Gold Coast Highlights

:00:51. > :00:56.Hello and welcome to the highlights coverage of the World Triathlon

:00:57. > :01:00.Series. I have come to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London to

:01:01. > :01:05.sample the sites and sounds of a great new scheme, but more on that

:01:06. > :01:09.later. The other event is on the other side of the world, the Gold

:01:10. > :01:15.Coast in Australia, to be precise. And the heat is really on. It may

:01:16. > :01:20.only be round two of the series but for Britons Jodie Stimpson and Helen

:01:21. > :01:25.Jenkins it is the last chance to impress the selectors for Rio. All

:01:26. > :01:28.eyes on the Brownlee brothers. Their Olympic season begins on the Gold

:01:29. > :01:32.Coast and they go head to head for the first time since Hyde Park in

:01:33. > :01:36.London last year. And a crucial race were Gordon Benson and Tom Bishop,

:01:37. > :01:42.both looking to prove they have what it takes to support the Brownlee

:01:43. > :01:46.brothers at the Olympics. Quite a weekend down under but without doubt

:01:47. > :01:49.the women's race demands the spotlight. Four years ago it was a

:01:50. > :01:57.case of broken Olympic dreams for both Helen and Jodie. Alan has a

:01:58. > :02:02.real chance of gold in 2012, ruined by injury. -- Helen had a real

:02:03. > :02:05.chance. Jodie was not selected. Now it could happen all over again. We

:02:06. > :02:17.have chatted to both of them ahead of this race.

:02:18. > :02:21.Reigning Commonwealth Games champion. It is great to see you

:02:22. > :02:26.back. The season so far is tremendous. The winter period has

:02:27. > :02:30.been consistent. Preparation going into the first couple of races, I

:02:31. > :02:33.couldn't have faulted it, it has been brilliant, but they were always

:02:34. > :02:39.stepping stones and I knew this one counted. It is all a build-up to

:02:40. > :02:44.this one. What are you looking for for Saturday, race day, for yourself

:02:45. > :02:49.and how the race might pan out? This election is to show medal contention

:02:50. > :02:55.for Rio and to prove that I am capable of getting a medal if things

:02:56. > :03:02.go my way. Trying to prove that is obviously key. The swimming will be

:03:03. > :03:06.important here. It will be a fast swim, so it will be an extremely

:03:07. > :03:13.fast run. Hopefully I will be there and we can see what happens. Looking

:03:14. > :03:17.at Abu Dhabi, you are in physically great shape, but emotionally you

:03:18. > :03:22.took a knock. How have you gone from here on in since then? I have had

:03:23. > :03:26.some great training since Abu Dhabi, probably the best of four years,

:03:27. > :03:30.which has been really positive. I want to have a good result because

:03:31. > :03:33.of all the selection and because it is a World Series, but just to

:03:34. > :03:38.deliver on the training I have done because it has been really positive.

:03:39. > :03:46.I am really excited to see if I can go out there and race well off it.

:03:47. > :03:50.When I think along I have been doing this sport, this is my third time

:03:51. > :03:54.going through an Olympic cycle. It does feel like a long time but I am

:03:55. > :03:57.in a good place at the moment, really enjoying the training this

:03:58. > :04:01.season and looking forward to being back out there racing and just

:04:02. > :04:04.enjoying it. I love racing in Australia because it is such a

:04:05. > :04:09.sporting nation and everyone gets behind it. It is always good fun to

:04:10. > :04:15.race here and Aussies are very knowledgeable about triathlon, which

:04:16. > :04:19.is fun. Talking about British selection for yourself, is that

:04:20. > :04:24.something that you may be a bit mob conservative about? Are you going

:04:25. > :04:30.for the win? Are you racing personally? We have one spot and

:04:31. > :04:33.Jodie and I are ranked one and three in the world and it is crazy that

:04:34. > :04:37.one of us will not be going to the Games and I wish we could both go

:04:38. > :04:41.but I have got to be sensible. I have been through different race

:04:42. > :04:45.scenarios and I will see how it pans out. I know that all round I am a

:04:46. > :04:48.really good triathlete. It is more about doing the race than thinking

:04:49. > :04:54.about selection for me at the moment. I have just got to focus on

:04:55. > :04:58.me, my goals and what I want to do in the race and prove that I deserve

:04:59. > :05:03.to go. Having said that, if Helen has a better rate than me, then she

:05:04. > :05:07.deserves it. She is a very difficult competitor to go up against. No

:05:08. > :05:11.matter whether I make the team or not, I will need downtime to build

:05:12. > :05:25.on the second half of the series or to build on and focus on Rio. Either

:05:26. > :05:27.way it will be nice to go home, have some down time and build to

:05:28. > :05:30.whichever path leads me. We saw each other earlier in the week and you

:05:31. > :05:33.see more relaxed maybe. I am relaxed because I am not thinking about the

:05:34. > :05:36.Olympics. Somebody mentioned Rio the other day and I said gosh, yes, it

:05:37. > :05:39.is this year. It is not playing on me day to day. In the build-up to

:05:40. > :05:45.London I thought about it every day for two years, three maybe. It was

:05:46. > :05:51.always there. With the setbacks, I have learned to roll with it a bit

:05:52. > :05:56.and if it happens, it happens. The Olympics is so important but it is

:05:57. > :06:00.not everything. I have got my goals that I want to hit for the race and

:06:01. > :06:04.that is my race planning but it will be influenced by the other racers.

:06:05. > :06:11.You can't go in with what you want to happen. You cannot plan it like

:06:12. > :06:14.that, unfortunately. The main one is the Australian qualification as

:06:15. > :06:18.well, and they will be looking at the first Aussie across the line. No

:06:19. > :06:22.matter where I am in the race, the Aussies will be an influence on the

:06:23. > :06:26.race as well. I think it will make it much harder and faster on race

:06:27. > :06:30.day. It would have been nice to qualify one year out but it is what

:06:31. > :06:34.it is and it is all down to this weekend. I think I will be

:06:35. > :06:38.disappointed if I am not going to Rio. I will be disappointed. It is

:06:39. > :06:42.what I am aiming for but it will not be devastating to me. Life goes on

:06:43. > :06:45.and I think I have a good balance at the moment with where I am. It has

:06:46. > :07:00.been a healthy attitude for me over the past few

:07:01. > :07:02.months and I have got to try and maintain that into the race. I have

:07:03. > :07:05.Panay, plan B, Clancy. I have entered loads of races and that is

:07:06. > :07:15.it. I will decide on which plan to take. -- I have plan A, plan B.

:07:16. > :07:19.Jodie and Helen is very much the storyline in the Gold Coast but

:07:20. > :07:24.there is plenty more to watch in this world-class race. These are the

:07:25. > :07:28.ones to watch. With so much at stake for so many, the women's race this

:07:29. > :07:31.weekend promises to be a real nailbiter. This trailing contingent

:07:32. > :07:34.on the start line will be desperate to perform well in front of their

:07:35. > :07:39.national team selectors. The first to finish in the top ten earns an

:07:40. > :07:43.automatic spot for Rio while the other two places are discretionary.

:07:44. > :07:48.Ashleigh Gentle's second place in Abu Dhabi makes her the one to beat

:07:49. > :07:54.but in hot pursuit will be Erin Densham and Emma Moffatt. Also keen

:07:55. > :07:57.to impress our former under 23 World Champion Charlotte McShane and

:07:58. > :08:03.Gillian Backhouse, who was the top Aussie finisher at last month's test

:08:04. > :08:07.event. Expect a lot of focus on Gwen Jorgensen, the favourite for Olympic

:08:08. > :08:11.gold. The World Champion looks stronger than ever as she claimed

:08:12. > :08:16.victory last weekend in the cup race. She is aiming to win her 13th

:08:17. > :08:19.consecutive World Series race here. It was an American podium clean

:08:20. > :08:23.sweep in the Gold Coast last year and after being caught up in last

:08:24. > :08:29.month's crash in Abu Dhabi, silver and bronze medallists Sarah True and

:08:30. > :08:32.Katie Zeffirelli will want to remind themselves of better times in

:08:33. > :08:36.Queensland. And the whole of the triathlon world will be cheering on

:08:37. > :08:42.New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt following the death of her fiance

:08:43. > :08:48.last November. Lusty's World Series runner-up has started the season

:08:49. > :08:52.well with second place behind Gwen Jorgensen. She is aiming for another

:08:53. > :08:59.podium finish in Australia. Race highlights now.

:09:00. > :09:04.Stage two of the World Triathlon Series in the Gold Coast in

:09:05. > :09:09.Australia, Queensland, the venue. What a sensational backdrop. We

:09:10. > :09:15.began in Abu Dhabi, on the 5th of March. And now we are in the Gold

:09:16. > :09:20.Coast and it is a two lacks swim, originally supposed to start on the

:09:21. > :09:23.beach, but it will be a pontoon start now. The exit the water at the

:09:24. > :09:28.end of the first lap and then they will pick up their bikes and cycle

:09:29. > :09:34.eight laps around the streets of the Gold Coast. 85 kilometre laps to

:09:35. > :09:41.complete the 40 kilometres full Olympic distance for triathlon. The

:09:42. > :09:46.run is a 10,000 metres affair, the Olympic distance. Four lapse of 2.5

:09:47. > :09:53.kilometres. And that is how things will round off. Stimpson was number

:09:54. > :09:59.one. Gentle, Jenkins, Flora Duffy, Renee Tomlin, Emmie Charayron, on

:10:00. > :10:05.that first page. You may be surprised to see True and Jordans

:10:06. > :10:09.and wearing later start numbers that that is because they did not race in

:10:10. > :10:17.Abu Dhabi, saving their start for this race in the Gold Coast. This is

:10:18. > :10:21.round two of the 2016 World Triathlon Series on the Gold Coast.

:10:22. > :10:27.It is under way. A spectacular dive start. Look at that. They have

:10:28. > :10:32.spread out after leaving the pontoon. A total of 65 athletes on

:10:33. > :10:35.their way. It one of his Olympic distance triathlon, which were so

:10:36. > :10:42.many nations is an important race in terms of Olympic selection. Three

:10:43. > :10:51.distinct groups forming. There are some clouds above. Not quite as

:10:52. > :10:54.beautiful as it was an hour ago on the Gold Coast. Conditions still

:10:55. > :11:00.officially sunny but the hint of a storm in the hour. At the moment it

:11:01. > :11:05.is nice and warm. The athletes are making their way out towards the

:11:06. > :11:09.first turn on this anticlockwise swim. We will get another look at

:11:10. > :11:18.the dive start. A spectacular start to round two of the 2016 World

:11:19. > :11:23.Triathlon Series. As yet, no sign of number one Jodie Stimpson of Great

:11:24. > :11:27.Britain or number three compatriot Helen Jenkins. They will both expect

:11:28. > :11:32.to be near the lead of the swim at the end. They have to exit the

:11:33. > :11:38.water, remember, after the first 1000 metres, and then dive back in

:11:39. > :11:43.for the second shorter lap. This is a swim that I would imagine Helen

:11:44. > :11:50.would like. No wet suit, motion swim, so quite bumpy. Not surprised

:11:51. > :11:55.that she will be up at the front of this swim. Early days yet. Mark

:11:56. > :11:58.Jenkins, her husband and coach, has said that she has done really well

:11:59. > :12:03.and had one of the best blocks of training that she has had in four

:12:04. > :12:07.years since the race in Abu Dhabi when she finished third. Mark and

:12:08. > :12:11.Helen highly optimistic in their assessment of her fitness and

:12:12. > :12:16.ability at the moment. Mark described her as the best triathlete

:12:17. > :12:22.in the world, which was quite a bold statement to make. It was very bold.

:12:23. > :12:27.We haven't seen the Helen that we saw in 2012, before she got injured

:12:28. > :12:34.ahead of the London Olympics, 20 got first place in Abu Dhabi. I still

:12:35. > :12:37.think there is room for improvement. She is 32, and for an endurance

:12:38. > :12:43.athlete she has a good couple of years in her. The first turn, time

:12:44. > :12:48.to steer clear of trouble. A bit of a jam and this is where things can

:12:49. > :12:53.get interesting. If you get caught on the inside. Elbows flying.

:12:54. > :12:59.Suddenly got stopped in their tracks, number 27, Melanie Santos

:13:00. > :13:03.from Portugal. She got a blow in the face, I think. Just treading water

:13:04. > :13:10.for a few seconds. I hope she is OK. Meanwhile out in front, Carolina

:13:11. > :13:15.Routier putting pressure on Samuels and they continue to make the turn.

:13:16. > :13:20.These shots showing us how tough it can be because sometimes you do not

:13:21. > :13:26.get a close-up view of what goes on in the water, but that shot just

:13:27. > :13:31.showed viewers how tough it can get. We have a break here. Carolyn rete

:13:32. > :13:39.eight deciding to go it alone. And Nicky Samuels and Katie is a Ferris,

:13:40. > :13:45.I think. And then another body length and the next group is behind

:13:46. > :13:49.them. Carolina Routier has put in a solid performance so far. It will be

:13:50. > :13:55.interesting to see who remains in touching difference with her --

:13:56. > :14:00.touching distance. Carolina Routier has managed to stay clear of danger,

:14:01. > :14:04.swimming away from the rest of the pack, and she will have a solitary

:14:05. > :14:10.run along the blue carpet as she comes up the ramp now, at the end of

:14:11. > :14:13.the first of two laps. Carolina Routier eight Spain jogs along the

:14:14. > :14:19.pontoon with a cursory glance over her shoulder to see who is following

:14:20. > :14:32.her. She is back in the water of a two, followed by Samuels, Jones, and

:14:33. > :14:36.we will keep an eye out for the two British athletes. I think I saw

:14:37. > :14:40.Helen Jenkins going through, just passing in front of our screen. I

:14:41. > :14:43.cannot confirm whether or not Jodie Stimpson is in the front group.

:14:44. > :14:46.Unfortunately we didn't get the graphic that we normally get at the

:14:47. > :14:53.end of the first lap to confirm who is in which position.

:14:54. > :14:59.Stimpson is a long way behind, Jenkins out in 13th, looking at the

:15:00. > :15:04.field, I would suggest that therefore Stimpson was in

:15:05. > :15:08.approximately 30 and position, so a better start so far for Helen

:15:09. > :15:12.Jenkins. I was a little optimistic in my assessment of Stimpson's

:15:13. > :15:22.position, I thought 30th, in fact it is 42nd position. So already the

:15:23. > :15:27.plot for British triathlon and Olympic selection is beckoning. It

:15:28. > :15:33.certainly is, and you have got to feel for Jodie, she has got a lot of

:15:34. > :15:37.work to do, the bike course is very technical, and we saw last year

:15:38. > :15:42.there were lots of breaks, and I think if she does not try to pull

:15:43. > :15:47.something back on this second lap, a much shorter lap, and a 500 metres,

:15:48. > :15:52.so only around about six minutes or less on swimming to go, so Jodie,

:15:53. > :16:01.she is in a spot of bother at the moment. You can see the gap between

:16:02. > :16:05.the first group and the chasers, the first group numbers about 25, and

:16:06. > :16:10.then there is a lone swimmer just tried to close the gap and join in

:16:11. > :16:16.the fun at the front. And then a gap to the group that contains Jodie

:16:17. > :16:21.Stimpson. You can see the final exit point, so they are not finishing at

:16:22. > :16:25.the same point where they started the race. It will be up the beach,

:16:26. > :16:30.where the race was originally scheduled to start, across the soft

:16:31. > :16:36.sand as they exit the Pacific Ocean and make their way up to transition

:16:37. > :16:45.to find their bikes and begin lap 1 of age to complete 40 kilometres and

:16:46. > :16:56.two wheels. And what they start for Carolina Routier, proving she is the

:16:57. > :17:00.one to watch in the water. 23, 24 is my rough count of the numbers

:17:01. > :17:04.involved in this first group as the Arrowhead makes its way to the soft

:17:05. > :17:08.sand, and Routier exit is once again, with a glance over her

:17:09. > :17:14.shoulder to see who will follow her out of the water. She is followed by

:17:15. > :17:21.Kirsten Kasper, Nicky Samuels, Gillian Backhouse, then Zaferes,

:17:22. > :17:28.true. Erin Jones of the USA, followed by Gwen Jorgensen, then the

:17:29. > :17:33.first of the British athletes is Helen Jenkins coming out in about 30

:17:34. > :17:39.position. She is hoping to join any action at the start of the ride, you

:17:40. > :17:44.can just see Jenkins clipping on her helmet on the left on-screen. She

:17:45. > :17:49.will exit hot on the heels of Gwen Jorgensen, Katie Zaferes, one two

:17:50. > :17:53.other Americans. Sarah True is in that group as well, and we will keep

:17:54. > :17:57.an eye on transition to see the gap as it builds for the arrival of the

:17:58. > :18:03.second group, which contains Jodie Stimpson. But round one, in terms of

:18:04. > :18:09.the British battle, to Helen Jenkins. So Routier will cede the

:18:10. > :18:15.lead quite quickly, she will not have any designs on making a break.

:18:16. > :18:19.The gap coming out of the water was not particularly significant, so we

:18:20. > :18:25.have four, they will be caught quite quickly by the chasing group of

:18:26. > :18:32.around 16 or 17 as they make this hairpin bend. This group, five, six,

:18:33. > :18:36.I have lost count, the group behind will close them down quite quickly,

:18:37. > :18:40.and then they will get to work, writing is effectively and as

:18:41. > :18:47.quickly as possible to try and keep the chase group at bay. Some of the

:18:48. > :18:54.highlights of transition number one, Kasper of the USA off to a flying

:18:55. > :19:01.start. This front group of four now about to be caught by the chasers.

:19:02. > :19:07.Remember, Helen Jenkins is with this front group, wearing number three.

:19:08. > :19:12.Now, what will Jenkins be thinking? Will she be thinking, hold your

:19:13. > :19:17.nerve, stay with this group? Or will she be wanting to force their way to

:19:18. > :19:20.the group, stretched the lead, put pressure on Jodie Stimpson? Helen

:19:21. > :19:25.Jenkins is an athlete who likes to race from the front, so I expect to

:19:26. > :19:29.see her at there very soon. At the moment, she will not have a clear

:19:30. > :19:36.idea of where Jodie is, and neither have we, we have not seen the second

:19:37. > :19:39.back come out of the swim, but there are quite a few chances to be able

:19:40. > :19:43.to see where everybody is, lots of out and backs, so the motivation for

:19:44. > :19:49.both the front and the second back, because they can see the work they

:19:50. > :19:55.have got to do. Katie Zaferes, 34, third in this race a year ago. She

:19:56. > :20:00.was second in London, second in Stockholm, she had a cracking

:20:01. > :20:05.season, second in Abu Dhabi, and in Auckland as well. But for ever in

:20:06. > :20:09.the shadow of Gwen Jorgensen. Andrea Hewitt, consistently the best of the

:20:10. > :20:17.New Zealanders in the last three or four seasons. And she's currently

:20:18. > :20:19.taking H at the front of the field. Now, we have got the timings

:20:20. > :20:26.through, Jodie Stimpson crossed the line at the end of lap one in 20

:20:27. > :20:34.Seventh Place, about 40 seconds off the pace, so Stimpson is a long way

:20:35. > :20:38.behind Jenkins after the first lap. -- 27th place. They are heading

:20:39. > :20:43.inland for a more narrow section, up the hill, not a particularly stiff

:20:44. > :20:47.climb, but the riders are forced out of the saddle as Andrea Hewitt

:20:48. > :20:51.injects a bit of pace to try and consolidate the break she is

:20:52. > :20:57.attempting to make alongside Flora Duffy. There is number one, Jodie

:20:58. > :21:00.Stimpson, we are back with the win of the Abu Dhabi triathlon,

:21:01. > :21:05.Stimpson, you can see the effigy is putting in. She has been regularly

:21:06. > :21:10.out in front, she is barking instructions to those alongside her.

:21:11. > :21:14.Sara Vilic of Austria takes her turn at the front, Stimpson wants some

:21:15. > :21:20.help, she needs some assistance if she is to bridge the gap, which is

:21:21. > :21:25.around 40 seconds to a great rival, Helen Jenkins, who has had a much

:21:26. > :21:29.better start. The chase group now more than one minute behind. The red

:21:30. > :21:34.dot indicates the leaders, who are finishing their inland stretch. The

:21:35. > :21:41.blue dot indicates where the chasers are, just heading up the hill on the

:21:42. > :21:44.inland section. Helen Jenkins there now leading this race, wearing

:21:45. > :21:49.number three, currently ranked number three. Jodie Stimpson is one

:21:50. > :21:54.minutes down, Matt, a lot of work to do. Ashleigh Gentle on the front now

:21:55. > :21:58.with Jodie Stimpson on her wheel, Gentle finished second in Abu Dhabi,

:21:59. > :22:02.she rode incredibly hard with the current Olympic champion, riding

:22:03. > :22:07.hard for a whole 35 kilometres, bridging the gap. Gentle is a great

:22:08. > :22:11.rider, Stimpson, Jackson from Australia, this is a big pack, and I

:22:12. > :22:15.cannot see them working well together to break down the deficit,

:22:16. > :22:19.which is now over a minute to the front back. Just about every time we

:22:20. > :22:24.have had a shot of the front of the chase back it has been Jodie doing

:22:25. > :22:28.all the work on her own at the front. She is joined by Marie Rabie

:22:29. > :22:32.from South Africa, her training partner, and she may be getting

:22:33. > :22:38.support from her. Helen Jenkins really pushing the pace, no letup as

:22:39. > :22:42.we come towards the end of the second lap. So Jenkins of Great

:22:43. > :22:49.Britain, alongside Flora Duffy, Rachel Klamer, Kirsten Kasper, Erin

:22:50. > :22:56.Densham, Andrea Hewitt, Nicky Samuels, Sarah True, then Gwen

:22:57. > :23:03.Jorgensen. The three big-name Americans are all in that group,

:23:04. > :23:08.Takahashi, Taylor Spivey, Ackermann, Clark, Backhouse is just a few

:23:09. > :23:14.seconds removed. A total of 19 officially in that lead group. So

:23:15. > :23:23.the Stimpson group has made a slight dent in Helen Jenkins's group lead,

:23:24. > :23:29.but it is not a significant dent. So the race continues to have its

:23:30. > :23:30.twists and turns. We talked about British Olympic selection, with

:23:31. > :23:39.Nicky Holland and Non Stanford already confirmed as the first two

:23:40. > :23:42.of three Olympic triathletes to be joined by one other, potentially

:23:43. > :23:49.Helen Jenkins, potentially Jodie Stimpson. And the official line is

:23:50. > :23:54.that Jenkins, who we see in picture at the moment, we'll need to finish

:23:55. > :23:58.on the podium, or Stimpson will need to finish on the podium. They could

:23:59. > :24:03.change their mind and take a support athlete a little later, but you

:24:04. > :24:10.would have to think that if Helen Jenkins goes on to finish in amongst

:24:11. > :24:13.the top five today, and is clear of Jodie Stimpson, that she will have

:24:14. > :24:18.done enough to cement their place in Rio. But there are discretionary

:24:19. > :24:23.options available to the Olympic selectors. It is certainly not easy

:24:24. > :24:28.for them at all, Jodie Stimpson has been proving year after year that

:24:29. > :24:32.she is a quality athlete, and she could be an Olympic medallist

:24:33. > :24:36.potentially. Helen Jenkins, of course, has all the experience, and

:24:37. > :24:47.when she is on top form, she is one of the best triathletes in the

:24:48. > :24:49.world. Tricky times for the selectors, we do not know what is

:24:50. > :24:52.going to happen in this race yet, but it is playing into the hands of

:24:53. > :24:54.Helen Jenkins. The helicopter bringing us these pictures, swooping

:24:55. > :25:00.in across the harbour on the Gold Coast, picking up the lead three.

:25:01. > :25:08.And this course here in Australia is more similar to the Rio Olympic

:25:09. > :25:13.course than any of the other events that they will race in on the World

:25:14. > :25:20.Triathlon Series this summer. Yeah, I think in terms of the water, the

:25:21. > :25:23.kind of race they will expect in the water, non-wetsuit, ocean swim,

:25:24. > :25:29.slightly choppy, and a tough, demanding bike, although there is a

:25:30. > :25:33.bigger hill on the course in Rio. But the run is very similar, flat,

:25:34. > :25:38.hot and humid, perhaps not quite as humid as the Gold Coast, because in

:25:39. > :25:42.Rio we will be heading into autumn, but still pretty warm.

:25:43. > :25:46.Interestingly, Jodie Stimpson and Helen Jenkins will have just come I

:25:47. > :25:52.do I with each other, one heading in One Direction, the other still

:25:53. > :26:01.chasing her tail, with Jenkins just chasing over her shoulder to see how

:26:02. > :26:07.much damage she and Duffy and Hewitt have done with this breakaway at the

:26:08. > :26:11.start of the field. It is not a decisive break, but looking like a

:26:12. > :26:15.positive move from this trio, they have done some damage after getting

:26:16. > :26:21.on for 49 and a half minutes of this triathlon. They are about to

:26:22. > :26:25.complete lap four, so we are halfway through the cycle stage, and the

:26:26. > :26:29.race has a new complexion and it compared to the end of lap three,

:26:30. > :26:34.when a massive group came into its together. Three coming together now,

:26:35. > :26:38.Flora Duffy of Bermuda, Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand, and Helen

:26:39. > :26:46.Jenkins of Great Britain. The gap that they have opened up to the next

:26:47. > :26:54.group of a dozen is nine seconds. Zaferes, Moffatt, Kasper, Clark,

:26:55. > :27:01.Jorgensen. Sarah True and Yuko Takahashi are in that group,

:27:02. > :27:05.alongside Klamer, Ackermann, Santos. The lead group out on their own now,

:27:06. > :27:12.so far, tactically, Helen Jenkins has delivered a masterclass. And,

:27:13. > :27:19.meanwhile, Jodie Stimpson, I think, as tucked in towards the back of the

:27:20. > :27:24.chasing group, and the gap, I think, is now significantly larger than it

:27:25. > :27:31.was at the end of lap four. We will get an official time in a moment.

:27:32. > :27:38.But it is a big gap, and Stimpson is no longer at the front. More pace

:27:39. > :27:45.from Jenkins. I guess she is now beginning to think that she may have

:27:46. > :27:50.won the battle with Stimpson. Can she go on and win the battle with

:27:51. > :27:58.Jorgensen? For victory in this race? And rubber-stamp the Olympic

:27:59. > :28:04.credentials? Well, we have seen Gwen race just once, this year, in one of

:28:05. > :28:09.the World Cup events in New Plymouth in New Zealand, where she won.

:28:10. > :28:13.Andrea Hewitt was second, just 22 seconds behind Gwen Jorgensen, but

:28:14. > :28:18.that was over the sprint distance, just five kilometres. We have not

:28:19. > :28:23.yet seen Gwen race over the 10,000 metres, I imagine that she is as

:28:24. > :28:28.strong as ever, she has had a great winter season in training. But at

:28:29. > :28:32.the moment, Matt, one little breakaway here, and the group that

:28:33. > :28:37.are now trailing by around 20 seconds. Andrea Hewitt is having an

:28:38. > :28:40.incredible race, because let's not forget, she has been through a

:28:41. > :28:46.really difficult time, losing her boyfriend last year in November,

:28:47. > :28:51.very sadly, had a heart attack, having already suffered some heart

:28:52. > :28:55.problems. The latest news we have on the battle between Jenkins and

:28:56. > :28:59.Stimpson is that Jenkins has established a lead of 90 seconds. We

:29:00. > :29:03.will get confirmation of that in around 90 seconds from now, because

:29:04. > :29:09.Duffy, Jenkins and Hewitt have crossed the line to complete lap

:29:10. > :29:19.five with three to go. And there is a British flag waving to encourage

:29:20. > :29:25.Helen Jenkins. And they had out to get stuck into lap six, the clock

:29:26. > :29:30.ticking on. So this is the chase group, and this group does not

:29:31. > :29:34.contain Jodie Stimpson, this contains Gwen Jorgensen, Densham,

:29:35. > :29:42.Samuels, plenty of others with Olympic aspirations. They are

:29:43. > :29:46.between 26 and 30 seconds off the pace, the clock continues to take to

:29:47. > :29:52.the group which contains Jodie Stimpson, and the last official

:29:53. > :29:57.timing that we have on that was that Stimpson was one minute and a half

:29:58. > :30:01.off the pace. We are riding alongside Gwen Jorgensen now, and

:30:02. > :30:07.she is barking instructions to her fellow riders. She will be out where

:30:08. > :30:12.now that the gap between her and the leading three was getting towards 30

:30:13. > :30:14.seconds, she does not want to leave herself too much to do if she wants

:30:15. > :30:23.to win this race today. She doesn't look comfortable on the

:30:24. > :30:28.bicycle, does she? Looks a bit awkward, sitting a bit far behind

:30:29. > :30:31.and not totally relaxed. Helen Jenkins and Flora Duffy are totally

:30:32. > :30:39.relaxed, slightly forward on the front of the seat. Now the chase

:30:40. > :30:42.group, 37 seconds down. Helen Jenkins and Andrea Hewitt and Flora

:30:43. > :30:49.Duffy doing some great work there together. The breakaway has been

:30:50. > :30:55.beautifully executed by those three. They seized their opportunity. And

:30:56. > :31:03.it was planned and executed perfectly. They have completed six

:31:04. > :31:09.of the eight laps, so just ten kilometres left to right. So far it

:31:10. > :31:14.has been a dominant performance from Flora Duffy, Andrea Hewitt and Helen

:31:15. > :31:20.Jenkins, as they launch their individual quests for success and

:31:21. > :31:24.Olympic selection. We will check on the time difference between Helen

:31:25. > :31:28.Jenkins and the Gwen Jorgensen group first of all and a little later

:31:29. > :31:33.between Helen Jenkins and the Jodie Stimpson group. The Gwen Jorgensen

:31:34. > :31:40.group coming towards transition now. Getting on for 45 seconds

:31:41. > :31:46.thereabouts, that is the gap between the leaders and the chasers. More

:31:47. > :31:52.damage done at lap six. 44 seconds to the Gwen Jorgensen group which

:31:53. > :31:55.also includes Sarah True, Kasper, Katie Zaferes. Gwen Jorgensen

:31:56. > :32:01.officially in 11th place at the moment. Taylor Spivey number 47,

:32:02. > :32:05.another American in the group. Lots of stars and stripes coming through

:32:06. > :32:15.among the 15 riders in group member two. This is the Jodie Stimpson

:32:16. > :32:25.group. Goodness me. The gap is huge now. Two minutes exactly between the

:32:26. > :32:36.two British triathletes in this race today. Jenkins and Stimpson. Two

:32:37. > :32:39.minutes separate them. Back now with Helen Jenkins, Andrea Hewitt and

:32:40. > :32:44.Flora Duffy, who have really taken a bit of a risk that it has paid off.

:32:45. > :32:49.They find themselves a good 50 seconds in front of the chase group

:32:50. > :32:53.now, which of course contains Gwen Jorgensen, unbeaten in the last 13

:32:54. > :32:57.races. These girls will still have to work pretty hard and still keep

:32:58. > :33:04.pushing the pace, because they need to come back into transition two

:33:05. > :33:09.with a good 75 or 90 seconds in front of Gwen Jorgensen because she

:33:10. > :33:15.is capable of pulling back that kind of time, even with the likes of

:33:16. > :33:19.Andrea Hewitt and Jenkins who are such strong runners. Flora Duffy has

:33:20. > :33:25.improved running but of the three out in Frenchie is probably the

:33:26. > :33:34.runner. The three leaders inject further pace. They have done damage

:33:35. > :33:41.on every lap. The gap to the Gwen Jorgensen group has grown. Last time

:33:42. > :33:45.Gwen Jorgensen was beaten was in Cape Town, 2014, and on that day she

:33:46. > :33:52.was beaten by the two British triathletes, Jodie Stimpson winning

:33:53. > :33:57.the race and Helen Jenkins coming in second and Gwen Jorgensen in third.

:33:58. > :34:03.Cape Town early two years ago, the last time Gwen Jorgensen lost a

:34:04. > :34:08.race. The end of lap seven, after an hour and 12.5 minutes, no change at

:34:09. > :34:13.the front. Duffy, Hewitt, Jenkins, starting to sense that a podium

:34:14. > :34:18.place might be on offer today. The clock ticking on as we get a check

:34:19. > :34:23.on the time difference between the leading three and the chasing group,

:34:24. > :34:28.the Gwen Jorgensen group, and already 20 seconds as they move up

:34:29. > :34:32.out of the saddle, looking for a little injection of pace on the exit

:34:33. > :34:37.of transition. The gap to the chasers is now 30 seconds and

:34:38. > :34:43.growing. Here they come, the Gwen Jorgensen group, coming towards

:34:44. > :34:49.transition. We will get an idea of what Gwen Jorgensen will need to do

:34:50. > :34:56.on the 10,000 metres run if she is to claim her 13th straight World

:34:57. > :35:00.Triathlon Series win. More than a minute, getting up towards a minute

:35:01. > :35:05.and a quarter, possibly more than that, between the leaders and the

:35:06. > :35:11.chasers. One minute 17 as they take the bell. One minute and 17 seconds,

:35:12. > :35:15.and it could be there or thereabouts. Maybe one minute and 20

:35:16. > :35:19.by the end of the final lap. That is the way the race has unfolded

:35:20. > :35:28.between the leading three and the chasing group. Five seconds, then

:35:29. > :35:34.27, then 43, then 76 seconds. A masterclass in controlled aggression

:35:35. > :35:39.from these three. The way they have moved up the pace, lap after lap,

:35:40. > :35:44.and they are approaching the end of the final circuit now, as Helen

:35:45. > :35:50.Jenkins just cools herself down with the last drops in that water bottle.

:35:51. > :35:53.Here we go, into transition for the final time at the end of lap number

:35:54. > :36:08.eight. After an hour and 20 minutes,

:36:09. > :36:12.getting on for a hour and 21 minutes since the triathlon began. Hewitt on

:36:13. > :36:16.the left, Duffy on the right, Jenkins just behind. One hour, 20

:36:17. > :36:22.minutes and 32 seconds as they hit the transition area. We will focus

:36:23. > :36:27.on Helen Jenkins. To gets the front wheel into the stand, and clips the

:36:28. > :36:32.bike helmet. Duffy's she was going on. Who will be first to rise from

:36:33. > :36:37.transition? It is Helen Jenkins, leaving the transition ahead of

:36:38. > :36:41.Flora Duffy and Andrea Hewitt. Actually pretty good transition work

:36:42. > :36:47.from all three. They will be shoulder to shoulder heading out on

:36:48. > :36:55.lap one of four. Four 2.5 kilometre laps to conclude, a total of 10,000

:36:56. > :36:58.metres. That lies between Helen Jenkins and potential victory and

:36:59. > :37:02.guaranteed Olympic selection. The second pack coming in now and

:37:03. > :37:10.looking at the time on the clock we are looking at round about just over

:37:11. > :37:15.1.30. We said she would need 90 seconds, and he has exactly that.

:37:16. > :37:19.Kasper on the left but we will be keeping an eye on Gwen Jorgensen,

:37:20. > :37:23.who arrives at her stand, the world number one. The right shoe goes on,

:37:24. > :37:28.the left shoe, bike helmet off and into the box. Gwen Jorgensen is not

:37:29. > :37:32.the first to rise from transition but near the lead and it will not be

:37:33. > :37:40.long before she forces her way to the front of this chase group. She

:37:41. > :37:45.will have Katie Zaferes, Sarah True and Taylor Spivey for company and

:37:46. > :37:48.Kasper as well. Out in front, Helen Jenkins has attempted to make a

:37:49. > :37:54.break right at the start of the 10,000 metre run. She has a couple

:37:55. > :38:00.of metres over Flora Duffy in second, who in turn has a couple of

:38:01. > :38:05.metres over Andrea Hewitt in third. Now the Jodie Stimpson group arrive

:38:06. > :38:09.in triathlon. Stimpson on the left of screen, tripping up over one of

:38:10. > :38:14.the shoes on her pedals. She does have a history in this department. I

:38:15. > :38:24.have an image of that happening. A bit of deja vu from Yokohama in 2014

:38:25. > :38:28.when a similar thing happened. With not such important consequences.

:38:29. > :38:33.Stimpson breaks third from her group in transition but she is a mile

:38:34. > :38:38.behind her compatriot, Helen Jenkins. What a run it has been so

:38:39. > :38:43.far for Jenkins. She has broken the back of her opponents with whom she

:38:44. > :38:48.rode for most of the 40 kilometre ride, within the first five

:38:49. > :38:52.kilometres here. Terrific start to stage three of this triathlon for

:38:53. > :38:56.Helen Jenkins. She has gone out hard but I hope not too hard. She is an

:38:57. > :39:00.experienced athlete and she knows what she is doing. She looks like

:39:01. > :39:06.she is running a three kilometre race, not ten at the moment. Jodie

:39:07. > :39:10.Stimpson leading the second pack but all she can do is try to chase some

:39:11. > :39:16.of the slower runners in that second pack. Gwen Jorgensen goes to work,

:39:17. > :39:23.further back along the row, trying to bridge the gap towards the

:39:24. > :39:31.leading three. Her winning streak, 12 in a row of the last dozen races

:39:32. > :39:38.that she has entered, she has won all of them. First run lap of four

:39:39. > :39:44.competed for Helen Jenkins, total time of one hour, 29 minutes and ten

:39:45. > :39:50.seconds. That gives her a gap of 19 seconds over Andrea Hewitt, who has

:39:51. > :39:58.a three second gap over Flora Duffy. One lap down, three to go. Gwen

:39:59. > :40:03.Jorgensen arrives in transition. She is completing her first lap. At the

:40:04. > :40:09.end of the bike stage the gap between Jenkins and Gwen Jorgensen

:40:10. > :40:14.was one and a half minutes, slightly more than that. I will look at the

:40:15. > :40:19.time difference now and I don't think Gwen Jorgensen has done any

:40:20. > :40:31.damage. I think the gap may actually have grown by a second or more. No.

:40:32. > :40:38.In fact it is just about flat. 11:31, taking into account the time

:40:39. > :40:43.she went through transition, and Gwen Jorgensen has made a slight

:40:44. > :40:56.dent in Jenkins's lead but not significant in any way. -- 1:30 one.

:40:57. > :41:04.It is a long time since San Diego, 2012, and it has been a long time to

:41:05. > :41:09.wait to strike gold for Helen Jenkins. It could come on the Gold

:41:10. > :41:14.Coast. Flora Duffy in third. She will be keeping an eye over her

:41:15. > :41:18.shoulder for the approaching figure of Gwen Jorgensen, who may not do

:41:19. > :41:22.enough to go on to win today but she will still be hoping to get in

:41:23. > :41:31.amongst the podium action. Gwen Jorgensen starting to attempt to eat

:41:32. > :41:39.into the lead that Helen Jenkins had at the end of lap one. One minute

:41:40. > :41:48.and 29 seconds, it was. And now the first to arrive halfway through the

:41:49. > :41:53.run, after one hour, 37 minutes and 30 seconds, Helen Jenkins, the

:41:54. > :41:57.former World Champion, the former British number one, is looking to

:41:58. > :42:05.cement her place within the Olympic team in Rio in August. If she does,

:42:06. > :42:11.it will be her third Olympic Games. Can she get there this time in good

:42:12. > :42:15.shape? Avoiding any further injury and illness. She is being warmly

:42:16. > :42:21.applauded by a number of British fans here, aware of the significance

:42:22. > :42:29.of what she has achieved today. She crosses the line to complete a two

:42:30. > :42:32.of four and she will get another check on the gap between Jenkins and

:42:33. > :42:37.Gwen Jorgensen. At the end of the first lap it was one minute and 29

:42:38. > :42:43.seconds. Flora Duffy, crossing the line shortly. She will be in third

:42:44. > :42:52.position. Andrea Hewitt is just ahead of her in second position.

:42:53. > :42:56.Five kilometres to go. Jenkins looks very comfortable indeed still. A

:42:57. > :43:06.long way to go. Five kilometres, less than that now. No sign of Gwen

:43:07. > :43:10.Jorgensen yet. There she goes. She is definitely putting some time into

:43:11. > :43:14.Duffy and Hewitt. I think Duffy can stay away but Hewitt will have to

:43:15. > :43:17.work very hard and Jenkins is charging on and there is no let-up

:43:18. > :43:26.in her pace as she heads towards the end of the third lap with one lap to

:43:27. > :43:32.go of 2.5 kilometres. 2.5 kilometres to run for Helen Jenkins of Great

:43:33. > :43:41.Britain. One hour 46 minutes and 44 seconds so far. A year ago Gwen

:43:42. > :43:49.Jorgensen's winning time was one hour 56 minutes and 59 seconds. Gwen

:43:50. > :43:55.Jorgensen can at best hope for a place on the podium here today as

:43:56. > :44:01.Jenkins heads out on her way on her final lap. We will get an official

:44:02. > :44:03.time check between Jenkins and Gwen Jorgensen, between the British

:44:04. > :44:13.triathlete and the American world number one.

:44:14. > :44:21.Hewitt in second place, for New Zealand. Coming up towards 50

:44:22. > :44:30.seconds or thereabouts before she takes her bell. There it is. 57

:44:31. > :44:33.seconds officially between Jenkins in first and Hewitt in second and

:44:34. > :44:36.Duffy is only five seconds behind Andrea Hewitt. Duffy has found a

:44:37. > :45:00.little bit of pace. Jorgensen has had her best lap so

:45:01. > :45:04.far in terms of hunting down Jenkins, because she has taken a

:45:05. > :45:11.further ten seconds out of the leader's time. It is the Bermudan in

:45:12. > :45:16.red who now takes second place away from Andrea Hewitt, what a terrific

:45:17. > :45:23.fightback from Flora Duffy of Bermuda. Pushed down to third by

:45:24. > :45:27.Hewitt, wasn't finished, decided to greater teeth and fightback, but

:45:28. > :45:36.both Hewitt in third and Duffy in second are facing the looming figure

:45:37. > :45:40.of Gwen Jorgensen, who is on their shoulder practically in the fourth,

:45:41. > :45:45.and closing fast. Meanwhile, Howden front, our leader is Helen Jenkins

:45:46. > :45:53.from Great Britain. -- out in front. The resistance continues from Hewitt

:45:54. > :45:57.and Duffy, doubly determined, with a little bit of help from each other,

:45:58. > :46:03.to fight off this rearguard action from Gwen Jorgensen, who now seems

:46:04. > :46:08.to have found just a little extra modicum of pace as she tries to plug

:46:09. > :46:14.the gap to Duffy and Hewitt, and it seems that further resistance may be

:46:15. > :46:18.futile, because here she comes, Jorgensen has dug deep into her

:46:19. > :46:25.reserves of acceleration and is now on the shoulder of Hewitt deep in

:46:26. > :46:33.the final lap. And Hewitt's heart must sink, as she sees the tall

:46:34. > :46:38.American coming alongside her. Joining her first and then Duffy,

:46:39. > :46:45.but meanwhile, out in front, victory celebrations will begin for Helen

:46:46. > :46:52.Jenkins, who has had the race of her life to seal her position in her

:46:53. > :46:58.third Olympic Games. Maybe it will be time for her first medal this

:46:59. > :47:04.year, the smile is broad, relief is obvious. Helen Jenkins stops to

:47:05. > :47:11.accept the congratulations of those who have gathered to watch her win

:47:12. > :47:17.round two of the 20 World Triathlon Series on the Gold Coast, and win it

:47:18. > :47:22.in style. Jenkins takes the victory in one hour, 56 minutes and three

:47:23. > :47:28.seconds, and thereby she seals her Olympic selection. Meanwhile, Hewitt

:47:29. > :47:32.is not finished yet, she has a battle for second on her hands with

:47:33. > :47:39.Gwen Jorgensen. Jorgensen is not used to this, Jorgensen is still

:47:40. > :47:45.fighting for second place, but Hewitt is responding. Oh, what a

:47:46. > :47:50.finish between the American and the Kiwi, and Jorgensen finally gets the

:47:51. > :47:55.better of Hewitt to take second place. Hewitt will have to settle

:47:56. > :48:03.for third, what a courageous race by Andrea Hewitt. And Duffy will finish

:48:04. > :48:09.down in fourth for Bermuda after a superb performance, but it was all

:48:10. > :48:15.about the battle of the British triathletes today, and Helen Jenkins

:48:16. > :48:22.seals victory on the Gold Coast. What an amazing performance.

:48:23. > :48:23.Confirmation of the final results, a fantastic performance for Helen

:48:24. > :48:39.Jenkins. Jodie Stimpson finished down in 12th

:48:40. > :48:47.position and will have to wait for the Olympic selectors' decision.

:48:48. > :48:51.Helen Jenkins now leads the 2016 standings and of Flora Duffy, Jodie

:48:52. > :48:55.Stimpson is in third, Gentle is fourth, Renee Tomlin is the best of

:48:56. > :49:03.the Americans in fifth. Gwen Jorgensen has moved up to eighth.

:49:04. > :49:08.Your race was phenomenal, taking out Gwen Jorgensen's winning streak!

:49:09. > :49:13.That is amazing. I did not have the best swim, coming to the first buoy,

:49:14. > :49:19.my God, what am I doing? I was way back, I gave myself a bit of a

:49:20. > :49:24.talking to, and I managed to move through next to Gwen by the end of

:49:25. > :49:28.the first lap. On the bike, I mean, Andrea was phenomenal today, I was

:49:29. > :49:33.just hanging on her wheel, me and Flora got a gap, and it's just went.

:49:34. > :49:38.But it was so technical, just as hard sitting in as at the front, but

:49:39. > :49:43.I felt better as it went on, but that bike really hurt! My heart

:49:44. > :49:48.breaks for Jodie, but I think I have done another today. It is so hard, I

:49:49. > :49:54.really feel for her. Our team is so strong. It does not seem fair that

:49:55. > :49:57.she might not be going to the Games. If the British selectors were to

:49:58. > :50:01.take you to your third Olympic Games, it must give you confidence

:50:02. > :50:05.going on to the Rio course. It does, I had better start writing some

:50:06. > :50:12.hills in training! My husband has been smashing me on the bike, thank

:50:13. > :50:19.God he has been riding well, it felt ready. It is or is good to be on the

:50:20. > :50:24.top step, but Helen had a better race, they worked really hard on the

:50:25. > :50:31.bike, they had a better bike than me. You feel with Helen's selection

:50:32. > :50:36.on the line, she really had to push for that now, whereas you know about

:50:37. > :50:40.your selection come August? I was pushing really hard, I never come

:50:41. > :50:44.into a race not wanting to be on the top step. Hopefully that would give

:50:45. > :50:48.me more motivation going into the next one. I congratulate you on

:50:49. > :50:52.second, first is where you have been for so long, but I still look at you

:50:53. > :50:56.as making so many improvements - have you got more to make for real?

:50:57. > :51:03.For sure, I hope I have some improvements to make! I have been

:51:04. > :51:07.working hard, and yeah, I have had a goal, an aspiration to win gold in

:51:08. > :51:13.Rio for four years now, and I'm going to give it everything I have.

:51:14. > :51:18.Andrea Hewitt, Jude congratulations, sprint finish with Gwen Jorgensen. I

:51:19. > :51:22.didn't expect that when I started today! The whole race went well for

:51:23. > :51:26.me, I was not worried about qualification, like some of the

:51:27. > :51:30.other countries, but I was in the breakaway, I had to hang on on the

:51:31. > :51:36.run, but the sprint finish with Gwen, it was a good result. I have

:51:37. > :51:41.always admired your consistency over the years of racing, and coming into

:51:42. > :51:43.an Olympic year, what you are able to produce is truly phenomenal, is

:51:44. > :51:49.this something that you are looking to build upon now through to Rio?

:51:50. > :51:53.Yeah, this year is completely different, I am missing some on this

:51:54. > :51:59.whole year. Around race time, it is really difficult. Before the race

:52:00. > :52:05.and during the race, even now. It is going to be so different. But I am

:52:06. > :52:12.racing for him as well as myself. It was amazing today.

:52:13. > :52:15.And the smile says it all for Helen Jenkins, she came here with a

:52:16. > :52:27.mission to beat Jodie Stimpson. And give the Olympic selectors no

:52:28. > :52:37.choice but to pick her and take her to Rio alongside Non Stanford and

:52:38. > :52:48.Vicky Holland. She has given them no choice with an emphatic victory.

:52:49. > :53:29.Helen Jenkins and certainly stamped her spot-on the team.

:53:30. > :53:33.Look, she has put down such a great performance today, really happy for

:53:34. > :53:39.her, she has said to be selectors, you have got to pick me. We will

:53:40. > :53:42.discuss and next week, but what an outstanding performance. Great

:53:43. > :53:46.Britain is blessed, we have got Jodie as well, who did not have the

:53:47. > :53:51.best race today, but she has pushed them all the way. And how is Jodie?

:53:52. > :53:55.She was quite emotional, but both of the girls of friends and team-mates,

:53:56. > :54:01.but there is always one who will miss out. Yeah, look, we have not

:54:02. > :54:02.made a final decision, but Jodie is obviously very disappointed, because

:54:03. > :54:19.she has not been able to get a best performance

:54:20. > :54:21.out today. We will support her, whatever the outcome, whether it is

:54:22. > :54:24.Olympics or World Series for the rest of the year. The next race is

:54:25. > :54:26.Cape Town, where Non Stanford and Vicky Holland plan to make their

:54:27. > :54:30.season debut. They are already pre-selected for Rio. The World

:54:31. > :54:34.Triathlon Series is coming to Yorkshire, why not come along and

:54:35. > :54:58.take part the day before thanks to Triathlon England?

:54:59. > :55:04.The Olympic Park really is a fabulous venue for Go Tri, and these

:55:05. > :55:08.are great events to get started with the sport, they are fun, they are

:55:09. > :55:12.low-key, and over shorter distances than the triathlon you see on

:55:13. > :55:16.television. This is a 200 metres swim, five Kay on a static bike,

:55:17. > :55:19.then a three-day run. You do not need to buy lots of expensive

:55:20. > :55:24.equipment, so if you think it might be the sport for you, why don't you

:55:25. > :55:31.Go Tri? There are hundreds of events taking place this summer, so as to

:55:32. > :55:35.the BBC website for details of Go Tri knew you. Take a look at the

:55:36. > :55:40.triathlon section of the BBC Sport website for details of the World

:55:41. > :55:41.Triathlon Series in Leeds and the entry details for Go Tri the day

:55:42. > :55:55.before. Victories saw them pre-selected for

:55:56. > :56:00.the British are in big team going to Rio. And a win for Brian Taylor also

:56:01. > :56:06.boosted his hopes of qualifying for the Games, which he will hope to do

:56:07. > :56:10.via the European Championships in May. Back to Gold Coast, and there

:56:11. > :56:13.is just one Olympic spot left open for the men, and this will be

:56:14. > :56:17.selected purely on the basis of being a support role for the

:56:18. > :56:22.Brownlee brothers in their bid for gold in Rio. Emma has been speaking

:56:23. > :56:29.to the leading contenders for that third spot, Tom Bishop and Gordon

:56:30. > :56:33.Benson. It is not obvious to the general

:56:34. > :56:39.public what you need to do, but to us you need to swim at the front,

:56:40. > :56:43.then be at the front on the bike, and ideally you have got to do

:56:44. > :56:47.something that can change the race. You have to pull the breakaway back,

:56:48. > :56:53.pull the boys up to the breakaway, or if you create the breakaway, keep

:56:54. > :56:56.the pace high, stop the second pack coming together, just doing

:56:57. > :57:01.everything we can to support Great Britain. They are really great

:57:02. > :57:05.runners, they just need to get there in good shape, hopefully in a small

:57:06. > :57:12.group, so the competition is less and they can run away a bit. Gordon

:57:13. > :57:16.Benson wins Britain's first-ever gold at the European Games. At the

:57:17. > :57:21.European Games in Baku, I played a role like Gordon, who was also going

:57:22. > :57:25.for this pilot role, he was the team leader, and we did a great job of

:57:26. > :57:31.seeing Gordon through to the run, and we had about a minute, a minute

:57:32. > :57:38.45 on the chase group. Gordon held on for the win. He was not

:57:39. > :57:41.particularly favourite going into the race, but we knew that if we

:57:42. > :57:45.worked together as a team, we would get a medal. We have never thought

:57:46. > :57:50.of triathlon as a team sport. It has definitely changed, and it is the

:57:51. > :57:55.influence of Jonathan and Alistair, the way they run from the front, and

:57:56. > :57:59.it makes sense to have athletes at the front, put the pressure on. I

:58:00. > :58:04.have always liked the idea of racing as a team, like we do in arena

:58:05. > :58:08.races, it is a great feeling when you share success together. OK, I

:58:09. > :58:13.might not stand on top of the podium in Rio, but if I contribute towards

:58:14. > :58:18.that, I will feel just as good. I want other nations to start working

:58:19. > :58:21.as teams, it would make the race more exciting, teams chasing,

:58:22. > :58:29.working against each other. I think it would change the way the sport

:58:30. > :58:33.is. In 2014, I set my eyes on entering this way, it seemed like a

:58:34. > :58:38.great opportunity. Or me, it was an opportunity to go to the big games,

:58:39. > :58:44.aged 22, and not only be there but have a realistic goal, saying I want

:58:45. > :58:47.to win the Olympic Games. At this point in my career, but would not

:58:48. > :58:54.have been realistic, Jonny was 22 when he got bronze, but for me, I am

:58:55. > :59:00.not quite at that stage yet. It allows me to go there with a

:59:01. > :59:05.realistic goal, and I can go and aid the delivery. I just want to go and

:59:06. > :59:09.do the job, and if I can do the job, and the selectors see I can do the

:59:10. > :59:13.best job, I'm confident they will make the right selection, and at the

:59:14. > :59:19.end of the day it is bigger than just one person. The Olympics is

:59:20. > :59:22.about Britain winning the gold medal, the medals again, and if they

:59:23. > :59:27.make the right selection, I will be happy with that. If it is not me,

:59:28. > :59:30.OK, I will be disappointed, but I will know they have made the right

:59:31. > :59:39.decision, it is about winning the gold medal. In UK Sport, it is about

:59:40. > :59:43.winning medals, and I think that is good, rather than placing three

:59:44. > :59:47.athletes in the top 20 to deliver two to the highest possible

:59:48. > :59:52.standard, I think the support role as a great opportunity for them, and

:59:53. > :59:56.at the end of the day it is about the Olympics if we get the chance.

:59:57. > :00:02.We think we are stronger as a team, and stronger united.

:00:03. > :00:07.A big race for Tom and Gordon, as it is for their two team-mates who are

:00:08. > :00:28.making their season debut. Alistair takes to win! Jonny wins in

:00:29. > :00:37.Stockholm. It is brother against brother. It is a sprint finish

:00:38. > :00:42.between the brothers. What a race. I really wanted to start my season in

:00:43. > :00:47.the Gold Coast. I think it fitted in well with my programme. The big race

:00:48. > :00:50.is in Rio in a few months, but it was important for me after a long

:00:51. > :00:53.winter of training to get out and race. I haven't raised enough over

:00:54. > :00:59.the last three years and I wanted to make sure I was confident in my body

:01:00. > :01:03.and racing ability by racing in the early part of the season and then

:01:04. > :01:07.having a good block of training leading up to Rio. Gold Coast is

:01:08. > :01:11.fantastic to have a couple of weeks of nice and warm training, and it

:01:12. > :01:17.brings back memories of winning the world title in 2009 here. That year

:01:18. > :01:21.was probably the best triathlon I have ever done as an all-round

:01:22. > :01:26.complete triathlon. Let's go and do something similar. I want to go to

:01:27. > :01:30.Gold Coast because it is a sea swim and it will be in Rio as well and in

:01:31. > :01:36.the Olympics I want to take off every box possible, so if I take

:01:37. > :01:40.that box it is great. There is a fine line between staying fit and

:01:41. > :01:45.wanting to beat everyone in the season, trying to beat everyone. It

:01:46. > :01:50.is all about Rio. Four years ago in London you had a third man in the

:01:51. > :01:54.team, the support athletes Stuart Hayes. Would you like that in Rio?

:01:55. > :01:59.Yes, that is something I definitely want to see. I am a strong believer

:02:00. > :02:03.that you take the best team to go to the Olympics. The Olympic Games is

:02:04. > :02:07.about winning medals, simple as that. Alistair and myself have been

:02:08. > :02:11.selected already so the next person is someone who can help us win a

:02:12. > :02:15.medal and on that Rio course it could be achieved. Somebody could do

:02:16. > :02:20.a very good job. There is definitely an element of trust. That is very

:02:21. > :02:24.important. They have to make sure they are dedicating themselves to

:02:25. > :02:27.the role and that in the race they will not pull a fast one and they

:02:28. > :02:30.will do what they are supposed to be doing, and in the lead up to the

:02:31. > :02:37.training that they will train as hard as they can. Whether you have

:02:38. > :02:41.to get on with them, that is a different argument. There does not

:02:42. > :02:45.have to be an element of friendship. A domestic could have a massive

:02:46. > :02:50.impact on the race in Rio on that kind of course, swimming out at the

:02:51. > :02:54.front, riding hard in the first couple of laps, that is the best

:02:55. > :02:59.possible scenario for us. If the rate is split up and it is hard and

:03:00. > :03:03.we are in a group after the first couple of laps, it doesn't get much

:03:04. > :03:08.better than that for us. Alistair and Jonny as well as the first two

:03:09. > :03:15.from the opening race in Abu Dhabi, Mario Mola, and Richard Murray, now

:03:16. > :03:18.here are the highlights. This is the start list and the

:03:19. > :03:23.Brownlee brothers do not appear on the first couple of pages because

:03:24. > :03:28.they were absent in round one. They are wearing number 33 for Alistair

:03:29. > :03:33.and 36 the Jonny. There are two other British triathlete in the

:03:34. > :03:38.field, Tom Bishop and Gordon Benson, wearing 26 and 53 respectively. They

:03:39. > :03:45.are battling for the opportunity to compete in Rio as a pilot athlete

:03:46. > :03:52.for the already pre-selected Brownlee brothers. In other words,

:03:53. > :03:58.the utility athlete to aid and abet the Brownlee brothers and their

:03:59. > :04:02.cause for potential Olympic gold and silver. They achieved gold and

:04:03. > :04:09.bronze in Hyde Park in London 2012 and they are looking to go better in

:04:10. > :04:16.Rio 2016. Round two of the 2016 men's World Triathlon Series is

:04:17. > :04:21.about to get under way. A return to competition for both the Brownlee

:04:22. > :04:23.brothers. The Olympic champion Alistair, the Olympic bronze

:04:24. > :04:35.medallist Jonathan, based in the field today. -- both in the field

:04:36. > :04:41.today among this troupe of 67 athletes, who make a wonderful

:04:42. > :04:46.world. . Whitewater flares up as the races attack the warm, relatively

:04:47. > :04:54.flat and buoyant waters of the Gold Coast harbour. We will expect to see

:04:55. > :04:58.good swimming from Alistair and Jonathan because they are the best

:04:59. > :05:03.in the world, but what can we expect from Tom Bishop and Gordon Benson?

:05:04. > :05:06.They need to be in the front group coming out of the water. Absolutely.

:05:07. > :05:11.Benson and Bishop are looking individually to go as the pilot

:05:12. > :05:15.athlete alongside Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee to help them in

:05:16. > :05:20.Rio, so they really need to make the front pack in this swim, which will

:05:21. > :05:25.be tricky. This swimming today will be on today. The sea conditions have

:05:26. > :05:29.changed since the women's race. It is choppy, a bit tougher for the

:05:30. > :05:38.weaker swimmers, and we have got a phenomenal field here, with the

:05:39. > :05:44.likes of Dmitry Polyanskiy and his brother. Several great swimmers. And

:05:45. > :05:50.I can see them pushing the pace in a swim. Benson and Bishop are going to

:05:51. > :05:57.have to try and hang on. It looks like we have got a pincer movement

:05:58. > :06:01.between the lone swimmer at the top of your screen and the one closest

:06:02. > :06:06.to us. They seem to be merging towards each other as they make the

:06:07. > :06:13.first turn. The Brownlee brothers, Alistair in number 33 and Jonny in

:06:14. > :06:21.number 36, will be somewhere near this lead group. An interesting

:06:22. > :06:26.tactic from Richard, swimming in that single lane at the top, keeping

:06:27. > :06:30.clear of the trouble below. He has gone very wide. He must know

:06:31. > :06:33.something we don't. There are some currents here, and he could have

:06:34. > :06:39.inside information from the locals. Richard Varga hitting the boy at

:06:40. > :06:46.virtually the same time as Henri Schoeman. Keeping out of trouble.

:06:47. > :06:51.Now there is some congestion. Somebody got punched in the back of

:06:52. > :06:54.the head. This is where it is difficult to really keep control and

:06:55. > :06:59.everybody has got to be on their guard. There are jet skis and paddle

:07:00. > :07:06.boards around with medics on them just in case of accidents. But it

:07:07. > :07:10.looks like so far we have got away unscathed, but we have even seen a

:07:11. > :07:16.leech triathletes hauled out of the water following contact with their

:07:17. > :07:23.opponents. -- a leech triathletes. The first turn in the water can be

:07:24. > :07:27.difficult. Looking out for the two British boys vying for the

:07:28. > :07:32.opportunity to act as pilot races for the Brownlee brothers in the

:07:33. > :07:39.Olympic Games. Tom Bishop, 26, and Gordon Benson who won the European

:07:40. > :07:45.games in Azerbaijan last summer, wearing number 53. Benson ironically

:07:46. > :07:50.was helped by Bishop. Bishop was his pilot during that race last summer.

:07:51. > :07:55.But there are no team orders today. The battle for the chance to take

:07:56. > :07:58.the third Olympic spot. They just need to perform well and prove that

:07:59. > :08:04.they can be a valuable pilot partner for the Brownlee brothers when they

:08:05. > :08:11.had to the Olympic Games in August in Rio.

:08:12. > :08:20.Richard Varga has taken the lead from Henri Schoeman. Possibly ruing

:08:21. > :08:25.that decision to go high of the group at the start. I am not sure it

:08:26. > :08:29.paid off for Richard Varga. We would have expected him to be first at the

:08:30. > :08:33.turn but he had to bide his time before he made his move up through

:08:34. > :08:37.the field to take first position away from Henri Schoeman. He is a

:08:38. > :08:43.good swimmer but no match for Richard Varga when Richard Varga is

:08:44. > :08:49.in the best of shape. He now starts to pull in towards the pontoon and

:08:50. > :08:54.the expert the end of the long first lap. You can see the ramp on the

:08:55. > :09:00.right with the two red flags acting as the gateway. They will come up

:09:01. > :09:04.the carpeted ramp and turn left and dive back in in front of the group

:09:05. > :09:08.of technical officials that we can see on the left of the screen.

:09:09. > :09:15.Hopefully the timing system will be working and we can get a full check

:09:16. > :09:19.on exactly who is where two thirds of the way through the swim after

:09:20. > :09:23.the long lap. There is no doubt that it is Richard Varga followed by

:09:24. > :09:31.Henri Schuman, followed by Alistair Brownlee. Is it Jonny actually? I

:09:32. > :09:41.think Jonny came out third. Then Igor Polyanskiy, and then two behind

:09:42. > :09:49.Dmitry Polyanskiy, his brother, and where is Alistair? Joe Maloy.

:09:50. > :09:52.Alistair is in 16th position. 12 seconds off the pace, nothing to

:09:53. > :09:57.panic about. Very much in contention. Though many athletes

:09:58. > :10:02.within 20 seconds of each other. It could be that if it stays like this,

:10:03. > :10:05.there could be a big group of riders forming for the start of the 40

:10:06. > :10:12.kilometres cycle around the streets of the Gold Coast. Have to pick up

:10:13. > :10:16.on Tom Bishop there, on the heels of Alistair Brownlee, so having a great

:10:17. > :10:20.swim so far. He has certainly worked very hard on the swimming, and he

:10:21. > :10:25.has worked hard on his swimming and biking. A great swim for Bishop,

:10:26. > :10:32.just behind Alistair Brownlee following the first 1000 metre lap.

:10:33. > :10:41.There is the X point of swim. Good crowds coming out. -- there is the

:10:42. > :10:45.exit point of the swim. He has just lost his swimming hat, which he will

:10:46. > :10:54.not be penalised for but it reduces his aerodynamic efficiency very

:10:55. > :10:58.slightly, Henri Schoeman. But he has had a good swim and it will not be

:10:59. > :11:03.long before he finds his feet on the soft sand and comes out of the

:11:04. > :11:07.water. Richard Varga making his way towards transition to start stage

:11:08. > :11:15.two. A really fast swim, goodness me. Just over 16 minutes. Henri

:11:16. > :11:18.Schuman and Richard Varga leave the water shoulder to shoulder, followed

:11:19. > :11:22.by the younger of the Brownlee brothers, Jonny, in third position.

:11:23. > :11:27.He has had a good start. We will keep an eye out for the rest of the

:11:28. > :11:31.British contingent. Alistair was in 12th, followed by Tom Bishop. Where

:11:32. > :11:38.has Gordon Benson found himself at the end of stage one? Alistair comes

:11:39. > :11:45.out in 15, Benjamin Shaw in 13, Atkinson, Joe Maloy, Tom Bishop is

:11:46. > :11:49.close to Alistair Brownlee. He is 20th at the moment. Still no sign of

:11:50. > :11:57.Gordon Benson, the fourth and final Union Jack will be alongside the

:11:58. > :12:00.name of Gordon Benson. Richard Murray, one of the prerace

:12:01. > :12:05.favourites in the early 30s coming out of the water. Good swim for him,

:12:06. > :12:09.only 30 seconds down. That was an incredible swim. I don't know if it

:12:10. > :12:14.was slightly short, but 60 minutes is over one minute faster than what

:12:15. > :12:18.they swam last year. This is a slightly different course but 16

:12:19. > :12:24.minutes is as fast as it is going to get on the Gold Coast. Alistair is

:12:25. > :12:30.behind. That is where he went down. Goodness me. A slip onto his

:12:31. > :12:35.backside for Alistair Brownlee. On the way out of transition. He has

:12:36. > :12:41.just had ankle surgery. I do hope he hasn't done any damage with that

:12:42. > :12:45.slip on the carpet. That could of course result in a back injury, a

:12:46. > :12:49.hand injury, so we will keep you posted that any news from Alistair

:12:50. > :12:53.Brownlee. Hopefully we will get a shot of him in the second pack

:12:54. > :12:57.racing and looking comfortable, but that was a tricky transition for the

:12:58. > :13:04.Olympic champion. Terrific pace at the front of this bike stage

:13:05. > :13:08.already. The front group not messing about. They have sensed an

:13:09. > :13:13.opportunity and they are keen to work hard and consolidate the lead

:13:14. > :13:21.that they feel they have earned by virtue of a fast swim. Squeaky

:13:22. > :13:28.brakes as the athletes ease off the pace for the turn. Lots of gauging

:13:29. > :13:32.of opposite numbers and team-mates as they crisscross, going in either

:13:33. > :13:38.direction, up and down the streets of the Gold Coast in Queensland,

:13:39. > :13:45.Australia. What a beautiful afternoon in this seaside city. It

:13:46. > :13:49.is going to be interesting to see what job Tom Bishop can do to help

:13:50. > :13:52.Alistair Brownlee because he is in the second chase pack with Alistair

:13:53. > :13:56.Brownlee. His job of course hopefully, fingers crossed, is going

:13:57. > :14:01.to be alongside the Brownlee brothers, helping them in Rio. As we

:14:02. > :14:04.can see now, Bishop and Brownlee side-by-side in the chase pack and

:14:05. > :14:10.Bradley in good company because Richard Murray from South Africa is

:14:11. > :14:17.also there, renowned for being a strong cyclist. -- Brownlee in good

:14:18. > :14:21.company. We will assume that Alistair has not done any serious

:14:22. > :14:25.damage during that slip in transition. He is alongside Tom

:14:26. > :14:29.Bishop, whose job is now clear, to assist Alistair Brownlee in his

:14:30. > :14:34.efforts to get up to the lead of this race, where he will find his

:14:35. > :14:39.younger brother Jonathan. The chase group at the moment are struggling

:14:40. > :14:44.to do any damage. They are between 17 and 18 seconds. The lead group

:14:45. > :14:48.signified by the red dot, the chasers by the blue dot, and at the

:14:49. > :14:52.moment 18 seconds looks like a reasonable margin. They are in the

:14:53. > :15:04.middle part of the second lap. There is a clear gap between the

:15:05. > :15:09.leaders and the chasers, we've from east to west across the front of the

:15:10. > :15:13.pack, and you can see Alistair Brownlee, vocal as ever, barking his

:15:14. > :15:18.instructions, orders and words of encouragement to his opponents,

:15:19. > :15:22.trying to end courage them to lift their game, to share the workload.

:15:23. > :15:27.He does not want to be doing it all out in front, he has done it the

:15:28. > :15:32.hard way in Beijing, he really pushed hard in the Olympic Games, a

:15:33. > :15:36.very young man in those days, went on to win the gold four years later.

:15:37. > :15:41.He will hopefully be one of the favourites a further four years down

:15:42. > :15:45.the line as he comes into its third Olympic Games. But not quite going

:15:46. > :15:50.according to plan for this chase group. Now, this is Alistair

:15:51. > :15:56.Brownlee's group, this is what we saw from the front a little while

:15:57. > :16:00.ago, weaving across the road from left to right, not Keane to be

:16:01. > :16:05.forced into making all the pace. Now we are back with the leaders.

:16:06. > :16:11.Interesting tactics, because you want to be going forward, not going

:16:12. > :16:14.from left to right, I am not sure that was Alistair being a bit

:16:15. > :16:26.frustrated because he could not get the other guys to work. Incredible

:16:27. > :16:35.sports facilities, like in all the Australian cities, 50 metre swimming

:16:36. > :16:40.pools everywhere you look! And that is probably just one, or three of a

:16:41. > :16:56.dozen in the city. So at the end of the second lap, Jonathan Brownlee,

:16:57. > :17:01.Fabian other -- Alarza, Schoeman, Knabl, a total of 12, then the gap

:17:02. > :17:07.to the Alistair Brownlee group, which also includes Richard Murray

:17:08. > :17:13.and Tom Bishop. No sign yet of anything from Gordon Benson, oh, he

:17:14. > :17:18.has just appeared on our screen, only 17 seconds off the lead, so

:17:19. > :17:23.Benson, who was not with the front group out of the water, has worked

:17:24. > :17:29.hard to get himself near the front of this race in the first couple of

:17:30. > :17:34.laps on two wheels. These athletes working well, we can see them now,

:17:35. > :17:39.one athlete takes is turn, sitting on the front for no more than a

:17:40. > :17:44.second or two, drops around, the other athletes comes around, it

:17:45. > :17:48.helps to keep the pace on. The last time we got a check on the time

:17:49. > :17:52.difference, it was 17 seconds between the lead group and the chase

:17:53. > :17:58.group. I do not think there has been any significant change to that time

:17:59. > :18:04.difference. 13 seconds, so a small benefit for the chasers. And with

:18:05. > :18:10.Alistair Brownlee dictating things at the front, he seems to have got

:18:11. > :18:15.the bit between his teeth now, Alistair Brownlee, after a slightly

:18:16. > :18:23.troublesome transition. Now he is at the front of the field, and he is

:18:24. > :18:28.leading the charge for the chasers. Just noticed Gordon Benson and Tom

:18:29. > :18:32.Bishop there, tucked in behind Alistair, not taking their turn but

:18:33. > :18:37.helping keep the pace up in the second bag. They have certainly

:18:38. > :18:44.pulled back a little bit of time on this third lap. It seems like only a

:18:45. > :18:48.matter of time before the three distinct groups come together, or

:18:49. > :18:52.will there be a break? Will there be some hard work, a decisive course of

:18:53. > :19:01.action taken at the front of the field to prevent a huge peloton

:19:02. > :19:05.forming it looks increasingly likely that both Brownlee brothers will

:19:06. > :19:10.soon be involved at the head of the field here. Back with the leaders,

:19:11. > :19:16.Polyanskiy at the back with Knabl, where they have been since the

:19:17. > :19:20.start. A little break being attempted by Ben Shaw, the Irishman,

:19:21. > :19:23.who is seeing the chase group looming, trying to do something

:19:24. > :19:30.about it, but no-one else has gone with him at the moment. Coming

:19:31. > :19:37.towards the end of lap three, passed the swimming pool complex, after 38

:19:38. > :19:45.minutes of racing. And it surely will not be long now before the lead

:19:46. > :19:50.group more than doubles in number. But for the moment, we are able to

:19:51. > :19:55.get a cheque on the group of a dozen who lead them through. Confirmation

:19:56. > :20:06.that it is Henri Schoeman, Jonathan Brownlee, Ben Canute, Benjamin Shaw.

:20:07. > :20:16.Alarza is in there, Fabian is involved, Polyanskiy, Knabl, and

:20:17. > :20:26.then the gap to the rest of them. Down to ten seconds now, isn't it?

:20:27. > :20:33.Yeah, from 17 to 13 to ten. Mario Mola obviously feeling stronger, I

:20:34. > :20:38.think he senses this race was really playing into his hands. It is going

:20:39. > :20:41.to be interesting to see Mola and the Brownlees going head to head,

:20:42. > :20:45.something we have not seen for some time. Alistair Brownlee's last

:20:46. > :20:50.proper raised in the World Triathlon Series was in London back in May

:20:51. > :20:55.last year, he won very convincingly. His next race was in Rio, where he

:20:56. > :21:02.finished tenth, and since then we have not seen him race. I can only

:21:03. > :21:06.think it was a shock to the system at the start, and now he has warmed

:21:07. > :21:09.up, he will get into it, and all the months of training will hopefully be

:21:10. > :21:12.paying off. Jonathan Brownlee may have suddenly decided he does not

:21:13. > :21:17.want that chase group to get much closer. He knows that Alistair is in

:21:18. > :21:21.there, and if he is to have a chance of winning and defending the title

:21:22. > :21:27.he won one year ago, he doesn't need Alistair's company at the start of a

:21:28. > :21:32.10,000 metre runner. He could do with there being a cushion, and

:21:33. > :21:35.perhaps now he has decided to act decisively and try and guide of this

:21:36. > :21:41.leading group to a more significant lead. Well, this is certainly going

:21:42. > :21:47.to be an interesting last four laps by the time they come around, half

:21:48. > :21:51.way to go, 20 kilometres, and it is going to be an interesting last 20

:21:52. > :21:56.kilometres on these narrow streets. It really is a technical, technical

:21:57. > :22:02.bike course, one of the best I have seen on the World Triathlon Series,

:22:03. > :22:10.a lot of fun for the viewers and the commentators here! Yeah, single file

:22:11. > :22:13.all the way now, the group is stretched, and the group is large.

:22:14. > :22:22.It is about 30 riders plus from start to finish. Yeah, that is how

:22:23. > :22:28.it has changed, pretty steady between five and ten, but a

:22:29. > :22:32.significant move in lap three, and then at 18 they all came together.

:22:33. > :22:38.Somebody has had a go at the front. I think it is Alistair, but I cannot

:22:39. > :22:42.quite believe that it is! Richard Murray, we are hearing, has had a

:22:43. > :22:46.crash and is out of the race. We didn't see that incident, but maybe

:22:47. > :22:50.we will get a look at it later. You were thinking it might be Alistair

:22:51. > :22:55.but you could not quite believe it. Well, it is Alistair, and you can

:22:56. > :23:00.quite believe it! I love watching this guy race, really hard time,

:23:01. > :23:04.harder than he would like in the swim, he has worked is bad off to

:23:05. > :23:10.get back up into the front back. You know what, guys? I am off! I do not

:23:11. > :23:14.know how long he's going to stay away. He had a hard time in the

:23:15. > :23:20.swim, then he on his backside in a pile in transition, on his way to

:23:21. > :23:31.his bike, so things did not work out, but now he has a gap of five

:23:32. > :23:36.seconds. As we join Alistair Brownlee at the front of the field,

:23:37. > :23:42.it is a triathlon, the Olympic champion, that is a rather old photo

:23:43. > :23:47.they have! You looks about 12 there! He is number 33, because he did not

:23:48. > :23:53.race in Abu Dhabi at the start of the season, he is the Olympic

:23:54. > :23:57.champion, as we know, and he is here to clearly take the win. Now two

:23:58. > :24:01.more have decided to try and take him on and reduce that lead, which

:24:02. > :24:05.seems to be expanding all the time. Could that be younger brother

:24:06. > :24:10.Jonathan and one other? I cannot work out if this is clever or not,

:24:11. > :24:14.because he is going to be putting some work into his legs, it is going

:24:15. > :24:21.to make that run pretty tough. He is such an amazing athlete, and he has

:24:22. > :24:27.got 16 seconds. Goodness me, 16 seconds, he has doubled his

:24:28. > :24:34.advantage in the space of a lap. Our leader is Alistair Brownlee. 27

:24:35. > :24:38.years of age now, looking behind him, slightly quizzical look on his

:24:39. > :24:43.face, wondering, where is everybody?! I think it is at this

:24:44. > :24:47.moment that he either completely commits to this breakaway, which it

:24:48. > :24:54.looks like he already has done, or he goes, shall I save my legs?

:24:55. > :25:03.Marten van Riel is having a little go at Alistair Brownlee himself,

:25:04. > :25:07.looking for some company. Alistair and Jonny's training partner is

:25:08. > :25:12.alongside him, it is in his interest to chase down his training partner.

:25:13. > :25:17.They have joined forces in an effort to quell the danger that is being

:25:18. > :25:23.inflicted by Alistair Brownlee. Back with the leader now. You once Varga

:25:24. > :25:27.up there with him, that is what he wants, but the danger of waiting is

:25:28. > :25:33.that the group will catch back up again. -- he wants. Stunning

:25:34. > :25:38.backdrop here, the calm waters of the harbour on the Gold Coast giving

:25:39. > :25:44.way to the skyscrapers, the apartment buildings, the luxury

:25:45. > :25:46.hotels, and Varga and Van Riel, I think, have caught Alistair

:25:47. > :25:51.Brownlee, or he has allowed them to catch him. And somebody else is

:25:52. > :25:55.seeing an opportunity, and it looks like maybe Jonny Brownlee is seeing

:25:56. > :26:04.an opportunity as well to bridge that gap. Eventually, Alistair

:26:05. > :26:10.Brownlee just yields and allows Ben Shaw to edge past him at the front

:26:11. > :26:17.of the race. And the Brownlees are now together as a pair in about

:26:18. > :26:25.fourth and fifth position. And it is Ben Shaw, the Irish triathlete, who

:26:26. > :26:32.is taking his chance by forcing himself to the front of the field.

:26:33. > :26:41.So far, no-one is taking him on, number 67, Ben Shaw, is alone

:26:42. > :26:48.representing Ireland at the head of the field here, and his gap has

:26:49. > :26:58.grown to about five seconds now. Now, this looks like a potential

:26:59. > :27:03.move from one of the British pilot racers. Is that Bishop or Benson,

:27:04. > :27:13.who might have... Maybe Bishop is trying to join Ben Shaw. It is Tom

:27:14. > :27:19.Bishop who has made the move towards the front of the field, to try and

:27:20. > :27:25.join Ben Shaw. So Bishop is trying to prove his worth as a valuable

:27:26. > :27:30.contributor to the Brownlees' Olympic ambitions. Will they now

:27:31. > :27:34.follow suit and try and join Tom Bishop and Ben Shaw at the front of

:27:35. > :27:39.the field? Perhaps we will see a pincer movement from Alistair and

:27:40. > :27:46.Jonathan together in an effort to plug the gap and gets towards the

:27:47. > :27:51.top of the leaderboard. Yeah, I am wondering if they have had orders

:27:52. > :27:54.from the Brownlees, for him to go up and chase him down. But he actually

:27:55. > :27:58.looked like he was going to go to the front and keep the pace up, but

:27:59. > :28:02.I imagine there are stacked it's going on, because Tom Bishop really

:28:03. > :28:10.knows what is job is in this race. -- there are tactics going on. The

:28:11. > :28:17.gap from Ben Shaw and Bishop to the next group, which numbers about 28,

:28:18. > :28:25.29 riders, it is getting on towards, I think it might be the 15 second

:28:26. > :28:36.mark, somewhere in that region. It is going to be even greater, heading

:28:37. > :28:45.towards 20 seconds. 22, 23, 24, 25 seconds is the lead that Shaw and

:28:46. > :28:52.Bishop have over the chasing group. As they head onto lap seven of

:28:53. > :28:57.eight. Yeah, no disrespect to Shaw at all, but he will be a couple of

:28:58. > :29:01.minutes down through the 10K from the likes of the Brownlees brothers

:29:02. > :29:05.and mola, so that is why they are happy to let it go down the road. I

:29:06. > :29:10.am interested to see what Tom Bishop is trying to achieve here, by

:29:11. > :29:16.breaking away, increasing the distance over the chase pack. Tom

:29:17. > :29:22.Bishop has certainly shown his credentials to act as a pilot racer

:29:23. > :29:28.for the Brownlees in the Olympic Games. He was able to find the speed

:29:29. > :29:32.and pace to move from chase group to join the breakaway leader,

:29:33. > :29:39.demonstrating to the selectors that he has got the wherewithal to

:29:40. > :29:43.attack, and potentially take a Brownlee brother with him along the

:29:44. > :29:48.way. They did not go within this time. No, I guess he feels like he

:29:49. > :29:53.has got nothing to lose, and he wants to demonstrate that he can

:29:54. > :29:59.ride and ride well. He will not be a threat to the main runners, he ran

:30:00. > :30:03.33, just three minutes slower than Mario Mola in Abu Dhabi, so as I

:30:04. > :30:09.mentioned, Tom Bishop will have been working on his swim and his bike, so

:30:10. > :30:14.he can work as a pilot athlete. Gordon Benson, though, happy to stay

:30:15. > :30:18.with the Brownlees. He is also a great runner in his own right,

:30:19. > :30:22.capable of running around a lot of track, cross-country, swimming

:30:23. > :30:25.before he crossed over into triathlon, but he is staying with

:30:26. > :30:29.the Brownlees. They are very familiar together, they all train

:30:30. > :30:30.together up in Leeds, whereas Bishop does not train with the Brownlee

:30:31. > :30:49.brothers. Bishop has moved to the front of the

:30:50. > :30:52.field to ride with Benjamin Shaw but by the same token Gordon Benson is

:30:53. > :30:59.riding at the front of the field to help the bench Brownlee brothers

:31:00. > :31:04.through. So this will be a headache for the selected. It will almost

:31:05. > :31:09.certainly be Gordon Benson or Bishop joining the Brownlee brothers in

:31:10. > :31:16.August in Rio as a pilot athlete, in a similar role to the one that

:31:17. > :31:25.Stuart Hayes played in London in 2012, when he came in again as an

:31:26. > :31:29.assistant, a pilot rider, a domestique, for the Brownlee

:31:30. > :31:35.brothers. It will be Benson or Bishop and they have both shown

:31:36. > :31:39.skills in different ways today. They have a kilometre to ride before they

:31:40. > :31:46.hit the blue carpet and hang up those bikes. Benjamin Shaw and

:31:47. > :31:52.Bishop are about to get there. The lead group, the lead pair,

:31:53. > :31:56.exchanging a few words, smiling, they can't quite believe where they

:31:57. > :32:01.have found themselves. I am not sure if this is what Tom Bishop was

:32:02. > :32:08.expecting. They will be followed by the other three British riders.

:32:09. > :32:13.Gordon Benson, Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, but it is feet

:32:14. > :32:21.out of the pedals for Bishop and Benjamin Shaw, as they hit the

:32:22. > :32:28.dismount line. And they jog towards their stands in transition. An early

:32:29. > :32:35.arrival for Benjamin Shaw. Bishop has got to make his way further up

:32:36. > :32:42.the carpet to his stand. And Shaw has already left transition, as

:32:43. > :32:47.Bishop attempts to join him. Left a couple of seconds behind there.

:32:48. > :32:56.Bishop is on his way. Meanwhile the chasing group, who are now 30

:32:57. > :32:58.seconds behind or thereabouts, arrived in transition. The Brownlee

:32:59. > :33:11.brothers headed to their stands. Mario Mola has arrived in his

:33:12. > :33:17.position. What a transition from him. Goodness me, that was fast!

:33:18. > :33:22.Lightning quick. Mario Mola has clearly been practising that element

:33:23. > :33:26.of his triathlon. His shoes went on in a flash. Now the hunt begins.

:33:27. > :33:41.Mario Mola leads Jonathan Brownlee. Brownlee gets stuck in in the early

:33:42. > :33:48.part of this ten kilometre run. First job, to find Bishop and Shaw,

:33:49. > :33:53.the British and Irish triathletes who arrived unexpectedly in

:33:54. > :33:58.transition first. They are well on their way on lap one, as Jonathan

:33:59. > :34:07.Brownlee and Mario Mola try to hunt them down. And it is Benjamin Shaw

:34:08. > :34:13.who has stolen a march, coming out of transition, over Tom Bishop. How

:34:14. > :34:16.long can he stay there? I think the speed that Mario Mola and Jonathan

:34:17. > :34:21.Brownlee have come out of transition, I don't think Shaw will

:34:22. > :34:26.be away for long. A battle at the moment between Mario Mola and Jonny

:34:27. > :34:31.Brownlee. It looks as though Fernando Alarza is about to join in

:34:32. > :34:37.the fun. Fun of confidence. He has known how fast he has run in the

:34:38. > :34:41.last few races. A win in Chicago, a winner in Abu Dhabi, the first race

:34:42. > :34:45.in the triathlon series this year, and he looks incredibly composed and

:34:46. > :34:53.relaxed. We can see Tom Bishop on the left. That is his day over,

:34:54. > :34:57.isn't it? Tom Bishop has been caught and he will go backwards now. The

:34:58. > :35:07.next target is Benjamin Shaw, a little further up the road. He is in

:35:08. > :35:13.his iris colours. Alistair Brownlee clearly struggling with the early

:35:14. > :35:17.pace of this race. It is all over now for Ben Shaw after his heroic

:35:18. > :35:23.efforts alongside Tom Bishop on the bike. Might just be able to stick

:35:24. > :35:28.with Mario Mola and Brownlee for a few moments and get a tow from them

:35:29. > :35:33.but not sure how long it will last. Interesting move from Brownlee.

:35:34. > :35:36.Going back to Fernando Alarza and Bailie, and Fernando Alarza going

:35:37. > :35:39.for that spot for Rio for the Spanish team and Bailie doing the

:35:40. > :35:48.same. They need to finish in the top ten to travel alongside Aaron Royle

:35:49. > :35:52.to Rio. The pace is frantic again between Brownlee and Mario Mola at

:35:53. > :35:57.the front. We have enjoyed some terrific battles between these two

:35:58. > :36:03.in the last few races, not least here on the Gold Coast in April

:36:04. > :36:06.2015, when Jonny Brownlee won the race, beating Mario Mola into second

:36:07. > :36:12.with Gomez third and Hernandez forth on that occasion. Alistair Brownlee

:36:13. > :36:18.looking slightly uncomfortable in the afternoon heat. After all his

:36:19. > :36:23.efforts so far in today's race, Alistair finds himself in sixth

:36:24. > :36:27.position at this stage. Mario Mola the athlete from Spain of course,

:36:28. > :36:30.and you could say he is more accustomed to running in the heat,

:36:31. > :36:35.but Jonny Brownlee has proved on many occasions that he is perfectly

:36:36. > :36:41.capable of taking on the hot and humid climate of Australia. He won

:36:42. > :36:46.here last year very convincingly. A touch of deja vu. It was Jonny

:36:47. > :36:52.Brownlee and Mario Mola last year, but Mario Mola second and Brownlee

:36:53. > :36:57.first. It looks like it will be the same two on the podium but in which

:36:58. > :37:02.order is the big question. Not giving up top spot just yet.

:37:03. > :37:05.Fernando Alarza has never won a World Triathlon Series race and

:37:06. > :37:15.neither has Bailie. The field spreads further down the Road. We

:37:16. > :37:19.know what he is capable of on the sprint when it was Gomez and Mario

:37:20. > :37:24.Mola going head to head in the top spot in the grand final in Chicago

:37:25. > :37:28.and Mario Mola got the better of him, playing cat and mouse for over

:37:29. > :37:32.a kilometre. We know that Mario Mola has a good sprint because Gomez

:37:33. > :37:38.certainly has. Brownlee still looking relaxed and strong but Mario

:37:39. > :37:42.Mola has that swinging action. Very lean athlete, Mario Mola, and

:37:43. > :37:45.looking comfortable on his feet. Fernando Alarza well clear in bronze

:37:46. > :37:51.position and he will be happy with that, barring disaster. He should

:37:52. > :38:03.make the podium today and give the selectors something to think about.

:38:04. > :38:08.But in joint third position for a while, bidding to be the best

:38:09. > :38:15.Australian on the day. Brownlee probably sensibly just taking his

:38:16. > :38:19.time here. He doesn't look particularly comfortable. I wonder

:38:20. > :38:25.if that break he put in on the bike has ultimately come back to haunt

:38:26. > :38:29.him here this afternoon. His running action looks pretty smooth so I

:38:30. > :38:34.don't think there are any injury problems. It has been a case of lack

:38:35. > :38:38.of race fitness really. Mario Mola and Brownlee had out, finishing the

:38:39. > :38:42.third lap and heading on to the last lap, and that is where we will seek

:38:43. > :38:48.the action. One of them will have to do something pretty decisive to take

:38:49. > :38:55.this victory. At the Bell Mario Mola of Spain and Jonny Brownlee of Great

:38:56. > :39:01.Britain, heading off onto their final 2.5 kilometres circuit of the

:39:02. > :39:05.streets of the Gold Coast. There is a break. The first significant

:39:06. > :39:10.injection of pace and it has come from Mario Mola. And at the moment

:39:11. > :39:16.Jonny Brownlee is unable to cover him. He can't respond. Mario Mola

:39:17. > :39:25.moves clear. One second clear. 1.5 seconds clear. Mario Mola declined

:39:26. > :39:30.the offer of water. Jonny Brownlee takes a shower. Will that invigorate

:39:31. > :39:35.him sufficiently to respond to the danger that Mario Mola has posed?

:39:36. > :39:43.Mario Mola may well have done enough. The gap to Jonathan Brownlee

:39:44. > :39:51.is up to three, four seconds. Jonathan will just have to hope that

:39:52. > :39:56.Mola has gone too early and is not able to keep up the pace for the

:39:57. > :40:02.remainder of this final lap. It looks as if last year's winner will

:40:03. > :40:09.have to settle for second place in 2016 in the Gold Coast triathlon.

:40:10. > :40:18.Fernando Alarza now comfortably in third spot. Bailie from Australia,

:40:19. > :40:25.he is in fourth position. Fernando Alarza surely confident now that he

:40:26. > :40:30.will get a spot within the Spanish Olympic team for a trip to the

:40:31. > :40:36.Olympic Games in Rio. Pretty scary for the rest of the world when you

:40:37. > :40:39.think that the main guy is not here. Mola is now really challenging Gomez

:40:40. > :40:46.for the top spot, but certainly history says that on paper Gomez is

:40:47. > :40:49.the top athlete and Mola next, and then Fernando Alarza in third in

:40:50. > :40:55.this race. The Spaniard is really strong at the moment. The island of

:40:56. > :41:02.Majorca producing some very talented sports men as well, not only Mario

:41:03. > :41:13.Mola but Rafael Nadal of course from the lyric islands. -- Bolero

:41:14. > :41:22.Brownlee looking over his shoulder now, hoping to maintain his position

:41:23. > :41:26.in second. He is starting to wobble. Jonathan is starting to lose his

:41:27. > :41:32.sense of direction. You worry is likely for Jonathan. We have seen

:41:33. > :41:36.this happen to Alistair before, in Hyde Park. We hope it doesn't happen

:41:37. > :41:40.to Jonathan but he doesn't look comfortable and we will keep our

:41:41. > :41:44.eyes on that. Mario Mola goes left towards the finishing line to claim

:41:45. > :41:50.his second win of the season, his third in the Rome having won the

:41:51. > :41:56.Grand Slam in Chicago in September 2015. -- third in a row.

:41:57. > :41:59.Consolidating his position as leader in the world triathlon standings as

:42:00. > :42:03.a lopsided Jonathan Brownlee staggers home and I hope the medics

:42:04. > :42:08.will be there. I heard that Jonny can finish but I think he may well

:42:09. > :42:17.lose out on second place. Fernando Alarza might come past him. Where is

:42:18. > :42:24.Jonny? Fernando Alarza has overtaken Jonathan Brownlee and will take

:42:25. > :42:29.second place. It is a 1-2-macro for Spain but at the moment my concerns

:42:30. > :42:34.are more for the health of Jonathan Brownlee, who is slaloming up the

:42:35. > :42:38.finishing line. He is managing to just about hold it together and

:42:39. > :42:43.finish and take his place on the podium. The medics will be all over

:42:44. > :42:50.him in a flash, I am sure. What a worrying sign. The efforts that

:42:51. > :42:55.these boys put in. Jonathan Brownlee is a mess. He finishes in third, the

:42:56. > :43:03.best of the Australians is Ryan Bailie. He is cementing his Olympic

:43:04. > :43:07.selection. Jonathan Brownlee is wheeled away for medical attention.

:43:08. > :43:15.We will keep our fingers crossed for his health. Mario Mola wins in the

:43:16. > :43:18.Gold Coast. 27 seconds clear of Fernando Alarza, with Jonathan

:43:19. > :43:24.Brownlee collapsing across the line into third. Bailie in fourth,

:43:25. > :43:30.qualifying for the Olympics for Australia. Alistair Brownlee

:43:31. > :43:35.finished in 36th position, with Tom Bishop in 42nd. Gordon Benson did

:43:36. > :43:44.not finish the race on the Gold Coast. Mario Mola extensive lead at

:43:45. > :43:50.the top of the series standings for 2016. A Spanish 1-2 with Fernando

:43:51. > :43:59.Alarza in second ahead of Bailie and Ryan Fisher of Australia. Mario

:44:00. > :44:02.Mola, a phenomenal race against some of the best and you have had an

:44:03. > :44:07.amazing start to the season. Thank you. I couldn't expect anything

:44:08. > :44:11.else. I felt great during most of the race. The run was pretty tough

:44:12. > :44:16.and Jonny was running very fast and the temperature was hot, so it got

:44:17. > :44:23.harder and harder, but I was lucky that I could finish and get the win

:44:24. > :44:29.here. Very happy for Fernando as well. He did a great race. I have

:44:30. > :44:32.had a good winter and it was fantastic to be on the start line. I

:44:33. > :44:36.knew I was not going to be mega race sharp and at my best but I am fit

:44:37. > :44:39.and I have had a good block of training and I thought I would be

:44:40. > :44:43.reasonably competitive but I had nothing today. I was really flat,

:44:44. > :44:49.slightly overdone or something. That is how it goes, I suppose. Do you

:44:50. > :44:57.attribute any of that to the conditions, the heat? Your brother

:44:58. > :45:00.was barely able to cross the line. Izzy OK? I think he is fine. It was

:45:01. > :45:02.hot but Jonny still raced well. I have been training for the last

:45:03. > :45:05.couple of weeks because I knew it would be hot, but I don't think it

:45:06. > :45:10.was the heat. I just had nothing there.

:45:11. > :45:18.We know you both give more than 110%, talk about the build-up to

:45:19. > :45:21.Rio. I hoped I would race well today, have a good result, but a

:45:22. > :45:27.couple of weeks training in the heat, it is quite good, going to

:45:28. > :45:32.Rio, but I had nothing out there. I left everyone on the bike, I was so

:45:33. > :45:37.dead, I could not get enough water, I could have done with about five

:45:38. > :45:42.stations, not two. I just managed to get through it, I want to finish

:45:43. > :45:47.every race I start, I did my best to cross the line, it was good. Do you

:45:48. > :45:52.feel you have proved yourself enough in this pilot roll? I don't know. I

:45:53. > :45:58.still could have swam better, there is definitely more work to do. If

:45:59. > :46:01.that happens in Rio, and I am not right, that causes harder than this

:46:02. > :46:07.one. I have got a few more seconds to make up on the swim. Gordon was

:46:08. > :46:11.just behind me out of the water, we have put on a good show, but still

:46:12. > :46:19.not great. We need to be the best we can be to help out Jonny and Ali. If

:46:20. > :46:24.we can improve a bit more, it will make their life easier. We have seen

:46:25. > :46:28.a very dominant British force at the Olympic Games, could we see a

:46:29. > :46:40.Spanish force instead? I hope so! Let's see when Javi comes, he is the

:46:41. > :46:48.real boss, I am looking forward to seeing him race again, and in Rio.

:46:49. > :46:52.Third successive win, Chicago at the end of last season, Abu Dhabi at the

:46:53. > :46:56.start of this one, and he backs it up with victory in the heat of the

:46:57. > :47:03.Gold Coast in Australia, three in a row for Mario Mola. The boys have

:47:04. > :47:06.been out here for a couple of weeks, they do like the weather in

:47:07. > :47:11.Yorkshire, it is a lot warmer at here! I think today took a bit of a

:47:12. > :47:16.toll on Jonny, but it is also an accumulation of the last few weeks.

:47:17. > :47:21.And Alastair, it was about a return to racing for him, he spent so long

:47:22. > :47:28.out with injury, something to improve on, plenty of time before

:47:29. > :47:33.Rio? Yeah, look, he is still on his return to full training, building up

:47:34. > :47:37.intensity, so it is another step for him, he has got a race under his

:47:38. > :47:45.belt, but the one thing we know about them, they do not like coming

:47:46. > :47:49.in second, so this is fine for them. That concludes our coverage, next up

:47:50. > :47:53.it is Cape Town, a different course from last year, and over the

:47:54. > :47:57.shorter, sprint distance, but we can hope for a similar result, because

:47:58. > :48:03.it was Alistair Brownlee and Vicky Holland who took gold. Astonishing

:48:04. > :48:09.win! Have you ever seen anything like that?! Fantastic! Colander wins

:48:10. > :48:11.in Cape Town in some style! -- Holland. Both races will be live on

:48:12. > :48:33.the red button. They are both expected to defend

:48:34. > :48:37.their titles there, and also taking part will be Non Stanford, Jodie

:48:38. > :48:43.Stimpson and Jonny Brownlee. Don't miss it. Until then, goodbye.