Edmonton: Men's Race Triathlon: World Series

from all around the world have come to Edmonton to swim, bike and run.

It is a festival of triathlon with amateur age groups, Paralympic

athletes and juniors on the same course. The heart of the action has

been the elite races, we already saw Gwen Jorgensen of America winning

her first world title after wiping out a 69 seconds deficit at the

start of the ten km run and now it is time for the final race of the

2014 series, the elite men. All season long Javier Gomez has looked

destined to be world champion but a late-season surge from Jonny

Brownlee of Great Britain has kept up the pressure on the Spaniard.

Will there be one final twist to the tale of 2014? The opening race of

the 2014 world triathlon series. Gomez has thrown down the gauntlet

again. He raises his finger and takes the race by storm. Javier

Gomez wins Cape Town. Comfortably. A sprint finish for the line, it is

Gomez. Yet another win for the Spaniard. In Chicago. Javier Gomez

struggling in Stockholm and outlast Johnny can celebrate. Victory in his

own right. -- at last. There is still one more race to come. While

the pressure is on Javier Gomez it is important to stress that the

title race is out of Jonny Brownlee's control, as long as

Javier Gomez makes the top for the trophy will be going back to Spain.

His compatriot Mario Mola, Jau Barrera are not out of it yet but

realistically they are fighting for a place on the podium. As for the

series leader, Javier Gomez, he has the B1 of the most athletes on the

circus. -- he has to be one of the most popular athletes on the

circuit. Everybody agrees there is something about him. He is really

humble, anybody can come up and talk to him and you would not expect he

is well champion. He has been brilliant for the sport in terms of

popularising it. He is not only great, one of the best athletes in

triathlon, he is also a really nice person. I do not have about word

about him. He is King of Spain. I do not think I am that nice. I think I

have a pretty good relationship with everyone. Some of them you feel

closer, some you do not talk that much but I do not think I have many

enemies. Nobody can be that good without having some killer instinct.

But he is a very nice guy, he is smiley. But at the same time in the

background he is a competitor. He is a really smart trainer and racer. In

most of the races he does not need to give 110% because he is so good.

Regardless of how fast the races he is still out there. He has a lot of

versatility. What and yet another win for the Spaniard, he has done it

in style in Chicago. You try to learn from mistakes and train better

than three or five years ago. I want to learn with one of the best

swimmers on the circuit, he helped me in the water and forced me to

work hard and I forced him a bit more in the other disciplines. Even

in training and how disciplined he is, I take that experience forward

with me. It will be hard to keep up with him but he races with such a

different style to Brownlee. I love how Brownlee races, they are

completely fearless. Javier does not quite have the same approach. He has

fear, but he still prepares, he is always there when it matters. He was

the guy who moved the sport on. A bad day for him is coming fifth or

sixth or something. I thought, who is that, there is trouble brewing.

He went on to dominate. I followed him into thousand five and he was

dominating every race. Javier Gomez will cross the line in second, he

will be the world champion. I have raced him for a long time and so has

Johnny so the last few years it has been asked battling it out and he

has won most of them. He went from one of the youngest to one of the

oldest, I am really proud. I still feel competitive with the young guys

so maybe the day I am not able to keep up with them will be the time

to think about something else. He has been my inspiration in triathlon

since I was a kid. The train next to him, I think I can learn from the

best and learn so much from him. He has a lot of respect because he is

mentally very tough. He is probably the all-round triathlete. He is one

of the best ever, changed and adapted to the way the sport has

gone. Obviously the Brownlee brothers came in and completely

changed the way the sport has gone. Gomez and Brownlee, little game of

cat and mouse. He has been able to adapt to that and finds new levels

to compete and beat them. We have spoken about the chances of them

winning but we don't speak much about it. I scared I might make him

nervous. I think he will be world champion but it is not written in

stone. I never thought I would win three world titles and now the

chance to get the fourth is amazing. I am looking forward to giving my

best and seen what happens. Hopefully get that world title

again. If Javier Gomez does become world champion again he will be

making history. There is only one other man with four world titles in

the sport, he's British that his surname is not Brownlee. Yet another

emphatic victory. You would like to surname is not Brownlee. Yet another

emphatic victory. You think we were racing at the same speed as the guys

today but the sport has got a lot better, a lot more mass

participation and acknowledgement in terms of what the sport represents.

I remember 25 years ago actually sitting as a spectator on the

sidelines at the inaugural World Championships in France. I was 18

years old. I was switching nationalities from my native South

Africa to Great Britain. I was hanging onto an offence and watching

men race and feeling jealous and wanting to part of that. I think

that was the culmination of my career in terms of the drive it gave

me and wanting to be part of that. Simon Lessing of Great Britain. The

thing I am most proud of is the fact I raced for 20 years. A lot of

athletes come into the sport that may have a season or two but the

truth arc of, the same thing about the Brownlees, the consistency. You

can come back and race at the top, not month after month but year after

year. I have said they can really don't want to do in the sport

anything they want to do. They have the consistency and the strength in

all three elements. That is not something you can take for granted.

They obviously work hard. What you see today is the beginning of what

we started. Team orientation is huge, we never really had bad. We

raced as individuals and there is still that mentality to race on your

own. Back in the day, the strongest swimmer, cyclist and runner would

win the race. There is a lot more strategy now and cunning, to a

point. It makes for exciting racing, that is for sure. We see it in each

of these World Cup races. There is essentially at least five or ten

guys in the last millimetre sprinting to the finishing line. I

have not raced this exact course but there is he some hills, that will be

a factor. -- kilometre. The hills will take it out of them. To appoint

trying to limit the amount of energy expended in the swim and the bike

and wait for the run. It will always come down to running out with this

format. Good luck to the strongest runner on the day. Simon's Korea

puts into perspective what Jonny Brownlee has achieved by 24. He has

already been world champion and has Olympic and Commonwealth medals.

Adding to that, in the past four years he has only finished off the

podium twice, both times this year but he has bounced back and could

win his second world title this weekend. It has been a long year,

very long year. Looking back to Auckland it feels a long time ago.

The start of the season did not go to well. In Auckland and Cape Town I

was not in great form. As Javier showed in 2013, the early races are

more about picking up points. Then obviously London and Yokohama are

much harder and it was a shock not to be on the podium for the first

time in 48 races. But it was nice to take the pressure off. Now I can

race more aggressively. But I was thinking, whatever happens I have to

be on the podium. I want to get the 50 races in a row. That affected me,

I did not take as many risks. I was thinking, should I chase that person

down, but maybe risk not being on the podium? I raced to sometimes and

after the commonwealths I am more relaxed. That was the main focus of

the year. You got your Commonwealth medal, you are an Olympic medallist

and have been world champion. When you look at your career due must be

extremely pleased? I am very pleased. In the future I would like

to convert a few of those medals into champions, but I have been

unlucky if you like being in the same time as Alistair and Javier

Gomez but at the same time I would not be as good without them. But

getting those medals is what I have always wanted. One thing about the

World Series is having the grand final. I like the one-day races and

the grand final has an extra special atmosphere. I will go out and try to

win the race and know that if Javier comes forth I cannot do anything

about it. Jonathan Brownlee will take his first world triathlon

series victory of the season. In Stockholm I thought I had no chance

of winning the series but that gave us a glimmer of hope. Javier was

obviously ill, had a bad race but maybe that might affect his

confidence. We are going to try to distance him on the bike I think and

see what happens. The chance of him coming off the podium is really

small. The chance of him coming fifth is even smaller. All I can do

is go as hard as I can. Let me remind you how it will be decided.

Javier Gomez needs to finish in the top four but if you are rooting for

Jonny Brownlee, you really want him to win this race and to finish fifth

or lower. And even though he cannot become world champion, you have

Alistair Brownlee in the mix, wanting to end his season on a high.

It will be a gripping race. For one last time in 2014 let me thank you

over to the commentators, Matt and Steve. Welcome to Edmonton, in

Alberta. The world triathlon series the 2014 comes to its conclusion

here this afternoon with the last race of the tour. The men's grand

final. The World Championship crown is up for grabs. Likely to go to

this man, Javier Gomez Noya. But this young man, Jonathan Brownlee

and him, Mario Mola, may all have a say. We are about 15 minutes from

downtown Edmonton. The swim takes in two laps of the lake before a

slightly peculiar bike course which involves two 11 km loops up and

around the Alberta legislature building. Spectacular river crossing

to send them back onto the Parkside of the North Saskatchewan River.

Back to of the North Saskatchewan River.

changeover. To this shorter laps of the North Saskatchewan River.

the bike. Two 11 km laps followed by four shorter labs, nonetheless

spectacular and then the run takes in 42.5 km laps around the park to

finish off. -- four laps of 2.5 km. This is the final race of the 2014

world triathlon series. The men's grand finale. They are underway.

Little run along the sand, spectacular start. Clearwater in the

late. Perfect swimming conditions. The wet suits compulsory today

because of the chilly water conditions. Look at the athletes

spread out, total of 71 starting this grand finale. This series

spread out, total of 71 starting crisscrossed the continents, taking

in races in Auckland, Africa for the first time, this is the second visit

to North America. It has been a truly intercontinental world

triathlon series. We will expect the usual suspects to force the pace at

the front of the swim. We will keep a and I open for Henri Schoeman of

South Africa and for Richard Varga, the Slovakian swimming specialist. I

wish I was able to train with the Brownie brothers but fascinating and

the start, Javier Gomez on the left-hand side and Jonathan Brownlee

to the right. And the first stroke Johnny looked up and were straight

onto Javier. Very wide open field to start with, as ever we are looking

for the better swimmers surging to the front and everyone else trying

to get the slipstream. This is a cracking start for, I think, that is

Jonathan Brownlee actually, no, that is Richard Varga. The swim cap makes

it difficult to spot. Number two is worn by Jonathan Brownlee, number

one by Javier Gomez. Richard Varga is taking this one out, he has

covered the first couple of hundred metres in double quick time. They

have put an extra turns because it is quite a small lake. A little bit

of chaos at times on these terms, you do not want to get caught and

squeezed on the inside. Somebody has gone the wrong way around and will

have to double back. One of the athletes was forced the wrong way

around and has to make a few extra strokes to get back on track. There

is Alistair Brownlee, he has had a victory this season, coming in the

Hamburg Sprint, the limpet champion. -- the Olympic champion.

It is quite cool in Edmonton this afternoon. Good triathlon

conditions. The ground is dry for the bike. During Saturday 's women's

race we did see three or four monastic rashes so they will be

aware that the tarmac can be slippery and places -- nasty

crashes. Richard Varga is still leading. It looked like Henri

Schoeman tried to catch up, but he has not bridged the gap. Looks like

Alistair Brownlee is in fifth or sixth position. Gomez and Brownlee

started side-by-side and were matching each other stroke for

stroke. They have got a couple of busy

intersections to negotiate on two wheels and one or two spectacular

river crossings which gives spectators and riders are like

incredible views of the city of Edmonton. We are a couple of hundred

miles north of Calgary which is mountainous, the host of the 1988

Olympic Winter games. Here in Edmonton it is relatively flat.

There is one claim on the bike to worry about, one which takes them up

towards one of the government buildings, the Alberta legislative

building, they will pass in front of that a couple times. On the first

two cycle laps. They have still got the second lap of the swimmer to

come. At the end of the forest it is Richard Varga who comes out three or

four seconds ahead of Henry Schuman. -- Henri Schoeman. No sign of

Raphael. Dmitry Polyanskiy, twice in the top

five this season, down in 14th coming out of this lap. Javier Gomez

in 19th. 15 seconds behind, he is ahead of Jonathan Brownlee however.

About two thirds of the way through the swim now, 1500 metre swim. They

will except the water and make the jog up towards transition, undoing

their wet suits as they go. Pick up their bikes and head out. Looking at

that group, we expect a group of at least a dozen, maybe more like 15,

20, to form. Richard Varga will not be able to move away from the rest

of them if he comes out of the water and Lacey gets to work with Alistair

Brownlee. If Alistair Brownlee is right behind him coming out of the

water then they might fancy a little breakaway, we will see how that

develops. Perhaps if Alistair comes out of the water and get the

information his brother is 12, 15 seconds down... I think Alistair has

lost his swim cap. I think he has lost his goggles. It could be the

swim hat and perhaps even the goggles which have come off. We will

get a good view as they come around. Third position we think is Alistair

and we think he is swimming without goggles. He has got no goggles and

no swimming cap. Luckily for him it is freshwater, if it was saltwater

it would be a different story but freshwater he can probably just

about manage it. I remember being told that one did I swimming session

without the swim hat and goggles week in preparation for events like

this. Alistair may well have had them ripped from his head. On

purpose? No. Accidentally? Possibly. Who knows. It is going to happen,

the athletes at such a close level, they will be looking for the

shortest line and accidents will happen. Nobody will go in

deliberately to try and take an unfair advantage, if they are

spotted by the judges, the referee, they will get a penalty. And the

athletes know each other so well, they travelled together, the

travelling circus, they would not they travelled together, the

it to their friends. Richard Varga 's leading, he is good friends with

Alistair Brownlee. Good conditions for these athletes approaching the

end of the swim. This small red markers must be very difficult to

site. The swimmers will be the lying on the legs in front of them to

maintain a good position, the shortest line going through. There

is Jonny Brownlee. Has a little bit of work to do, seems to be working

hard there. Someone else has lost their swimming cap but kept their

goggles, I am not sure who that is, to the left of Jonathan Brownlee. It

might be Gomez, he was not far away from Jonny Brownlee when they came

out of the water at the end of the first lap. They are about to

complete the swim, the end of the second lap coming fast, Richard

Varga has taken it on from the start, as usual. Whenever he races

he is the first out of the water and the same applies here in Canada this

afternoon. Alistair Brownlee third out of the water. In fourth position

is Alessandro Fabian of Italy. We will keep an eye out for the Spanish

flag, we are looking for Gomez. Jonathan Brownlee comes out in 12th,

he has made up some ground. Gomez coming out in 17th position. They

are with the front group, or maize and Jonathan Brownlee. Then the

second group arrives including Vincent

the leaders are stripped down to the waist in terms of their wet suits

and have arrived in transition. Alistair Brownlee managed to smile

as he looked at his brother arriving in transition. Alistair gets his

bike helmet on, Gomez has arrived at position number one with the golden

number one on his thighs and upper arms. He has picked up his bike and

is on his way, he has done the right thing in transition, no penalty will

be forthcoming for any breaking of the rules. The leaders are on their

way out of transition. We have got a pair, Mario Mola, who was a little

bit off the pace in the water has found his bike and is on his way.

Quite a long way back there, looked like we had four swimmers getting

out very tightly together and that has immediately become two. Yes, it

is the Frenchman and the Slovakian, they are used to keeping each other

company on the water and have taken up the pace at the front. Richard

Varga giving himself a wash down and getting himself and early drink as

they begin this first 11 kilometre loop. Raphael looking over his

shoulder, they will not look too hard because they know that a

working group of 12-15 behind them will close them down quite quickly,

quite possibly before the end of this first lap. You can see the

leading pair and then you can see the next group of one, two, three,

four is just behind, a second or two behind. We think the second group

might well contain one if not both of the Brownlee brothers. And

possibly Gomez as well. It certainly contains Henry -- henry schoolmen.

Igor Polyanskiy is in there. That must be Alessandro Fabian who is in

there, the Italian who was Going around the intersection and

down under the freeway. Looping round and away they go, towards the

city and climbed towards the government building. This is the

chase group, one of the Russians at the back seems to be having problems

with his gears. They are at the front the two main contenders for

the world title, a word between them, Javier Gomez chatting with

Jonathan Brownlee, they might be competitors battling it out for the

world title but they know they have two work together here to do some

damage and close the gap on the leading group. It is not often you

see Jonny Brownlee and Javier Gomez miss the lead group leading the

transition coming out of the water. They are invariably at the front but

did not quite get things right at the start of the swim. They might

have a go on the way up the hill towards the Alberta legislative

building. They are closing the gap every step of the way. The front six

on the way up the hill. Alistair Brownlee leading the way, out of the

saddle. He is controlling the pace at the front. Richard Varga, his

training partner, behind him. The North Saskatchewan River below. The

skyscrapers of Edmonton in the background. Igor Polyanskiy,

Aurelien Raphael and Alistair Andrew -- Alessandro Fabian of Italy there

as well. They will go in front of these big tackler building meanwhile

the chasing pack have arrived at the bottom and begin their claim. -- is

sent. The group we just saw making the

turn must have been the third group. Quite a sizeable number here.

Hirokatsu Tayama of Japan is now at the back. We have the lead group,

then a group of about 20 I would guess. Crossing in front of the

government building. The speed bumps have been carpeted to give them a

slightly smoother ride. It looks as though the big movers there where

Javier Gomez and Jonny Brownlee, desperately knowing that they need

to get into the lead pack and they have established that very early on

in the second discipline. Royle seems to be focused on

following the wheel. We have not Royle seems to be focused on

seen him go forward yet. Now he knows he has to do some work. It

looks like perhaps they are making a small breakaway. This leading group.

Aaron Royle has been persuaded, told by Alistair Brownlee, you have to

work hard if you want to stay with us. We have seen Richard Varga in

this situation many times and he has not so far been able to maintain

that on the run so in the back of his mind he has to be thinking, the

bigger gap it will be better for me. Richard Varga does a good Yorkshire

accent, spends a lot of time training there. They are not in the

same shot. That is the third group coming through. Those are the

chasers. The front three, the breakaway, have made that right turn

back down towards Hawrelak Park. We have the third group. The

stragglers. That third group look very destructive, no action at the

front, really spreading out, nobody seems prepared to put themselves

forward to take the work on. This is the chase group. Jonathan Brownlee

near the front of that group. That is Richard Varga, he has dropped off

the front breakaway trio. He could not stay with Alistair Brownlee and

Aaron Royle. The Norwegian did not want to spend too much time and the

front, so there is now a chasing group. It looks as though they are

working for each other. Both Brownlees and Javier Gomez. The

breakaway did not last long. Richard Varga the last of the trio to rejoin

the main group. Once they come through transition we will get a

complete check on the runners and riders and see who is in there. How

many numbers are in the front group. And if it stays like this, obviously

there is a long way to go around anything can happen. If it does stay

like this it will come down to a final 10,000 metre foot race for the

title. Potentially between Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez. We have

seen plenty of decent races between them already this season.

seen plenty of decent races between had such a long season. He was

racing at the New Year, you just wonder, so many races, if

racing at the New Year, you just taken their toll. The Olympic

distance race he has been absolutely superb, it is the sprint distance

weather had sea has not come through as we would have expected but

interestingly after the Commonwealth Games, people ridiculously

early-season writing off the Brownlees, then they came back with

our magnificent Commonwealth Games. Re-establishing themselves on the

world triathlon series as well. Gomis has done every race. Most of

the triathletes have had a week off, a race off at some point. Gomis has

not struggled with the travelling, he has not minded crisscrossing the

globe. Taking in all the continents that the world triathlon series has

entailed. He clearly travels well. So in the transition at the end of

the first long lab. Let's get a look at exactly who is involved. Five

laps to go, Javier Gomez first, then Jonathan Brownlee and Royle.

Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway there.

The good swimmers there. 20 plus. No macro Mario Mola, and no Richard

Murray. We will see if Mario Mola and Richard Murray are in this

second group, 37 seconds behind. We think Mario Mola is there. We are

not getting the whole list on the screen before we lose that graphic.

We think Mario Mola is in there but not sure if Murray is. The leaders

on their way for the second 11 km tour of Edmonton. The pace at the

front staying very fast, again just the focus. Watching the athletes at

the back. They really have to work hard to maintain, through every

twist and turn, gaps beginning to develop. Over the bridge, takes them

out of the park and across to the other side of the river. Into the

main part of the city. At the end of this bridge they then circle and

spiral down towards the freeway below. Under the bridge and head off

towards the climb at the expense of the highest point of the course. On

the higher level of the Bridge, recreational cyclist there on the

third wave on the other side of the road. Watching the triathletes go

past and tops three. -- on the footway. -- at top speed. Somebody

having another go on this second lap, is that Jonathan or Alistair?

As usual. Decided to shake things up a bit. Anybody want to come? They

are all coming. It has certainly shake them up, they are having to

work hard to stay with him. Seven or eight of them. It will take a huge

effort to get back on because you know Alistair Brownlee will not take

any prisoners, he keeps looking back, attacks again from the front.

Forcing the others to go with him, knowing they will have to do that.

Try to get in the break before we get to the latter stages of the

cycle before going into the ten km run. By the time they have finished

this lab, -- lap, they will have peddled 22 km with 21.2 left. --

pedalled Full. It is slightly adjusted today, rather than 40 km.

The chasing group is huge. There is not much pace about this group.

Mario Mola and we think Richard Murray in there. We have seen Mario

Mola a few times but no positive sighting yet Richard Murray. Some

pretty solid results, fifth in the Stockholm sprint.

pretty solid results, fifth in the third in Yokohama.

pretty solid results, fifth in the runners in the field. Two long laps

just about complete. This is where the navigation changes, they will go

from the long lab to the short lap. 21 km roughly still to go. The

shorter distance now avoids any contact now with downtown Edmonton,

they will stay in the leafy suburbs where the race began, in and around

Hawrelak Park for the remainder of the world triathlon series grand

finale. The two Russians, Polyanskiy, keeping out of trouble

and the back. We know that Dmitry Polyanskiy is a good runner, Igor

possibly less so. The way this race is now spread out we have seen the

attacks, the attempts to get away. Kabul of brave attempts. You just

wonder with the changing speed if the chase pack has any possibility

of bridging the gap. Gomez back to the front. Dogs of New Zealand. --

Tony Dodds. Still the front. Dogs of New Zealand. --

together, moving up on the right-hand side, we have seen then

moved to the front, and gradually working their way back and starting

the whole process again. Polyanskiy holds his hand out, asks Aaron Royle

to come through. The Brownlee brothers are in and around this area

as well. They are approaching 49.5 minutes since the race began and

about to finish their second long lab, so the shorter loops begin now.

-- long black. -- lap. Jonathan comes through in fifth position.

Then Varga. Igor Polyanskiy. Alistair Brownlee has eased off and

is just taking it read easily at the back. One or two fell in this

section yesterday, it got a bit slippery at times, loose stones on

top of riding surface. They are avoiding in the trouble. We will get

the gap shortly. At the end of the first lap it was 37 seconds but I

imagine it has grown a little. I think they may have come down. To me

it seemed as if the gap had closed, fantastic effort by the chasing

pack. Certainly the speed at the front was very fast. We will find

out in a minute. 37 seconds at the end of Lap 1. Actually we will not

find out. We are not getting any time checks. We missed it. The chase

group contains Mario Mola. And we think possibly Richard Murray

although we have not had confirmation of that. Alistair

although we have not had Brownlee back in the pack now.

Unusual to see him loitering at the back, taking it easy. Loafing about

by his standards. His younger brother taking it up. You right, the

gap is significantly lower, 37 seconds, there is one rider between

the chasers and the leaders. I think it is problem down to under 30

seconds now. -- probably. Possibly 20 seconds. There is Mario Mola. Our

first look at him. As the leaders make their way. They still ride this

intersection. Watching that I think the lead is as you say well under

half a minute. The pace has come down dramatically as they complete

Lap 3. And there will not be much time difference between them at the

moment. Jonathan Brownlee hits the front the cuts the time at the end

of Lap 3 with three short laps to go. The numbers have swollen to 22

in the lead group, and just 15 seconds to the chasers. Confirming

Mario Mola is in the chasing group. Right at the front of it along with

Brendan Sexton of Australia. Jonathan Brownlee can win the world

title today, if he wins and Javier Gomez finishes worse than first,

that is what Jonathan Brownlee needs to happen. -- worse than fifth.

Gomez needs to finish between first and fourth, irrespective of what

happens to his competitors, and the title will be his. Whatever the

outcome we know that Javier Gomez, Mario Mola, Alistair and Johnny,

they will be wanting to win this final race just for its own worth.

We think we can write the script, but sometimes it plays tricks on us.

They are on the bridge again. They will turn and head back quickly to

the south side of the river. That is all there is no between the

leaders and the chasers. Probably no more than 13, 14 seconds. This is

the fourth lap of six, they are on the short laps now.

Big decisions to be made up in the front group, are they going to be

content to just ease off, take the chance, possibility of faster

runners in the chasing group, to be getting back up to them, or do they

think, I just need to save my legs for the final ten kilometres. Well

anybody be brave enough to try and make another break from the front?

This is a man who almost certainly go into the 2015 season as the

defending champion of the world, looking for his fourth, shouting at

the Norwegian in front of him to get out of the way.

He has been dynamic, the first time we have really seen him in the front

pack, he has done more than his fair share of work with the leaders.

Alistair is once again having a little goal at the front. Trying to

shake things up slightly. He has got enough space for the motorcycle

camera to drop in behind. At the end of the fourth lap we have an man on

his own, the Olympic and Commonwealth champion Alistair

Brownlee leading them into transition to complete the fourth

lap with two to go. A gap of just eight seconds to Mario

Mola, only eight seconds between the leaders and the chasers. It is

almost certain that by the time the bike is complete we will have all

three men who can theoretically win the world title involved in the

final ten kilometre race. Still, still, still, Alistair keeps looking

to see if he can get away. Some hesitation there, well anybody be

willing to take it on? Nobody wants to connect if it means going by

themselves, they want to have somebody going along with them. --

wants to 15 seconds of fame for Ronaldo

Colucci of Brazil. Brownlee having a word with him as he goes past,

saying that this is the sort of pace that we need. Can Reinaldo Colucci

match him? The Brazilian is going that we need. Can Reinaldo Colucci

at the moment. Everybody sitting up at the back. It is like a Tour de

France protest today isn't it? Sometimes we get those when the

riders are unhappy about something and they go at a snails pace in some

form of silent protest. Looking a bit like that here, no real pace.

Reinaldo Colucci should be on for a personal best. You would think it is

almost brinksmanship in the chasing pack, everybody saying they will not

take responsibility and do the work so they are effectively handing it

to these three, we don't know, we have not seen the other two running

at the top level. They will take the bail here. -- the

we thought the gap to the chasers was around 30 seconds. We will find

out shortly how much it is. No sign of them yet, getting towards 30. It

is going to be more than 30 seconds, it might be closer to 45 seconds,

the gap between the leading breakaway three and the rest of the

field. That gap has opened in less than five kilometres, that was

approaching halfway through the lap when they went for the attack. It is

close to a minute, if not beyond. No, under a minute, but still

significant lead. Only just under a minute, 58 seconds between the

leading free and the rest of them. -- leading three. With that sort of

gap now, Richard Murray, Mario Mola, can the close that down? Not over

five kilometres they cannot, no. Javier Gomez needs to finish in the

top four to win, Jonathan Brownlee's only chance is if he

wins, which looks unlikely now, and Gomez finishes fifth or below. A

huge gap between the leading breakaway three and the chasing

group. If the pace continues, the different pace in the two groups,

that is going to be over a minute and a half as we get onto the ten

kilometre run. Reinaldo Colucci perhaps now just

taking a little bit of respite. Allowing the other men to do the

work. Tail end of the bike now, just about 1800 metres to ride, they will

start thinking about transition, getting in and out quickly. It is

going to be a very exciting transition, perhaps not for these

three, but for the big chasing pack. Possibly 35, 40 all in that pack

coming in together. The Brazilian with his right hand down to prepare

his shoes for arrival. Reinaldo Colucci parks his bike,

three different areas of the transition for these three

triathletes. Alistair Brownlee near the front. Helmet off, running shoes

on, he will be the first to break. Out in tandem with Kristian

Blummenfelt of Norway. The three men who made the break on the bike, now

the first to leave transition after 43.2 kilometres on two wheels.

Meanwhile the chasers are easing along, somebody has gone away from

the front of the group, we cannot tell you who that we will find out

soon. I wonder if it's one of the contenders? You would think if it

was then the other one or the other two would have gone with him. There

is a big group arriving so they will have to watch their step as they

head into transition. There is Joe DeSilva towards the back -- Joao

Silva. In they come. It is a loss who took the lead this group, and a

huge pack of triathletes are arriving -- Miguel Arraiolos. Adam

Bowden is a good runner, this could be a breakthrough race for him. He

is the man who was first in, Miguel Arraiolos of Portugal. Mario Mola

has just gone past the camera and is on his way out. Meanwhile the three

leaders are way out in front. Alistair Brownlee has already

dropped the other two. The first lap of four. Reinaldo Colucci holding

second, he is going to have to dig really deep if he is to hold onto

our five position. Meanwhile Jonathan Brownlee is alongside

Javier Gomez. Mario Mola is another three seconds back. Gomez and

Brownlee coming past another Spaniard, Hernandez.

Just got a glimpse of Adam Bowden there, 10th or 12th in the pack. No

site of Richard Murray. Alistair Brownlee is our leader. The Olympic

and Commonwealth champion, has had one world triathlon series victory,

that came in Hamburg. Has not had a fool Olympic distance win at world

triathlon level but looks like he might get it today, his lead

significant at the end of the bike and he has taken it on. He runs past

the chasers, they are heading in one direction,

the chasers, they are heading in one towards them

the chasers, they are heading in one lap. I don't think even Alistair

would have anticipated taking this sort of lead into the final ten

kilometres. The break when it came came so late, the time gap opened up

very quickly and there was no reaction in the chasing pack and he

was able along with his fellow breakaways to stay away, get this

huge gap, this huge time gap going into the run. There will be a little

race within a race between Jonathan Brownlee and Mario Mola to see who

finishes second and third overall in the standings. Coming into today's

race they are pretty tight. Jonathan on 3551 points, Mario Mola on 3491

points. It is a case of whoever finishes higher, Jonathan or Mario

Mola, will take second in the standings. There is a lot that can

happen between now and then and what will probably happen is that this

man, Alistair Brownlee, will win the final race of the season. Totally in

control. The three chasers beginning to break away from the big group

that they came in with, but perhaps just stealing our few seconds on

Alistair Brownlee but certainly no more than that. He is just a racing

animal, whatever tactics will work for you, he does not mind, he will

hurt himself, suffer early on and maintain that pain. I know that Non

Stanford said that she thinks he is wired differently to everyone else

and has the ability to accept anything that anybody throws at him.

He has proven that today, one for it right from the front, gotten away

from the two breakaways that went with him and coming into the end of

Lap 1 he has a big lead. About to complete his first lap of two and a

half thousand metres. We will get a check on the

half thousand metres. We will get a think Reinaldo Colucci will hold on

to second by the end of the first lap, but whether he will be there by

the end of the second remains to be seen. Already 15 seconds plus, the

lead that Alistair has. As he leaves the transition area again to begin

lap two of four. He looks pretty relaxed at this stage. Is The macro

is a Jonathan Brownlee Mario Mola heading in the opposite direction.

They have yet to arrive in transition. Gomez looking over, I

think he was about to take a wrong turn. He saw where Jonathan and

Mario Mola were going and decided to follow them. That was a good

decision. They go around the end of this glade and follow the cones

around and back, not through past the bikes but on the other side of

those trees. 32 seconds now is the gap to Coloccini in second. --

Reinaldo Colucci. A big performance by him, still the athletes who would

hope they would get onto the podium, 45, maybe 50 seconds down.

What a gulf in class we are seeing today, Mario Mola, Gomez and Jonny

Brownlee out in front. If you had just tuned in your think this is the

front, this is the head of the race, these are the leaders. But you have

to consider there is one other guy who is 70 Zevon seconds quicker than

them. -- 77. It is this man, Olympic and Commonwealth champion Alistair

Brownlee, showing that he is in the league of his own. He is hurting, he

has decided, he went for it on the bike, and he has just gone into

this. So early on this season many people were saying, it is changing,

can they hold on, they have been at the top for a long time. He must be

delighted to proving everybody wrong. Whatever the situation, what

ever the situation. The Commonwealth Games is huge, he would have made a

big effort. The can for some down time afterwards but he has not

accepted it. He has put himself on the line and at the moment he is

proving that he is the best. When we spoke to him earlier this season he

said he was not sure what he would do. Maybe he will focus now on

defending that Olympic crown in Rio in 2016. The Olympic cycle comes

around so quickly. It is a big commitment, the series, it is

fantastic. The very top level, but a lot of races and an awful lot of

travelling. From what I gather the 20 15th world triathlon series

follows a similar course to 2014. Only with one fewer trips across the

Atlantic. There is still a race in Auckland. Still a race in Yokohama.

There will be another race in Cape Town. Whether there will be a race

in Rio remains to be seen. We hope there will be a Hamburg, almost

certainly in London race, we are not quite sure when. I think they know

where the races will be. We know that the world final will be

mid-September, around the 14th and 15th around Chicago. The season will

be extended by a couple of weeks. Have a maintaining their second and

third positions? Alistair Brownlee not far away from halfway mark.

Never looks like he is enjoying his running. In his interview, two

minutes after he has finished, he looks as fresh as a daisy.

Incredible ability to recover. He is maintaining the form, maintaining

cadence, no slowing down. He has gone into this race with such a

positive attitude. There is Reinaldo Colucci, has he maintained his

second place. I think so, the gap was 32 seconds and the end of the

first lap. I am sure it will have grown that he will still hold second

place. The Brazilian now working really hard. What will be the gap

back to Mario Mola, Brownlee and Gomez? Alistair is almost halfway

through his ten kilometre run, meanwhile the chasers, Gomez the

world champion in waiting, and Alistair Brownlee's younger brother

Jonathan and Mario Mola of Spain, the winner of the London event in

May, still working their way through the field. A surge from Javier

Gomez, Mario Mola losing the stride but working his way back. His speed

across the ground fluctuating between 18, 19, 20 kph. If I'm doing

my son is right and he is that pays, that is under 30 minutes for ten

kilometres, you would not believe it with the amount of work that is done

in the final section of the bike. The chasers still 67 seconds behind.

They have managed to close the gap fractionally. That would seem to

point to the Ritchie -- Reinaldo Colucci. CFE has maintained second

place. This time last week it would have been over after five kilometres

but it is Olympic distance here at the grand finale in Edmonton so he

still has five kilometres to go. He starts his third and penultimate

lap. Let's see who is next in the transition. Although we did not see

the moment they passed Colucci we will assume they have passed him. I

wonder, I think the time gap is one minutes, but there is Colucci. He is

still there, we have only just seen him. He has done well, holding on

the 5000 metres. He was 32 seconds behind at the end of Lap 1, he is 59

seconds behind at the end of Lap 2 and will shortly either be going

backwards or joining in with and will shortly either be going

Brownlee Junior and Mario Mola. He must be hoping that he can maintain

his pace to an extent and get in the top five. Kristian Blummenfelt down

the 13th position. The third member of the Edmonton three, those three

who broke away on the bike. Alistair on his way, Lap 3. Less than five km

to run. , a pack of guys coming through.

Adam Bowers of Great Britain. The group of about 12 out of transition

at the end of the second lap. Does that put Adam Brown done at the head

of the group chasing down those three? A bit of a look behind the

first time from Alistair Brownlee. A look at and bowed, his best result

was in Chicago. Round four, when he was seven. And the gap that Alistair

has over the chasing trio. Now just over one minute. Good crowds out

today. Lining pretty much every step of the cause. He will get the

eyeball his opposite numbers as they come in one direction. They will be

on their way across the first bridge before they turn. Alistair

on their way across the first bridge on his way back. He has a lead of 63

seconds over the chasers. There is the turning point. He will have to

do that one more time. And now as he turns, we will get an indication of

how big his leaders. Waiting perhaps to sea Colucci, perhaps his brother.

And of course Gomez and Mario Mola, has Mario Mola managed to maintain

contact? And there they go. Colucci has not stayed with them, there he

is going past now. He got dropped by those three. It look like an

Australian vest, so the hearts the top five is not to be today. Twice

world champion, Olympic champion and Commonwealth champion in Glasgow in

July. In fact two Gold, the individual Commonwealth golds in the

Strathclyde Country Park and then teamed up with his brother and

holder and Stimpson to win the team gold over the mixed relay for

England, racing for England. We are being told that the speed of

Alistair's running has dropped away a little. Perhaps he's going up a

slight incline. We thought he might be able to win this running at 80%.

Certainly not travelling at full race pace. He will have just 2.5 km

to win this final race. That is the man who barring some sort of

disaster will be crowned world champion today. Jonathan Brownlee

currently second, Mario Mola in third. Alistair Brownlee coming up

to lap Yuichi Hosoda of Japan. Will he take any water? He takes a bottle

for a shower rather than the drink. Just 500 metres of this third lap

the race and then it will be Alistair Brownlee first to take the

bowel. -- Bell. If you were with us last week in

Stockholm, you may have seen the personal best performance from the

German, if you are wondering what happened to him today, I can tell

you he dropped out at the end of the first lap, Gregor Buchholz. That

podium place in Stockholm catching up with him here in Edmonton. Almost

at the end of the third lap, a sea of blue. Alistair will be turning

left into transition, taking the applause of the crowd. Then

everybody, as indeed we will be, looking to see what the time

difference is going into the final two and a half kilometres. Alistair

Brownlee takes the applause, and appreciative applause it is as well.

He has two and a half thousand metres to run. One hour, 40 minutes

and 47 seconds of effort so far. He has already ran seven and a half

thousand metres, 2.5 kilometres to go. We know that he was about 59

seconds ahead of these three. At the end of the second lap. At the end of

the third lap, looks to be a similar advantage that Alistair has over

Gomez, his younger brother, and Mario Mola. It is just nine seconds,

nine seconds is all they have been able to find. Javier Gomez grits his

teeth and tries to kick clear of Jonathan Brownlee. A familiar

position this, for Jonathan Brownlee, shadowing Javier Gomez.

They have had a couple of big finishes so far this season and

Mario Mola has been involved in plenty of those races for victory

throughout the 2014 world triathlon series. It is all about second,

third and fourth today. Ohmae 's can finish in any one of those positions

and still win the title. Bash Mac Jonathan is covering everything as

is Mario Mola. He will have to maintain that surge, if he is to get

away, if you possibly can. But up at the front Alistair Brownlee still

with that lead, there goes Gomez again. Is that Jonathan Brownlee

just beginning to drop away from the group for the first time?

Gomez and Mario Mola are leaving Jonathan Brownlee, he cannot stay

with them for the moment. As he watches him go, he might well be

watching his second place in the world triathlon standings go away

from him as well. The two Spaniards are off and running. Alistair

Brownlee is deep on his final lap now. He will get to the first part

of the bridge, make the turn and then head for home. Another world

triathlon series victory. Javier Gomez is the world champion in

waiting. Might well be involved in a sprint finish here with Mario Mola,

his compatriot. They had a sprint in Yokohama, Gomez getting the better

of Mario Mola on that occasion. Mario Mola will be hoping for some

measure of revenge. But whether Gomez finishes second or third he

will get the world title. But there is a significant prize money

difference between second and third, so it is not just about the world

title, about the points. They have established a gap now over Jonny

Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee lapping some of the backmarkers. Yes, that

is not the first. He now knows that the final stage of this triathlon is

upon him. He makes the turn and heads for home. Mario Mola and Gomez

have left Jonathan Brownlee behind. Alistair will see Jonathan pushed

back down to fourth as he runs past them in a second to. Mario Mola

seems content to force the pace. He sees his younger brother, having

been dropped sees his younger brother, having

Mola. Alistair 's lead is sufficient, he is safe in first

position. Victory is his for the taking now in Edmonton. Into the

final few minutes now. The last half of the final lap and a gap of just

under 40 seconds. That will not be closed in the final kilometre. He is

grimacing, gardening, gritting his teeth and getting on with it,

hurting now. I imagine he will be happy to see the end of this

season, a chance to regroup and decide what he is going to do in

2015. And between now and the start of the 2015 campaign. I am sure

there will be plenty of offers of appearance fees here there and

everywhere. Meanwhile the small matter of the world triathlon series

title is to be decided. Gomez and Mario Mola. At the start of this

race Mario Mola could mathematically still win this title but that is not

possible now unless Gomez suddenly claps easier. -- collapses here.

Gomez has covered everything, moved up to the shoulder of Mario Mola and

now can we see an attack? Mario Mola is reacting to everything, now he

comes level, the Spaniards shoulder to shoulder. Alistair Brownlee. He

can afford to ease up, he might slow right down to walking pace, he

sometimes does that when he has victory guaranteed. He has come back

another of the backmarkers, Danilo Pimentel of Brazil. The gap closing,

down to 33 seconds, getting closer all the time between Alistair

Brownlee and the Spanish pair. Alistair Brownlee has enough

distance between himself and Gomez and Mario Mola to be sure of taking

victory here in Edmonton this afternoon. It will only be his

second win of the world triathlon series of 2014 following the sprint

victory that he enjoyed in Hamburg last month. Glances over his

shoulder, just to be sure. He knows that the man behind him is a

backmarkers and poses no threat. The Spanish pair are sufficiently

removed from Alistair for him to enjoy the final turn and a run for

home. Looks like yet another backmarkers will be taken just

before the finish. Big effort from Mario Mola, trying to get away from

Gomez but he covers again. Mario Mola holding on but Gomez getting

back onto his shoulder. We might see a sprint finish between the

Spaniards but it would be for the victory, it will be for second.

Alistair Brownlee starts to enjoy the moment, it was a race he

dictated on his own terms from the moment he claimed on his bike. He is

looking for a flag, he has got a couple. Alistair Brownlee eases off

the pace, gets himself down to a nice comfortable jog towards the

line. Catches his breath and soaks it up. The final of the world

triathlon series is won by Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain. What a

time, one hour 48 minutes 44 seconds. The battle for second place

is on between the two Spaniards, Mario Mola looks like he will get

second, but it is Javier Gomez who will celebrate. Mario Mola saying

that he is the man, he is the world champion, Javier Gomez win 's his

fourth world title. Alistair Brownlee watches his younger brother

Jonathan come home in fourth which means that he will finish in third

in the overall standings. The effort that Alistair Putin is plain to see.

A handshake between the two great rivals. There he is, the new

champion of the world, Javier Gomez Noya of Spain. The Brownlee brothers

happy to sit in the shade, discuss what happened and rehydrate.

Confirmation of the final results of the Edmonton triathlon. Alistair

Brownlee winning ahead of Mario Mola, Javier Gomez takes the world

title in third place, Jonathan Brownlee in fourth. Adam Bowden was

12th with David McNamee 14th. The first priority was to try and get

Johnny away from have a to win the world title but that did not work

out. I just got really lucky with the break, got round and I couldn't

believe it when I saw 70 seconds on the time board. It was a stroke of

luck and I just had to hold on. The Brownlee brothers tried their best,

aggressive, trying to break away, a lot of people working for them. I

just had to be with Jonny Brownlee the whole time. I just tried to

raise smart and save energy for the run. I am lucky I could have a

consistent run and secure the title. I knew that if I was able to beat

Jonny Brownlee I would get second position overall so I enjoy it, he

is a great athlete, I have a lot of respect for him but in the race we

try to beat each other in every race will stop this time I could get the

victory so I am very happy with that. We went for the victory in the

series, I have been else and is a stock home, dodgy stomach, I just

felt really weak. I could tell that from my first stroke. But we give it

our best on the bike to try to win the championship, I could have

settled for second by pushing that group on but we tried to drop Javier

Gomez and it did not work. It cost me second in the series but that is

all right, I am not going to settle for second, but third not bad. It

has been an amazing year, getting the title with the last race. I got

sick and stock, and I was not sure about how fit I was going to be

today that I give it my best. It was a tactical race and I am happy for

Marriott, he got second, he is a nice guy. He was better than me,

their play to him, we give it a good go on the bike, he followed me over

everything. He is a good world champion this year, he started well,

I was on the back foot from the start. I give it a good go to close

him down,. Pretty happy really. It has not been the best season but I

have won all the big races so I cant complain too much. Javier Gomez Noya

has taken his fourth world title. Mario Mola finishes second and then

the brothers. A well-deserved victory for Alistair

Brownlee here today, congratulations to Javier Gomez on his fourth world

title. Thank you so much for your company all season, it is goodbye

from the grand final here in Edmonton.

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