Gold Coast Highlights Triathlon: World Series

Hello and welcome to the highlights coverage of the World Triathlon

Series. I have come to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London to

sample the sites and sounds of a great new scheme, but more on that

later. The other event is on the other side of the world, the Gold

Coast in Australia, to be precise. And the heat is really on. It may

only be round two of the series but for Britons Jodie Stimpson and Helen

Jenkins it is the last chance to impress the selectors for Rio. All

eyes on the Brownlee brothers. Their Olympic season begins on the Gold

Coast and they go head to head for the first time since Hyde Park in

London last year. And a crucial race were Gordon Benson and Tom Bishop,

both looking to prove they have what it takes to support the Brownlee

brothers at the Olympics. Quite a weekend down under but without doubt

the women's race demands the spotlight. Four years ago it was a

case of broken Olympic dreams for both Helen and Jodie. Alan has a

real chance of gold in 2012, ruined by injury. -- Helen had a real

chance. Jodie was not selected. Now it could happen all over again. We

have chatted to both of them ahead of this race.

Reigning Commonwealth Games champion. It is great to see you

back. The season so far is tremendous. The winter period has

been consistent. Preparation going into the first couple of races, I

couldn't have faulted it, it has been brilliant, but they were always

stepping stones and I knew this one counted. It is all a build-up to

this one. What are you looking for for Saturday, race day, for yourself

and how the race might pan out? This election is to show medal contention

for Rio and to prove that I am capable of getting a medal if things

go my way. Trying to prove that is obviously key. The swimming will be

important here. It will be a fast swim, so it will be an extremely

fast run. Hopefully I will be there and we can see what happens. Looking

at Abu Dhabi, you are in physically great shape, but emotionally you

took a knock. How have you gone from here on in since then? I have had

some great training since Abu Dhabi, probably the best of four years,

which has been really positive. I want to have a good result because

of all the selection and because it is a World Series, but just to

deliver on the training I have done because it has been really positive.

I am really excited to see if I can go out there and race well off it.

When I think along I have been doing this sport, this is my third time

going through an Olympic cycle. It does feel like a long time but I am

in a good place at the moment, really enjoying the training this

season and looking forward to being back out there racing and just

enjoying it. I love racing in Australia because it is such a

sporting nation and everyone gets behind it. It is always good fun to

race here and Aussies are very knowledgeable about triathlon, which

is fun. Talking about British selection for yourself, is that

something that you may be a bit mob conservative about? Are you going

for the win? Are you racing personally? We have one spot and

Jodie and I are ranked one and three in the world and it is crazy that

one of us will not be going to the Games and I wish we could both go

but I have got to be sensible. I have been through different race

scenarios and I will see how it pans out. I know that all round I am a

really good triathlete. It is more about doing the race than thinking

about selection for me at the moment. I have just got to focus on

me, my goals and what I want to do in the race and prove that I deserve

to go. Having said that, if Helen has a better rate than me, then she

deserves it. She is a very difficult competitor to go up against. No

matter whether I make the team or not, I will need downtime to build

on the second half of the series or to build on and focus on Rio. Either

way it will be nice to go home, have some down time and build to

whichever path leads me. We saw each other earlier in the week and you

see more relaxed maybe. I am relaxed because I am not thinking about the

Olympics. Somebody mentioned Rio the other day and I said gosh, yes, it

is this year. It is not playing on me day to day. In the build-up to

London I thought about it every day for two years, three maybe. It was

always there. With the setbacks, I have learned to roll with it a bit

and if it happens, it happens. The Olympics is so important but it is

not everything. I have got my goals that I want to hit for the race and

that is my race planning but it will be influenced by the other racers.

You can't go in with what you want to happen. You cannot plan it like

that, unfortunately. The main one is the Australian qualification as

well, and they will be looking at the first Aussie across the line. No

matter where I am in the race, the Aussies will be an influence on the

race as well. I think it will make it much harder and faster on race

day. It would have been nice to qualify one year out but it is what

it is and it is all down to this weekend. I think I will be

disappointed if I am not going to Rio. I will be disappointed. It is

what I am aiming for but it will not be devastating to me. Life goes on

and I think I have a good balance at the moment with where I am. It has

been a healthy attitude for me over the past few

months and I have got to try and maintain that into the race. I have

Panay, plan B, Clancy. I have entered loads of races and that is

it. I will decide on which plan to take. -- I have plan A, plan B.

Jodie and Helen is very much the storyline in the Gold Coast but

there is plenty more to watch in this world-class race. These are the

ones to watch. With so much at stake for so many, the women's race this

weekend promises to be a real nailbiter. This trailing contingent

on the start line will be desperate to perform well in front of their

national team selectors. The first to finish in the top ten earns an

automatic spot for Rio while the other two places are discretionary.

Ashleigh Gentle's second place in Abu Dhabi makes her the one to beat

but in hot pursuit will be Erin Densham and Emma Moffatt. Also keen

to impress our former under 23 World Champion Charlotte McShane and

Gillian Backhouse, who was the top Aussie finisher at last month's test

event. Expect a lot of focus on Gwen Jorgensen, the favourite for Olympic

gold. The World Champion looks stronger than ever as she claimed

victory last weekend in the cup race. She is aiming to win her 13th

consecutive World Series race here. It was an American podium clean

sweep in the Gold Coast last year and after being caught up in last

month's crash in Abu Dhabi, silver and bronze medallists Sarah True and

Katie Zeffirelli will want to remind themselves of better times in

Queensland. And the whole of the triathlon world will be cheering on

New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt following the death of her fiance

last November. Lusty's World Series runner-up has started the season

well with second place behind Gwen Jorgensen. She is aiming for another

podium finish in Australia. Race highlights now.

Stage two of the World Triathlon Series in the Gold Coast in

Australia, Queensland, the venue. What a sensational backdrop. We

began in Abu Dhabi, on the 5th of March. And now we are in the Gold

Coast and it is a two lacks swim, originally supposed to start on the

beach, but it will be a pontoon start now. The exit the water at the

end of the first lap and then they will pick up their bikes and cycle

eight laps around the streets of the Gold Coast. 85 kilometre laps to

complete the 40 kilometres full Olympic distance for triathlon. The

run is a 10,000 metres affair, the Olympic distance. Four lapse of 2.5

kilometres. And that is how things will round off. Stimpson was number

one. Gentle, Jenkins, Flora Duffy, Renee Tomlin, Emmie Charayron, on

that first page. You may be surprised to see True and Jordans

and wearing later start numbers that that is because they did not race in

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

round two of the 2016 World Triathlon Series on the Gold Coast.

It is under way. A spectacular dive start. Look at that. They have

spread out after leaving the pontoon. A total of 65 athletes on

their way. It one of his Olympic distance triathlon, which were so

many nations is an important race in terms of Olympic selection. Three

distinct groups forming. There are some clouds above. Not quite as

beautiful as it was an hour ago on the Gold Coast. Conditions still

officially sunny but the hint of a storm in the hour. At the moment it

is nice and warm. The athletes are making their way out towards the

first turn on this anticlockwise swim. We will get another look at

the dive start. A spectacular start to round two of the 2016 World

Triathlon Series. As yet, no sign of number one Jodie Stimpson of Great

Britain or number three compatriot Helen Jenkins. They will both expect

to be near the lead of the swim at the end. They have to exit the

water, remember, after the first 1000 metres, and then dive back in

for the second shorter lap. This is a swim that I would imagine Helen

would like. No wet suit, motion swim, so quite bumpy. Not surprised

that she will be up at the front of this swim. Early days yet. Mark

Jenkins, her husband and coach, has said that she has done really well

and had one of the best blocks of training that she has had in four

years since the race in Abu Dhabi when she finished third. Mark and

Helen highly optimistic in their assessment of her fitness and

ability at the moment. Mark described her as the best triathlete

in the world, which was quite a bold statement to make. It was very bold.

We haven't seen the Helen that we saw in 2012, before she got injured

ahead of the London Olympics, 20 got first place in Abu Dhabi. I still

think there is room for improvement. She is 32, and for an endurance

athlete she has a good couple of years in her. The first turn, time

to steer clear of trouble. A bit of a jam and this is where things can

get interesting. If you get caught on the inside. Elbows flying.

Suddenly got stopped in their tracks, number 27, Melanie Santos

from Portugal. She got a blow in the face, I think. Just treading water

for a few seconds. I hope she is OK. Meanwhile out in front, Carolina

Routier putting pressure on Samuels and they continue to make the turn.

These shots showing us how tough it can be because sometimes you do not

get a close-up view of what goes on in the water, but that shot just

showed viewers how tough it can get. We have a break here. Carolyn rete

eight deciding to go it alone. And Nicky Samuels and Katie is a Ferris,

I think. And then another body length and the next group is behind

them. Carolina Routier has put in a solid performance so far. It will be

interesting to see who remains in touching difference with her --

touching distance. Carolina Routier has managed to stay clear of danger,

swimming away from the rest of the pack, and she will have a solitary

run along the blue carpet as she comes up the ramp now, at the end of

the first of two laps. Carolina Routier eight Spain jogs along the

pontoon with a cursory glance over her shoulder to see who is following

her. She is back in the water of a two, followed by Samuels, Jones, and

we will keep an eye out for the two British athletes. I think I saw

Helen Jenkins going through, just passing in front of our screen. I

cannot confirm whether or not Jodie Stimpson is in the front group.

Unfortunately we didn't get the graphic that we normally get at the

end of the first lap to confirm who is in which position.

Stimpson is a long way behind, Jenkins out in 13th, looking at the

field, I would suggest that therefore Stimpson was in

approximately 30 and position, so a better start so far for Helen

Jenkins. I was a little optimistic in my assessment of Stimpson's

position, I thought 30th, in fact it is 42nd position. So already the

plot for British triathlon and Olympic selection is beckoning. It

certainly is, and you have got to feel for Jodie, she has got a lot of

work to do, the bike course is very technical, and we saw last year

there were lots of breaks, and I think if she does not try to pull

something back on this second lap, a much shorter lap, and a 500 metres,

so only around about six minutes or less on swimming to go, so Jodie,

she is in a spot of bother at the moment. You can see the gap between

the first group and the chasers, the first group numbers about 25, and

then there is a lone swimmer just tried to close the gap and join in

the fun at the front. And then a gap to the group that contains Jodie

Stimpson. You can see the final exit point, so they are not finishing at

the same point where they started the race. It will be up the beach,

where the race was originally scheduled to start, across the soft

sand as they exit the Pacific Ocean and make their way up to transition

to find their bikes and begin lap 1 of age to complete 40 kilometres and

two wheels. And what they start for Carolina Routier, proving she is the

one to watch in the water. 23, 24 is my rough count of the numbers

involved in this first group as the Arrowhead makes its way to the soft

sand, and Routier exit is once again, with a glance over her

shoulder to see who will follow her out of the water. She is followed by

Kirsten Kasper, Nicky Samuels, Gillian Backhouse, then Zaferes,

true. Erin Jones of the USA, followed by Gwen Jorgensen, then the

first of the British athletes is Helen Jenkins coming out in about 30

position. She is hoping to join any action at the start of the ride, you

can just see Jenkins clipping on her helmet on the left on-screen. She

will exit hot on the heels of Gwen Jorgensen, Katie Zaferes, one two

other Americans. Sarah True is in that group as well, and we will keep

an eye on transition to see the gap as it builds for the arrival of the

second group, which contains Jodie Stimpson. But round one, in terms of

the British battle, to Helen Jenkins. So Routier will cede the

lead quite quickly, she will not have any designs on making a break.

The gap coming out of the water was not particularly significant, so we

have four, they will be caught quite quickly by the chasing group of

around 16 or 17 as they make this hairpin bend. This group, five, six,

I have lost count, the group behind will close them down quite quickly,

and then they will get to work, writing is effectively and as

quickly as possible to try and keep the chase group at bay. Some of the

highlights of transition number one, Kasper of the USA off to a flying

start. This front group of four now about to be caught by the chasers.

Remember, Helen Jenkins is with this front group, wearing number three.

Now, what will Jenkins be thinking? Will she be thinking, hold your

nerve, stay with this group? Or will she be wanting to force their way to

the group, stretched the lead, put pressure on Jodie Stimpson? Helen

Jenkins is an athlete who likes to race from the front, so I expect to

see her at there very soon. At the moment, she will not have a clear

idea of where Jodie is, and neither have we, we have not seen the second

back come out of the swim, but there are quite a few chances to be able

to see where everybody is, lots of out and backs, so the motivation for

both the front and the second back, because they can see the work they

have got to do. Katie Zaferes, 34, third in this race a year ago. She

was second in London, second in Stockholm, she had a cracking

season, second in Abu Dhabi, and in Auckland as well. But for ever in

the shadow of Gwen Jorgensen. Andrea Hewitt, consistently the best of the

New Zealanders in the last three or four seasons. And she's currently

taking H at the front of the field. Now, we have got the timings

through, Jodie Stimpson crossed the line at the end of lap one in 20

Seventh Place, about 40 seconds off the pace, so Stimpson is a long way

behind Jenkins after the first lap. -- 27th place. They are heading

inland for a more narrow section, up the hill, not a particularly stiff

climb, but the riders are forced out of the saddle as Andrea Hewitt

injects a bit of pace to try and consolidate the break she is

attempting to make alongside Flora Duffy. There is number one, Jodie

Stimpson, we are back with the win of the Abu Dhabi triathlon,

Stimpson, you can see the effigy is putting in. She has been regularly

out in front, she is barking instructions to those alongside her.

Sara Vilic of Austria takes her turn at the front, Stimpson wants some

help, she needs some assistance if she is to bridge the gap, which is

around 40 seconds to a great rival, Helen Jenkins, who has had a much

better start. The chase group now more than one minute behind. The red

dot indicates the leaders, who are finishing their inland stretch. The

blue dot indicates where the chasers are, just heading up the hill on the

inland section. Helen Jenkins there now leading this race, wearing

number three, currently ranked number three. Jodie Stimpson is one

minutes down, Matt, a lot of work to do. Ashleigh Gentle on the front now

with Jodie Stimpson on her wheel, Gentle finished second in Abu Dhabi,

she rode incredibly hard with the current Olympic champion, riding

hard for a whole 35 kilometres, bridging the gap. Gentle is a great

rider, Stimpson, Jackson from Australia, this is a big pack, and I

cannot see them working well together to break down the deficit,

which is now over a minute to the front back. Just about every time we

have had a shot of the front of the chase back it has been Jodie doing

all the work on her own at the front. She is joined by Marie Rabie

from South Africa, her training partner, and she may be getting

support from her. Helen Jenkins really pushing the pace, no letup as

we come towards the end of the second lap. So Jenkins of Great

Britain, alongside Flora Duffy, Rachel Klamer, Kirsten Kasper, Erin

Densham, Andrea Hewitt, Nicky Samuels, Sarah True, then Gwen

Jorgensen. The three big-name Americans are all in that group,

Takahashi, Taylor Spivey, Ackermann, Clark, Backhouse is just a few

seconds removed. A total of 19 officially in that lead group. So

the Stimpson group has made a slight dent in Helen Jenkins's group lead,

but it is not a significant dent. So the race continues to have its

twists and turns. We talked about British Olympic selection, with

Nicky Holland and Non Stanford already confirmed as the first two

of three Olympic triathletes to be joined by one other, potentially

Helen Jenkins, potentially Jodie Stimpson. And the official line is

that Jenkins, who we see in picture at the moment, we'll need to finish

on the podium, or Stimpson will need to finish on the podium. They could

change their mind and take a support athlete a little later, but you

would have to think that if Helen Jenkins goes on to finish in amongst

the top five today, and is clear of Jodie Stimpson, that she will have

done enough to cement their place in Rio. But there are discretionary

options available to the Olympic selectors. It is certainly not easy

for them at all, Jodie Stimpson has been proving year after year that

she is a quality athlete, and she could be an Olympic medallist

potentially. Helen Jenkins, of course, has all the experience, and

when she is on top form, she is one of the best triathletes in the

world. Tricky times for the selectors, we do not know what is

going to happen in this race yet, but it is playing into the hands of

Helen Jenkins. The helicopter bringing us these pictures, swooping

in across the harbour on the Gold Coast, picking up the lead three.

And this course here in Australia is more similar to the Rio Olympic

course than any of the other events that they will race in on the World

Triathlon Series this summer. Yeah, I think in terms of the water, the

kind of race they will expect in the water, non-wetsuit, ocean swim,

slightly choppy, and a tough, demanding bike, although there is a

bigger hill on the course in Rio. But the run is very similar, flat,

hot and humid, perhaps not quite as humid as the Gold Coast, because in

Rio we will be heading into autumn, but still pretty warm.

Interestingly, Jodie Stimpson and Helen Jenkins will have just come I

do I with each other, one heading in One Direction, the other still

chasing her tail, with Jenkins just chasing over her shoulder to see how

much damage she and Duffy and Hewitt have done with this breakaway at the

start of the field. It is not a decisive break, but looking like a

positive move from this trio, they have done some damage after getting

on for 49 and a half minutes of this triathlon. They are about to

complete lap four, so we are halfway through the cycle stage, and the

race has a new complexion and it compared to the end of lap three,

when a massive group came into its together. Three coming together now,

Flora Duffy of Bermuda, Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand, and Helen

Jenkins of Great Britain. The gap that they have opened up to the next

group of a dozen is nine seconds. Zaferes, Moffatt, Kasper, Clark,

Jorgensen. Sarah True and Yuko Takahashi are in that group,

alongside Klamer, Ackermann, Santos. The lead group out on their own now,

so far, tactically, Helen Jenkins has delivered a masterclass. And,

meanwhile, Jodie Stimpson, I think, as tucked in towards the back of the

chasing group, and the gap, I think, is now significantly larger than it

was at the end of lap four. We will get an official time in a moment.

But it is a big gap, and Stimpson is no longer at the front. More pace

from Jenkins. I guess she is now beginning to think that she may have

won the battle with Stimpson. Can she go on and win the battle with

Jorgensen? For victory in this race? And rubber-stamp the Olympic

credentials? Well, we have seen Gwen race just once, this year, in one of

the World Cup events in New Plymouth in New Zealand, where she won.

Andrea Hewitt was second, just 22 seconds behind Gwen Jorgensen, but

that was over the sprint distance, just five kilometres. We have not

yet seen Gwen race over the 10,000 metres, I imagine that she is as

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

the moment, Matt, one little breakaway here, and the group that

are now trailing by around 20 seconds. Andrea Hewitt is having an

incredible race, because let's not forget, she has been through a

really difficult time, losing her boyfriend last year in November,

very sadly, had a heart attack, having already suffered some heart

problems. The latest news we have on the battle between Jenkins and

Stimpson is that Jenkins has established a lead of 90 seconds. We

will get confirmation of that in around 90 seconds from now, because

Duffy, Jenkins and Hewitt have crossed the line to complete lap

five with three to go. And there is a British flag waving to encourage

Helen Jenkins. And they had out to get stuck into lap six, the clock

ticking on. So this is the chase group, and this group does not

contain Jodie Stimpson, this contains Gwen Jorgensen, Densham,

Samuels, plenty of others with Olympic aspirations. They are

between 26 and 30 seconds off the pace, the clock continues to take to

the group which contains Jodie Stimpson, and the last official

timing that we have on that was that Stimpson was one minute and a half

off the pace. We are riding alongside Gwen Jorgensen now, and

she is barking instructions to her fellow riders. She will be out where

now that the gap between her and the leading three was getting towards 30

seconds, she does not want to leave herself too much to do if she wants

to win this race today. She doesn't look comfortable on the

bicycle, does she? Looks a bit awkward, sitting a bit far behind

and not totally relaxed. Helen Jenkins and Flora Duffy are totally

relaxed, slightly forward on the front of the seat. Now the chase

group, 37 seconds down. Helen Jenkins and Andrea Hewitt and Flora

Duffy doing some great work there together. The breakaway has been

beautifully executed by those three. They seized their opportunity. And

it was planned and executed perfectly. They have completed six

of the eight laps, so just ten kilometres left to right. So far it

has been a dominant performance from Flora Duffy, Andrea Hewitt and Helen

Jenkins, as they launch their individual quests for success and

Olympic selection. We will check on the time difference between Helen

Jenkins and the Gwen Jorgensen group first of all and a little later

between Helen Jenkins and the Jodie Stimpson group. The Gwen Jorgensen

group coming towards transition now. Getting on for 45 seconds

thereabouts, that is the gap between the leaders and the chasers. More

damage done at lap six. 44 seconds to the Gwen Jorgensen group which

also includes Sarah True, Kasper, Katie Zaferes. Gwen Jorgensen

officially in 11th place at the moment. Taylor Spivey number 47,

another American in the group. Lots of stars and stripes coming through

among the 15 riders in group member two. This is the Jodie Stimpson

group. Goodness me. The gap is huge now. Two minutes exactly between the

two British triathletes in this race today. Jenkins and Stimpson. Two

minutes separate them. Back now with Helen Jenkins, Andrea Hewitt and

Flora Duffy, who have really taken a bit of a risk that it has paid off.

They find themselves a good 50 seconds in front of the chase group

now, which of course contains Gwen Jorgensen, unbeaten in the last 13

races. These girls will still have to work pretty hard and still keep

pushing the pace, because they need to come back into transition two

with a good 75 or 90 seconds in front of Gwen Jorgensen because she

is capable of pulling back that kind of time, even with the likes of

Andrea Hewitt and Jenkins who are such strong runners. Flora Duffy has

improved running but of the three out in Frenchie is probably the

runner. The three leaders inject further pace. They have done damage

on every lap. The gap to the Gwen Jorgensen group has grown. Last time

Gwen Jorgensen was beaten was in Cape Town, 2014, and on that day she

was beaten by the two British triathletes, Jodie Stimpson winning

the race and Helen Jenkins coming in second and Gwen Jorgensen in third.

Cape Town early two years ago, the last time Gwen Jorgensen lost a

race. The end of lap seven, after an hour and 12.5 minutes, no change at

the front. Duffy, Hewitt, Jenkins, starting to sense that a podium

place might be on offer today. The clock ticking on as we get a check

on the time difference between the leading three and the chasing group,

the Gwen Jorgensen group, and already 20 seconds as they move up

out of the saddle, looking for a little injection of pace on the exit

of transition. The gap to the chasers is now 30 seconds and

growing. Here they come, the Gwen Jorgensen group, coming towards

transition. We will get an idea of what Gwen Jorgensen will need to do

on the 10,000 metres run if she is to claim her 13th straight World

Triathlon Series win. More than a minute, getting up towards a minute

and a quarter, possibly more than that, between the leaders and the

chasers. One minute 17 as they take the bell. One minute and 17 seconds,

and it could be there or thereabouts. Maybe one minute and 20

by the end of the final lap. That is the way the race has unfolded

between the leading three and the chasing group. Five seconds, then

27, then 43, then 76 seconds. A masterclass in controlled aggression

from these three. The way they have moved up the pace, lap after lap,

and they are approaching the end of the final circuit now, as Helen

Jenkins just cools herself down with the last drops in that water bottle.

Here we go, into transition for the final time at the end of lap number

eight. After an hour and 20 minutes,

getting on for a hour and 21 minutes since the triathlon began. Hewitt on

the left, Duffy on the right, Jenkins just behind. One hour, 20

minutes and 32 seconds as they hit the transition area. We will focus

on Helen Jenkins. To gets the front wheel into the stand, and clips the

bike helmet. Duffy's she was going on. Who will be first to rise from

transition? It is Helen Jenkins, leaving the transition ahead of

Flora Duffy and Andrea Hewitt. Actually pretty good transition work

from all three. They will be shoulder to shoulder heading out on

lap one of four. Four 2.5 kilometre laps to conclude, a total of 10,000

metres. That lies between Helen Jenkins and potential victory and

guaranteed Olympic selection. The second pack coming in now and

looking at the time on the clock we are looking at round about just over

1.30. We said she would need 90 seconds, and he has exactly that.

Kasper on the left but we will be keeping an eye on Gwen Jorgensen,

who arrives at her stand, the world number one. The right shoe goes on,

the left shoe, bike helmet off and into the box. Gwen Jorgensen is not

the first to rise from transition but near the lead and it will not be

long before she forces her way to the front of this chase group. She

will have Katie Zaferes, Sarah True and Taylor Spivey for company and

Kasper as well. Out in front, Helen Jenkins has attempted to make a

break right at the start of the 10,000 metre run. She has a couple

of metres over Flora Duffy in second, who in turn has a couple of

metres over Andrea Hewitt in third. Now the Jodie Stimpson group arrive

in triathlon. Stimpson on the left of screen, tripping up over one of

the shoes on her pedals. She does have a history in this department. I

have an image of that happening. A bit of deja vu from Yokohama in 2014

when a similar thing happened. With not such important consequences.

Stimpson breaks third from her group in transition but she is a mile

behind her compatriot, Helen Jenkins. What a run it has been so

far for Jenkins. She has broken the back of her opponents with whom she

rode for most of the 40 kilometre ride, within the first five

kilometres here. Terrific start to stage three of this triathlon for

Helen Jenkins. She has gone out hard but I hope not too hard. She is an

experienced athlete and she knows what she is doing. She looks like

she is running a three kilometre race, not ten at the moment. Jodie

Stimpson leading the second pack but all she can do is try to chase some

of the slower runners in that second pack. Gwen Jorgensen goes to work,

further back along the row, trying to bridge the gap towards the

leading three. Her winning streak, 12 in a row of the last dozen races

that she has entered, she has won all of them. First run lap of four

competed for Helen Jenkins, total time of one hour, 29 minutes and ten

seconds. That gives her a gap of 19 seconds over Andrea Hewitt, who has

a three second gap over Flora Duffy. One lap down, three to go. Gwen

Jorgensen arrives in transition. She is completing her first lap. At the

end of the bike stage the gap between Jenkins and Gwen Jorgensen

was one and a half minutes, slightly more than that. I will look at the

time difference now and I don't think Gwen Jorgensen has done any

damage. I think the gap may actually have grown by a second or more. No.

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

she went through transition, and Gwen Jorgensen has made a slight

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

It is a long time since San Diego, 2012, and it has been a long time to

wait to strike gold for Helen Jenkins. It could come on the Gold

Coast. Flora Duffy in third. She will be keeping an eye over her

shoulder for the approaching figure of Gwen Jorgensen, who may not do

enough to go on to win today but she will still be hoping to get in

amongst the podium action. Gwen Jorgensen starting to attempt to eat

into the lead that Helen Jenkins had at the end of lap one. One minute

and 29 seconds, it was. And now the first to arrive halfway through the

run, after one hour, 37 minutes and 30 seconds, Helen Jenkins, the

former World Champion, the former British number one, is looking to

cement her place within the Olympic team in Rio in August. If she does,

it will be her third Olympic Games. Can she get there this time in good

shape? Avoiding any further injury and illness. She is being warmly

applauded by a number of British fans here, aware of the significance

of what she has achieved today. She crosses the line to complete a two

of four and she will get another check on the gap between Jenkins and

Gwen Jorgensen. At the end of the first lap it was one minute and 29

seconds. Flora Duffy, crossing the line shortly. She will be in third

position. Andrea Hewitt is just ahead of her in second position.

Five kilometres to go. Jenkins looks very comfortable indeed still. A

long way to go. Five kilometres, less than that now. No sign of Gwen

Jorgensen yet. There she goes. She is definitely putting some time into

Duffy and Hewitt. I think Duffy can stay away but Hewitt will have to

work very hard and Jenkins is charging on and there is no let-up

in her pace as she heads towards the end of the third lap with one lap to

go of 2.5 kilometres. 2.5 kilometres to run for Helen Jenkins of Great

Britain. One hour 46 minutes and 44 seconds so far. A year ago Gwen

Jorgensen's winning time was one hour 56 minutes and 59 seconds. Gwen

Jorgensen can at best hope for a place on the podium here today as

Jenkins heads out on her way on her final lap. We will get an official

time check between Jenkins and Gwen Jorgensen, between the British

triathlete and the American world number one.

Hewitt in second place, for New Zealand. Coming up towards 50

seconds or thereabouts before she takes her bell. There it is. 57

seconds officially between Jenkins in first and Hewitt in second and

Duffy is only five seconds behind Andrea Hewitt. Duffy has found a

little bit of pace. Jorgensen has had her best lap so

far in terms of hunting down Jenkins, because she has taken a

further ten seconds out of the leader's time. It is the Bermudan in

red who now takes second place away from Andrea Hewitt, what a terrific

fightback from Flora Duffy of Bermuda. Pushed down to third by

Hewitt, wasn't finished, decided to greater teeth and fightback, but

both Hewitt in third and Duffy in second are facing the looming figure

of Gwen Jorgensen, who is on their shoulder practically in the fourth,

and closing fast. Meanwhile, Howden front, our leader is Helen Jenkins

from Great Britain. -- out in front. The resistance continues from Hewitt

and Duffy, doubly determined, with a little bit of help from each other,

to fight off this rearguard action from Gwen Jorgensen, who now seems

to have found just a little extra modicum of pace as she tries to plug

the gap to Duffy and Hewitt, and it seems that further resistance may be

futile, because here she comes, Jorgensen has dug deep into her

reserves of acceleration and is now on the shoulder of Hewitt deep in

the final lap. And Hewitt's heart must sink, as she sees the tall

American coming alongside her. Joining her first and then Duffy,

but meanwhile, out in front, victory celebrations will begin for Helen

Jenkins, who has had the race of her life to seal her position in her

third Olympic Games. Maybe it will be time for her first medal this

year, the smile is broad, relief is obvious. Helen Jenkins stops to

accept the congratulations of those who have gathered to watch her win

round two of the 20 World Triathlon Series on the Gold Coast, and win it

in style. Jenkins takes the victory in one hour, 56 minutes and three

seconds, and thereby she seals her Olympic selection. Meanwhile, Hewitt

is not finished yet, she has a battle for second on her hands with

Gwen Jorgensen. Jorgensen is not used to this, Jorgensen is still

fighting for second place, but Hewitt is responding. Oh, what a

finish between the American and the Kiwi, and Jorgensen finally gets the

better of Hewitt to take second place. Hewitt will have to settle

for third, what a courageous race by Andrea Hewitt. And Duffy will finish

down in fourth for Bermuda after a superb performance, but it was all

about the battle of the British triathletes today, and Helen Jenkins

seals victory on the Gold Coast. What an amazing performance.

Confirmation of the final results, a fantastic performance for Helen

Jenkins. Jodie Stimpson finished down in 12th

position and will have to wait for the Olympic selectors' decision.

Helen Jenkins now leads the 2016 standings and of Flora Duffy, Jodie

Stimpson is in third, Gentle is fourth, Renee Tomlin is the best of

the Americans in fifth. Gwen Jorgensen has moved up to eighth.

Your race was phenomenal, taking out Gwen Jorgensen's winning streak!

That is amazing. I did not have the best swim, coming to the first buoy,

my God, what am I doing? I was way back, I gave myself a bit of a

talking to, and I managed to move through next to Gwen by the end of

the first lap. On the bike, I mean, Andrea was phenomenal today, I was

just hanging on her wheel, me and Flora got a gap, and it's just went.

But it was so technical, just as hard sitting in as at the front, but

I felt better as it went on, but that bike really hurt! My heart

breaks for Jodie, but I think I have done another today. It is so hard, I

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

she might not be going to the Games. If the British selectors were to

take you to your third Olympic Games, it must give you confidence

going on to the Rio course. It does, I had better start writing some

hills in training! My husband has been smashing me on the bike, thank

God he has been riding well, it felt ready. It is or is good to be on the

top step, but Helen had a better race, they worked really hard on the

bike, they had a better bike than me. You feel with Helen's selection

on the line, she really had to push for that now, whereas you know about

your selection come August? I was pushing really hard, I never come

into a race not wanting to be on the top step. Hopefully that would give

me more motivation going into the next one. I congratulate you on

second, first is where you have been for so long, but I still look at you

as making so many improvements - have you got more to make for real?

For sure, I hope I have some improvements to make! I have been

working hard, and yeah, I have had a goal, an aspiration to win gold in

Rio for four years now, and I'm going to give it everything I have.

Andrea Hewitt, Jude congratulations, sprint finish with Gwen Jorgensen. I

didn't expect that when I started today! The whole race went well for

me, I was not worried about qualification, like some of the

other countries, but I was in the breakaway, I had to hang on on the

run, but the sprint finish with Gwen, it was a good result. I have

always admired your consistency over the years of racing, and coming into

an Olympic year, what you are able to produce is truly phenomenal, is

this something that you are looking to build upon now through to Rio?

Yeah, this year is completely different, I am missing some on this

whole year. Around race time, it is really difficult. Before the race

and during the race, even now. It is going to be so different. But I am

racing for him as well as myself. It was amazing today.

And the smile says it all for Helen Jenkins, she came here with a

mission to beat Jodie Stimpson. And give the Olympic selectors no

choice but to pick her and take her to Rio alongside Non Stanford and

Vicky Holland. She has given them no choice with an emphatic victory.

Helen Jenkins and certainly stamped her spot-on the team.

Look, she has put down such a great performance today, really happy for

her, she has said to be selectors, you have got to pick me. We will

discuss and next week, but what an outstanding performance. Great

Britain is blessed, we have got Jodie as well, who did not have the

best race today, but she has pushed them all the way. And how is Jodie?

She was quite emotional, but both of the girls of friends and team-mates,

but there is always one who will miss out. Yeah, look, we have not

made a final decision, but Jodie is obviously very disappointed, because

she has not been able to get a best performance

out today. We will support her, whatever the outcome, whether it is

Olympics or World Series for the rest of the year. The next race is

Cape Town, where Non Stanford and Vicky Holland plan to make their

season debut. They are already pre-selected for Rio. The World

Triathlon Series is coming to Yorkshire, why not come along and

take part the day before thanks to Triathlon England?

The Olympic Park really is a fabulous venue for Go Tri, and these

are great events to get started with the sport, they are fun, they are

low-key, and over shorter distances than the triathlon you see on

television. This is a 200 metres swim, five Kay on a static bike,

then a three-day run. You do not need to buy lots of expensive

equipment, so if you think it might be the sport for you, why don't you

Go Tri? There are hundreds of events taking place this summer, so as to

the BBC website for details of Go Tri knew you. Take a look at the

triathlon section of the BBC Sport website for details of the World

Triathlon Series in Leeds and the entry details for Go Tri the day

before. Victories saw them pre-selected for

the British are in big team going to Rio. And a win for Brian Taylor also

boosted his hopes of qualifying for the Games, which he will hope to do

via the European Championships in May. Back to Gold Coast, and there

is just one Olympic spot left open for the men, and this will be

selected purely on the basis of being a support role for the

Brownlee brothers in their bid for gold in Rio. Emma has been speaking

to the leading contenders for that third spot, Tom Bishop and Gordon

Benson. It is not obvious to the general

public what you need to do, but to us you need to swim at the front,

then be at the front on the bike, and ideally you have got to do

something that can change the race. You have to pull the breakaway back,

pull the boys up to the breakaway, or if you create the breakaway, keep

the pace high, stop the second pack coming together, just doing

everything we can to support Great Britain. They are really great

runners, they just need to get there in good shape, hopefully in a small

group, so the competition is less and they can run away a bit. Gordon

Benson wins Britain's first-ever gold at the European Games. At the

European Games in Baku, I played a role like Gordon, who was also going

for this pilot role, he was the team leader, and we did a great job of

seeing Gordon through to the run, and we had about a minute, a minute

45 on the chase group. Gordon held on for the win. He was not

particularly favourite going into the race, but we knew that if we

worked together as a team, we would get a medal. We have never thought

of triathlon as a team sport. It has definitely changed, and it is the

influence of Jonathan and Alistair, the way they run from the front, and

it makes sense to have athletes at the front, put the pressure on. I

have always liked the idea of racing as a team, like we do in arena

races, it is a great feeling when you share success together. OK, I

might not stand on top of the podium in Rio, but if I contribute towards

that, I will feel just as good. I want other nations to start working

as teams, it would make the race more exciting, teams chasing,

working against each other. I think it would change the way the sport

is. In 2014, I set my eyes on entering this way, it seemed like a

great opportunity. Or me, it was an opportunity to go to the big games,

aged 22, and not only be there but have a realistic goal, saying I want

to win the Olympic Games. At this point in my career, but would not

have been realistic, Jonny was 22 when he got bronze, but for me, I am

not quite at that stage yet. It allows me to go there with a

realistic goal, and I can go and aid the delivery. I just want to go and

do the job, and if I can do the job, and the selectors see I can do the

best job, I'm confident they will make the right selection, and at the

end of the day it is bigger than just one person. The Olympics is

about Britain winning the gold medal, the medals again, and if they

make the right selection, I will be happy with that. If it is not me,

OK, I will be disappointed, but I will know they have made the right

decision, it is about winning the gold medal. In UK Sport, it is about

winning medals, and I think that is good, rather than placing three

athletes in the top 20 to deliver two to the highest possible

standard, I think the support role as a great opportunity for them, and

at the end of the day it is about the Olympics if we get the chance.

We think we are stronger as a team, and stronger united.

A big race for Tom and Gordon, as it is for their two team-mates who are

making their season debut. Alistair takes to win! Jonny wins in

Stockholm. It is brother against brother. It is a sprint finish

between the brothers. What a race. I really wanted to start my season in

the Gold Coast. I think it fitted in well with my programme. The big race

is in Rio in a few months, but it was important for me after a long

winter of training to get out and race. I haven't raised enough over

the last three years and I wanted to make sure I was confident in my body

and racing ability by racing in the early part of the season and then

having a good block of training leading up to Rio. Gold Coast is

fantastic to have a couple of weeks of nice and warm training, and it

brings back memories of winning the world title in 2009 here. That year

was probably the best triathlon I have ever done as an all-round

complete triathlon. Let's go and do something similar. I want to go to

Gold Coast because it is a sea swim and it will be in Rio as well and in

the Olympics I want to take off every box possible, so if I take

that box it is great. There is a fine line between staying fit and

wanting to beat everyone in the season, trying to beat everyone. It

is all about Rio. Four years ago in London you had a third man in the

team, the support athletes Stuart Hayes. Would you like that in Rio?

Yes, that is something I definitely want to see. I am a strong believer

that you take the best team to go to the Olympics. The Olympic Games is

about winning medals, simple as that. Alistair and myself have been

selected already so the next person is someone who can help us win a

medal and on that Rio course it could be achieved. Somebody could do

a very good job. There is definitely an element of trust. That is very

important. They have to make sure they are dedicating themselves to

the role and that in the race they will not pull a fast one and they

will do what they are supposed to be doing, and in the lead up to the

training that they will train as hard as they can. Whether you have

to get on with them, that is a different argument. There does not

have to be an element of friendship. A domestic could have a massive

impact on the race in Rio on that kind of course, swimming out at the

front, riding hard in the first couple of laps, that is the best

possible scenario for us. If the rate is split up and it is hard and

we are in a group after the first couple of laps, it doesn't get much

better than that for us. Alistair and Jonny as well as the first two

from the opening race in Abu Dhabi, Mario Mola, and Richard Murray, now

here are the highlights. This is the start list and the

Brownlee brothers do not appear on the first couple of pages because

they were absent in round one. They are wearing number 33 for Alistair

and 36 the Jonny. There are two other British triathlete in the

field, Tom Bishop and Gordon Benson, wearing 26 and 53 respectively. They

are battling for the opportunity to compete in Rio as a pilot athlete

for the already pre-selected Brownlee brothers. In other words,

the utility athlete to aid and abet the Brownlee brothers and their

cause for potential Olympic gold and silver. They achieved gold and

bronze in Hyde Park in London 2012 and they are looking to go better in

Rio 2016. Round two of the 2016 men's World Triathlon Series is

about to get under way. A return to competition for both the Brownlee

brothers. The Olympic champion Alistair, the Olympic bronze

medallist Jonathan, based in the field today. -- both in the field

today among this troupe of 67 athletes, who make a wonderful

world. . Whitewater flares up as the races attack the warm, relatively

flat and buoyant waters of the Gold Coast harbour. We will expect to see

good swimming from Alistair and Jonathan because they are the best

in the world, but what can we expect from Tom Bishop and Gordon Benson?

They need to be in the front group coming out of the water. Absolutely.

Benson and Bishop are looking individually to go as the pilot

athlete alongside Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee to help them in

Rio, so they really need to make the front pack in this swim, which will

be tricky. This swimming today will be on today. The sea conditions have

changed since the women's race. It is choppy, a bit tougher for the

weaker swimmers, and we have got a phenomenal field here, with the

likes of Dmitry Polyanskiy and his brother. Several great swimmers. And

I can see them pushing the pace in a swim. Benson and Bishop are going to

have to try and hang on. It looks like we have got a pincer movement

between the lone swimmer at the top of your screen and the one closest

to us. They seem to be merging towards each other as they make the

first turn. The Brownlee brothers, Alistair in number 33 and Jonny in

number 36, will be somewhere near this lead group. An interesting

tactic from Richard, swimming in that single lane at the top, keeping

clear of the trouble below. He has gone very wide. He must know

something we don't. There are some currents here, and he could have

inside information from the locals. Richard Varga hitting the boy at

virtually the same time as Henri Schoeman. Keeping out of trouble.

Now there is some congestion. Somebody got punched in the back of

the head. This is where it is difficult to really keep control and

everybody has got to be on their guard. There are jet skis and paddle

boards around with medics on them just in case of accidents. But it

looks like so far we have got away unscathed, but we have even seen a

leech triathletes hauled out of the water following contact with their

opponents. -- a leech triathletes. The first turn in the water can be

difficult. Looking out for the two British boys vying for the

opportunity to act as pilot races for the Brownlee brothers in the

Olympic Games. Tom Bishop, 26, and Gordon Benson who won the European

games in Azerbaijan last summer, wearing number 53. Benson ironically

was helped by Bishop. Bishop was his pilot during that race last summer.

But there are no team orders today. The battle for the chance to take

the third Olympic spot. They just need to perform well and prove that

they can be a valuable pilot partner for the Brownlee brothers when they

had to the Olympic Games in August in Rio.

Richard Varga has taken the lead from Henri Schoeman. Possibly ruing

that decision to go high of the group at the start. I am not sure it

paid off for Richard Varga. We would have expected him to be first at the

turn but he had to bide his time before he made his move up through

the field to take first position away from Henri Schoeman. He is a

good swimmer but no match for Richard Varga when Richard Varga is

in the best of shape. He now starts to pull in towards the pontoon and

the expert the end of the long first lap. You can see the ramp on the

right with the two red flags acting as the gateway. They will come up

the carpeted ramp and turn left and dive back in in front of the group

of technical officials that we can see on the left of the screen.

Hopefully the timing system will be working and we can get a full check

on exactly who is where two thirds of the way through the swim after

the long lap. There is no doubt that it is Richard Varga followed by

Henri Schuman, followed by Alistair Brownlee. Is it Jonny actually? I

think Jonny came out third. Then Igor Polyanskiy, and then two behind

Dmitry Polyanskiy, his brother, and where is Alistair? Joe Maloy.

Alistair is in 16th position. 12 seconds off the pace, nothing to

panic about. Very much in contention. Though many athletes

within 20 seconds of each other. It could be that if it stays like this,

there could be a big group of riders forming for the start of the 40

kilometres cycle around the streets of the Gold Coast. Have to pick up

on Tom Bishop there, on the heels of Alistair Brownlee, so having a great

swim so far. He has certainly worked very hard on the swimming, and he

has worked hard on his swimming and biking. A great swim for Bishop,

just behind Alistair Brownlee following the first 1000 metre lap.

There is the X point of swim. Good crowds coming out. -- there is the

exit point of the swim. He has just lost his swimming hat, which he will

not be penalised for but it reduces his aerodynamic efficiency very

slightly, Henri Schoeman. But he has had a good swim and it will not be

long before he finds his feet on the soft sand and comes out of the

water. Richard Varga making his way towards transition to start stage

two. A really fast swim, goodness me. Just over 16 minutes. Henri

Schuman and Richard Varga leave the water shoulder to shoulder, followed

by the younger of the Brownlee brothers, Jonny, in third position.

He has had a good start. We will keep an eye out for the rest of the

British contingent. Alistair was in 12th, followed by Tom Bishop. Where

has Gordon Benson found himself at the end of stage one? Alistair comes

out in 15, Benjamin Shaw in 13, Atkinson, Joe Maloy, Tom Bishop is

close to Alistair Brownlee. He is 20th at the moment. Still no sign of

Gordon Benson, the fourth and final Union Jack will be alongside the

name of Gordon Benson. Richard Murray, one of the prerace

favourites in the early 30s coming out of the water. Good swim for him,

only 30 seconds down. That was an incredible swim. I don't know if it

was slightly short, but 60 minutes is over one minute faster than what

they swam last year. This is a slightly different course but 16

minutes is as fast as it is going to get on the Gold Coast. Alistair is

behind. That is where he went down. Goodness me. A slip onto his

backside for Alistair Brownlee. On the way out of transition. He has

just had ankle surgery. I do hope he hasn't done any damage with that

slip on the carpet. That could of course result in a back injury, a

hand injury, so we will keep you posted that any news from Alistair

Brownlee. Hopefully we will get a shot of him in the second pack

racing and looking comfortable, but that was a tricky transition for the

Olympic champion. Terrific pace at the front of this bike stage

already. The front group not messing about. They have sensed an

opportunity and they are keen to work hard and consolidate the lead

that they feel they have earned by virtue of a fast swim. Squeaky

brakes as the athletes ease off the pace for the turn. Lots of gauging

of opposite numbers and team-mates as they crisscross, going in either

direction, up and down the streets of the Gold Coast in Queensland,

Australia. What a beautiful afternoon in this seaside city. It

is going to be interesting to see what job Tom Bishop can do to help

Alistair Brownlee because he is in the second chase pack with Alistair

Brownlee. His job of course hopefully, fingers crossed, is going

to be alongside the Brownlee brothers, helping them in Rio. As we

can see now, Bishop and Brownlee side-by-side in the chase pack and

Bradley in good company because Richard Murray from South Africa is

also there, renowned for being a strong cyclist. -- Brownlee in good

company. We will assume that Alistair has not done any serious

damage during that slip in transition. He is alongside Tom

Bishop, whose job is now clear, to assist Alistair Brownlee in his

efforts to get up to the lead of this race, where he will find his

younger brother Jonathan. The chase group at the moment are struggling

to do any damage. They are between 17 and 18 seconds. The lead group

signified by the red dot, the chasers by the blue dot, and at the

moment 18 seconds looks like a reasonable margin. They are in the

middle part of the second lap. There is a clear gap between the

leaders and the chasers, we've from east to west across the front of the

pack, and you can see Alistair Brownlee, vocal as ever, barking his

instructions, orders and words of encouragement to his opponents,

trying to end courage them to lift their game, to share the workload.

He does not want to be doing it all out in front, he has done it the

hard way in Beijing, he really pushed hard in the Olympic Games, a

very young man in those days, went on to win the gold four years later.

He will hopefully be one of the favourites a further four years down

the line as he comes into its third Olympic Games. But not quite going

according to plan for this chase group. Now, this is Alistair

Brownlee's group, this is what we saw from the front a little while

ago, weaving across the road from left to right, not Keane to be

forced into making all the pace. Now we are back with the leaders.

Interesting tactics, because you want to be going forward, not going

from left to right, I am not sure that was Alistair being a bit

frustrated because he could not get the other guys to work. Incredible

sports facilities, like in all the Australian cities, 50 metre swimming

pools everywhere you look! And that is probably just one, or three of a

dozen in the city. So at the end of the second lap, Jonathan Brownlee,

Fabian other -- Alarza, Schoeman, Knabl, a total of 12, then the gap

to the Alistair Brownlee group, which also includes Richard Murray

and Tom Bishop. No sign yet of anything from Gordon Benson, oh, he

has just appeared on our screen, only 17 seconds off the lead, so

Benson, who was not with the front group out of the water, has worked

hard to get himself near the front of this race in the first couple of

laps on two wheels. These athletes working well, we can see them now,

one athlete takes is turn, sitting on the front for no more than a

second or two, drops around, the other athletes comes around, it

helps to keep the pace on. The last time we got a check on the time

difference, it was 17 seconds between the lead group and the chase

group. I do not think there has been any significant change to that time

difference. 13 seconds, so a small benefit for the chasers. And with

Alistair Brownlee dictating things at the front, he seems to have got

the bit between his teeth now, Alistair Brownlee, after a slightly

troublesome transition. Now he is at the front of the field, and he is

leading the charge for the chasers. Just noticed Gordon Benson and Tom

Bishop there, tucked in behind Alistair, not taking their turn but

helping keep the pace up in the second bag. They have certainly

pulled back a little bit of time on this third lap. It seems like only a

matter of time before the three distinct groups come together, or

will there be a break? Will there be some hard work, a decisive course of

action taken at the front of the field to prevent a huge peloton

forming it looks increasingly likely that both Brownlee brothers will

soon be involved at the head of the field here. Back with the leaders,

Polyanskiy at the back with Knabl, where they have been since the

start. A little break being attempted by Ben Shaw, the Irishman,

who is seeing the chase group looming, trying to do something

about it, but no-one else has gone with him at the moment. Coming

towards the end of lap three, passed the swimming pool complex, after 38

minutes of racing. And it surely will not be long now before the lead

group more than doubles in number. But for the moment, we are able to

get a cheque on the group of a dozen who lead them through. Confirmation

that it is Henri Schoeman, Jonathan Brownlee, Ben Canute, Benjamin Shaw.

Alarza is in there, Fabian is involved, Polyanskiy, Knabl, and

then the gap to the rest of them. Down to ten seconds now, isn't it?

Yeah, from 17 to 13 to ten. Mario Mola obviously feeling stronger, I

think he senses this race was really playing into his hands. It is going

to be interesting to see Mola and the Brownlees going head to head,

something we have not seen for some time. Alistair Brownlee's last

proper raised in the World Triathlon Series was in London back in May

last year, he won very convincingly. His next race was in Rio, where he

finished tenth, and since then we have not seen him race. I can only

think it was a shock to the system at the start, and now he has warmed

up, he will get into it, and all the months of training will hopefully be

paying off. Jonathan Brownlee may have suddenly decided he does not

want that chase group to get much closer. He knows that Alistair is in

there, and if he is to have a chance of winning and defending the title

he won one year ago, he doesn't need Alistair's company at the start of a

10,000 metre runner. He could do with there being a cushion, and

perhaps now he has decided to act decisively and try and guide of this

leading group to a more significant lead. Well, this is certainly going

to be an interesting last four laps by the time they come around, half

way to go, 20 kilometres, and it is going to be an interesting last 20

kilometres on these narrow streets. It really is a technical, technical

bike course, one of the best I have seen on the World Triathlon Series,

a lot of fun for the viewers and the commentators here! Yeah, single file

all the way now, the group is stretched, and the group is large.

It is about 30 riders plus from start to finish. Yeah, that is how

it has changed, pretty steady between five and ten, but a

significant move in lap three, and then at 18 they all came together.

Somebody has had a go at the front. I think it is Alistair, but I cannot

quite believe that it is! Richard Murray, we are hearing, has had a

crash and is out of the race. We didn't see that incident, but maybe

we will get a look at it later. You were thinking it might be Alistair

but you could not quite believe it. Well, it is Alistair, and you can

quite believe it! I love watching this guy race, really hard time,

harder than he would like in the swim, he has worked is bad off to

get back up into the front back. You know what, guys? I am off! I do not

know how long he's going to stay away. He had a hard time in the

swim, then he on his backside in a pile in transition, on his way to

his bike, so things did not work out, but now he has a gap of five

seconds. As we join Alistair Brownlee at the front of the field,

it is a triathlon, the Olympic champion, that is a rather old photo

they have! You looks about 12 there! He is number 33, because he did not

race in Abu Dhabi at the start of the season, he is the Olympic

champion, as we know, and he is here to clearly take the win. Now two

more have decided to try and take him on and reduce that lead, which

seems to be expanding all the time. Could that be younger brother

Jonathan and one other? I cannot work out if this is clever or not,

because he is going to be putting some work into his legs, it is going

to make that run pretty tough. He is such an amazing athlete, and he has

got 16 seconds. Goodness me, 16 seconds, he has doubled his

advantage in the space of a lap. Our leader is Alistair Brownlee. 27

years of age now, looking behind him, slightly quizzical look on his

face, wondering, where is everybody?! I think it is at this

moment that he either completely commits to this breakaway, which it

looks like he already has done, or he goes, shall I save my legs?

Marten van Riel is having a little go at Alistair Brownlee himself,

looking for some company. Alistair and Jonny's training partner is

alongside him, it is in his interest to chase down his training partner.

They have joined forces in an effort to quell the danger that is being

inflicted by Alistair Brownlee. Back with the leader now. You once Varga

up there with him, that is what he wants, but the danger of waiting is

that the group will catch back up again. -- he wants. Stunning

backdrop here, the calm waters of the harbour on the Gold Coast giving

way to the skyscrapers, the apartment buildings, the luxury

hotels, and Varga and Van Riel, I think, have caught Alistair

Brownlee, or he has allowed them to catch him. And somebody else is

seeing an opportunity, and it looks like maybe Jonny Brownlee is seeing

an opportunity as well to bridge that gap. Eventually, Alistair

Brownlee just yields and allows Ben Shaw to edge past him at the front

of the race. And the Brownlees are now together as a pair in about

fourth and fifth position. And it is Ben Shaw, the Irish triathlete, who

is taking his chance by forcing himself to the front of the field.

So far, no-one is taking him on, number 67, Ben Shaw, is alone

representing Ireland at the head of the field here, and his gap has

grown to about five seconds now. Now, this looks like a potential

move from one of the British pilot racers. Is that Bishop or Benson,

who might have... Maybe Bishop is trying to join Ben Shaw. It is Tom

Bishop who has made the move towards the front of the field, to try and

join Ben Shaw. So Bishop is trying to prove his worth as a valuable

contributor to the Brownlees' Olympic ambitions. Will they now

follow suit and try and join Tom Bishop and Ben Shaw at the front of

the field? Perhaps we will see a pincer movement from Alistair and

Jonathan together in an effort to plug the gap and gets towards the

top of the leaderboard. Yeah, I am wondering if they have had orders

from the Brownlees, for him to go up and chase him down. But he actually

looked like he was going to go to the front and keep the pace up, but

I imagine there are stacked it's going on, because Tom Bishop really

knows what is job is in this race. -- there are tactics going on. The

gap from Ben Shaw and Bishop to the next group, which numbers about 28,

29 riders, it is getting on towards, I think it might be the 15 second

mark, somewhere in that region. It is going to be even greater, heading

towards 20 seconds. 22, 23, 24, 25 seconds is the lead that Shaw and

Bishop have over the chasing group. As they head onto lap seven of

eight. Yeah, no disrespect to Shaw at all, but he will be a couple of

minutes down through the 10K from the likes of the Brownlees brothers

and mola, so that is why they are happy to let it go down the road. I

am interested to see what Tom Bishop is trying to achieve here, by

breaking away, increasing the distance over the chase pack. Tom

Bishop has certainly shown his credentials to act as a pilot racer

for the Brownlees in the Olympic Games. He was able to find the speed

and pace to move from chase group to join the breakaway leader,

demonstrating to the selectors that he has got the wherewithal to

attack, and potentially take a Brownlee brother with him along the

way. They did not go within this time. No, I guess he feels like he

has got nothing to lose, and he wants to demonstrate that he can

ride and ride well. He will not be a threat to the main runners, he ran

33, just three minutes slower than Mario Mola in Abu Dhabi, so as I

mentioned, Tom Bishop will have been working on his swim and his bike, so

he can work as a pilot athlete. Gordon Benson, though, happy to stay

with the Brownlees. He is also a great runner in his own right,

capable of running around a lot of track, cross-country, swimming

before he crossed over into triathlon, but he is staying with

the Brownlees. They are very familiar together, they all train

together up in Leeds, whereas Bishop does not train with the Brownlee

brothers. Bishop has moved to the front of the

field to ride with Benjamin Shaw but by the same token Gordon Benson is

riding at the front of the field to help the bench Brownlee brothers

through. So this will be a headache for the selected. It will almost

certainly be Gordon Benson or Bishop joining the Brownlee brothers in

August in Rio as a pilot athlete, in a similar role to the one that

Stuart Hayes played in London in 2012, when he came in again as an

assistant, a pilot rider, a domestique, for the Brownlee

brothers. It will be Benson or Bishop and they have both shown

skills in different ways today. They have a kilometre to ride before they

hit the blue carpet and hang up those bikes. Benjamin Shaw and

Bishop are about to get there. The lead group, the lead pair,

exchanging a few words, smiling, they can't quite believe where they

have found themselves. I am not sure if this is what Tom Bishop was

expecting. They will be followed by the other three British riders.

Gordon Benson, Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, but it is feet

out of the pedals for Bishop and Benjamin Shaw, as they hit the

dismount line. And they jog towards their stands in transition. An early

arrival for Benjamin Shaw. Bishop has got to make his way further up

the carpet to his stand. And Shaw has already left transition, as

Bishop attempts to join him. Left a couple of seconds behind there.

Bishop is on his way. Meanwhile the chasing group, who are now 30

seconds behind or thereabouts, arrived in transition. The Brownlee

brothers headed to their stands. Mario Mola has arrived in his

position. What a transition from him. Goodness me, that was fast!

Lightning quick. Mario Mola has clearly been practising that element

of his triathlon. His shoes went on in a flash. Now the hunt begins.

Mario Mola leads Jonathan Brownlee. Brownlee gets stuck in in the early

part of this ten kilometre run. First job, to find Bishop and Shaw,

the British and Irish triathletes who arrived unexpectedly in

transition first. They are well on their way on lap one, as Jonathan

Brownlee and Mario Mola try to hunt them down. And it is Benjamin Shaw

who has stolen a march, coming out of transition, over Tom Bishop. How

long can he stay there? I think the speed that Mario Mola and Jonathan

Brownlee have come out of transition, I don't think Shaw will

be away for long. A battle at the moment between Mario Mola and Jonny

Brownlee. It looks as though Fernando Alarza is about to join in

the fun. Fun of confidence. He has known how fast he has run in the

last few races. A win in Chicago, a winner in Abu Dhabi, the first race

in the triathlon series this year, and he looks incredibly composed and

relaxed. We can see Tom Bishop on the left. That is his day over,

isn't it? Tom Bishop has been caught and he will go backwards now. The

next target is Benjamin Shaw, a little further up the road. He is in

his iris colours. Alistair Brownlee clearly struggling with the early

pace of this race. It is all over now for Ben Shaw after his heroic

efforts alongside Tom Bishop on the bike. Might just be able to stick

with Mario Mola and Brownlee for a few moments and get a tow from them

but not sure how long it will last. Interesting move from Brownlee.

Going back to Fernando Alarza and Bailie, and Fernando Alarza going

for that spot for Rio for the Spanish team and Bailie doing the

same. They need to finish in the top ten to travel alongside Aaron Royle

to Rio. The pace is frantic again between Brownlee and Mario Mola at

the front. We have enjoyed some terrific battles between these two

in the last few races, not least here on the Gold Coast in April

2015, when Jonny Brownlee won the race, beating Mario Mola into second

with Gomez third and Hernandez forth on that occasion. Alistair Brownlee

looking slightly uncomfortable in the afternoon heat. After all his

efforts so far in today's race, Alistair finds himself in sixth

position at this stage. Mario Mola the athlete from Spain of course,

and you could say he is more accustomed to running in the heat,

but Jonny Brownlee has proved on many occasions that he is perfectly

capable of taking on the hot and humid climate of Australia. He won

here last year very convincingly. A touch of deja vu. It was Jonny

Brownlee and Mario Mola last year, but Mario Mola second and Brownlee

first. It looks like it will be the same two on the podium but in which

order is the big question. Not giving up top spot just yet.

Fernando Alarza has never won a World Triathlon Series race and

neither has Bailie. The field spreads further down the Road. We

know what he is capable of on the sprint when it was Gomez and Mario

Mola going head to head in the top spot in the grand final in Chicago

and Mario Mola got the better of him, playing cat and mouse for over

a kilometre. We know that Mario Mola has a good sprint because Gomez

certainly has. Brownlee still looking relaxed and strong but Mario

Mola has that swinging action. Very lean athlete, Mario Mola, and

looking comfortable on his feet. Fernando Alarza well clear in bronze

position and he will be happy with that, barring disaster. He should

make the podium today and give the selectors something to think about.

But in joint third position for a while, bidding to be the best

Australian on the day. Brownlee probably sensibly just taking his

time here. He doesn't look particularly comfortable. I wonder

if that break he put in on the bike has ultimately come back to haunt

him here this afternoon. His running action looks pretty smooth so I

don't think there are any injury problems. It has been a case of lack

of race fitness really. Mario Mola and Brownlee had out, finishing the

third lap and heading on to the last lap, and that is where we will seek

the action. One of them will have to do something pretty decisive to take

this victory. At the Bell Mario Mola of Spain and Jonny Brownlee of Great

Britain, heading off onto their final 2.5 kilometres circuit of the

streets of the Gold Coast. There is a break. The first significant

injection of pace and it has come from Mario Mola. And at the moment

Jonny Brownlee is unable to cover him. He can't respond. Mario Mola

moves clear. One second clear. 1.5 seconds clear. Mario Mola declined

the offer of water. Jonny Brownlee takes a shower. Will that invigorate

him sufficiently to respond to the danger that Mario Mola has posed?

Mario Mola may well have done enough. The gap to Jonathan Brownlee

is up to three, four seconds. Jonathan will just have to hope that

Mola has gone too early and is not able to keep up the pace for the

remainder of this final lap. It looks as if last year's winner will

have to settle for second place in 2016 in the Gold Coast triathlon.

Fernando Alarza now comfortably in third spot. Bailie from Australia,

he is in fourth position. Fernando Alarza surely confident now that he

will get a spot within the Spanish Olympic team for a trip to the

Olympic Games in Rio. Pretty scary for the rest of the world when you

think that the main guy is not here. Mola is now really challenging Gomez

for the top spot, but certainly history says that on paper Gomez is

the top athlete and Mola next, and then Fernando Alarza in third in

this race. The Spaniard is really strong at the moment. The island of

Majorca producing some very talented sports men as well, not only Mario

Mola but Rafael Nadal of course from the lyric islands. -- Bolero

Brownlee looking over his shoulder now, hoping to maintain his position

in second. He is starting to wobble. Jonathan is starting to lose his

sense of direction. You worry is likely for Jonathan. We have seen

this happen to Alistair before, in Hyde Park. We hope it doesn't happen

to Jonathan but he doesn't look comfortable and we will keep our

eyes on that. Mario Mola goes left towards the finishing line to claim

his second win of the season, his third in the Rome having won the

Grand Slam in Chicago in September 2015. -- third in a row.

Consolidating his position as leader in the world triathlon standings as

a lopsided Jonathan Brownlee staggers home and I hope the medics

will be there. I heard that Jonny can finish but I think he may well

lose out on second place. Fernando Alarza might come past him. Where is

Jonny? Fernando Alarza has overtaken Jonathan Brownlee and will take

second place. It is a 1-2-macro for Spain but at the moment my concerns

are more for the health of Jonathan Brownlee, who is slaloming up the

finishing line. He is managing to just about hold it together and

finish and take his place on the podium. The medics will be all over

him in a flash, I am sure. What a worrying sign. The efforts that

these boys put in. Jonathan Brownlee is a mess. He finishes in third, the

best of the Australians is Ryan Bailie. He is cementing his Olympic

selection. Jonathan Brownlee is wheeled away for medical attention.

We will keep our fingers crossed for his health. Mario Mola wins in the

Gold Coast. 27 seconds clear of Fernando Alarza, with Jonathan

Brownlee collapsing across the line into third. Bailie in fourth,

qualifying for the Olympics for Australia. Alistair Brownlee

finished in 36th position, with Tom Bishop in 42nd. Gordon Benson did

not finish the race on the Gold Coast. Mario Mola extensive lead at

the top of the series standings for 2016. A Spanish 1-2 with Fernando

Alarza in second ahead of Bailie and Ryan Fisher of Australia. Mario

Mola, a phenomenal race against some of the best and you have had an

amazing start to the season. Thank you. I couldn't expect anything

else. I felt great during most of the race. The run was pretty tough

and Jonny was running very fast and the temperature was hot, so it got

harder and harder, but I was lucky that I could finish and get the win

here. Very happy for Fernando as well. He did a great race. I have

had a good winter and it was fantastic to be on the start line. I

knew I was not going to be mega race sharp and at my best but I am fit

and I have had a good block of training and I thought I would be

reasonably competitive but I had nothing today. I was really flat,

slightly overdone or something. That is how it goes, I suppose. Do you

attribute any of that to the conditions, the heat? Your brother

was barely able to cross the line. Izzy OK? I think he is fine. It was

hot but Jonny still raced well. I have been training for the last

couple of weeks because I knew it would be hot, but I don't think it

was the heat. I just had nothing there.

We know you both give more than 110%, talk about the build-up to

Rio. I hoped I would race well today, have a good result, but a

couple of weeks training in the heat, it is quite good, going to

Rio, but I had nothing out there. I left everyone on the bike, I was so

dead, I could not get enough water, I could have done with about five

stations, not two. I just managed to get through it, I want to finish

every race I start, I did my best to cross the line, it was good. Do you

feel you have proved yourself enough in this pilot roll? I don't know. I

still could have swam better, there is definitely more work to do. If

that happens in Rio, and I am not right, that causes harder than this

one. I have got a few more seconds to make up on the swim. Gordon was

just behind me out of the water, we have put on a good show, but still

not great. We need to be the best we can be to help out Jonny and Ali. If

we can improve a bit more, it will make their life easier. We have seen

a very dominant British force at the Olympic Games, could we see a

Spanish force instead? I hope so! Let's see when Javi comes, he is the

real boss, I am looking forward to seeing him race again, and in Rio.

Third successive win, Chicago at the end of last season, Abu Dhabi at the

start of this one, and he backs it up with victory in the heat of the

Gold Coast in Australia, three in a row for Mario Mola. The boys have

been out here for a couple of weeks, they do like the weather in

Yorkshire, it is a lot warmer at here! I think today took a bit of a

toll on Jonny, but it is also an accumulation of the last few weeks.

And Alastair, it was about a return to racing for him, he spent so long

out with injury, something to improve on, plenty of time before

Rio? Yeah, look, he is still on his return to full training, building up

intensity, so it is another step for him, he has got a race under his

belt, but the one thing we know about them, they do not like coming

in second, so this is fine for them. That concludes our coverage, next up

it is Cape Town, a different course from last year, and over the

shorter, sprint distance, but we can hope for a similar result, because

it was Alistair Brownlee and Vicky Holland who took gold. Astonishing

win! Have you ever seen anything like that?! Fantastic! Colander wins

in Cape Town in some style! -- Holland. Both races will be live on

the red button. They are both expected to defend

their titles there, and also taking part will be Non Stanford, Jodie

Stimpson and Jonny Brownlee. Don't miss it. Until then, goodbye.