30:27. > :30:29.leaders added seven seconds in the that is accurate. I can't see the

:30:29. > :30:33.brief time between the end of the transition and when we saw them. We

:30:33. > :30:37.might get confirmation of exactly what the time difference is as they

:30:37. > :30:44.come down to complete the fifth lap. Real efforts coming down, Vincent

:30:45. > :30:50.Luis, playing his part, having ridden strongly, the Frenchman.

:30:51. > :30:54.Already it looks as though we have an athlete dropping out, and whether

:30:54. > :30:58.that is just sheer frustration or whether he's not been able to

:30:58. > :31:01.maintain the speed. Once you are lapped on a multilateral course, it

:31:01. > :31:07.is all over. It looks like the pace at the front means they are lapping

:31:07. > :31:13.some of the backmarkers. Look at the wind, that is gusting. That giant,

:31:13. > :31:16.white inflatable art, I hope it is anchored well because it could take

:31:16. > :31:21.off at any minute -- inflatable arch. We might not have the

:31:21. > :31:28.helicopter shots that this long if it continues. Time for us to hear

:31:28. > :31:32.from Graham Bell. Unlike London 2012 when there were two orders and the

:31:32. > :31:36.Brownlee brothers had Stuart Hayes do act as a domestic, this time they

:31:36. > :31:40.are on their own. It's notable that when I watched the second chasing

:31:40. > :31:44.pack come through that Aaron Harris was on the front of the pack,

:31:44. > :31:49.working to help them catch the lead pack. The Brownlee brothers are on

:31:49. > :31:52.their own, and if they have a mechanical or flat tire, they have

:31:52. > :31:57.do ride all the way round to this point here where the spare wheels

:31:57. > :32:01.are left, where they will change those wheels themselves and

:32:01. > :32:07.hopefully get back out on the road. Clearly no team orders and no

:32:07. > :32:17.domestic working with the Brownlee brothers today. So, five laps are

:32:17. > :32:26.complete. There are two to go. Aaron Royle, Oriental Raphael, Dmitry

:32:26. > :32:30.Polyanskiy, and Hirokatsu Tayama with the Brownlee brothers. The gap

:32:30. > :32:33.is about 33 seconds now. So no change at all. At the end of lap

:32:33. > :32:37.is about 33 seconds now. So no two, 41, then it dropped down to 40

:32:37. > :32:43.at the end of the third lap. By the time it was lap four, 33, and at the

:32:43. > :32:51.end of lap five, still 33 seconds between the group being led and

:32:51. > :32:57.controlled by Alistair Brownlee. Just a slight easing off from

:32:57. > :33:01.Alistair. Perhaps Javier Gomez appreciating the damage that has

:33:01. > :33:08.been done to the running leg of the chase pack. They will be whereof

:33:08. > :33:11.Richard Murray, but I am surprise -- they will be aware of Richard Murray

:33:11. > :33:16.but I'm surprised they have not tried to extend the lead, but

:33:16. > :33:17.Alistair Brownlee knows better than anyone his capability of running

:33:17. > :33:21.hard off the bike section is better anyone his capability of running

:33:21. > :33:25.than anyone else there. Gomez is the big danger. The way he has played

:33:25. > :33:29.this season, he went out and raced a lot early in the season, often going

:33:29. > :33:34.right through training doing that, but coming into the final race he

:33:34. > :33:40.has had a bit more opportunity to back off and have recovery time.

:33:40. > :33:43.Perhaps Javier Gomez feels more confident than he would do normally

:33:43. > :33:51.against the two brothers, who we can see right now leading out the pack.

:33:51. > :33:56.Henri Schoeman riding alongside. He is a good workhorse. He will take

:33:56. > :34:02.his turn as they ride again through Hyde Park, which was bought by Henry

:34:02. > :34:07.VIII in 1536 as his own private hunting ground. It was Charles the

:34:07. > :34:18.first who opened it up to the public in 1637. We had a little break away,

:34:18. > :34:22.and one of the Brownlee brothers has gone, and Gomez has gone after him,

:34:22. > :34:28.and so has Jonathan. Alistair has done it again. This was the tricky

:34:28. > :34:32.tried and was successful at in Stockholm. -- the trick he tried. He

:34:32. > :34:36.broke clear, and this time it looks as though Gomez and Jonathan have it

:34:36. > :34:42.covered. They have covered it and have managed to drag back the whole

:34:42. > :34:44.of the lead pack, so a big effort to maybe just wake them up. Of course

:34:44. > :34:46.of the lead pack, so a big effort to the mind games are really going.

:34:46. > :34:51.Will he do it again? Do I need to the mind games are really going.

:34:51. > :34:55.get up to the front to slow him down? Because I will want an

:34:55. > :34:57.opportunity to be up at the lead. Alistair has demonstrated just by

:34:57. > :35:01.opportunity to be up at the lead. the move that he is totally in

:35:01. > :35:04.command and control, and just buy that action he is telling the pack

:35:04. > :35:12.what he's capable of whenever he wants to make the move. Dan Wilson,

:35:12. > :35:16.37, from Australia. 53 is Aaron Harris of Great Britain. Just behind

:35:16. > :35:24.him, number 28, Jonathan Zipf from Germany. The speed of the lead group

:35:24. > :35:37.is pretty impressive, 38 or 39: It is per hour. Just slowing down for

:35:37. > :35:41.the turn -- 39 kilometres per hour. Sitting at the back of the pack is a

:35:41. > :35:44.decision you make, and when you get all of the encouragement from the

:35:44. > :35:51.likes of Alistair Brownlee, it takes a brave man to explain this yourself

:35:51. > :35:54.-- to take it on yourself. But those are the tactics he has decided to

:35:54. > :35:57.employ and he thinks this could be the breakthrough race coming up to

:35:57. > :36:01.the final one of the season where he makes his mark and moves to the new

:36:01. > :36:10.level. A brave man to do that, but he's made the decision and will

:36:10. > :36:13.stick with it, I'm sure. Thankfully, despite the increase in wind, the

:36:13. > :36:21.helicopter is still flying and bringing us the overhead shots. 36

:36:21. > :36:25.is Marco van der Stel from the Netherlands. That was a quick trip

:36:25. > :36:29.back down the field towards the chasing group as the leaders rolled

:36:29. > :36:34.down Constitution Hill for the sixth time. Next time they arrive at the

:36:34. > :36:41.park they will take the bell with one lap to go. The Japanese athlete

:36:41. > :36:45.still maintaining his position, happily at the rear of the pack. Let

:36:45. > :36:49.everybody else do the work. Those are the rules, they cannot make me

:36:49. > :36:53.go to the front. If I have fresh legs that gives me the opportunity

:36:53. > :36:57.to get the best race of my career. The guys at the front still working

:36:57. > :37:05.hard. Alistair, Johnny, Javier Gomez covering every move -- Jonny. Maybe

:37:05. > :37:08.it was not an attempt to break away, just showing that he can do what he

:37:08. > :37:16.wants to do and has the strength in his legs to increase the speed. Are

:37:16. > :37:25.you able to stay with me? The Japanese rider still at the tail end

:37:25. > :37:28.again. Now they get to check the position of the chasers. The chasers

:37:28. > :37:37.have made a slight move, maybe a position of the chasers. The chasers

:37:37. > :37:41.second or two. 33 seconds last time they crossed the timings at

:37:41. > :37:44.transition and it might be down to 30 or 31. I would concur with that

:37:44. > :37:50.and it gives the opportunity that the strong runners in the pack to

:37:50. > :37:55.start thinking more positively and think, if we are this close so far,

:37:55. > :38:00.big effort on the last lap, take it down to 15 or 20 seconds and I have

:38:00. > :38:04.an opportunity to possibly get onto the podium. But the three slots, the

:38:04. > :38:10.three names we expect to be on the podium, two of them the same,

:38:10. > :38:14.Brownlee, and Gomez, who has covered everything, every push that has been

:38:14. > :38:19.made. Javier Gomez has been there and safely brought it back. We are

:38:20. > :38:24.told the gap is down to just 25 seconds. They are alongside Green

:38:24. > :38:32.Park on the right. Formerly known as up at Saint James 's Park, renamed

:38:32. > :38:37.in 1746, and there is the memorial to Canadian soldiers there which was

:38:37. > :38:44.added in 1994. A very green stretch of London, this part of the capital.

:38:44. > :38:49.The leaders arrived at the top of the hill once again, and they will

:38:49. > :38:55.shortly return to Hyde Park -- the leaders arrive. They will head to

:38:55. > :39:03.take the Bell two complete lap six. Any break in the early stages of lap

:39:03. > :39:05.five, quickly covered by Alistair Brownlee's younger brother and

:39:05. > :39:11.Javier Gomez. The three main contenders have steered clear of

:39:11. > :39:14.trouble. The rain is easing off still, not raining at the moment,

:39:14. > :39:21.although it is still dark and grey above. Still the Japanese athlete at

:39:21. > :39:25.the back, content to stay there. Happy in the knowledge that he's

:39:26. > :39:29.being dragged along to a great performance. Meanwhile, at the

:39:29. > :39:34.front, Brownlee and Brownlee look over. A bit of a discussion. We come

:39:34. > :39:37.towards the end of lap number six. Do we make a push to go away? At the

:39:37. > :39:40.moment, without the real injection Do we make a push to go away? At the

:39:40. > :39:46.of pace, everybody staying there with us. A big decision time for the

:39:46. > :39:50.Brownlee brothers because they know in this particular race they are

:39:50. > :39:57.going to be under threat from Javier Gomez. Down to the last 6.1

:39:58. > :40:04.kilometres of this 40 kilometre ride, then a ten kilometre foot

:40:04. > :40:07.race. The battle between the three Olympic medallists of 2012. You can

:40:08. > :40:12.see the chase group in the background. It was 33 seconds at the

:40:12. > :40:18.end of the fifth lap, and likely to be a little less at the end of the

:40:18. > :40:25.six, where they will take the Bell. -- the sixth lap. Another thought

:40:25. > :40:28.process with the chasing pack, do we put it on the line to try and get

:40:28. > :40:32.contact with the leading pack. How put it on the line to try and get

:40:32. > :40:36.much will that take out of our legs going into the running. The man

:40:36. > :40:42.largely affected will be Richard Murray because he will feel, as they

:40:42. > :40:45.close in, he has a strong chance not just breaching the gap, but doing

:40:45. > :40:52.They take the Bell. Six laps down, want to go. Still 13 of them

:40:52. > :40:58.They take the Bell. Six laps down, involved in the front group,

:40:58. > :41:02.including dogs, Vincent Luis -- Aaron Dodds. Now the chasers make

:41:02. > :41:07.their way to transition. It was 33 seconds at the end of the fifth

:41:07. > :41:13.lap, and it has been reduced down to 26 seconds by the end of lap six.

:41:13. > :41:18.Some good workmanship from the 26 seconds by the end of lap six.

:41:18. > :41:23.riders in this massive group. Richard Murray will be feeling a

:41:23. > :41:25.tiny bit more confident. But now we have another attack of the front. It

:41:25. > :41:35.is Alistair. He is gritting his teeth, the world

:41:35. > :41:43.number one, the Olympic champion having another go. At the field of

:41:43. > :41:47.12 opponents behind him. He has opened up a lead of three or four

:41:47. > :41:49.seconds, and this time Gomez and Jonathan have not covered it. This

:41:49. > :41:54.is what he did in Jonathan have not covered it. This

:41:54. > :41:59.seems to have caught them napping again, an injection of pace from the

:41:59. > :42:06.world number one, and Alistair Brownlee has opened up a decent lead

:42:06. > :42:10.early in the final lap. Very brave tactics, far more difficult to stay

:42:10. > :42:15.away on the course than it was in Stockholm. Stockholm, twisting and

:42:15. > :42:20.turning, ups and downs, changes in the Touraine. Here in Hyde Park it

:42:20. > :42:26.is more difficult. No really tight turns, just soft smooth turns. For

:42:26. > :42:31.Alistair, is it absolute confidence that he has proved it before? There

:42:31. > :42:34.we go, the replay. He has moved them to the right and stretched out

:42:34. > :42:38.immediately. He does not appear to be coming back. He has made his move

:42:38. > :42:42.now, and we get back onto the leading pack and will have a much

:42:42. > :42:47.better indication of what's going on there. A huge injection of pace and

:42:47. > :42:52.nobody immediately able to cover that. It worked for him in Stockholm

:42:52. > :42:55.and he went on to win the race, kicking away from a similar

:42:55. > :43:00.position, but it doesn't always happen successfully for Alistair. In

:43:00. > :43:05.the Beijing Olympics of 2008, he tried a similar move, when he was

:43:05. > :43:10.younger and less experience, and paid the price, finishing way out of

:43:10. > :43:14.the medals. But here he is, on his own, leading them through Hyde Park,

:43:14. > :43:18.head down. He's been barking out orders throughout. He has been in

:43:18. > :43:24.control, but now he has set out to beat them all. Alistair Brownlee

:43:24. > :43:26.leads the way. That lead is extending. Pedal revolution bipedal

:43:26. > :43:32.leads the way. That lead is revolution. It takes a good look --

:43:32. > :43:35.he takes a good look back, decisions are making every second of the race

:43:35. > :43:39.because if he feels he is working hard and not able to get away, he

:43:39. > :43:45.will sit back and come back to them, but the tactics seem to have

:43:45. > :43:48.worked. Whether he maintain it remains to be seen. We can see from

:43:48. > :43:54.the overhead shot they are beginning to close in again. About two and a

:43:54. > :43:57.half seconds, no more than that. They might just swallow him up here.

:43:57. > :44:02.half seconds, no more than that. He might return to the pack before

:44:02. > :44:08.they reach the bottom of constitution Hill. I suppose what he

:44:08. > :44:12.has done with that is to demonstrate that when he does want to move away,

:44:12. > :44:17.he's totally capable of doing that, and with the athlete thinking about

:44:17. > :44:21.that, he knows, and they know, importantly, that he has the ability

:44:21. > :44:26.to do that on the run. We know he will go out very fast early on the

:44:26. > :44:28.run, and so much will depend on how quickly Gomez can cover him and

:44:28. > :44:33.run, and so much will depend on how whether he is able to stay with him

:44:33. > :44:37.on the initial two kilometres. Under the Wellington arch, first out is

:44:37. > :44:42.Alistair Brownlee. Gomez is tracking him all the way. We might see the

:44:43. > :44:47.gap shrink as they come past the memorial gates onto constitution

:44:47. > :44:52.Hill. We might see the gap dwindle as they roll down the hill. In fact,

:44:52. > :44:56.Alistair has given it up. He looked over his shoulder, had a look back,

:44:56. > :45:03.and decided that it was not enough to make a severe dent or telling

:45:03. > :45:10.impact on the race, so they will all become one again shortly. Already

:45:10. > :45:18.planning ahead, thinking about transition, we have seen the

:45:18. > :45:22.athletes turn and turn about, doing their work to stay away, now and

:45:22. > :45:28.easing off, which could play into the hands of the chase group, who

:45:28. > :45:33.will be thinking about transition. They do not want to get caught

:45:33. > :45:35.behind, taking no chance that the wheel, shoe off at will because by

:45:35. > :45:43.another. That could put down at wheel, shoe off at will because by

:45:43. > :45:50.final disadvantage. By the time they get to the bottom of Constitution

:45:50. > :45:56.Hill, back to a group of 13 riders. Still the three World Championship

:45:56. > :46:00.contenders involved. Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair Brownlee, Javier

:46:00. > :46:08.Gomez, the three men who stood on the Olympic podium in August the 7th

:46:08. > :46:12.2012. They are likely to be on the World Triathlon Series podium today,

:46:12. > :46:18.both for the race and series, but in what order? Did Alistair go to LA

:46:18. > :46:28.there? The final discipline still to come. -- go too early? We know his

:46:28. > :46:33.capabilities as a runner are not matched. But he paid the price for

:46:33. > :46:48.the break in ageing. It worked in Stockholm. -- for the break in

:46:48. > :46:54.Beijing. Alistair is such a strong runner. He will be looking at what

:46:54. > :46:59.tactics on the bike, he has shown he has the power to do it when he

:46:59. > :47:06.wants. But has he done it out of strength or possible weakness? We

:47:06. > :47:14.know he has been fragile over the months since the Olympic Games.

:47:14. > :47:21.Maybe making the move on the bike for and advantage going into the

:47:21. > :47:28.run. It is, so frequently, going to come down to a foot race, and the

:47:28. > :47:33.three main players, Javier Gomez, Alistair and Jonny Brownlee. Now

:47:33. > :47:42.passed Apsley House again, run by British heritage as a museum.

:47:42. > :47:48.Thoughts now turning to transition. Starting to think about the arrival,

:47:48. > :47:52.Jonathan Brownlee especially, not wanting to go over the dismount

:47:52. > :47:59.line, encoding a penalty as he did in the Olympics. Another surge of

:47:59. > :48:05.speed at the front, and this group of 13 suddenly a little disjointed

:48:05. > :48:10.as Alistair has another go, Jonathan has it covered in about four, an

:48:10. > :48:19.explosion of pace once again, I shout from the crowd, he knows he is

:48:19. > :48:22.here to win from the crowd. Jonny Brownlee looking happy to cover

:48:22. > :48:30.Javier Gomez there. Alistair going off the front, Jonathan sitting

:48:30. > :48:34.behind Javier, at the same time looking ahead, seeing what gap there

:48:34. > :48:41.is to breach. What is he now happy enough? The technical elements now,

:48:41. > :48:51.the hand going down, let's unbuckle, the feet eased out of this use, to

:48:51. > :49:01.insure the fast transition, so in Porton transitioning into the run.

:49:01. > :49:05.-- so important. The Australians involved now, bunching up again as

:49:05. > :49:19.the pace slows down for the arrival into transition complete the seventh

:49:19. > :49:24.and final lap, then 3 3.3 kilometres laps to end this Grand Final at the

:49:24. > :49:34.end of a magnificent week of sport in around Hyde Park. The dismount,

:49:34. > :49:38.Alistair jogs in towards position. The three contenders there, the

:49:38. > :49:44.Brownlee Brothers and Gomez, ten kilometres to decide who will be

:49:45. > :49:48.champion of the world. As Alistair Brownlee comes into

:49:48. > :49:56.transition, with his brother alongside, the move he made on that

:49:56. > :49:58.last lap could be out of desperation, because he says he has

:49:59. > :50:05.last lap could be out of lacked the running legs, so those

:50:05. > :50:12.moves on the bikes, maybe just trying to put him in the best boss

:50:12. > :50:17.will position going onto the run, because he perhaps does not have the

:50:17. > :50:22.running speed, and trying to get away, because of that ankle injury,

:50:23. > :50:31.and just as they have started the run, the heavens as opened, it is

:50:31. > :50:39.tracking it down here in transition. -- heavens have opened. It will be a

:50:39. > :50:44.very rough 10k. Where is Alistair? No sign unless he has cleared

:50:44. > :50:49.already. Struggling coming off the bike and it has handed the chance to

:50:49. > :50:58.Jonathan Brownlee, leading the way out of transition, Javier Gomez on

:50:58. > :51:06.his shoulder, Aaron Royle there, a definite wins as he came off, and he

:51:06. > :51:12.is limping and hobbling, and may not leave much of a part for much longer

:51:12. > :51:19.in this 10k race, the crowd trying to raw, but it is for his younger

:51:19. > :51:26.brother to win this world title for the second year.

:51:26. > :51:31.Certainly, Alistair looked tardy coming out of that transition. That

:51:31. > :51:37.changes the whole perspective of the race, and it now comes down directly

:51:37. > :51:44.between two protagonists Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee as who

:51:44. > :51:48.will be the World Triathlon Series champion this year, because

:51:48. > :51:54.undoubtedly, Alistair suffering on the run. Will he continue or will he

:51:54. > :52:00.realised that he may do himself serious damage if he carries on? At

:52:00. > :52:08.the front, Javier Gomez covering Jonny Brownlee. Alistair shouts for

:52:08. > :52:16.Johnny to go. Waving at his brother. I think they will have to settle

:52:16. > :52:25.with one of the minor places. He winced with pain coming off the bike

:52:25. > :52:33.there. His race is undoubtedly run. The league is Jonathan Brownlee,

:52:33. > :52:38.Javier Gomez on his shoulder, Aaron Royle in third. Then quite a gap.

:52:38. > :52:45.The battle between Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee. Javier Gomez

:52:45. > :52:49.looks comfortable in second place, as has Aaron Royle, and what a

:52:49. > :52:53.looks comfortable in second place, performance by the Australian.

:52:53. > :52:59.Threatened to deceive a couple of times this year, but coming down to

:52:59. > :53:04.the final big raise and Gomez covering Jonathan Brownlee and Aaron

:53:04. > :53:11.Royle will not let go. A slight turn, Jonny Brownlee moving one

:53:11. > :53:20.stride away, covered immediately by Gomez, then Aaron, and Alistair

:53:20. > :53:27.Brownlee and totally feeling that injury. Down to a head to head

:53:27. > :53:31.10,000 metre race between Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez, first

:53:31. > :53:38.past the finish line will be champion for 2013, as the older of

:53:38. > :53:45.the Brownlee Brothers, Alistair, continues. Jonathan in the front,

:53:45. > :53:52.looking relaxed, Gomez with every move covered, lingering, lurking on

:53:52. > :54:04.Jonathan's shoulder. It .65 kilometres to go, . 8.65. In the

:54:04. > :54:11.pouring rain. It looks like Aaron Royle is having to give best. As we

:54:11. > :54:18.have said so many times, Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, and Javier Gomez

:54:18. > :54:23.will go out so fast. Aaron Royle trying to go with him, but now

:54:23. > :54:33.paying the price and giving up that third play is due to that early fast

:54:33. > :54:41.pace. In Yokohama, in a similar situation, Jonathan got the better

:54:41. > :54:45.of Javier in round three. In Madrid, Jonathan once again got the better

:54:45. > :54:49.of Gomez as they battled it out over the last three kilometres for

:54:49. > :54:54.victory in Spain. In Hamburg, the last three kilometres for

:54:54. > :55:01.Jonathan was first, Alistair second, Gomez third. Right now, Jonathan is

:55:01. > :55:07.on his own in front as he attempts to defend his World Triathlon Series

:55:07. > :55:13.champion, he was the champion in 2012, when Alistair became Olympic

:55:13. > :55:15.champion. Down to Jonathan now to bring it home for Great Britain

:55:15. > :55:21.champion. Down to Jonathan now to afternoon, as Non Stanford did on

:55:21. > :55:27.Saturday morning. The early pace taking its toll on everybody else.

:55:27. > :55:33.Jonathan Brownlee, Javier Gomez, as we have seen so many times, shoulder

:55:34. > :55:37.for shoulder, stride for stride, moving away from Aaron Royle, which

:55:37. > :55:42.for shoulder, stride for stride, was a brave attempt to stay there,

:55:42. > :55:50.can he maintained that position? That will be a huge rate through for

:55:50. > :55:54.him. Jonathan Brownlee trying to stretch, not backing off at all,

:55:54. > :56:00.certainly trying if Alistair cannot do it. And some resurgence by

:56:00. > :56:06.Alistair, maybe feeling the pain less, and beginning to move through

:56:06. > :56:13.the field, perhaps it is not all over. The last time Jonathan took on

:56:13. > :56:18.Gomez in Stockholm was a race for second. Gomez was the winner of that

:56:18. > :56:25.race within the race, Alistair winning, Gomez second, Jonathan

:56:25. > :56:32.third, there are most recent head, and a different race fighting for

:56:32. > :56:37.second and third. Home turf to Dave for the Olympic bronze medallist up

:56:37. > :56:44.against the visiting Spaniard, the Olympic silver medallist. -- home

:56:44. > :56:51.turf to Dave. Will Alistair run of that injury? Can he run his way back

:56:51. > :56:56.into this race? What may be going through Alistair's mine, certainly

:56:56. > :57:04.as your dog the place, not dropping out. -- certainly assure of third

:57:04. > :57:12.place. I think he only needs to finish in the top 14 to take third

:57:12. > :57:20.place. We saw that with Anne Haug yesterday despite a disappointing

:57:20. > :57:26.race, maintaining third position. Javier Gomez now taking the lead,

:57:26. > :57:32.covered by Jonny Brownlee. In terms of the World Triathlon Series final

:57:32. > :57:38.standings, the effort from Alistair maybe because he knows he needs to

:57:38. > :57:45.finish better than ten to feature on the podium for 2013. And he is up to

:57:45. > :57:54.fifth. Alistair is back in the running! Back up to fifth! It cannot

:57:54. > :57:59.be unbelievable, because we are seeing it, but the man we thought

:57:59. > :58:05.giving it best, has said no, moved seeing it, but the man we thought

:58:05. > :58:07.on 13, 212, now in fifth position, seeing it, but the man we thought

:58:07. > :58:18.and that is a fantastic effort. -- seeing it, but the man we thought

:58:18. > :58:25.moved on 13, to 12. Jonny Brownlee, face full of focus, concentration.

:58:25. > :58:29.Covering every move on Gomez. And they will now turn on here then and

:58:29. > :58:38.will see that Alistair is holding fifth position. They will get a look

:58:38. > :58:42.at the Olympic champion. Down in fifth at the moment. An hour and 27

:58:42. > :58:50.at the Olympic champion. Down in minutes of triathlon complete so

:58:50. > :58:58.far, with two and a bit lapse of the run to go. A big performance by

:58:58. > :59:03.Alistair Brownlee, seems to get the effort now going back into it.

:59:03. > :59:10.Astonishing! Can he close back on the leading two? Nothing seems to be

:59:10. > :59:16.impossible with this young man, proving that at the Olympics last

:59:16. > :59:20.year, seeming to have a dehydration on one of the trial events. He

:59:20. > :59:28.appears to be running stronger than ever now, making inroads on the lead

:59:28. > :59:33.his brother holds. Jonathan Brownlee the first to arrive to complete the

:59:33. > :59:42.first lap of, alongside Javier Gomez, the lap to the next best 14

:59:42. > :59:46.seconds to Dmitry Polyanskiy and Aaron Royle, and we can look at the

:59:46. > :59:58.time difference to Alistair, another eight seconds distant. 22 seconds

:59:59. > :00:03.between first and fifth. What a performance from the big three. Two

:00:03. > :00:06.of them at the front, Javier Gomez with Jonathan Brownlee, the lead

:00:06. > :00:13.fluctuating, but from a man we thought might even drop out, he has

:00:13. > :00:16.put himself back on the line, and just 22 seconds adrift. I think the

:00:16. > :00:21.majority of that time was lost coming out of transition. Back at

:00:21. > :00:25.the front, we have the surge from Jonathan, and we will see him

:00:25. > :00:29.surging and surging again with both athletes working against each other,

:00:29. > :00:31.trying to establish superiority and seeing if they can break before a

:00:31. > :00:42.sprint finish. 69 men started this race, and it is

:00:42. > :00:49.down to just two. They are racing it out the victory and one of the two

:00:49. > :00:53.will become champion of the world for 2013, as they head over the

:00:53. > :00:58.Serpentine Bridge for the second time. Jonathan Brownlee of Great

:00:58. > :01:04.Britain in first position. Javier Gomez of Spain in second. These two

:01:04. > :01:09.old friends, old enemies. They know each other well, and they are

:01:09. > :01:14.matching each other, stride for stride so far through the park.

:01:14. > :01:21.Javier Gomez is so well liked and respected by the other athletes on

:01:21. > :01:24.the circuit. And as we look for Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee to

:01:24. > :01:28.represent Great Britain, as we always do, but Javier Gomez is such

:01:28. > :01:30.a popular athlete and if he were to win today it would be a popular

:01:31. > :01:37.victory coming from the other elite athletes. Graham is with the British

:01:37. > :01:43.team physio, and we can hear from her now. Are you going to have some

:01:43. > :01:49.work to do on Alistair? I've had a lot of work to do all year, but yes.

:01:49. > :01:51.It has been well documented about his injuries this year, and I think

:01:51. > :01:54.It has been well documented about it's a testament to the type of

:01:54. > :01:59.athlete he is that he's still in contention for the World Series and

:01:59. > :02:05.up racing today. A very slight limp as he comes past, but pushing so

:02:05. > :02:14.hard. He looks a bit better than how he is running. Jonny? He looks nice

:02:14. > :02:25.and relaxed, so hopefully he will do the job. Good luck to both of them.

:02:25. > :02:31.They are well on their way in lap the job. Good luck to both of them.

:02:31. > :02:32.number two of three. All of the 10,000 metres is run within the

:02:32. > :02:38.boundary of the Royal Park, but no 10,000 metres is run within the

:02:39. > :02:43.change at the front. It is still the battle for world championship

:02:43. > :02:47.honours, and it looks as if Alistair Brownlee is once again losing

:02:47. > :02:54.position within the race. He was up to fifth place at one point but has

:02:54. > :02:58.dropped back behind Vidal, and he is stretching the lead. Alistair must

:02:58. > :03:01.finishing 10th or above to stay in contention for a place in the

:03:01. > :03:07.overall World Series podium for 2013. I wonder, because he is

:03:07. > :03:12.looking less and less comfortable, I wonder if he will finish. Let's see

:03:12. > :03:17.how it develops. He might think it is smarter to be cautious and opt

:03:17. > :03:20.out and maintain his physical health. Alistair will think about

:03:20. > :03:27.the long-term consequences. Of course he wants to do well. But he

:03:27. > :03:31.knows that he has a long future redhead, he is such a young man, do

:03:31. > :03:36.have already been to two Olympic Games -- a long future ahead. He

:03:36. > :03:40.will be weighing in up in his mind will stop if he feels that in any

:03:40. > :03:45.way at all he might be looking out of long-term injury, he will back

:03:45. > :03:50.off completely. It does look like Jonathan Brownlee is surging and

:03:50. > :03:54.surging. In the last kilometre and a half he has maintained the lead.

:03:54. > :03:58.Gomez hanging on, and he is absolutely inscrutable. The eyes,

:03:58. > :04:03.the expression covered by his sunglasses. We cannot see what he is

:04:03. > :04:11.feeling. Jonathan Brownlee has put himself at the front and looks like

:04:11. > :04:17.he is intending to stay there. So, Jonny deciding on the pace of the

:04:17. > :04:21.race. They are eight or ten deep through Hyde Park, ignoring the

:04:21. > :04:25.weather as the rain continues to batter the triathlon spectators. So

:04:25. > :04:29.reminiscent of the Olympic Games when this man came through to take

:04:29. > :04:36.gold, but he is hobbling his way through, hoping for a finish to the

:04:36. > :04:41.finale at the end of the 2013 season. Back with the leaders, no

:04:41. > :04:46.change. Jonathan Brownlee leading Javier Gomez. No one has yet made a

:04:46. > :04:54.significant kick. There has not been a break at the front just yet. Water

:04:54. > :04:57.is being offered, but not taken. A crucial moment Alistair Brownlee,

:04:57. > :05:01.because going back from this position down to eighth, and now

:05:02. > :05:05.three more athlete is beginning to challenge, and if they go past him,

:05:05. > :05:11.that would mean that the podium position is lost, and it will be a

:05:11. > :05:16.huge decision whether to carry on and risk long-term injury, or drop

:05:16. > :05:22.out and think he can fight more battles and better in the future.

:05:22. > :05:28.Mario Mola is also in contention for a place on the world 's triathlon

:05:28. > :05:36.series -- World Triathlon Series podium. He was second in Germany,

:05:36. > :05:40.fifth in Auckland, and in San Diego. He's had good results. He won't win

:05:40. > :05:43.today, but he might ruin things for Alistair Brownlee if he gets

:05:43. > :05:48.involved in that particular battle. We will see how that unfolds and do

:05:48. > :05:59.the maths. Meanwhile, out in front, no change. Jonny Brownlee and Javier

:05:59. > :06:01.Gomez, over halfway through now. Quite frightening the way Javier

:06:01. > :06:06.Gomez is sitting on Brownlee's shoulder. He tried his surges, and

:06:06. > :06:11.they didn't work. He seems happy to stay there. We have seen what Javier

:06:11. > :06:15.Gomez is capable of if it comes to a sprint finish. We have seen it on a

:06:15. > :06:16.few occasions over the last three years where he is happy to

:06:16. > :06:22.few occasions over the last three there, makes a move along way out on

:06:22. > :06:26.the sprint, anywhere between 501,000 metres. That capability is very

:06:26. > :06:32.important, especially in a race like this where the speed is increased --

:06:32. > :06:41.anywhere between 500 and 1000 metres. Here is the out and back.

:06:41. > :06:47.Sometimes on those hairpins runners can make a little break and get a

:06:47. > :06:59.slingshot effect out, but no sudden injection of pace on the exit from

:06:59. > :07:03.Jonathan Brownlee. In third, Dmitry Polyanskiy and third, the Russian,

:07:03. > :07:07.and there is Mario Mola making Polyanskiy and third, the Russian,

:07:07. > :07:15.move. He fancies a visit to the World Triathlon Series podium at the

:07:15. > :07:19.end of 2013. Vidal and Vincent Luis. Vidal was fifth in the Olympics last

:07:19. > :07:24.year. Vincent Luis has had a solid season with some impressive results.

:07:24. > :07:30.Richard Murray, who was hampered by his poor cycling during the 40

:07:30. > :07:35.kilometres bike ride. And there is no sign of Alistair Brownlee. He is

:07:35. > :07:42.way, way down the group now. He is jogging along with guys that he

:07:42. > :07:49.would normally see no sign of inner world triathlon series event. --

:07:49. > :07:53.within a World Triathlon Series event. He is trying to the podium

:07:53. > :07:58.but hurting every step of the way. You can see the grimace every time

:07:58. > :08:03.the foot touches the ground. Perhaps a matter of pride that he wants to

:08:03. > :08:06.finish here. I can certainly understand that. But what we are

:08:06. > :08:12.seeing now is not the Alistair Brownlee we know. Slowing down

:08:12. > :08:17.entirely. A real hobble out of the corner before he gets on the

:08:17. > :08:20.straight line. Encouragement every step of the way from the

:08:21. > :08:27.knowledgeable fans here. Will he finish? Part of me wishes that he

:08:27. > :08:31.would just stop and put us all out of our misery, but that is another

:08:31. > :08:36.story. As Gomez kicks away from Johnny Brownlee excavation mark

:08:36. > :08:41.Brownlee appears to have it covers -- covered. A sudden injection of

:08:41. > :08:43.pace from the Spaniard. A great response from Jonathan Brownlee as

:08:43. > :08:49.pace from the Spaniard. A great Mario Mola moves up to third

:08:49. > :08:54.position. The leading pair, some way distant, but Mario Mola is pushing

:08:54. > :09:00.for a place in the final standings. Gomez has taken it up. One hour and

:09:00. > :09:05.37 minutes and 43 seconds. It's going to come down to the wire in

:09:05. > :09:08.Hyde Park. Good response from Jonathan Brownlee, reacting well

:09:08. > :09:10.Hyde Park. Good response from the danger. Tremendous tactics from

:09:10. > :09:15.Hyde Park. Good response from Javier Gomez. Do the unexpected, do

:09:15. > :09:20.the unexpected again, then once again. That is what is occurring. An

:09:20. > :09:26.absolutely huge effort with 3.5 kilometres to go, but covered by

:09:26. > :09:30.Jonny Brownlee, and the time tells the story. No time difference at

:09:30. > :09:36.all, just a couple of metres, maybe less, as they go into the third and

:09:36. > :09:40.final lap. What a big move by Mario Mola. Really playing it smart. Did

:09:40. > :09:46.not come out of the transition to quickly by any means, and now he has

:09:46. > :09:50.moved into third. Mario Mola is hurting. This is a mammoth effort

:09:50. > :09:56.from the Spaniard. He sensed his opportunity and saw the wounded

:09:56. > :10:01.Alistair Brownlee and realised that there was a chance of a place on the

:10:01. > :10:05.final season standings podium, maybe even third in the race itself as he

:10:05. > :10:09.moves past Dmitry Polyanskiy, who even third in the race itself as he

:10:09. > :10:15.looks a little battle weary now will stop they take the Bell, 3.3

:10:15. > :10:22.kilometres to run -- who looks a little battle weary now. Gomez and

:10:22. > :10:24.Jonathan Brownlee still locked together. Javier Gomez leading but

:10:24. > :10:28.Jonathan Brownlee still locked it might put Jonathan in the driving

:10:28. > :10:33.seat because Gomez made his mark and put it down. He was not able to get

:10:33. > :10:38.away from Jonathan Brownlee. Now Jonathan, capable, he will sit

:10:38. > :10:40.there, cover and cover. What is Gomez going to do? Does he go

:10:40. > :10:51.again? Does he make another move? away, does that give the mental

:10:51. > :10:55.advantage to Jonny Brownlee, who seems to have taken Gomez's

:10:55. > :11:00.confidence away and is covering every footstep? Deep into the final

:11:00. > :11:04.lap. What a race it has been and it is going to come down to a battle

:11:04. > :11:09.between Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez over the last three

:11:09. > :11:14.kilometres. Here goes Jonathan. Moves alongside Gomez. Gomez slots

:11:14. > :11:20.in behind. No real daylight opened up in that little move from

:11:20. > :11:25.Jonathan. Gomez had it covered. Watching

:11:25. > :11:28.confident, and perhaps the first grimace we have seen from Gomez.

:11:28. > :11:31.Great move by Jonathan. He grimace we have seen from Gomez.

:11:31. > :11:33.have sensed that the pace was dropping a little and felt he

:11:33. > :11:38.have sensed that the pace was to go to the front to try and draw

:11:38. > :11:42.any possible sting out of Javier Gomez. He hasn't managed to do it as

:11:42. > :11:51.they go around the turn. They are still locked together. Round the out

:11:51. > :11:55.and back, and no effort from Jonny to try and break his opponent on the

:11:55. > :11:58.turn. Mario Mola in third position, and that is the way they will

:11:58. > :12:07.finish, if they finish in this order. Jonny Will be champion, Gomez

:12:07. > :12:10.will be second and Mario Mola will take his third position on the

:12:10. > :12:18.podium in the final standings. That is what Mario Mola saw, with Gomez

:12:18. > :12:21.and Jonny Brownlee heading in the opposite direction. They are well on

:12:21. > :12:30.their way now to completing this triathlon. The lead is extended by

:12:30. > :12:31.Jonny and Gomez, with Mario Mola in third but not making any inroads

:12:31. > :12:37.into the lead. Another surge by third but not making any inroads

:12:37. > :12:41.Brownlee. Not happy to sit behind Gomez. He knows the Gomez has a

:12:41. > :12:48.powerful sprint, and he seems to have gone the long wait round. He

:12:48. > :12:53.has made the move, but once again Gomez covers -- long way round.

:12:53. > :12:58.Round the right-hand turn, and the gap is still next to nothing. Just a

:12:58. > :13:03.metre at most. Between the defending world champion and the man who,

:13:03. > :13:08.himself, has been world triathlon champion on two occasions. An extra

:13:08. > :13:12.little burst of energy from Jonathan. Gomez responds. Gomez,

:13:13. > :13:22.watching his man every step of the way. That little pace -- a lift of

:13:22. > :13:26.pace, going for it, bit faster and we can see it from the overhead

:13:26. > :13:31.cameras really well. Really working hard, but he cannot get away from

:13:31. > :13:35.Gomez. That was the signal, the wave of encouragement early in the race

:13:35. > :13:39.from Alistair to his younger brother. No change at the front. It

:13:39. > :13:48.will be a sprint finish but the title in 2013. I am sure that Jonny

:13:48. > :13:52.Brownlee does not want to let it go to a sprint finish. He will have to

:13:52. > :13:57.try and go from the front, even at this early stage. He has not managed

:13:57. > :14:01.to get away yet but he has to continue doing that, exactly the

:14:01. > :14:05.same tactics. He has to try and stay awake because it Gomez can maintain

:14:05. > :14:12.contact, he will have the power in the spring. Now it looks like Gomez

:14:12. > :14:16.is making a move. Gomez having another go at Jonathan Brownlee.

:14:16. > :14:23.Mario Mola holds on to third. The rain continuing to pour down on the

:14:23. > :14:29.park. A soaking Sunday afternoon, the final triathlon chapter of the

:14:29. > :14:33.season, as dramatic and lively and enjoyable as we expected and hoped.

:14:33. > :14:39.As Gomez hits the front this time, and Jonathan Brownlee responds. With

:14:39. > :14:44.all the tens and fat -- tens of thousands of supporters behind him.

:14:44. > :14:47.With Alistair out of the running we could not have seen a better contest

:14:47. > :14:49.at the front. You can see these athletes have the utmost respect for

:14:49. > :14:51.at the front. You can see these each other. They know each other's

:14:51. > :14:55.at the front. You can see these strengths and weaknesses and we have

:14:55. > :14:58.seen a surge and another surge, less than one mile to go. Less than five

:14:58. > :15:03.minutes of running and it's certainly not all over yet, because

:15:03. > :15:06.we are going to seek every surge covered, another surge, alternating

:15:06. > :15:16.the lead, until finally one of these men breaks. Into the last 1500

:15:16. > :15:20.metres to conclude this series for 2013 and Gomez has a little spring

:15:20. > :15:28.in his step as he tries to break Jonny Brownlee. Gomez looks over his

:15:28. > :15:32.shoulder from time to time, feeling the young Brownlee Brothers

:15:32. > :15:38.breathing down his neck. Immaculate running by both athletes, trying to

:15:38. > :15:44.test each other, managing it, gap of running by both athletes, trying to

:15:44. > :15:52.three or four metres, and Johnny going again! Having a little look,

:15:52. > :16:00.judge edging past Javier Gomez, not a race winning move, and Gomez has

:16:01. > :16:06.it covered again. -many times can they do this? A war of attrition.

:16:06. > :16:18.They are hoping to get the better of the other athletes. It is Gomez's

:16:18. > :16:22.turn to respond. Is he capable? One turn to make, then the run to the

:16:22. > :16:33.line and the world title. Down to the last kilometre and a fraction to

:16:33. > :16:38.decide the CDs for 2013. The Spaniard looks solid and

:16:38. > :16:43.comfortable. The man from Yorkshire, Jonny Brownlee, takes the turn,

:16:43. > :16:50.maintaining his lead. Jonny Brownlee tried to up the pace coming out of

:16:50. > :16:55.that turn, once again immediately covered by Javier Gomez, just

:16:55. > :16:59.trailing Jonny Brownlee, waiting to see what he will do. Once again, the

:16:59. > :17:04.trailing Jonny Brownlee, waiting to man in the driving seat, in second

:17:04. > :17:07.position, and we are waiting to see an attack by Gomez, and if

:17:07. > :17:14.position, and we are waiting to see Brownlee can counter attack. In the

:17:14. > :17:19.last kilometre of the triathlon. It has been a sensational race,

:17:19. > :17:23.brilliant for the women on Saturday, equally as compelling for the men on

:17:23. > :17:30.this Sunday afternoon. Which way will it then edge? Brownlee hugs the

:17:30. > :17:36.real, deafened by the noise of supporters in Hyde Park. CHEERING.

:17:36. > :17:41.Gomez tracking his every move, no daylight between the two. It will be

:17:41. > :17:49.our sprint for the line, almost home, noise levels deafening in the

:17:49. > :17:55.Royal Park this afternoon. Will it be Jonathan Brownlee's win and World

:17:55. > :18:02.Championship? Or will Gomez take the world title for 2013? Gomez has a

:18:02. > :18:09.goal! Can Brownlee respond? He has matched him, slots then behind, not

:18:09. > :18:17.a race winning effort from Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee is only

:18:17. > :18:21.one foot behind the Spaniard. Gomez slowing down momentarily. Gomez will

:18:21. > :18:27.one foot behind the Spaniard. Gomez try to go again. Can Jonny Brownlee

:18:27. > :18:39.respond? Gomez, look over his shoulder, Willie CD-R goal? The yard

:18:39. > :18:44.is running out. -- will he dare go? 250 metres to race, shoulder to

:18:44. > :18:50.shoulder, as Jonathan Brownlee kicks and clicks again, Javier Gomez

:18:50. > :18:55.responds and responds again, nothing between them, Alistair stops to

:18:55. > :19:01.bellow encouragement towards his younger brother, Gomez is not broken

:19:01. > :19:07.yet, still fighting for his world title, the gap starting to grow

:19:07. > :19:13.fractionally as Jonathan responds to their shouts and jeers of the people

:19:14. > :19:20.in Hyde Park. Gomez still dangerous, hitting the blue carpet, Gomez is

:19:20. > :19:25.hunting Jonathan down, not beaten, Gomez alongside, Gomez might go

:19:25. > :19:36.past, Johnny responds, sprints Dennis, it is Gomez's victory in

:19:36. > :19:41.Hyde Park! -- sprint finish. Gomez takes the title for 2013. An

:19:41. > :19:49.extraordinary finish. I have never seen anything quite like that.

:19:49. > :19:54.Absolutely stunning! Human guts and determination from both athletes. I

:19:54. > :19:59.did not know who would take that, even in the last 30 metres, Javier

:19:59. > :20:07.Gomez gave it everything, Jonathan Brownlee down there, both giving it

:20:07. > :20:15.all. Look at that mutual respect, two great athletes, and today is

:20:15. > :20:23.Javier Gomez's day. Mario Mola makes it two of three for Spain. Gomez saw

:20:23. > :20:33.that Alistair Brownlee was in trouble. 54 seconds behind his

:20:33. > :20:39.compatriot, two Spanish men on the podium this afternoon. Jonathan

:20:39. > :20:47.Brownlee beat by one second. What an athlete Javier Gomez is. And a

:20:47. > :20:54.slightly dejected looking Jonathan Brownlee. Left alone to ponder the

:20:54. > :21:00.outcome of this I know race of the season, which has gone to Javier

:21:00. > :21:05.Gomez. I do not think either athlete could give anything else. It was

:21:05. > :21:12.anybody's race. What a way to finish, dumbing down to the last

:21:12. > :21:19.five seconds of a two hour race. We could not ask for anything better.

:21:19. > :21:31.-- going down to the last five seconds. We will wait and see if

:21:31. > :21:36.Alistair, who had stopped to shout a couple of final words of

:21:36. > :21:44.encouragement to Jonathan, we will see if and when Alistair will finish

:21:44. > :21:49.this afternoon. Huge effort, Aaron Harris coming in, David McNamee, his

:21:49. > :22:10.this afternoon. Huge effort, Aaron sword Non Stanford

:22:10. > :22:17.will be pleased. -- of Ireland. The crowd knows how brave Alistair has

:22:17. > :22:22.been, when it would have been easy to drop out. Alistair may not finish

:22:22. > :22:33.for a little while, hobbling home, clearly in pain. He wants the crowd

:22:33. > :22:38.to be able to see him finish. And this is how the race and the

:22:38. > :22:48.Championships was won and lost, owing to the man in red. What an

:22:49. > :22:53.effort from Javier Gomez. World champion and top sprinter, we

:22:53. > :22:59.have to love that. I cannot believe it. I was pretty tired, working on

:22:59. > :23:01.have to love that. I cannot believe my sprint, my last kick, and maybe

:23:01. > :23:07.Jonathan started to soon, that extra gear in the last 100m.

:23:07. > :23:14.You are like heavyweight boxers back that extra gear in the last 100m.

:23:14. > :23:21.and forth, Brownlee was incredible that extra gear in the last 100m.

:23:21. > :23:26.all day long, then those little sprints, you wondered if there was

:23:26. > :23:32.one more gear for either of you? It was hard to keep up with Jonathan. I

:23:32. > :23:38.gave my best, had to give everything in the last big race.

:23:38. > :23:44.Congratulations to Alistair and Jonathan, a great year, tough

:23:44. > :23:51.competitors. Beating these guys is difficult, making it special to me.

:23:51. > :23:56.Mario Mola, making it two Spaniards and a Brit, different from normal.

:23:56. > :24:03.Sharing the podium with him is great. Believing you have been

:24:03. > :24:10.running faster than normal? Obviously paying out today? Yes,

:24:10. > :24:17.today was tactical, not flat out all the time. It was the world title. I

:24:17. > :24:23.was a bit careful and had more on the last 100m. Javier Gomez,

:24:23. > :24:27.three-time world champion, winning with a sprint here in London.

:24:27. > :24:39.As we wait for Alistair to finish, Javier Gomez winning for a third

:24:39. > :24:45.time, Chrissie? Absolutely phenomenal, what an amazing finale,

:24:45. > :24:54.down to the wire, to this sprint finish. We could not have wished for

:24:54. > :25:01.a better race. Phenomenal. How often do these triathlons come down to the

:25:01. > :25:07.run, then a sprint finish? Amazing, racing for one hour and 15 minutes

:25:07. > :25:13.and then this race separates them. It was strong racing and what the

:25:13. > :25:18.crowds and the athletes wanted. It was really thrilling to watch.

:25:18. > :25:23.Jonathan may have lost his World Championship title to Gomez, but you

:25:23. > :25:31.could see the mutual respect at the end. These athletes know how much

:25:31. > :25:37.each other puts into getting to the start line. And there is this mutual

:25:37. > :25:42.respect between them. It was absolutely amazing to see them both

:25:42. > :25:47.respect between them. It was attacking each other on the run.

:25:47. > :25:55.Playing cat and mouse. It was phenomenal. Let as make space for

:25:55. > :26:00.the world champions himself. Huge congratulations. Thank you.Your

:26:01. > :26:07.third World Championship title, we can see how you feel on your face,

:26:07. > :26:13.but tell as anyway. I've did not know if it would be possible.

:26:13. > :26:20.Alistair was really good today. I was fighting with Jonathan the whole

:26:20. > :26:27.run. That's a good athlete. Very happy at high could do it. Anne Keo

:26:27. > :26:31.is Alistair finishing behind you. -- very happy I could do it. And here

:26:31. > :26:39.is Alistair finishing behind you. -- is Alistair finishing. Could you see

:26:39. > :26:44.he was in pain? I could see he was struggling. Then I focused on

:26:44. > :26:52.Johnny. So I knew I had to race Jonathan this time. He is tough to

:26:52. > :26:57.beat, such a great athlete. Beating them is amazing. Congratulations. We

:26:57. > :27:06.shall let you go for the medal ceremony. Huge congratulations,

:27:06. > :27:11.Javier. Thank you. One of the best all-round triathletes in the world,

:27:11. > :27:18.phenomenal, he can excel at any distance, absolutely amazing. He has

:27:18. > :27:24.shown it once again today. And Graham is with someone special.

:27:24. > :27:28.I am with Keith Brownlee, bitterly disappointed, and it must be

:27:28. > :27:35.difficult to watch Alistair run in so much pain. Yes, and a tribute to

:27:35. > :27:43.him he went for it. And a sprint finish again against Gomez? I know,

:27:43. > :27:52.I thought Johnny had him, but Gomez is a brilliant athlete. How will the

:27:52. > :27:54.boys pick themselves up after this? Going on holiday to climb

:27:54. > :28:03.Kilimanjaro. It is what the boys are made of. Good job anyway, what a

:28:03. > :28:07.fantastic set of boys. A brilliant race, taking your hat off to anyone

:28:07. > :28:13.racing in those conditions, fantastic, all doing well.

:28:13. > :28:17.From father to son, your dad was speaking to Graham Bell, and coming

:28:17. > :28:23.down to the wire, fighting hard for it?

:28:23. > :28:30.Yes, and I am absolutely gutted, but to get beaten by a few metres is

:28:30. > :28:35.hard to take. I do not know what I could have done differently. I was

:28:35. > :28:40.quite tactical with the sprint, but I gave it my all, old you can ask.

:28:41. > :28:50.Is it harder to lose on a sprint finish, or is it just harder to lose

:28:50. > :28:56.when it is so close? Absolutely, when it is so close, you wonder what

:28:56. > :28:59.you could have done differently. Could you have done things

:28:59. > :29:05.differently? When you are beaten by 30 seconds, you can say that someone

:29:05. > :29:10.is just better than you, but it is tough to be beaten like that. A good

:29:10. > :29:18.race to be part of. Us Alistair was struggling. -- Alistair was

:29:18. > :29:23.struggling. What was he saying to you on that turn? He wanted me to

:29:23. > :29:28.use my brain, because I can you on that turn? He wanted me to

:29:28. > :29:32.carried away and run at the front. It was quite windy and the other

:29:32. > :29:38.person behind could stay there. I did not use my head as much as I

:29:38. > :29:43.could, but Javier was better at the end. Alistair was helping me out, it

:29:43. > :29:48.has been a tough year for him, and I am sure he is pleased 2013 is over

:29:48. > :29:53.for him. Big Brother using your head, so much to chat you about, but

:29:53. > :30:07.you have to go to the medals put the, fully we can speak to you

:30:07. > :30:10.later. Thank you.In saying congratulations because you second

:30:10. > :30:15.in the world, but he's not going to be happy. There will be an element

:30:15. > :30:18.of disappointment that he will look back and realise that he did all he

:30:18. > :30:22.could and gave it everything out there. You saw him on the floor at

:30:22. > :30:26.the finish line, totally spent. He could not have given it any more. He

:30:26. > :30:32.will look back and appreciate what an exciting race it was and how much

:30:32. > :30:37.he did put into it. How tough a race did you think it would be mentally

:30:37. > :30:41.for Alistair, knowing that we had heard the rumours that he might not

:30:41. > :30:45.have made the start line and pull out of the grand final? He clearly

:30:45. > :30:51.has had an injury all year and it has niggle him all this week. How

:30:51. > :30:54.tough would it have been to race? It's incredibly difficult to go into

:30:54. > :31:00.a race, especially one as important as the world Championships, with any

:31:01. > :31:06.kind of injury. Our race is as much mental as physical, and an injury

:31:06. > :31:09.affects you mentally as much as it does physically. It would have been

:31:09. > :31:13.hard. The preparation for this race would have been difficult. He might

:31:13. > :31:17.have stood on the start line questioning himself. I think we saw

:31:17. > :31:21.it in the tactics. Several times he tried to break away on the bike, and

:31:21. > :31:25.that was probably to create a gap so he had a cushion on the run, because

:31:25. > :31:29.he knew he was physically compromised. But I admire what he

:31:29. > :31:34.did today. He did not pull out. He carried on, and he showed his true

:31:34. > :31:36.class as an Olympic champion. Yes, many athletes would have pulled out

:31:36. > :31:39.class as an Olympic champion. Yes, because they would not want

:31:39. > :31:42.class as an Olympic champion. Yes, further injury, but he was

:31:42. > :31:46.determined to finish and was giving his brother signals along the way

:31:46. > :31:53.and cheering him on. Yes, and what he said was really important, Jonny

:31:53. > :31:59.telling to use his head, and that was incredibly sound advice for him

:31:59. > :32:05.to give -- telling Jonny to use his head. We saw Jonny play the game as

:32:05. > :32:07.well as he could, he and Javier Gomez taking turns in the lead,

:32:07. > :32:11.important, but it didn't take -- pay Gomez taking turns in the lead,

:32:11. > :32:16.off in the end. It shows that the sport is as much about physical

:32:16. > :32:21.strength and tactics as much as physical ability. We have been

:32:21. > :32:22.sending the athletes back for the medal ceremony and it is time to

:32:22. > :32:39.watch them collect their medals. Yes, the three medal recipients are

:32:39. > :32:52.ready to go. And it will be the same three for the individual

:32:52. > :32:58.beginning of the season, was a winning run with victory in

:32:58. > :32:59.Auckland, and his end to the season is a winning one with victory in

:33:00. > :33:09.London. Mario Mola exploiting the injury to

:33:09. > :33:16.Alistair Brownlee, and bursting up through the field with an excellent

:33:16. > :33:27.run to take third place in the race and third-place in the standings.

:33:27. > :33:35.Well, Jonny smiling through the pain. One second, one metre, that is

:33:35. > :33:38.Well, Jonny smiling through the all that stood him between him and

:33:38. > :33:44.the world title for 2013. That title all that stood him between him and

:33:44. > :33:52.will go to the Spaniard, Javier Gomez. What a courageous

:33:52. > :33:57.performance. Representing Spain, Javier Gomez.

:33:57. > :34:06.Gomez came to London to the home turf of the Brownlee Brothers, and

:34:07. > :34:11.he took them on and try him. He wins the final race of the season -- he

:34:11. > :34:14.took them on and triumph. And with it he wins the World Triathlon

:34:15. > :34:27.Series title for 2013. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise as

:34:27. > :35:57.we play the national anthem of Spain.

:35:57. > :36:01.An unforgettable moment for Javier Gomez and his compatriot, Mario

:36:01. > :36:17.Mola. Time to face the photographers, and

:36:17. > :36:21.I am sure that Jonathan Brownlee will be looking forward to catching

:36:21. > :36:22.up with his older brother and talking about the dramatic events of

:36:22. > :36:30.today. Here are the final standings for

:36:30. > :36:43.2013. In a sprint finish Jonathan Brownlee

:36:43. > :36:48.was defeated by Javier Gomez. Alistair eventually finished fourth

:36:48. > :36:58.in the World Triathlon Series standings for 2013.

:36:58. > :37:06.Well, Chrissy, it has been two days of absolute drama at the grand final

:37:06. > :37:10.here. I think it has been a perfect illustration of just how

:37:10. > :37:15.unpredictable this sport can be. It is, and all the best laid plans and

:37:15. > :37:20.predictions can go to waste when you actually get out there on the

:37:20. > :37:24.racecourse. You have got athletes coming in with injuries that we

:37:24. > :37:28.might not have known the full extent of, coupled with that, three sports

:37:28. > :37:32.might not have known the full extent in one, where anything can happen.

:37:32. > :37:35.Then you have the course and different conditions. So, triathlon

:37:35. > :37:41.is really unpredictable, but that's what makes it so exciting. It has

:37:41. > :37:46.been really, really exciting, dynamic racing out there. It has

:37:46. > :37:51.been a huge delight to watch. How much wood conditions like this,

:37:51. > :37:57.rainy, slippery conditions, affected the course? -- how much would

:37:57. > :38:01.conditions? We saw yesterday it really affected the cycling. The

:38:01. > :38:05.female athletes were a lot more careful. Unfortunately we saw a

:38:05. > :38:09.couple of crashes, which I hope were not too serious. But definitely the

:38:09. > :38:14.rainy conditions do affect the athletes, not only the slippery

:38:14. > :38:19.conditions, but also the cold. Many of these athletes training warm

:38:19. > :38:23.conditions, so they may have not been used to the cold, which would

:38:23. > :38:27.have affected them. Will the men have been watching the women's race

:38:27. > :38:32.yesterday and tried to figure out how to play it out, and how they

:38:32. > :38:36.would attempt to play it out? I think the men and women's races are

:38:36. > :38:40.very different. Neither is more exciting than the other, but they

:38:40. > :38:47.are very different. Fortunately, we did not see too many crashes out

:38:47. > :38:50.there on the course today. That is great, but I definitely think that

:38:50. > :38:55.the boys would have had one eye on the conditions and made sure that

:38:55. > :38:59.they would not end up on the tarmac. Great to see such a huge

:38:59. > :39:04.crowd out here today as well, and a day like this, and it is not an

:39:04. > :39:09.Olympic Games, but Hyde Park can draw in the crowd. Hyde Park can

:39:09. > :39:13.draw in the crowd, London can draw in the crowd, and triathlon can

:39:13. > :39:18.definitely draw in a crowd. It is phenomenal and is emblematic of the

:39:18. > :39:21.growth of the sport, but also the Passion of the people that do the

:39:21. > :39:27.sport and the public that come out to watch it and enjoy such an

:39:27. > :39:32.amazing sporting spectacle. I really think that, despite the weather,

:39:32. > :39:37.London has put on a great show, and that is shown by the thousands of

:39:37. > :39:41.people who came out to enjoy it today and yesterday. It is athletes

:39:41. > :39:47.like Alistair Brownlee, who I can see at the corner of my eye, that

:39:47. > :39:50.have put on a great show, and that is why triathlon is becoming more

:39:50. > :39:59.and more popular. Absolutely. They are serving as role models. Non

:39:59. > :40:02.Stanford, Jody Stimson, Alistair and Jonny our amazing role models for

:40:02. > :40:09.the sport -- sport and will continue to be. Alistair, come and join us,

:40:09. > :40:16.please take centre stage. How are you? I'm all right, just my ankle

:40:16. > :40:21.was really sure will stop -- saw. It has been really saw the last three

:40:21. > :40:24.or four weeks, and I found that it gave way. When I got off the bike it

:40:24. > :40:26.was so cold it wasn't working properly. When I warmed up I thought

:40:26. > :40:31.was so cold it wasn't working I was doing all right, but it went

:40:31. > :40:35.again. Not very nice but I'm glad it's all over now. We saw you

:40:35. > :40:40.wincing as you came off the bike and we saw the pain in your face. Is

:40:40. > :40:41.that why you tried to break away, because you knew that this niggling

:40:41. > :40:47.that why you tried to break away, injury was there. I thought I had

:40:47. > :40:52.run all right but I did not think it would be that saw. But it was, and

:40:52. > :40:57.I'm just so glad it's over, this whole year. It's been a nightmare.

:40:57. > :41:02.I'm looking forward to taking a bit of time off, getting better and

:41:02. > :41:05.doing some training. You are gutsy. You did not pull out. Forget about

:41:05. > :41:08.risking more injury, you finished the race and were telling your

:41:08. > :41:17.brother what to do in the middle of it. Well, I planned to pull out, and

:41:17. > :41:21.the physio said she would yell at me to pull out, but I have never pulled

:41:21. > :41:28.out of one in my life and I won't start now. I literally could not

:41:28. > :41:32.pull out. I was watching Jonny racing, I was getting so

:41:32. > :41:35.frustrating, all he had to do was sit behind him for 50 metres, and I

:41:35. > :41:41.saw him make the move with about 200 metres to go and I thought, oh, no,

:41:41. > :41:48.what an idiot. Is that why you were tapping your head. Usual head! All

:41:48. > :41:53.he had to do was sit behind him with 25 metres to go, and he would have

:41:53. > :41:57.won. I can imagine you discussing it and calling each other's idiot and

:41:57. > :42:09.then having a winter break. I will give him some stick to that. He has

:42:09. > :42:16.been a complete tactical numpty. I will let you tell him that. It's

:42:16. > :42:20.been exciting and I've enjoyed every minute of being here. It's been a

:42:20. > :42:27.really dramatic, and you might not like to hear it, a fantastically

:42:27. > :42:32.entertaining end to World Triathlon Series the season. The season has

:42:32. > :42:42.been fantastic to watch. If you have been inspired, do look at our next

:42:42. > :42:52.programme on Saturday at 3pm on BBC One. It will feature Lizzie

:42:52. > :42:56.Armistead and Lewis Smith. As it has been such a fantastic season, let's

:42:56. > :42:59.do it again next year, after the winter break, which Alistair will

:43:00. > :43:01.appreciate. Then the season starts again in April and we will see you

:43:01. > :43:04.in 2014.