:00:58. > :01:04.confused Spain for San Diego. We are on the Costa Blanca Ford two very
:01:04. > :01:10.good reasons, the Brownlee Bros. They have been training here to
:01:10. > :01:16.escape Britain's arctic weather. We have highlights of the races to show
:01:16. > :01:26.you. Let's remind ourselves of what happened in the first stage of the
:01:26. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:39.in earnest in Auckland. That is Brian Keenan from Ireland, I think.
:01:39. > :01:43.Javier Gomez, the Olympic silver medallist, has laid down a market
:01:43. > :01:51.here right at the start of the season. Here comes Matt Sharp. What
:01:51. > :01:58.a great reformers from the Britain. He is absolutely spent. What a stock
:01:58. > :02:04.that is to this swim. Only just going out onto the course. She knows
:02:04. > :02:11.that she has got to close down a gap. She has now worked her way back
:02:11. > :02:17.up into that group. This is a concerted effort. This is her bid to
:02:17. > :02:23.win once a game in Auckland. And how is grimacing but she is driving on
:02:23. > :02:33.and she's going to be rewarded with the world triathlon series victory
:02:33. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:38.to enter the richer, but Johnny has been suffering injury Robins through
:02:38. > :02:48.the winter so he will not be joining Alistair on the San Diego start
:02:48. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:59.line. This winter has been a bit compensated for me. After the
:02:59. > :03:03.Olympics are got into training quickly. I was over the moon to
:03:03. > :03:09.finish all my sponsorship things and start training again, doing the
:03:09. > :03:14.things I love. And then in January I injured my ankle. I recovered for
:03:14. > :03:19.two months and then when I started training again after that I picked
:03:19. > :03:25.up some other niggles. I had never been injured before so I did not
:03:25. > :03:32.know how to cope with it. With an injury, you have to learn from your
:03:32. > :03:38.own mistakes. You have to be in the position to know how it feels like.
:03:38. > :03:46.Hopefully he is learning from his mistakes. I said to him, when was
:03:46. > :03:51.the last time you had a day off from running? He said, June. I said,
:03:52. > :03:59.June? And he said, three years ago. So I do not think it will do him any
:03:59. > :04:06.harm. He has massive base fitness. They both have. And they get fit
:04:06. > :04:09.very quickly. So we know we can give him some recovery and downtime.
:04:09. > :04:15.Three years without a day off, really. I am a massive routine
:04:15. > :04:19.person. I did not get ill or injured for three years and I was very
:04:19. > :04:24.fortunate. I saw Alistair in that three-year time pick up a fuel
:04:24. > :04:29.injuries and some very serious ones and some not so serious, whereas I
:04:29. > :04:34.did not really have that. If I did have to get injured, this year was a
:04:34. > :04:41.great time to get injured. What have you changed about your training?
:04:41. > :04:46.Mostly, I have just done less. I did raise on the 1st of March and with
:04:46. > :04:53.it being a longer ride it gave me more of a white focus. It would be a
:04:53. > :04:58.shot of the Reading a bit. -- a bit more of a bicycle focus. It has been
:04:58. > :05:03.an interesting winter. You are coming back to normal now and I will
:05:03. > :05:09.get back to the normality I am craving. At the moment, I want
:05:09. > :05:13.normal weather. I want to experience some kind of normality again.
:05:13. > :05:18.the things I have tried to do this winter, as well as trying to stay
:05:18. > :05:23.injury free, is to try to find somewhere where I can come back and
:05:23. > :05:26.train consistently when the weather is bad at home. Injuries have
:05:26. > :05:33.happened in the past because of running on the snow and things like
:05:33. > :05:37.that, so making life a bit easier for myself. It is really icy and
:05:37. > :05:42.snowy on the roads. It is not that they do not want to train on it,
:05:42. > :05:46.they are both traditional Yorkshire boys who will train in any weather,
:05:46. > :05:53.a few have to think, this is dangerous. You cannot go out and
:05:53. > :05:58.cycle or Rome when it is icy. Also the injury prevention side where
:05:58. > :06:03.they do so much volume and loaded training anyway that little distance
:06:03. > :06:12.is likely to rain you are running on can make a massive difference and
:06:12. > :06:15.have an impact on any kind of injuries or niggles that you get.
:06:15. > :06:22.was thinking, this is ridiculous, I cannot physically run around the
:06:22. > :06:26.house. It was critical that there were ten foot snowdrifts around but
:06:26. > :06:31.I was enjoying it. More from Alistair and Johnny later in the
:06:31. > :06:34.show. Now it is time to head over to San
:06:34. > :06:41.Diego to see how some of the best female triathlete scope on the
:06:41. > :06:47.Californian course. So welcome to the women's race day
:06:47. > :06:56.in San Diego. Here is the map. Two lapse in the water. In Bonita Cove
:06:56. > :07:00.Park. And then eight -- lapse on two wheels. Gleason Road, then the
:07:00. > :07:08.bridge on West Mission Bay Drive before there is another tight turn
:07:08. > :07:12.back along the bridge, back to the transition area at Bonita Cove Park
:07:13. > :07:21.and then the run section, which takes them along Bayside Walk, a
:07:21. > :07:31.right and then another right down Ocean Front Walk, three laps for the
:07:31. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:40.run and then the 10,000 metres final champion wears number 28. Katie
:07:40. > :07:50.Hewison wears number 38. We have had a few moments silence to remember
:07:50. > :07:59.
:08:00. > :08:05.those who were affected by the number one. The way they go. They
:08:05. > :08:08.head out into Bonita Cove Park to we saw last year the guys go into the
:08:08. > :08:13.shallow water at the top of the screen where the spectators are
:08:13. > :08:17.standing. No one has done that this year. They have obviously changed
:08:17. > :08:22.the rules to prevent that happening. Now we have that arrowhead starting
:08:22. > :08:30.at the front of the swim field. We will look for some of the stronger
:08:30. > :08:35.athletes already in the water. Some fours coming from Aileen Reid,
:08:35. > :08:39.formerly Eileen Morris, from the per Republic of Ireland. She took on the
:08:40. > :08:45.name of her husband in the summer. What is interesting to me, looking
:08:45. > :08:49.at the start, where we have got used to the athletes begin their position
:08:49. > :08:58.on the pontoon or the beach, they are actually running them in just
:08:58. > :09:06.numerical order, so we had and Haug right next to us, go right through
:09:06. > :09:10.-- we had Haug next to us, going right through to the 30s and 40s. We
:09:10. > :09:17.are getting a bigger picture, a bigger spread of the swimmers coming
:09:17. > :09:23.through now. That was a tremendously fast start. There is a stretch out
:09:23. > :09:28.which we are not really used to seeing these early on. Already
:09:28. > :09:35.swimmers with clear water there, five or six metres. Carolina Routier
:09:35. > :09:39.of Spain and Oliveira of Brazil, they are within touching distance.
:09:39. > :09:43.Neither one prepared to give way and move to the side. And now they have
:09:43. > :09:47.sorted themselves out a bit. There was a time there that I feared
:09:47. > :09:51.somebody was going to get a foot in the face. They were very tightly
:09:51. > :09:57.bunched indeed. Aileen Reid from the Republic of Ireland who was the
:09:57. > :10:01.first to show in the swimmers' got back, three or four down the lead.
:10:01. > :10:10.Now the lead is coming from Camberley in every TA from Spain.
:10:10. > :10:19.She is looking ahead to see where the first lap is. -- Carolina
:10:19. > :10:23.Routier of Spain. A good swim from Routier of Spain. She has reached
:10:24. > :10:29.the end of the first lap. We will get a check on who is doing what as
:10:29. > :10:33.they come through with eight minutes and 40 seconds past. It is Routier
:10:33. > :10:39.and Oliveira in second. Emma Moffat is therefore Australia, followed by
:10:39. > :10:49.Rachel Klamer and Sarah Groff and Aileen Reid is six for the Republic
:10:49. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:03.of Ireland, . A group of Americans together. Then Stanford is first out
:11:03. > :11:07.for Great Britain in 17th position. A very good swim by Gwen Jorgensen
:11:07. > :11:12.there from the United States. She was suffering in Auckland. She has
:11:12. > :11:17.been tremendous in this phase so obviously working on her swim. We
:11:17. > :11:23.know that is her weakness. Her running is second to none. We would
:11:23. > :11:27.have liked to see Jessica Harrison higher up. She used to represent
:11:27. > :11:31.Great Britain. She has now represented France on a couple of
:11:31. > :11:37.occasions. She was a little further down than we would have anticipated.
:11:37. > :11:43.The best of British at the end of that lap was Non Stanford from
:11:43. > :11:49.Swansea, based in Leeds these days. She is the under 23 champion, won
:11:49. > :11:54.that title last year in Auckland. She also had a very good 10k race.
:11:54. > :12:00.So we will look out for her on the running stage of the race. She set a
:12:00. > :12:07.personal best in Manchester in early March at the Trafford 10k. She
:12:07. > :12:15.clocked a time of 32.40 seconds. So improving form on the roads for the
:12:15. > :12:20.Welsh triathlete. Carolina Routier at still in front. So they are
:12:20. > :12:27.approaching the end of stage one. This is the second World Triathlon
:12:27. > :12:33.Series event of the season in San Diego. 1500 metres in the water.
:12:33. > :12:39.Just about complete now for Carolyn Routier -- Carolina Routier and
:12:39. > :12:44.those chasing her out of the position. We will get a look at
:12:44. > :12:50.exactly who is finishing where. Routier 17.25, then Oliveira,
:12:50. > :12:53.Moffat, Groff, that will get the American supporters plenty to get
:12:53. > :12:58.interested about with her in fourth position. Then there is a gap and
:12:58. > :13:04.they followed out of the water by Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands,
:13:04. > :13:09.Ellen Pennock follows her, 18 seconds behind, and then this big
:13:09. > :13:13.group emerging. We think this group contains Aileen Reid but she's in
:13:14. > :13:23.for a bit of a shock because she will not know yet that she has
:13:24. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:28.incurred a 15 second stop-go penalty. The best of the British,
:13:28. > :13:33.Non Stanford has moved up to 10th from 15th at the end of the first
:13:34. > :13:39.lap. Eileen Reid is now 43 seconds off the pace and that is going to
:13:39. > :13:48.climb as she goes through this punishment, but it is Groff which
:13:48. > :13:52.are focusing on now. And on they go and it looks as if everybody who
:13:52. > :14:02.started is coming out of the water now. Katie Hewison down in 29th
:14:02. > :14:07.position. And here we go. This is what the problem is for Reid. She's
:14:07. > :14:13.shaking her head at the judges are bare and they are making her stand
:14:13. > :14:19.and stop. This 15 seconds will feel like 15 minutes walk Aileen Reid of
:14:19. > :14:23.the Republic of Ireland. She was not even allowed to carry on taking her
:14:23. > :14:28.wetsuit off. Harsh. So Routier was first out of the water followed by
:14:28. > :14:34.Groff of the USA, offered of Australia and Oliveira of silk.
:14:34. > :14:44.These are the leading four. They have broken away and not a decent
:14:44. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:58.also in that group. Jodie Stimpson is the second in that group of
:14:58. > :15:08.British triathletes. We have not got a concentrated working group chasing
:15:08. > :15:09.
:15:10. > :15:17.through it. Oliveira is still doing plenty of work, chopping and
:15:17. > :15:22.changing. But Routier is doing very little. She is tucked back in fourth
:15:22. > :15:27.place. She did hard work in the water, Carolina Routier, but she has
:15:27. > :15:33.been a passenger throughout the first two and a half laps of this
:15:33. > :15:37.bike stage. Moffatt is now out of her saddle, pushing hard, working
:15:37. > :15:46.her bike, looking for speed and looking to try to prevent this
:15:46. > :15:54.massive palette from closing the gap any further. -- pellet on. The end
:15:54. > :16:03.of lap five. Three to go. The Brazilian will take up first
:16:03. > :16:13.position officially at the end of the fifth lap. Routier is still at
:16:13. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:30.the back, where she has been throughout. Three laps to go. We
:16:30. > :16:40.have had one or two macro casualties so far. But the gap is still up
:16:40. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:54.around the 32nd mark, possibly greater. It is down to 30 seconds.
:16:54. > :17:00.If nothing happens with this chasing group, it is going to come down. It
:17:00. > :17:10.is looking like it will be a foot race between Groff and Emma Moffatt.
:17:10. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:17.There are such good runners in that chase pack. You have Anne Haug and
:17:17. > :17:21.Non Stanford, of course. She knows what it is like to go out very fast,
:17:21. > :17:29.whatever the hurt is. So if that gap does stay at around 30 seconds, I
:17:29. > :17:38.don't think we can really discount... There really is a depth
:17:38. > :17:43.of running in this chase pack. we go, into transition. They have
:17:43. > :17:47.got ten kilometres to go. They have got to get this right and time the
:17:47. > :17:54.dismount correctly. Moffatt arrives first, feet on the carpet. She keeps
:17:54. > :18:00.running. Routier is into third. That is a massive change as far as she is
:18:00. > :18:05.concerned. From fourth to third for the first time. They are all
:18:05. > :18:10.together as they come into transition for the change. Groff is
:18:10. > :18:16.first to exit transition. The Americans can start to believe.
:18:16. > :18:26.Routier will hook up with the first two macro. It is Groff, Moffatt,
:18:26. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:35.Oliveira and Routier. Here they come, looking for some space, moving
:18:35. > :18:45.side-by-side. Looks like we have got one wider down. Just a touch of
:18:45. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:01.wheels, perhaps a touch of legs as World Triathlon Series here, the
:19:01. > :19:05.second stage of the tour. Sarah Groff has never won a World
:19:05. > :19:14.Triathlon Series event. She just missed a medal in Hyde Park at the
:19:14. > :19:18.Olympic Games last summer. Here is what is going on behind. Non
:19:18. > :19:23.Stanford of Great Britain, who did such hard work in the 40 kilometre
:19:23. > :19:28.bike. Jodie Stimpson, also of Great Britain, looks full of running. Anne
:19:28. > :19:33.Haug, the Auckland winner, the World Triathlon Series leader at this
:19:33. > :19:38.stage, the German, with the white baseball cap on, is currently
:19:38. > :19:44.sandwiched between the two macro British triathletes. Gwen Jorgensen
:19:44. > :19:49.is also going with them. They have already passed Routier and Oliveira,
:19:49. > :19:52.who have fallen back from the leading group. But it is another
:19:52. > :19:58.American that the San Diego supporters are concerned with, Sarah
:19:58. > :20:04.Groff. She had the lead. She kicked away momentarily from Emma Moffatt.
:20:04. > :20:11.But at the end of lap one, Moffatt has recovered her poise and
:20:11. > :20:17.concentration and is back in front of this race in San Diego. The first
:20:17. > :20:22.lap is out of the way. It is Moffatt of Australia who leads Groff of the
:20:22. > :20:27.USA. What will Sarah Groff's reaction be not only to Emma Moffatt
:20:27. > :20:35.taking the lead, but you can be sure that within 300 metres going into
:20:35. > :20:45.the second lap, she will be given up to date knowledge of how much they
:20:45. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:53.have closed in on the chasers. We thought these would be the front
:20:53. > :20:59.runners. They really are tremendous runners. It is Moffatt's race to win
:20:59. > :21:02.now. Out in front, looks pretty comfortable. Slightly taken by
:21:02. > :21:08.surprise by that early kick from Sarah Groff, but she didn't let the
:21:08. > :21:18.gap widened. Felicity Abram has picked up a penalty. She has been
:21:18. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:23.asked to stop for what we think is a 15 second stop-go penalty. Here we
:21:23. > :21:29.have the American, the German and the two macro British competitors.
:21:29. > :21:35.That is the battle for third. form that Sarah was displaying at
:21:35. > :21:38.the start of the one seems to have slipped away. She went out of
:21:38. > :21:42.transition at a very fast pace. Didn't manage to maintain that.
:21:42. > :21:51.Looked initially as if she was moving away from Emma Moffatt.
:21:51. > :21:57.Moffatt bided her time and came back. Now it is closing down. That
:21:57. > :22:04.second position is very much under threat as we reach the halfway mark
:22:04. > :22:10.of this ten kilometre run. This is the lady in real form at the moment.
:22:10. > :22:14.She has played it tactically perfectly. Worked very hard on the
:22:14. > :22:19.bike, but was content to let Sarah Groff move away early on. She
:22:19. > :22:27.covered that and then made her move. You have to feel for Sarah Groff.
:22:27. > :22:31.She worked so hard on the bike section. I am sure she was thinking,
:22:31. > :22:38.hopefully we will hang onto that with a big chance of the gold or
:22:38. > :22:43.silver. And now, huge impact as she sees these athletes go past her.
:22:43. > :22:51.Stanford, from Swansea. Jodie Stimpson, from Oldbury in the West
:22:51. > :22:56.Midlands. When you're been some takes it up for the USA. -- when
:22:56. > :23:02.you're done some takes it up for the USA. Jodie Stimpson is about to be
:23:02. > :23:10.overtaken by Anne Haug, and Groff is going backwards now. Her race is
:23:10. > :23:18.run. We are coming to the end of lap number two. How comfortable is
:23:18. > :23:28.Moffatt looking? Over the last minute, she has looked less at ease
:23:28. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:41.on this course. Gwen Jorgensen has moved into clear second position.
:23:41. > :23:50.Three people are bunched together, sharing third. A little look behind
:23:50. > :23:54.from Moffatt. Feels under pressure for the first time. Up go the arms,
:23:54. > :24:01.really moved into 1500 metre-type pace. Gwen Jorgensen this chasing
:24:01. > :24:07.hard and fast. She has a real opportunity to take the first ever
:24:07. > :24:11.series win for a USA athlete. gap is now down to about eight
:24:11. > :24:18.seconds between Moffatt, the Australian who leads, and Gwen
:24:18. > :24:23.Jorgensen, the American, who is closing down that lead by the
:24:23. > :24:27.stride. She has recently moved to Australia. She is now coached by
:24:27. > :24:33.Jamie Turner down under. It has been a good move for her physically and
:24:33. > :24:36.mentally. It strengthened her approach to triathlon. Moffatt picks
:24:36. > :24:42.up some liquid to try and give her a boost for the last couple of
:24:42. > :24:46.kilometres. Gwen Jorgensen ignores the feeding station. She doesn't
:24:46. > :24:56.need any help. She feels as though she has the power in the legs and
:24:56. > :25:00.the lungs to make this final burst and close down Moffatt's lead.
:25:00. > :25:10.Moffatt is about to be caught, and potentially about to be overtaken by
:25:10. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:14.Gwen Jorgensen. Two macro seconds is the gap now. It went from eight to
:25:14. > :25:21.four to two. Moffatt's dream of winning in San Diego looks unlikely
:25:21. > :25:26.now. The only she has got is that when Gwen Jorgensen goes past her,
:25:26. > :25:33.she has got to stay in touch. Behind, you conceivably Moffatt
:25:33. > :25:37.Stanford, or it might be Jodie Stimpson. Then Anne Haug. Those
:25:37. > :25:42.three are involved in a battle for third, but first position is about
:25:43. > :25:49.to change, as Gwen Jorgensen slips in behind Emma Moffatt and then
:25:49. > :25:55.makes her move. Stanford and Anne Haug are doing battle for third.
:25:55. > :26:00.Gwen Jorgensen is aware of the danger. Moffatt can now feel Gwen
:26:00. > :26:10.Jorgensen breathing down her neck. Non Stanford and Anne Haug are now
:26:10. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:16.making inroads on Gwen Jorgensen and Moffatt. It looks like Non Stanford
:26:16. > :26:21.is dragging Anne Haug along with her. There is everything to play
:26:21. > :26:31.for. A couple of minutes from the finish, and Non Stanford senses that
:26:31. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:37.she has a real chance of a breakthrough. guns and Moffatt
:26:37. > :26:41.looked over her shoulder and took her eyes off Gwen Jorgensen, who
:26:41. > :26:51.kicked away and open up a gap of about three metres. Gwen Jorgensen
:26:51. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:03.has the lead. Now she can sense victory. She can taste it. She has
:27:03. > :27:08.got real speed across the ground here. Jorgensen head towards the
:27:08. > :27:17.finish to become the first American woman to win a World Triathlon
:27:17. > :27:23.Series race. What a place to do it. Into the finish area. Gwen Jorgensen
:27:23. > :27:27.glances behind her again. She has timed her race to perfection. And
:27:27. > :27:34.Stanford is going to finish in second for Great Britain! What a
:27:34. > :27:43.sprint finish for Non Stanford. She takes second place to deny Emma
:27:43. > :27:52.Moffatt in the last 100 metres. An astonishing finish all round here in
:27:52. > :27:59.San Diego. A personal best for Non Stanford on the World Triathlon
:27:59. > :28:07.Series podium for the first time in second. The celebrations continue
:28:07. > :28:10.for the British team, as Jodie Stimpson comes home in fifth.
:28:10. > :28:16.the disappointment in Auckland and not being able to finish that race,
:28:16. > :28:22.was their extra fire in your belly this weekend? I always try to come
:28:22. > :28:26.out and execute the processes. A lot of people had better races than me
:28:26. > :28:34.in Auckland, so I wanted to do my best. I am delighted. I was really
:28:34. > :28:43.pleased with the swim. The bike was a bit frustrating, because our group
:28:43. > :28:48.was a bit disorganised. I couldn't believe we were catching up Moffatt
:28:48. > :28:55.and Groff. Really pleased. To have a sprint finish is always exciting.
:28:55. > :28:59.Yourself and Emma Moffatt had an unbelievable last 300 metres.
:28:59. > :29:07.a really good track session. I just worked really hard. Luckily just got
:29:07. > :29:13.there. I wanted to take advantage of having the lead, but my hamstrings
:29:13. > :29:23.gave me a bit of trouble, so I was more effective by finishing and not
:29:23. > :29:47.
:29:47. > :29:52.men's race where all eyes will be on Alistair Brownlee. But before that,
:29:52. > :29:57.let's get back to our chat with the Brownlees. With their successes
:29:57. > :30:04.becoming distant memories, Alistair and Johnny have been busy setting
:30:05. > :30:13.new goals for the next couple of years. I do not really know when I
:30:13. > :30:17.am going to stop racing. -- start racing. Not starting in San Diego
:30:17. > :30:23.will be tough. I love racing and just to see Alistair and everyone
:30:23. > :30:29.else racing will be hard. Is it about becoming world champion or
:30:29. > :30:33.about taking the world championship title of your brother? I am going
:30:33. > :30:38.out and trying to be the world champion, I'm not looking at it like
:30:38. > :30:41.that. I am just getting the serious races in and seeing how they go and
:30:41. > :30:49.making sure I have the shape and ability to win at the end of the
:30:49. > :30:54.year. The finals are fantastic as they are in London. If I have one
:30:54. > :30:59.good race I would like it to be London. Since the Olympics, there
:30:59. > :31:05.have been a lot of rumours about you and Ironman and 10k, maybe, in
:31:05. > :31:11.Glasgow. What is the situation? I am going to
:31:11. > :31:16.do everything all the time, all this year. No, it feels like I have been
:31:16. > :31:21.doing triathlon for a long time. I am only 24 but I have been doing it
:31:21. > :31:25.for a long time. I have done two Olympics already. It would be
:31:25. > :31:30.fantastic to start looking at doing longer stuff. I'm concentrating on
:31:30. > :31:35.Mike Olympics distance. The Olympics has always been everything for me
:31:35. > :31:40.and is definitely my focus over the next four years. The 10k can fit
:31:40. > :31:43.into that a little bit. I want to run a few. It is something that I
:31:43. > :31:47.have always wanted to do and never had time to do because I am always
:31:47. > :31:51.doing more and more racing. It is difficult getting fit as well
:31:51. > :32:00.because I have been injured, so it is night to have time to do a bit
:32:00. > :32:04.more. I did think about Glasgow 2014 and I thought, wow, I have the
:32:04. > :32:07.opportunity to experience that again. So I am thinking about that
:32:07. > :32:13.again but the World Championships is coming along first. I am not good at
:32:13. > :32:20.thinking too far in advance. I prefer short-term. I am thinking
:32:20. > :32:24.about Glasgow 2014. I have never been to the Commonwealth Games
:32:24. > :32:33.before. Triathlon was not in the Commonwealth Games in 2010. That
:32:33. > :32:36.would be awesome. I am going to try to run a few 10ks and see how fast
:32:36. > :32:42.are run and if I can get anywhere near qualifying. That would be my
:32:42. > :32:48.dream, to go running and qualify in the Commonwealth Games. If I don't,
:32:48. > :32:54.I don't. In the process of running all the 10ks and hopefully training
:32:54. > :33:01.for them, I will learn a bit faster -- I will learn a bit more about how
:33:01. > :33:04.to run faster in the triathlon as well. I just want to carry on what I
:33:04. > :33:09.did before. I love the World Championship series and I would love
:33:09. > :33:15.to do it again. I would love to be world champion. I did it once and
:33:15. > :33:19.that was a great experience so to do it again would be awesome. I am
:33:19. > :33:26.feeling OK in the lead up to San Diego. I am aware that I had a
:33:27. > :33:31.massive gap in my training last year but I have trained hard in the last
:33:31. > :33:38.few weeks. It is about seeing where that takes me and linger where I am
:33:38. > :33:44.not going to be as bit as I possibly can be fitter in another month or
:33:44. > :33:50.so. I will see what I can do. see how Alistair gets on in San
:33:50. > :34:00.Diego. This is 2013's first act of Brownlee
:34:00. > :34:08.
:34:08. > :34:15.versus Gomez, which never fails to the battle on the beach begin. An
:34:15. > :34:23.exciting start as 57 elite triathletes get into the water in
:34:23. > :34:27.this wetsuit swim. The temperature is slightly cool for the time of
:34:27. > :34:30.year in California said they have decided to go for wetsuits, and we
:34:30. > :34:34.will see some of the stronger swimmers start to make progress in
:34:34. > :34:39.the early stages. We will look out for Alistair Brownlee wearing number
:34:39. > :34:44.29, the ailing the champion will stop his younger brother, Jonathan,
:34:44. > :34:49.is absent with an ankle injury. Javier Gomez is the man who won the
:34:49. > :34:52.silver medal in Hyde Park last August behind Alistair Brownlee.
:34:52. > :35:01.This is the first meeting at World Triathlon Series level it win the
:35:01. > :35:07.two of them. Interestingly, Tom Ferris from the United States,
:35:07. > :35:12.relatively inexperienced in triathlon. He made a big impact
:35:12. > :35:22.coming off the beach. Interestingly, it was very different from yesterday
:35:22. > :35:26.
:35:26. > :35:30.when we saw that as the women went off the beach, Aileen Reid, we have
:35:30. > :35:38.indications that she moved forward but also moved to one side as well,
:35:38. > :35:43.and that was the begin second penalty she incurred. It seemed to
:35:43. > :35:50.be a very straight start, the men going in. I think it was Tommy
:35:50. > :35:54.Zaferes who went in. They are already approaching the first time,
:35:55. > :36:02.back towards the beach before the X it and return to the water for the
:36:02. > :36:10.second half of the swim. The Pharisees leading them through. --
:36:10. > :36:16.Tommy Zaferes is leading them through. Gwen Jorgensen one the
:36:16. > :36:20.women's race for the United States yesterday. -- she won-macro. We will
:36:20. > :36:30.get a check on the standings as the X in the water at the end of the
:36:30. > :36:31.
:36:31. > :36:34.first lap. That stroke rate has slowed down just a little. If Tommy
:36:34. > :36:41.Zaferes is in the position he will have a great run through into
:36:41. > :36:46.transition. It is the American Tommy Zaferes who will come out of the
:36:46. > :36:50.water seven minutes and 37 seconds is his time, as he looks to dolphin
:36:50. > :36:57.through the last few metres. He will come out of the water, turned to his
:36:57. > :37:01.right, had back in again for the second part of the swim. And we will
:37:01. > :37:05.get a check on who is doing what will stop Tommy Zaferes is first out
:37:06. > :37:15.of the water, followed by Alistair Brownlee, Henri Schoeman third for
:37:16. > :37:29.
:37:29. > :37:31.That is a pricing. -- Richard Varga. The important thing from a British
:37:31. > :37:37.perspective is that Alistair Brownlee was out of the water right
:37:37. > :37:46.behind Tommy Zaferes. That is an extraordinary split time on the
:37:46. > :37:52.swim. That is not far off Olympics swimming time. So Tommy Zaferes lead
:37:52. > :37:58.Alistair Brownlee in the early stages of this three stage
:37:58. > :38:04.triathlon. They have the final stretch of the swim, a second lap
:38:04. > :38:14.about to unwind after 12 minutes of triathlon here in San Diego. Tommy
:38:14. > :38:16.
:38:16. > :38:20.Zaferes is heading towards the beach champion, Alistair Brownlee from
:38:20. > :38:25.Great Britain. Alistair Brownlee NDE. Seven times Yorkshire
:38:25. > :38:29.cross-country champion. The junior world champion in triathlon and the
:38:30. > :38:38.senior world champion, the European champion and now, of course, the
:38:38. > :38:43.Olympic triathlon champion. They have just got 80 metres to go before
:38:43. > :38:47.they X it the water. They will start to take off their wetsuits, remove
:38:47. > :38:51.swim caps and goggles as they head towards transition. They will need
:38:51. > :38:59.to get everything in place before they've pick up their bikes, put on
:38:59. > :39:06.their helmets and head out to the first of the eight laps, eight laps
:39:06. > :39:14.of five kilometres. Alistair Brownlee has pretty much matched
:39:14. > :39:24.Tommy Zaferes /full/ . We could have a group of ten coming out to start
:39:24. > :39:44.
:39:45. > :39:48.the Reich phase. -- the bicycle gap. And that gap could be
:39:48. > :39:52.critical. They are working on their options, do we really go for it?
:39:52. > :39:58.There was no closing on the women's cycle station yesterday, and we're
:39:58. > :40:00.hearing that the straight ways were not long enough to put in a
:40:01. > :40:06.concentrated space. Everybody was concerned about the number of ends
:40:06. > :40:10.and the sharpness of the bends. Brownlee is struggling to get his
:40:10. > :40:18.wetsuit off. Could not get his feet out. And there is his main rival,
:40:18. > :40:21.the Olympic said Miller -- silver medallist. And as Brownlee comes
:40:21. > :40:26.out, Gomez has his bike under control. Alistair Brownlee is right
:40:26. > :40:29.with him, so there is a group of about eight or nine and one or two
:40:29. > :40:39.others are just hoping to be involved in that front group as
:40:39. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:43.well. The group, with Gomez taking his turn to do the work. Alistair is
:40:43. > :40:48.just tucked in behind wearing the white helmet. He is quite easy to
:40:48. > :40:55.spot with that white helmet. We are about to get a group of nine leading
:40:55. > :40:58.the field here. And here are the chasers. We were in a similar
:40:58. > :41:03.situation yesterday, a group of four and then it hit group trying to
:41:03. > :41:09.chase them down. Lovely to see Alistair Brownlee fare just picking
:41:09. > :41:18.up the wheel, then it is his turn. He goes. Up he goes and off he goes.
:41:18. > :41:23.Goodness. Brownlee is saying, you have to keep ahead of these guys and
:41:23. > :41:28.if you want it you have to come with me. No one seems to be taking it on.
:41:28. > :41:36.The gap is 37 seconds between the leaders and the chasers. Henry
:41:36. > :41:46.Sherman leading them in from the Republic of South Africa. -- Henri
:41:46. > :41:49.
:41:49. > :41:56.Schoeman. And Brownlee has just moved back to the fifth position.
:41:56. > :42:02.Somebody came dangerously close to the metal barrier. That is the front
:42:02. > :42:11.group of nine. The chasers seem to have made an impact now. It is up to
:42:12. > :42:14.around the 32nd mark. It is now 26 seconds, they have gone from 37
:42:14. > :42:21.seconds to 26 seconds between the end of lap one and the end of lap
:42:21. > :42:26.two. Good work from the chasing group. Adam Bowden is 18th at the
:42:26. > :42:31.moment. He is the second ranked British rider at this stage. He is
:42:31. > :42:37.in the chasing group. The chase group stretching themselves out,
:42:37. > :42:44.trying to close the gap. Someone is having a go. Alistair Brownlee is
:42:44. > :42:49.still injecting pace. He is trying to grab this race by the scruff of
:42:49. > :42:54.the net. So now we have three distinct groups within 25 seconds of
:42:54. > :43:00.each other. Alistair Brownlee on his own, currently clocking 42
:43:00. > :43:06.kilometres per hour. Then we have a gap and then the eight guys with
:43:06. > :43:13.whom he was riding for a while, but that aid is about to swell its ranks
:43:13. > :43:19.to maybe 20 plus. -- that group. The guys have seen Alistair go and they
:43:19. > :43:25.have responded in a small way to the pressure. Alistair obviously does
:43:25. > :43:29.not want this group to become enormous. He's happy to keep the two
:43:29. > :43:38.groups separate, and he's pushing his way to complete lap four. He's
:43:38. > :43:48.halfway through the bicycle now. He crosses the line. About four seconds
:43:48. > :43:54.clear of Gomez, exactly four. Then Tommy Zaferes and Varga and Royle
:43:54. > :44:01.and then a gap and another handful of seconds until the rest of them.
:44:01. > :44:09.Adam Bowden is in there. Benjamin Shaw from the Republic of Ireland.
:44:09. > :44:16.Richard Murray, a good all-rounder, had a good season last year. A very
:44:16. > :44:22.brave move for Alistair, for one athlete to stay away, and I am sure
:44:22. > :44:25.he is hoping he's going to get one, two or three to go with him. It
:44:25. > :44:30.would be lovely to see. But there is the frustration from Alistair. He
:44:30. > :44:36.has almost sat up there and waved his hands in frustration and said,
:44:36. > :44:41.what are we doing? We have worked so hard to get away and now we are
:44:41. > :44:48.giving these guys the opportunity to get back. Now it looks like that
:44:48. > :44:55.chase pack has joined. Yes, it has become a huge procession now. Single
:44:55. > :44:59.file at this stage on these hairpin bends. Alistair Brownlee has plenty
:44:59. > :45:09.of triathletes for company now, the lead group numbers getting on for 30
:45:09. > :45:11.
:45:11. > :45:15.plus. This has slowed down so much. Nobody was prepared to go with
:45:15. > :45:25.Alistair. Now he seems content as if to say, if that is the way the race
:45:25. > :45:30.
:45:30. > :45:40.develops, I will just wait here and So the second half of the bike race,
:45:40. > :46:09.
:46:09. > :46:14.which is 20 kilometres, could be a broken away. I am not sure if we can
:46:14. > :46:24.see exactly who is involved. The gap is about seven or eight seconds at
:46:24. > :46:49.
:46:49. > :46:53.this stage. Two Russians and a Alistair Brownlee. They clearly
:46:53. > :46:58.don't see a major threat amongst the running qualities of these three.
:46:58. > :47:03.don't think they will be a big effort to chase down. They are quite
:47:03. > :47:07.happy if it stays at ten or maybe goes out to a few more seconds. The
:47:07. > :47:17.strong runners are confident that they will be able to close this gap
:47:17. > :47:20.
:47:21. > :47:26.down. Alistair Brownlee is keeping himself clear of danger. They have
:47:26. > :47:31.completed their 40 kilometre ride and now start to prepare for the
:47:31. > :47:37.transition, slipping their feet out of their shoes. There is a single
:47:37. > :47:42.rider in force who has made the break as well. Denis Vasiliev
:47:42. > :47:48.arrives first. The case is an amongst the group behind. Oh,
:47:48. > :47:54.goodness me! Jesus Gomar hit the deck hard and sent his bike in
:47:54. > :47:59.towards the crowd. He has picked himself up and will continue, but I
:47:59. > :48:04.hope no damage was done to any of the spectators. What happened's
:48:04. > :48:09.there was no collision on bikes, he didn't hit a barrier. Possibly the
:48:09. > :48:19.shoe just hitting the ground as it came down, still attached to the
:48:19. > :48:25.pedal. Denis Vasiliev leads them out. Alistair Brownlee is in no real
:48:25. > :48:35.rush to put his shoes on, but he is heading out now. This is where
:48:35. > :48:36.
:48:36. > :48:41.Brownlee's race really begins. You can see the gap between Denis
:48:41. > :48:51.Vasiliev and the next best. And I believe the next best is Alistair.
:48:51. > :48:51.
:48:51. > :48:57.That looks like his running style. I think I can spot it from this camera
:48:57. > :49:02.boat mounted on the waterside. They have already closed down the gap to
:49:02. > :49:06.Denis Vasiliev. Richard Murray is playing along as well as Vasiliev
:49:06. > :49:13.watches Alistair Brownlee go past him. There is no sign yet of Javier
:49:13. > :49:23.Gomez. Good position for Adam Bowden, very strong in the second
:49:23. > :49:27.
:49:27. > :49:32.half of the 10K. Javier Gomez, with compatriot Mario Mola on his
:49:32. > :49:38.shoulder, trying to eat into this lead that Alistair Brownlee has
:49:38. > :49:44.opened up in this first lap. And the leaders widening. Brownlee is on his
:49:44. > :49:50.own. Richard Murray of South Africa in second. The Portuguese athlete is
:49:50. > :49:56.in third. Then we think it is the two Spaniards, Javier Gomez and
:49:56. > :50:03.Mario Mola. And there is one of the British athletes there as well, Adam
:50:03. > :50:13.Bowden. He is up into fourth position. This is good for Adam
:50:13. > :50:16.
:50:16. > :50:26.Bowden. 10th was the last official news we had of him. There are four
:50:26. > :50:33.or five athletes now close together. That is an extraordinarily fast
:50:33. > :50:43.time. Murray certainly hasn't given anything. He is still very much in
:50:43. > :51:05.
:51:05. > :51:11.contention. The Olympic champion has includes the two Spaniards for
:51:12. > :51:18.company. Brilliant running from Brownlee. Swam well my second
:51:18. > :51:22.position all the way round behind Tommy Zaferes. Tried to make a brick
:51:22. > :51:28.on the bike, decided it would be a waste of energy. Sat back, kept
:51:28. > :51:32.himself out of trouble in the middle of that elite group, and then struck
:51:32. > :51:40.for the front early on the run. Richard Murray is next best in
:51:40. > :51:45.second position, the South African. There is Adam Bowden. They are ten
:51:45. > :51:51.seconds behind. If Javier Gomez really wants to make this a battle
:51:51. > :51:59.on the beach, according to the hype in the build-up to the race, he
:51:59. > :52:09.needs to move now. Alistair Brownlee just getting word from the British
:52:09. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:20.contingent that his gap is 20 seconds. Richard Murray of South
:52:20. > :52:20.
:52:20. > :53:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 76 seconds
:53:36. > :53:46.Africa comes through in good shape backmarkers. That is how far ahead
:53:46. > :53:56.
:53:56. > :54:02.comfortably now, we think. Certainly within the last kilometre now.
:54:02. > :54:08.Alistair Brownlee was again into the shaded area. The picks himself out
:54:08. > :54:12.of the sunshine for a few precious moments. Victory is all but sealed.
:54:12. > :54:22.Richard Murray has a little spring in his step as well as he can sense
:54:22. > :54:32.
:54:32. > :54:34.his second position. Murray gap, between Alistair Brownlee
:54:34. > :54:41.arriving in crossing the line and Richard Murray coming home for
:54:41. > :54:51.second. And Alistair can start to soak it up now, as he comes into the
:54:51. > :54:55.finish area. One hour 46.5 minutes. It has been fast, it has been fun in
:54:55. > :55:01.the end for Alistair Brownlee. He can enjoy it now as the crowds
:55:01. > :55:08.turned out to salute the Olympic champion on his triumphant return to
:55:08. > :55:14.top-level triathlon racing. He has got time to enjoy it. He can slow
:55:14. > :55:19.down, as he did in Hyde Park last August. And he can enjoy the moment.
:55:19. > :55:23.He is walking home to victory in San Diego. Right now, there is no want
:55:23. > :55:28.to touch Alistair Brownlee. He is the best Olympic distance
:55:29. > :55:35.triathletes in the world at present, and he wins in California, and he
:55:35. > :55:40.wins in style. There is no sign of Richard Murray as yet. He is coming
:55:40. > :55:46.in now, the South African. Meanwhile, Alistair has got time to
:55:46. > :55:51.enjoy the moment. His margin of victory, despite walking home, is
:55:51. > :55:58.still 20 seconds. Richard Murray comes home for second place. In
:55:58. > :56:02.third place, it'll be Joao Silva, who was also third in Auckland
:56:02. > :56:09.earlier in April, on April the 6th. He has got himself another podium
:56:09. > :56:14.place here in San Diego, and we wait to see how the battle unfolds for
:56:14. > :56:24.fourth. It looks like Steffen Justus in the man who will come through to
:56:24. > :56:27.
:56:27. > :56:37.take fourth place, for Germany. He has broken away from that pack.
:56:37. > :56:44.
:56:44. > :56:52.then it is Adam Bowden, coming take sixth position. British
:56:52. > :56:56.triathletes are first and sixth in San Diego. Javier Gomez has finished
:56:56. > :57:06.down in eighth. I am sure you think I am lying when I say I did only six
:57:06. > :57:07.
:57:07. > :57:16.weeks of training, but I swear. I just pushed on since Abou -- Abu
:57:16. > :57:20.happy. I don't understand. There were eight guys in that group, and
:57:20. > :57:26.none of those finished in the top ten. It doesn't make sense to me. So
:57:26. > :57:30.I tried to get away from them a bit and see if we could work a bit
:57:30. > :57:37.better, and that didn't work. They are not tactically efficient, some
:57:37. > :57:41.of these guys. It is a step up from last year. Last year, I was a bit of
:57:41. > :57:46.a newcomer to the World Series. This year, I thought I had dropped my
:57:46. > :57:53.feet in the swim, and apparently that wasn't true. I saw a whole
:57:53. > :57:58.bunch of good swimmers, and I came out to see where it took me. This is