Leeds

:01:05. > :01:12.Every four years there is an event that creates champions. COMMENTATOR:

:01:13. > :01:21.Simon Whitfield is the first Olympic champion! Brigid McMahon, a

:01:22. > :01:30.brilliant, brilliant run. That plans a seed of ambition. -- plans a seed.

:01:31. > :01:46.That moves people to swim, to bike, to run. It is infectious. It forges

:01:47. > :01:52.friendships, it creates champions. Now we have a team of them.

:01:53. > :01:56.COMMENTATOR: Gordon Benson wins gold at the European games. Jenkins takes

:01:57. > :02:03.the victory. Non-Stanford is the champion of the world. Brownlee wins

:02:04. > :02:08.in Auckland. Holland wins in style. Alistair Brownlee is the Olympic

:02:09. > :02:29.triathlon champion. And so the cycle continues. We swim, we bike, we ran.

:02:30. > :02:33.We become champions. Just 54 days until the Rio Olympics and huge

:02:34. > :02:35.crowds in Leeds to send the British triathlon team off in style today

:02:36. > :02:40.and who knows maybe as future champions watching. Good afternoon

:02:41. > :02:44.from the heart of Yorkshire for around five the world triathlon

:02:45. > :02:49.series, the first race of this's series in Europe, and the first time

:02:50. > :02:52.in the UK outside London. Normally we are in Hyde Park but because of

:02:53. > :02:55.the construction of the cycle superhighway can we have come to

:02:56. > :03:00.Leeds, the perfect location, the hometown of the Brownlee brothers.

:03:01. > :03:04.I'm pleased to report that it's quite warm, perfect conditions for

:03:05. > :03:09.the triathlon, with me the former athlete Annie Emerson. That

:03:10. > :03:13.afternoon. What an occasion for Leeds, there's a real sense of

:03:14. > :03:18.excitement. You know, it's just stunning. These back taters were it

:03:19. > :03:23.was all morning the age group races. It will be elected this afternoon

:03:24. > :03:27.for the elite races. It will be more about how this part of the world has

:03:28. > :03:32.developed as a triathlon centre in the UK. Let's talk briefly about the

:03:33. > :03:37.two races, we have to stunning races in prospect. We do, the women's race

:03:38. > :03:43.will be very interesting, Gwen Jorgensen is here from America,

:03:44. > :03:48.racing, so strong, 13 wins she sat in the series, she will find this

:03:49. > :03:53.course tricky but it'll be watching Non Stanford and Vicky Holland is

:03:54. > :03:58.back and Jodie Stimpson after the disappointment of not making the

:03:59. > :04:04.Olympic teams. And Lucy Hall and Jessica will be strong in the race.

:04:05. > :04:09.We are in the heart of the action, the finish is here, the transition

:04:10. > :04:15.to this year, transition winners in a different part of the city, in the

:04:16. > :04:18.suburbs. We can go there now. You join us in the Visa renderings of

:04:19. > :04:27.Roundhay Park and Waterloo lake is behind me. We are away from the city

:04:28. > :04:32.centre and athletes like the Brownlee brothers, Vicky Holland and

:04:33. > :04:35.Non Stanford a very familiar with these surroundings but I don't think

:04:36. > :04:39.many of the other athletes from around the world will have seen a

:04:40. > :04:44.course like this. Look at the fans, they've joined us to get the best

:04:45. > :04:48.view of the park. We have families and dogs and hard-core triathlon

:04:49. > :04:52.fans. They'll keep their eyes on the pontoon when the women's race will

:04:53. > :04:56.begin shortly. I'll be in the first transition zone getting an idea of

:04:57. > :04:59.the atmosphere and how things are building for the athletes so join us

:05:00. > :05:04.ready shortly. It looks lovely there. All from there this

:05:05. > :05:11.afternoon. Let me tell you what is coming up. First, the women's race

:05:12. > :05:16.at 1pm, Non Stanford, Vicky Holland, but no Helen Jenkins in that one.

:05:17. > :05:21.The men's race will be at 345 and the medal ceremonies at quarter to

:05:22. > :05:22.six. Five out of six of the British triathlon Olympic team will be

:05:23. > :05:36.competing here in Leeds. COMMENTATOR: Helen Jenkins is the

:05:37. > :05:43.world 11. Benson wins Britain's first ever gold at the European

:05:44. > :05:50.games. -- Palin Jenkins is the world number one. A richly deserved bronze

:05:51. > :05:54.perfectly Holland. Brownlee takes the overall 2012 champion. Non

:05:55. > :06:06.Stanford is the champion the world. Alistair Brownlee is the Olympic

:06:07. > :06:10.triathlon champion. Quite a team, that is the sure, they will have

:06:11. > :06:13.their eyes on the medals, no Helen Jenkins today, before we talk about

:06:14. > :06:19.that let's hear from her and her thoughts about why she's missing the

:06:20. > :06:23.race. Hardest thing is backing off. It's always, I want to go to the

:06:24. > :06:27.Olympics, I wanted to train as hard as possible, and pushing yourself is

:06:28. > :06:31.not hard for me, it's natural, I do it every day. Hard thing is not

:06:32. > :06:35.doing it, saying you will not run today because you must let your body

:06:36. > :06:40.recover. I've managed to find that balance in the last few months and

:06:41. > :06:44.it has helped me to this point. The background was that she was the

:06:45. > :06:49.favourite in 2012 and was injured and since then it has been a

:06:50. > :06:52.constant battle with injuries. A real roller-coaster. Talk about

:06:53. > :06:58.getting it right in time, she did that on the Gold Coast with a

:06:59. > :07:03.stunning performance. People have said that maybe she is the favourite

:07:04. > :07:10.for Rio, having beaten Gwen Jorgensen in the Gold Coast? If

:07:11. > :07:15.Helen goes to Rio with her ace card I think she's definitely a favourite

:07:16. > :07:19.in my book but the Olympics are the Olympics and anything can happen.

:07:20. > :07:24.She is phenomenally talented and it seems to me she's hitting peak form

:07:25. > :07:29.at the right time. She is here today, just watching, she will have

:07:30. > :07:37.a keen eye on her team-mates, Vicky Holland and Non Stanford. They have

:07:38. > :07:41.been speaking to BBC Breakfast. COMMENTATOR: Non Stanford will be on

:07:42. > :07:47.the plane for Great Britain next year and so will Vicky Holland. Tell

:07:48. > :07:52.us about Rio, the moment when you know that you'd qualified. How did

:07:53. > :07:57.that feel? Incredible, surreal, I've dream of going to the Olympics since

:07:58. > :08:00.I was nine, initially as a gymnast, then a swimmer, than a runner and

:08:01. > :08:07.finally I've done it as a triathlete. It is only taken 17

:08:08. > :08:11.years! And to do it with Vicky, she crossed the line just behind me in

:08:12. > :08:17.Rio and jet cargo city show that moment with her was very special. It

:08:18. > :08:21.was a feeling of relief to have suggested policy where we had to

:08:22. > :08:25.perform and make a podium in the two very competitive races, the two most

:08:26. > :08:32.competitive of Gloucester, we got on the podium twice and for myself and

:08:33. > :08:38.Non to do it, the same in both races is quite unique situation. And at

:08:39. > :08:42.that point the hard work begins. It just meant that our winter was more

:08:43. > :08:49.relaxed because we haven't had to be in shape in March and April, like

:08:50. > :08:55.Helen and Jodie had to be to make that spot. We saw gradually building

:08:56. > :09:00.it up. , Duda her first win of 2016, her first race of 20s extent and it

:09:01. > :09:04.brings victory to Non Stanford of Great Britain. The point of going to

:09:05. > :09:10.Cape Town was to get the ball rolling, see where we were at, and

:09:11. > :09:13.the idea of building from there, so to come away with a win was very

:09:14. > :09:18.positive. It shows that everything is on track and I'm maybe a little

:09:19. > :09:22.ahead of where I expected to be. The World Series is coming to Leeds.

:09:23. > :09:28.What is it like knowing that everyone will be on your home turf?

:09:29. > :09:34.It's still a bit bizarre. I've been racing in the World Series. This is

:09:35. > :09:39.my first race there, now we are M26 team and finally it has come to

:09:40. > :09:43.where I live! It feels absolutely amazing, -- now we are M26 team. It

:09:44. > :09:49.was amazing that all these athletes are coming to our home. I can't

:09:50. > :09:53.wait. It is literally our home race, we all live within ten minutes of

:09:54. > :09:57.the course, it will be fantastic. Gwen Jorgensen is a fabulous

:09:58. > :10:03.athlete, not quite unbeatable but she will be here. As our Helen

:10:04. > :10:10.approved recently she is not unbeatable. She's phenomenal, -- as

:10:11. > :10:16.Helen proved. She was probably the best in the world and probably still

:10:17. > :10:19.is but she is not infallible. She has weaknesses. As does everybody.

:10:20. > :10:29.Palin exposed those beautifully at that race in the Gold Coast. --

:10:30. > :10:32.Palin exposed them. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, it is

:10:33. > :10:36.impossible not to have them went you have these three sports that are

:10:37. > :10:41.combined. I'm sure she is working hard to smooth over that weakness

:10:42. > :10:44.that has been exposed. The rest of the field will be much more

:10:45. > :10:48.motivated now they know that they can do it, not just the British

:10:49. > :10:54.girls. Beautiful day, what do you hope for with the weather? I am torn

:10:55. > :11:00.because a day like today would be beautiful and would show of Leeds in

:11:01. > :11:03.its glory! At the same time, we are so to the worst conditions that we

:11:04. > :11:06.have through the winter that maybe that will throw some people off if

:11:07. > :11:14.the weather isn't so nice on the day! Right on cue, a few raindrops

:11:15. > :11:20.are falling on our heads but this won't be like bad Yorkshire weather,

:11:21. > :11:25.that is for sure. Non and this versus Gwen for the first time this.

:11:26. > :11:32.We all incredibly excited to see what happens. I think the bike is

:11:33. > :11:37.tough and it will be tough for Gwen. If she comes a cropper anywhere it

:11:38. > :11:40.will be on the bike. Coming on the run from the bike, the three of

:11:41. > :11:44.them, my money will be on Gwen because she has the edge of a Non

:11:45. > :11:50.and Vicky although we haven't seen them go head to head for so long, it

:11:51. > :11:56.will be exciting. You wonder if the one athlete that Gwen fears in the

:11:57. > :11:59.run is Non. She's been vocal about that and said she is happy that

:12:00. > :12:03.she's back because she wants that condition, she wants to be pushed

:12:04. > :12:09.all the way. Up until now she's been cruising it on the run. Helen will

:12:10. > :12:13.be watching with interest. They will be team tactics when it comes to

:12:14. > :12:18.taking on Gwen in Rio because it will be a tough course like this one

:12:19. > :12:22.is. You must look at the other British girls racing, they will be

:12:23. > :12:27.helping Non and Vicky and Jodie because Lizzie Hall is a really

:12:28. > :12:34.strong swimmer and biker and so is Jessica. It is a great little team

:12:35. > :12:37.today -- Lucy Hall. Non started very well this season, winning in Cape

:12:38. > :12:41.Town on a spread distance that was surprising. I think she surprised

:12:42. > :12:45.herself, when you've been out training all Wendy wouldn't know how

:12:46. > :12:51.you're going to race first time but you are right commission was in

:12:52. > :13:01.great form. Back to the park because we have husband and coach to talk

:13:02. > :13:05.to. Yes, thank you, and joined by the man behind the Gwen Jorgensen

:13:06. > :13:10.machine. Great to see you, Pat. Firstly, welcome to Yorkshire, how

:13:11. > :13:15.do you find it? Very silly, blue skies every days we've been loving

:13:16. > :13:18.it. Talk about your procedure because you both work very hard and

:13:19. > :13:24.making sure the routine is right. What is it like on the morning of

:13:25. > :13:28.the race for you and Gwen? We ate breakfast at 930 and at 1030 we

:13:29. > :13:33.meandered to the local pool and did a quick swim. We took a cab to the

:13:34. > :13:37.venue, a 40 minute bike ride warm up, when was running and now she's

:13:38. > :13:42.getting ready to hop in the pond and head up the hill on the bike. You

:13:43. > :13:46.got a flavour of things to come, you are enjoying the roads of Leeds as

:13:47. > :13:54.well. What does she think about the course? You mentioned the course, it

:13:55. > :13:58.will test some people. It's a little different at the lake, 12 kilometres

:13:59. > :14:01.from towns are just given the logistics it was easier if I

:14:02. > :14:05.accompanied Gwen to the lake and then came back in on the bike

:14:06. > :14:10.comment my cycling apparel, I'll have to find a change of clothes at

:14:11. > :14:14.the hotel before this delicious. You've got a afternoon laid out.

:14:15. > :14:18.You've been doing spectacular stuff in the last couple of years but at

:14:19. > :14:22.the Gold Coast this year she was beaten for the first time by Helen

:14:23. > :14:26.Jenkins. Did that make you guys reassess, or was it early in the

:14:27. > :14:31.season, anything can happen? We kept to the plan and thought that with

:14:32. > :14:37.Gold Coast if we did not do the work required for Gold Coast we would

:14:38. > :14:43.miss it. Best of luck, get on your bike, I'll see you at the end! CEO!

:14:44. > :14:46.A new dynamic introduced this year into the women's triathlon with the

:14:47. > :14:52.defeat of name macro at the Gold Coast by Helen Jenkins. If we look

:14:53. > :14:59.at the statistics, Flora Duffy is leading the way. The British girls

:15:00. > :15:02.are focused on Rio rather than the world title. Judy Stimpson will be

:15:03. > :15:06.focusing on the world title because she missed out on selection. Very

:15:07. > :15:14.disappointing for her. She caught up with Tom Ford eyes on Friday. Mixed

:15:15. > :15:19.emotions for Judy Stimpson, of course. A difficult couple of weeks

:15:20. > :15:23.for her. We've got five British athletes competing here in Leeds

:15:24. > :15:29.will be going to Rio. Unfortunately you are not one of them.

:15:30. > :15:35.Unfortunately not. How did you find out? I knew when I crossed the line,

:15:36. > :15:42.to be honest. In the Gold Coast. Haddin did an amazing job and met

:15:43. > :15:45.the criteria needed. -- Palin did an amazing job. I had a bad day. --

:15:46. > :15:59.Helen did an amazing job. Sport can be very cruel because you

:16:00. > :16:04.have been one of the best triathletes in the world. She will

:16:05. > :16:09.be absolutely delighted with that performance. Extremely harsh. You

:16:10. > :16:15.get some fantastic highs but the lows a pretty low as well. It has

:16:16. > :16:21.been emotional. Harder because you missed out in 2012 as well. Yes, but

:16:22. > :16:26.2012 was different. The main devastation of 2012 was because it

:16:27. > :16:34.was the home Olympics. The Olympics is the pinnacle, isn't it? It is. It

:16:35. > :16:39.is a hard thing to say, but maybe the Olympics isn't supposed to

:16:40. > :16:45.happen for me. That is horrible. It is horrible. I am doing everything I

:16:46. > :16:54.can. It is hard to say perhaps I wasn't good enough but at the end of

:16:55. > :17:00.the day I wasn't. You are second in the World Series rankings at the

:17:01. > :17:08.moment. If you were to go one better than 2013, would that make up for

:17:09. > :17:13.Rio? Definitely not. Nothing is going to replace that. I have dreamt

:17:14. > :17:24.about this since I was little. Always. Do not get there and be so

:17:25. > :17:29.close is devastating. You are only 27, so by the time of the next

:17:30. > :17:34.Olympics you will be 31, which is fine. Can you think that far ahead?

:17:35. > :17:39.Yes and I will definitely still be competing in triathlon and I might

:17:40. > :17:45.still compete at Olympic distance. But I don't know if my heart can

:17:46. > :17:56.take another Olympics. No one really knows how this hurt. This really

:17:57. > :18:10.hurt. I think some worried and some wouldn't. It is a hard thing to go

:18:11. > :18:13.through, isn't it? Yes. Yes. I am sure you will get heaps of support

:18:14. > :18:19.on the streets of Leeds this weekend and we wish you well for the rest of

:18:20. > :18:27.the season. Thank you. Just heartbreaking to see how emotional

:18:28. > :18:31.Jodie is one month on. The highs are so high and the lows are so low and

:18:32. > :18:34.he is still a emotional. I have spoken to her. She is really

:18:35. > :18:38.ambitious and you still want to do something this year. She just said

:18:39. > :18:41.the Olympics are everything and winning the world title wouldn't

:18:42. > :18:46.make up for that, but I think it will probably help a bit. As Tom

:18:47. > :18:51.said, she is young, she is 27, she does still have a chance for another

:18:52. > :18:54.Olympics. Absolutely. The athletes are nearly ready to go at Roundhay

:18:55. > :18:59.Park, so let's take a look at the start list to see how they line up.

:19:00. > :19:04.We are looking forward to Gwen Jorgensen, Vicky Holland, Non

:19:05. > :19:06.Stanford and Helen Jenkins. It is time to say good afternoon to Max

:19:07. > :19:17.Chilton. Mid-afternoon, everybody. Here we

:19:18. > :19:22.are in Leeds and Roundhay Park is resplendent to welcome the 2016

:19:23. > :19:28.World Triathlon Series. A compact feel for the women's race which will

:19:29. > :19:32.get under way very shortly. 33 elite triathletes lined up on the pontoon.

:19:33. > :19:39.They will dive into the still waters of Waterloo Lake at Roundhay Park.

:19:40. > :19:43.They will swim one lap, exit and dive back in. There is Jodie

:19:44. > :19:52.Stimpson, who we were hearing from a little while ago. A highly emotional

:19:53. > :19:56.month for Jodie Stimpson. She has won the world triathlon race this

:19:57. > :20:02.season. She took the Open in early March in Abu Dhabi. She looked well

:20:03. > :20:07.on her way to gaining that Olympic qualification but we know how the

:20:08. > :20:13.story unfolds. We are ready to go for round five of the 2016 World

:20:14. > :20:18.Triathlon Series. Full Olympic distance. 1500 metres in the water.

:20:19. > :20:24.Just over 40 kilometres on the bike, a bit longer than the standard two

:20:25. > :20:28.we'll distance, and then the 10,000 metres race around the centre of

:20:29. > :20:36.Leeds in the heart of West Yorkshire to finish. Cameras poised at the

:20:37. > :20:40.side. Everybody has a lens trained on this one. British interests with

:20:41. > :20:46.Jodie Stimpson, Non Stanford, Vicky Holland, Lucy Hall and Jessica Lidl

:20:47. > :20:53.all taking part this afternoon. Red flags raised behind the racers. Now

:20:54. > :21:02.we get the final countdown. Absolutely still but not warm enough

:21:03. > :21:07.to prevent wet suits being worn. It is a wet suit race. That will help

:21:08. > :21:16.them with buoyancy in the freshwater of the Waterloo Lake. Here we go. It

:21:17. > :21:20.is underweight! -- it is under way in Roundhay Park. An explosive start

:21:21. > :21:24.for the 32 triathletes setting out for their first lap. That is the

:21:25. > :21:30.view from above. Roundhay Park is one of the largest city parks in

:21:31. > :21:34.Europe. 700 acres in total with the suburb of Roundhay to the west and

:21:35. > :21:40.Oakwood to the south. The land given by William the Conqueror in the 11th

:21:41. > :21:50.century which eventually became Roundhay Park in 1872. Hopefully we

:21:51. > :21:54.will get a look at where the pace is coming in this first section of the

:21:55. > :21:58.World Triathlon Series. Annie Emmerson has made her way from the

:21:59. > :22:04.presenter's position to join me in the commentary box. Good afternoon.

:22:05. > :22:14.Hello. An exciting race. We don't have a pure swimmer like Carolina

:22:15. > :22:23.Routier from Spain. We know that Flora Duffy has been very strong so

:22:24. > :22:27.we expect to see her pushing away. We will hope that Stimpson,

:22:28. > :22:32.Stanford, Holland and Lucy Hall, who is a very are near the front.

:22:33. > :22:37.Sometimes it is difficult to pick out the numbers on the swimming caps

:22:38. > :22:40.in the early stages. It looks like we have two distinct groups forming.

:22:41. > :22:45.You can see the distance in the bottom left of your screen, that is

:22:46. > :22:53.the distance left to swim. There are kayakers and rips out there

:22:54. > :22:56.paramedics are needed. The water is absolutely millpond on the Waterloo

:22:57. > :23:01.Lake in Roundhay Park. Perfect conditions. We will see quite a fast

:23:02. > :23:10.swim. I expect we will cease fast swim. -- see a fast swim. The girls

:23:11. > :23:15.I used to these conditions and the conditions here are perfect, flat,

:23:16. > :23:19.really nice. That group on the left, really wide, just coming together to

:23:20. > :23:22.form a pinhead. Very often we see them starting on the pontoon in

:23:23. > :23:30.different positions. I can read myself. They are still quite wide.

:23:31. > :23:35.No doubt when they get to the first buoy they will start joining up. We

:23:36. > :23:39.have seen interesting strategies. Some people have chosen unusual

:23:40. > :23:44.lines which have paid off in many situations. This is round five. Abu

:23:45. > :23:57.Dhabi in March, Gold Coast on the 9th of April, Abu Dhabi won by Jodie

:23:58. > :24:01.Stimpson. Helen Jenkins beat Gwen Jorgensen on the Gold Coast. Then

:24:02. > :24:05.Non Stanford took the win with Jodie Stimpson second. Then Gwen Jorgensen

:24:06. > :24:08.returned to winning ways in the absence of the best of the British

:24:09. > :24:17.at Yokohama in Japan on May the 14th. A slightly smaller field than

:24:18. > :24:21.what we normally see. I say slightly. It is half of what we

:24:22. > :24:30.normally expect. 33 athletes are racing. Natalie Van Coevorden in

:24:31. > :24:33.number 34, but there is no 13, and that will make the race very

:24:34. > :24:37.interesting. It is spread out early on and we are normally used to

:24:38. > :24:41.seeing big packs forming, so some of the slower swimmers and bikers get

:24:42. > :24:44.to hold on a bit because there are so many athletes, but I think this

:24:45. > :24:48.will be a very honest race in Leeds. Last time we saw conditions as calm

:24:49. > :24:53.as this was in Hyde Park for the World Triathlon Series last year.

:24:54. > :24:56.Things can get heated during the turns. You don't want to be caught

:24:57. > :25:01.on the inside because arms and legs are moving quite quickly. Some

:25:02. > :25:07.triathletes can suffer in these situations. Because it is quite a

:25:08. > :25:11.small field, they have avoided any incident. Look at the crowds on the

:25:12. > :25:16.beach at the edge of Waterloo Lake. Six or eight deep, watching the race

:25:17. > :25:21.unfold. After transition one, we have a split transition at this race

:25:22. > :25:24.in Leeds. The first transition, where the bikes are parked at the

:25:25. > :25:30.moment in Roundhay Park, then the steep climb out of the park before

:25:31. > :25:33.they wind their way down towards the city for about nine or ten

:25:34. > :25:39.kilometres, and then they will ride laps around the city centre. Shorter

:25:40. > :25:45.laps obviously for the ten kilometre run again in the city centre to

:25:46. > :25:49.finish. Jessica of Great Britain wearing number 32 is putting on a

:25:50. > :25:53.good show and she leads the way at the front of the field. Jessica Lee

:25:54. > :25:58.amount of Great Britain leading them through. Jessica had an up-and-down

:25:59. > :26:05.season last year but she has done very well so far this year. It is

:26:06. > :26:09.the first time we have seen her racing on the circuit. She won

:26:10. > :26:16.European Cup race early on back in April, so it shows something. An

:26:17. > :26:19.older athlete, 28 years old, and has only been racing for a couple of

:26:20. > :26:24.years, but great to see her pushing her pace. She is familiar with her

:26:25. > :26:30.surroundings. She trains here with Non Stanford, so very much at home,

:26:31. > :26:35.Jessica Learmonth. Lucy Hall, number 30, just keeping tabs on the leader.

:26:36. > :26:40.Very strong swimmer. She was part of the British triathlon team at the

:26:41. > :26:44.Olympics in Hyde Park 2012. She hasn't made selection. The three

:26:45. > :26:48.Olympic triathletes heading to Rio will be Non Stanford, who is racing

:26:49. > :26:55.today, Vicky Holland who is racing today, and Helen Jenkins who is

:26:56. > :26:58.spectating. We have seen the story of the disappointment suffered by

:26:59. > :27:01.Jodie Stimpson. She is not going. The men will be the Brownlee

:27:02. > :27:07.brothers, defending champion Alistair, gold medallist in London

:27:08. > :27:11.Jonny, and they are joined by Gordon Benson, who will be heading to Rio

:27:12. > :27:15.in the role of a pilot athlete. He is there to aid and assist the

:27:16. > :27:20.Brownlee brothers in their quest for further Olympic medals. He has met

:27:21. > :27:24.the criteria. He had a race off with Tom Bishop, the other man in

:27:25. > :27:28.contention for the hired athlete role, and it was the most recent

:27:29. > :27:33.World Triathlon Series race that decided it. It went in the favour of

:27:34. > :27:37.Gordon Benson, who spends a lot of time training in Leeds to the

:27:38. > :27:43.Brownlee brothers. He is part of the elite Leeds triathlon squad and he

:27:44. > :27:49.is part of the selection process for the Brownlee brothers. Joining them

:27:50. > :27:53.in Rio in August. You can't help but think this will give them good

:27:54. > :27:57.advantage. They are racing on home soil and they are so familiar with

:27:58. > :27:59.the area they are biking in and where they are swimming, and that

:28:00. > :28:05.will give them a psychological boost in this race. 32, Jessica Learmonth

:28:06. > :28:09.leading them through for Great Britain. What are your thoughts on

:28:10. > :28:14.the start of the bike, looking ahead to the end of this swim? They have

:28:15. > :28:19.come out of transition here, and it is a very steep climb. Very unusual

:28:20. > :28:23.to have a start like this in triathlon. How will they get their

:28:24. > :28:26.feet in the shoes for example? That will be very interesting and to be

:28:27. > :28:31.honest I don't have the answer yet. I have been down and I have seen it

:28:32. > :28:42.and there is a slight downhill transition, you roll the ten metres

:28:43. > :28:45.and then you are straight uphill, so the athletes have got to be

:28:46. > :28:47.super-sharp if they have any chance of getting their feet in their

:28:48. > :28:50.shoes. You don't want to be riding up a steep hill, 400 metres long,

:28:51. > :28:52.with your feet on top of your shoes. That will certainly be interesting.

:28:53. > :28:57.We will see how that unfolds. Those of you unfamiliar with triathlon,

:28:58. > :29:00.the athletes leave their wet suits and swimming caps and goggles behind

:29:01. > :29:03.and then picked up their bikes and to enable a fast getaway from

:29:04. > :29:08.transition, they rest their feet on their shoes which are attached to

:29:09. > :29:11.the paddles on the bike, and as they begin their first lap, they slowly

:29:12. > :29:17.but surely attach the shoes to their feet ready for the 40 kilometre

:29:18. > :29:20.ride. The uphill start to the cycle makes that doubly difficult though

:29:21. > :29:26.it will be interesting to see how that unfolds. I think they must have

:29:27. > :29:30.gone down to try it out, you would have to, because it is not something

:29:31. > :29:34.you can just leave to chance. Looking at the pictures, early

:29:35. > :29:40.breaks in the race. Normally we see them closer together in the first

:29:41. > :29:43.lap of 750 metres, but here we have four pretty obvious groups just

:29:44. > :29:48.before they come out of the swim for the first time. Fantastic pictures

:29:49. > :29:51.from above. We were worried looking at the forecast midweek that the

:29:52. > :29:55.helicopter might not be able to fly but it is up there and bringing us

:29:56. > :30:02.fantastic eye definition shots, and we can see that the pack is

:30:03. > :30:07.approaching the blue pontoon to complete lap one. They will run

:30:08. > :30:10.along the blue pontoon and dive back into the waters of Waterloo Lake in

:30:11. > :30:14.Roundhay Park and set off for the second lap and we will get a full

:30:15. > :30:19.check on exactly who is positioned where at the end of the first lap of

:30:20. > :30:24.two. It will be Jessica Learmonth of Great Britain who is first to rise.

:30:25. > :30:27.She turned left, runs past the yellow cones, the snappers are all

:30:28. > :30:31.lined up to get the shots of the athletes diving back in. Followed by

:30:32. > :30:38.Lucy Hall, Flora Duffy, number one in the standings at the moment.

:30:39. > :30:41.Vicky Holland has come out in sixth place for Great Britain ahead of the

:30:42. > :30:45.Australian Emma Moffatt. She did well in Beijing. Gwen Jorgensen, the

:30:46. > :30:48.best in the world on paper, but she has been beaten by Helen Jenkins

:30:49. > :30:57.this year, she is out in the top ten followed by Hewitt and Jenkins.

:30:58. > :31:02.Jodie Stimpson of the pace at the moment in 18th position. 27 seconds

:31:03. > :31:05.of Jessica Learmonth who was first to leave the water. The procession

:31:06. > :31:10.continues along the pontoon. Non Stanford is even further back. That

:31:11. > :31:17.is a surprisingly slow start for Non Stanford.

:31:18. > :31:27.They're all out and all in fortnight two. That is an uncharacteristic

:31:28. > :31:31.swim for Non Stanford. She does have a weaker leg in the swim, of the

:31:32. > :31:35.three disciplines, it is the one she is we guessed at, although this time

:31:36. > :31:39.is probably not something her coaches would have wanted to see.

:31:40. > :31:45.Flora Duffy in the front pack, with Andrea Hewitt, they the main bikers

:31:46. > :31:49.and Jodie Stimpson is a little down on the pace, surprisingly because

:31:50. > :31:56.this swim is pretty straightforward, nice and calm, I'm not sure what is

:31:57. > :32:00.going on with Jodie and Non but in the first few hundred metres not

:32:01. > :32:06.having their best swims. Let's go to the side of the lake to join our

:32:07. > :32:15.colleague who has caught up with the team physio. Thank you. Emma, you

:32:16. > :32:20.are getting excited seeing Jess and Lucy in the pack. A great swim from

:32:21. > :32:30.them, Vicky was in the pack as well, they've got another lap for Jodie

:32:31. > :32:33.and Non to make up. To have five athletes going to this big event

:32:34. > :32:39.must be huge achievement for the team. Having a race on home soil is

:32:40. > :32:46.really good. To have everyone here fit and ready to race is a great

:32:47. > :32:51.achievement. URA few months from Rio, the main event. What will the

:32:52. > :32:58.process be to make sure that everyone is in peak condition? It's

:32:59. > :33:04.just keeping everyone as confident as possible, we have a lot of things

:33:05. > :33:06.we do at home, running drills and straining and strengthening and

:33:07. > :33:11.conditioning sessions. We were just make sure that they are going into

:33:12. > :33:17.the Olympics as fresh and fit as possible. They seem to be doing well

:33:18. > :33:23.and for a woman from Rotherham she is proud that this is in Yorkshire.

:33:24. > :33:26.Back to you, Matt. Thank you. Beautiful pictures from the

:33:27. > :33:38.helicopter. Strange because there is a school of thought that this area

:33:39. > :33:44.was the birthplace of film. A recent theory suggests that someone from

:33:45. > :33:51.northern France made the first ever moving picture right here in

:33:52. > :33:54.Roundhay, in 1888. He came from northern France to get a job with an

:33:55. > :34:00.engineering firm in Leeds and experimented with an early camera.

:34:01. > :34:05.You can see what he filmed on the BBC website. A fascinating story. He

:34:06. > :34:11.we are in Roundhay Park to Leeds, these glorious pictures. Some

:34:12. > :34:19.interesting information there! Back to the race. I think that Jessica

:34:20. > :34:23.and Lucy are really working this swim and that worries me because it

:34:24. > :34:32.doesn't play into the hands of Non Stanford 35 seconds back after the

:34:33. > :34:36.first metres. Jessica Learmouth and Lucy Hall really pushing the pace.

:34:37. > :34:40.We can see a big, big gap now from that front group. It looks like

:34:41. > :34:45.there is one singles winner and then a group behind that that we think

:34:46. > :34:53.that Judy Stimpson and Non Stanford are in so I think that Jessica might

:34:54. > :35:00.need to back off the pace a bit. Jessica Learmouth, and Lucy Hall,

:35:01. > :35:05.and Flora Duffy, the current leader in their rankings. She was fourth in

:35:06. > :35:09.the Gold Coast and made the podium in Cape Town, placing third and

:35:10. > :35:13.these consistent results mean that the race from the mood is

:35:14. > :35:19.potentially their best chance for an Olympic medal in Rio. She's wearing

:35:20. > :35:24.the number one as the leader in the world triathlon standings in 2016

:35:25. > :35:28.and she is hot on the heels of Jessica Learmouth who is continuing

:35:29. > :35:35.to push a ferocious pace in the lake. She suddenly is. Thankfully

:35:36. > :35:42.from a British perspective Vicky Holland is also there, for five

:35:43. > :35:48.seconds behind Lucy and Jessica. And Gwen Jorgensen, the American, and

:35:49. > :35:52.Sarah To also in the front pack. Waterloo Lake so called because it

:35:53. > :35:57.was constructed by soldiers who had returned from the Napoleonic Wars.

:35:58. > :36:01.Many had fought at Waterloo. It was a former quarry. It took two years

:36:02. > :36:07.to turn it into this beautiful lake. Because it was a quarry it is ready

:36:08. > :36:18.deep. The average depth of Waterloo lake is 18 metres. It took two years

:36:19. > :36:25.to build. The next turn. And the pace is still pretty frantic with

:36:26. > :36:29.just 300 metres to swim, Jessica Learmouth has really taken this

:36:30. > :36:32.first stage of this afternoon's world triathlon series race by the

:36:33. > :36:41.scruff of the neck. The others have had to work hard to stay with

:36:42. > :36:45.Jessica Learmouth of Great Britain. Yes, looking at the pictures,

:36:46. > :36:50.smooth, smooth swimming conditions but it does not look to me as if the

:36:51. > :36:58.British duo are going to back off any time zone. 200 metres to go now.

:36:59. > :37:02.That's about 230 by my reckoning on the clock before we see the athletes

:37:03. > :37:08.except the swim. And now a huge gap to the second back. Something

:37:09. > :37:11.unusual in world triathlon series, we tend to see the groups sticking

:37:12. > :37:17.together more closely in the swim so this is turning out to be very

:37:18. > :37:21.interesting. The pack seem well divided, it's just about half and

:37:22. > :37:27.half. The worrying thing from British point of view is that Non

:37:28. > :37:33.Stanford is some way off the pace. Vicky Holland wasn't too far behind,

:37:34. > :37:38.Jodie Stimpson and Non Stanford with 37 and 45 seconds off the pace when

:37:39. > :37:43.they exited the water after lap one so they will be hoping to try to

:37:44. > :37:48.close the gap when they get on their bikes shortly. Flora Duffy is near

:37:49. > :37:52.the front, the 28-year-old. These are the results I referred to which

:37:53. > :37:56.have marriages had a very consistent season and will find has off at the

:37:57. > :38:01.top of the world triathlon series leaderboard -- she finds herself at

:38:02. > :38:07.the top. Selective decisions have been made by the best in the world.

:38:08. > :38:10.We haven't seen them at all the races this season, understandable if

:38:11. > :38:13.you bear in mind that it is an Olympic year, and the Olympics are

:38:14. > :38:17.the biggest race of the more. We haven't seen is a much of Gwen

:38:18. > :38:21.Jorgensen, for example, and of all the British triathletes at the same

:38:22. > :38:26.time. They have been pre-selected. I know that some of the British team

:38:27. > :38:30.will be racing in Stockholm, we have a full Olympic distance race to come

:38:31. > :38:36.there and spent raise in hamburg which will also hold the world mixed

:38:37. > :38:44.relay World Championships before the big one in Rio in early August. That

:38:45. > :38:49.is great fun to watch. It's become very popular. One day we might see

:38:50. > :39:02.it as an Olympic race which will be absolutely fascinating. There is one

:39:03. > :39:06.more turn to make around that tall red buoy. And then we will follow

:39:07. > :39:09.them to whether bikes are parked and they will begin this arduous climb

:39:10. > :39:15.out the park and onto the streets of Leeds to bring them gently downhill

:39:16. > :39:19.after the initial climb, it is downhill most of the way, to the

:39:20. > :39:29.city centre. Noise levels beginning to rise amongst the spectators, as

:39:30. > :39:33.the swim reaches its conclusion. We have Jessica Learmouth of Great

:39:34. > :39:38.Britain alongside Lucy Hall and Flora Duffy. They will be the first

:39:39. > :39:43.to emerge from the water. 18.5 minutes to complete the swim for the

:39:44. > :39:47.fastest in the water and away they go, multitasking now, Jessica

:39:48. > :39:52.Learmouth, Lucy Hall and Flora Duffy taking off their wet suits to arrive

:39:53. > :39:57.at transition ready to throw the wet suits in the plastic boxes. Vicky

:39:58. > :40:02.Holland has moved to within ten seconds of the lead, good swim. And

:40:03. > :40:07.she has Gwen Jorgensen the company. It's a good swim for her. And with

:40:08. > :40:12.that sort of lead Gwen Jorgensen will be hard to beat today. She is

:40:13. > :40:15.able to come from a minute and a half, sometimes a minute and three

:40:16. > :40:20.quarters at the end of the cycle stage and still win these races so

:40:21. > :40:27.she's up there with the swim out of the way as the second group arrives

:40:28. > :40:32.and we'll see the rest of the crowd alongside the British athletes as

:40:33. > :40:37.the second groups arriving, the familiar figure of Andrew Hewitt,

:40:38. > :40:43.Stimpson is 51 seconds behind Jessica Learmouth. Duffy and Jessica

:40:44. > :40:48.Learmouth have arrived, along with Lucy Hall and Gwen Jorgensen, at

:40:49. > :40:51.transition. Gwen Jorgensen stepping out of her wet suit. She's dropped

:40:52. > :40:59.it in the box and now she's jogging to the starting line of this cycling

:41:00. > :41:03.leg which comprises a distance of 41 kilometres, sometimes this can be

:41:04. > :41:09.very congested, this transition. That sometimes bump into each other.

:41:10. > :41:14.There is the climb and Duffy is out of the saddle, pushing hard, feet on

:41:15. > :41:19.the pedals. She hasn't made a move to get her feet in the shoes so

:41:20. > :41:25.there is no poll on the feet. Just one away rotation for Flora Duffy as

:41:26. > :41:30.she climbs this steep hill. It's a cruel start to this cycling leg. The

:41:31. > :41:35.second group have arrived, all busy trying to prepare for a clean exit.

:41:36. > :41:41.Some have dealt with it quicker than others. We'll keep an eye on the

:41:42. > :41:44.British contingent, and get their positions, they are passing the bike

:41:45. > :41:50.of Gwen Jorgensen which has been parked there for a minute and more.

:41:51. > :41:54.Ai Ueda of Japan has had a good consistent season and Non Stanford

:41:55. > :42:00.is on her way into transition. She has work to do. The wet suit isn't

:42:01. > :42:04.yet off, Non Stanford has left herself a lot of work to do in the

:42:05. > :42:10.early stages of this 41 kilometre ride. She has. She's had a shocking

:42:11. > :42:14.swim. The only time we saw that was last year in London, where she was

:42:15. > :42:19.way back on the swim. I can't help feeling that she isn't on top form.

:42:20. > :42:23.Let's hope that, knowing the familiarity and the roads in Leeds,

:42:24. > :42:28.this will boost her and she will be able to get back some of that

:42:29. > :42:36.deficit, around about a minute, which is huge. The outskirts of

:42:37. > :42:46.Roundhay Park, on Princes Avenue, when they exited the park, they will

:42:47. > :42:52.first make their way up to Stonegate Road, past Headingley Stadium, into

:42:53. > :42:57.the city centre. They are now on their way, into the suburb of

:42:58. > :43:03.Roundhay. The three of them off the front, they have topped Gwen

:43:04. > :43:07.Jorgensen, was struggling to get back on. What do the British

:43:08. > :43:14.athletes do? Their main runners, Vicky Holland, Non Stanford and

:43:15. > :43:18.Jodie Stimpson are way back. Do they push the pace or wait for their

:43:19. > :43:26.team-mates? I don't know what they will do. Any team instructions? I

:43:27. > :43:30.would say at the moment it is a free for all but if they set back they

:43:31. > :43:36.will get Gwen Jorgensen and they still have Non and Jodie way back so

:43:37. > :43:38.I think at the moment is as a free for all and they have to keep

:43:39. > :43:43.working and think about themselves because these three together could

:43:44. > :43:47.be a dangerous trio. These are the standings after transition. Gwen

:43:48. > :43:53.Jorgensen has work to do to catch the front three, Vicky Holland ten

:43:54. > :43:59.seconds behind officially. Sarah True, for the USA, she's got Olympic

:44:00. > :44:03.selection, Andrea Hibbitt, 44 seconds, Stimpson, 49 seconds off

:44:04. > :44:09.the pace. And further down, it is quite a gap to Non Stanford, who was

:44:10. > :44:14.at the back of the second group, when they came into transition.

:44:15. > :44:19.She's left herself a really tough task to get back involved in this

:44:20. > :44:25.race with two stages still to come. We've had the swim, now 41

:44:26. > :44:28.kilometres on the bike and then a temperament to run to finish. It's

:44:29. > :44:41.almost mighty seconds, the gap that Non Stanford has to find.

:44:42. > :44:48.Non is in good company but as you say, that's a huge amount of ground

:44:49. > :44:52.to make up. Lucy Hall saying to Duffy, come through and take a turn,

:44:53. > :44:57.which is surprising because Duffy doesn't normally sit back. She is

:44:58. > :45:02.renowned as being one of the best cyclists on the circuit. If she's in

:45:03. > :45:06.a group of more than ten we can expect Flora Duffy to try to move

:45:07. > :45:17.clear of her competitors. That will be much tougher. As we can see in

:45:18. > :45:22.the pictures, the front three, and then behind, the other three. I

:45:23. > :45:25.would imagine that Vicky Holland is in there with Gwen Jorgensen and

:45:26. > :45:30.Sarah True from the USA. Just passing tropical world on the left,

:45:31. > :45:35.and indoor and outdoor plants display well worth a visit. Another

:45:36. > :45:37.climb. Vicky Holland is with Gwen Jorgensen and that is Emma Moffat of

:45:38. > :45:48.Australia. Those three have already achieved

:45:49. > :45:53.Olympic selection for their respective countries for Rio 2016.

:45:54. > :45:58.We know the riding from the lake is pretty fast, but there are couple of

:45:59. > :46:02.hills when they leave the lake. We can see it now. The time difference

:46:03. > :46:07.between the chasers, 21 seconds from Vicky Holland and the lead group.

:46:08. > :46:15.Contrast in the geography of this race this afternoon. They are in the

:46:16. > :46:20.leafy suburbs. The blue dot has gone into the leave you suburbs

:46:21. > :46:24.apparently! Ignore that. Computer malfunction. They are still on the

:46:25. > :46:33.main thoroughfare as we join them from the helicopter. We leave the

:46:34. > :46:38.leafy parts of Leeds and into the more built-up city centre, the

:46:39. > :46:42.historical centre of the capital of west Yorkshire. Cloud coming in. We

:46:43. > :46:47.are forecast some rain this afternoon, so we might get a mixed

:46:48. > :46:51.bag. A dry start to the ride followed by a wet finish which could

:46:52. > :46:59.be tricky under the wheels, and it could be wet to finish. Gwen

:47:00. > :47:06.Jorgensen and Holland getting a bit of a ride. Wondering what is going

:47:07. > :47:10.on behind them. This is unusual for us in world racing because we

:47:11. > :47:15.normally see bigger packs but the swim shut them up. And that hill. We

:47:16. > :47:19.saw a group of ten coming out of the swim but the hill coming out of the

:47:20. > :47:25.lake in transition one really separated them. Feet are rain shoes

:47:26. > :47:33.now. We saw Flora Duffy coming out with her feet resting on the top. We

:47:34. > :47:39.have more cadence in the wheels now, more chance to get extra speed.

:47:40. > :47:43.Barely a breath of wind or tailwind or headwind to speak. Conditions

:47:44. > :47:49.quite muddy but pretty good. People will not complain about the weather

:47:50. > :47:53.today that it rain later. Considering what the forecast looked

:47:54. > :47:56.like on Wednesday, the weather forecast suggested heavy rain all

:47:57. > :48:01.day, and hopefully that will not be the case because it would keep the

:48:02. > :48:05.crowds away. As we get into the city centre, we can see enthusiastic and

:48:06. > :48:17.impressive numbers watching the race unfold. Jodie Stimpson isn't based

:48:18. > :48:20.here but the others train in Leeds. They know it well, they trained at

:48:21. > :48:27.the university, they hang out with the local people. On our screen we

:48:28. > :48:30.can see 25 seconds separating the first bag and the second pack but no

:48:31. > :48:38.sightings yet of the other British athletes. If they were not well

:48:39. > :48:42.known before, they are now. About a month ago, giant posters of the

:48:43. > :48:51.British triathletes, the Brownlee brothers, Stimpson, Jenks --

:48:52. > :48:54.Jenkins, Holland, everywhere around the city. Everywhere you looked

:48:55. > :48:57.there are enormous posters of the triathletes because Leeds is the

:48:58. > :49:07.base of the British triathlon very much. We had a long chat with

:49:08. > :49:13.Malcolm Brown, who is in charge here in Yorkshire. He told us he was

:49:14. > :49:17.disappointed to see Non Stanford so far down but he was happy with the

:49:18. > :49:25.way things had gone for the rest of the Leeds based triathletes so far.

:49:26. > :49:28.We had a cup of tea and a chat with Malcolm Brown yesterday, an

:49:29. > :49:32.inspirational figure. The man behind the success of the Brownlee brothers

:49:33. > :49:36.and the rest of the Leeds based triathletes here in the Leeds

:49:37. > :49:39.triathlon centre of excellence. They are on their way on a flight

:49:40. > :49:45.downwards spiral now towards the centre of the city. This part of the

:49:46. > :49:48.course is pretty fast. They have left the hills behind them and it is

:49:49. > :49:55.pretty fast and slightly downhill all the way into town. Helen at the

:49:56. > :49:59.front is really pushing. Trying to get back with the front three

:50:00. > :50:06.athletes who are appearing to gain time, getting away from them. 25

:50:07. > :50:12.seconds now, the gap. They are now separated by 25 seconds. Malcolm

:50:13. > :50:16.Brown said that he thinks the problems for Non Stanford in the

:50:17. > :50:20.swim were brought about by the fact the field was so thin, she had

:50:21. > :50:25.nobody to help to bridge the gap, nobody to act as a lifeguard in the

:50:26. > :50:29.water, if you like, to take a three to join the back of the lead group.

:50:30. > :50:35.Non Stanford with a lot of work to do. Cloud coming over and obscuring

:50:36. > :50:43.the view from our helicopter high above the roads of West Yorkshire.

:50:44. > :50:49.The leaders make their way down to the city centre. Will they get to

:50:50. > :50:53.the city centre? When they do, they will ride seven laps around the

:50:54. > :51:01.iconic buildings and landmarks within the city. They will come past

:51:02. > :51:07.transition and finish line which is in Millennium Square. They will ride

:51:08. > :51:11.along Park Square, past Leeds Civic Centre, the town hall, the museum,

:51:12. > :51:20.the cathedral. We will see these landmarks several times as the laps

:51:21. > :51:30.unfold. The race will conclude with a four lap run will stop 10,000

:51:31. > :51:38.metre run to finish. Very technical and tight when you get into town.

:51:39. > :51:43.You can expect to see cyclists racing, not triathletes. We do see

:51:44. > :51:46.these formats but they are normally wider, not twisting and technical,

:51:47. > :51:55.but the Leeds course will be a real challenge for these athletes. The

:51:56. > :52:02.chase group will be group number three. That number is about ten.

:52:03. > :52:08.They have electric motorbikes on the course bringing us pictures from

:52:09. > :52:15.allowing side -- alongside the packs. We hope they can get through

:52:16. > :52:19.the race. They have a range of 110 kilometres so it should be enough.

:52:20. > :52:23.They are going to have to work hard today because there are so many

:52:24. > :52:27.little packs. Normally there are three at the most but there are five

:52:28. > :52:32.or six little groups of athletes on this course at the moment. Three at

:52:33. > :52:36.the front. I am just wondering if these pictures are showing us a

:52:37. > :52:42.bigger group, and perhaps the cyclists from behind have now joined

:52:43. > :52:45.Gwen Jorgensen and Vicky Holland. We will find out soon enough as we come

:52:46. > :52:50.to a time checked and they cross the finish line in transition. This is

:52:51. > :52:54.the chase group, Gwen Jorgensen from the USA, who had that astonishing

:52:55. > :52:59.run of victories until she was finally toppled at the Gold Coast by

:53:00. > :53:04.Helen Jenkins of Great Britain. Brilliant finish that day by

:53:05. > :53:08.Jenkins. Gwen Jorgensen the most accessible female triathletes in the

:53:09. > :53:12.World Triathlon Series since its inception in 2009. -- the most

:53:13. > :53:30.successful female triathlete. We heard from her coat

:53:31. > :53:33.and husband Patrick Lemieux earlier. He said they are not so worried

:53:34. > :53:39.about what happened on the Gold Coast. The successful completion of

:53:40. > :53:45.her Olympic cycle is well under way. According to the graphic at the

:53:46. > :53:49.moment, between Jessica Learmonth's lead group and the chase group,

:53:50. > :53:53.there is 42 seconds, but we will not take that as a confirmed time

:53:54. > :53:57.because sometimes the overhead graphics can be incorrect. We will

:53:58. > :54:02.take the time from transition when they cross the line to complete the

:54:03. > :54:04.end of this first unique lap. They will raise the same course later.

:54:05. > :54:10.The bike course has been tweaked somewhat. They were worried because

:54:11. > :54:18.of the slick surface under the wheels at a certain part of the

:54:19. > :54:22.course around the Albion Police area of the city, they were worried about

:54:23. > :54:26.the road surface being slippery, and they were worried about rain which

:54:27. > :54:34.so far hasn't transpired. The bike course was altered slightly. There

:54:35. > :54:38.is no longer an area around Albion Place, and now there is a dead turn,

:54:39. > :54:43.which could provide interesting twists and turns as the race unfold

:54:44. > :54:50.later. Noticing the British athletes in the front, Lucy and Jessica, and

:54:51. > :54:55.I wondered why they did that so early in the race. I guess because

:54:56. > :54:59.this is their only chance. When they get into town, the 25 kilometres

:55:00. > :55:03.will be tough and they will have to concentrate as they ride in and out

:55:04. > :55:08.of the town and take on the very technical course that the Leeds

:55:09. > :55:12.organisers have set up. They are feeling the warmth of the West

:55:13. > :55:15.Yorkshire welcome in Leeds. The spectator numbers swelling as they

:55:16. > :55:24.hit the city centre. The organisers are expecting 100,000 people, and

:55:25. > :55:28.those expectations could be exceeded, people turning up in Leeds

:55:29. > :55:32.this afternoon to watch the two races. As they head towards the city

:55:33. > :55:39.centre, apparently the crab has grown from 42 seconds to 52 but I

:55:40. > :55:45.can't believe that is correct. -- the gap. It has gone up ten second

:55:46. > :55:49.in the space of 60 seconds, so we will wait for the official time as

:55:50. > :55:54.they complete this opening lap. Those times are very interesting,

:55:55. > :55:57.and if that is the case, 54 seconds in eight kilometres, that is a huge

:55:58. > :56:04.amount that these guys have gained on the second pack. We know Flora

:56:05. > :56:07.Duffy is a phenomenal cyclist and she has done great things that he

:56:08. > :56:16.had a great race in Cape Town where she made the podium, I think for the

:56:17. > :56:23.first time. An accomplished athlete, the girl from Bermuda. She can hang

:56:24. > :56:29.on much more to the runners in the race. The city centre beckons.

:56:30. > :56:34.Looking ahead, following the trajectory of the chase group,

:56:35. > :56:40.looking ahead towards the leaders. Again they will head into that

:56:41. > :56:47.wooded part of the city and begin the first of the seven laps around

:56:48. > :56:51.the well-known landmarks of the commercial and physical centre of

:56:52. > :56:58.West Yorkshire. Flora Duffy continues to push a brutal place

:56:59. > :57:02.here at the front of the ride with Lucy Hall and Jessica Learmonth for

:57:03. > :57:04.company. We were expecting two British triathletes to be with the

:57:05. > :57:13.leaders, but to be honest we were not expecting these two. Lucy Hall

:57:14. > :57:17.and Jessica Learmonth up with Flora Duffy. Jessica Learmonth was superb

:57:18. > :57:23.in the water. She drops are hands down, gets low, aerodynamic, looking

:57:24. > :57:27.for another burst of speed. She is matching Flora Duffy turn photo.

:57:28. > :57:31.Flora Duffy has but most of the pace into the race so far but Jessica

:57:32. > :57:41.Learmonth is not letting up and continues to crack at a place

:57:42. > :57:50.through the city. -- crack on at a vibrant pace. With Malcolm Brown

:57:51. > :57:56.having said the problem is that it is a small pack, so when the packs

:57:57. > :58:00.start to form, there is nothing to grab onto. These athletes are used

:58:01. > :58:06.to racing with 65 girls and it was down to half today, 32 racing today.

:58:07. > :58:14.That is where Non Stanford has really come a cropper. The lead

:58:15. > :58:18.group from above. Flora Duffy of Bermuda, Lucy Hall and Jessica

:58:19. > :58:24.Learmonth from Great Britain. Not many spectators out on this stretch

:58:25. > :58:28.of the route. Spectators who want a regular view of the race have

:58:29. > :58:32.positioned themselves on the main lap formation. The cyclists will

:58:33. > :58:36.pass them a further seven times. Right in the city centre, they will

:58:37. > :58:40.put on their running shoes for the conclusion of this race and they

:58:41. > :58:44.will run by four times, so they will get view after view of the race as

:58:45. > :58:52.it unfolds. There are some surprised spectators looking around for side

:58:53. > :59:02.of Non Stanford, Vicky Holland, Jodie Stimpson, but instead they

:59:03. > :59:09.have got Union flag suits but not who they expected. The chase group

:59:10. > :59:14.has swollen somewhat. Does that mean that the Gwen Jorgensen trio has

:59:15. > :59:18.been caught and has merged into this larger group? Maybe we will get

:59:19. > :59:22.alongside it in a moment and get a check on the more familiar

:59:23. > :59:27.triathletes within this chase pack. When they get into town and they

:59:28. > :59:31.take on the seven tight technical loops, you want to pack smaller than

:59:32. > :59:37.this, I think, because a pack this side going round the tight corners

:59:38. > :59:39.will be hard. You are right, Vicky Holland, Gwen Jorgensen and Emma

:59:40. > :59:44.Moffatt have now been caught by the third pack and this pack has become

:59:45. > :59:49.the chase pack. Does that give them more scope to work together and

:59:50. > :59:54.inject pace and chase down the front three? Will this work in their

:59:55. > :59:57.favour or against them? It will work now on this section of a course

:59:58. > :00:02.which is flat and fast and wide. When they get into town, I think

:00:03. > :00:04.some of the athletes will drop off because it will get too technical

:00:05. > :00:10.and too hard for some of the guys that are not so technically skilled.

:00:11. > :00:15.I think it is positive certainly for Gwen Jorgensen and Holland that they

:00:16. > :00:17.have been joined by the likes of Rachel Klamer, former European

:00:18. > :00:23.champion, who will help them along the way, I think.

:00:24. > :00:28.Officially one minute and 20 seconds, now, the gap between the

:00:29. > :00:34.leaders and the traces. The leaders are well-established in city centre.

:00:35. > :00:38.Jessica Learmouth of Great Britain, Lucy Hall of Great Britain and Flora

:00:39. > :00:43.Duffy of Bermuda now they can feel the noise of Leeds as the spectators

:00:44. > :00:51.in the city centre get their first real site of the race.

:00:52. > :00:59.CHEERING What a welcome for the leaders. Now

:01:00. > :01:04.we can get an official time Jack as they cross the blue carpeted start-

:01:05. > :01:13.finish line for the first time. They have six more maps to come. In the

:01:14. > :01:16.city centre national seven more wraps to come, I beg your pardon.

:01:17. > :01:25.Now we have conflicting reports from the graphics on how far this group

:01:26. > :01:29.will be hand, one minute 20 was the worst case scenario although one

:01:30. > :01:33.timing system suggested it was only about 40 seconds. I think one minute

:01:34. > :01:38.20 seconds might be accurate, they've still got a long way to go

:01:39. > :01:42.before they hit the transition area. At the moment it is playing into the

:01:43. > :01:50.hands of the two British athletes, although not the ones we expected,

:01:51. > :01:54.it is not Non Stanford and Jodie Stimpson, it is Jessica Learmouth

:01:55. > :01:57.and Lucy Hall. Flora Duffy will be rubbing her hands in glee. I don't

:01:58. > :02:02.think she would have imagined at the start of the race that there would

:02:03. > :02:09.be that big a gap coming from the swim. Spectators out in force. I am

:02:10. > :02:12.reminded of London 2012 and the crowds that packed into Hyde Park

:02:13. > :02:18.and that part of London to welcome the Olympic triathlon. Rarely do you

:02:19. > :02:26.see sites like this on the world triathlon series. This is brilliant.

:02:27. > :02:36.1.28 is the official time distance between the leaders and the chasers.

:02:37. > :02:44.Vicky Holland, Jodie Stimpson, and still no sign of Non Stanford. Non

:02:45. > :02:50.Stanford is further back. That's very unfortunate. She will be in a

:02:51. > :03:04.much smaller tougher pack, way down on these goals. -- way down on these

:03:05. > :03:08.girls. A bit of head scratching going on among the spectators

:03:09. > :03:12.wondering why the race has taken a rather peculiar cause so far.

:03:13. > :03:17.Certainly not going according to plan the British team at but they

:03:18. > :03:21.will be happy that there are two British triathletes in the leading

:03:22. > :03:27.group of three. Vicky Holland leading the pack at this next turn.

:03:28. > :03:31.I am slightly perplexed because you might expect on a technical section

:03:32. > :03:35.that people lose much time but I don't really understand how the

:03:36. > :03:39.athletes have lost that much time coming into town on what was a

:03:40. > :03:44.relatively flat, straightforward section of the course. Pretty tied

:03:45. > :03:52.in some sections of this city centre part of the race. Lucy Hall with

:03:53. > :03:57.Jessica Learmouth ahead of her, and Flora Duffy of Bermuda. These three

:03:58. > :04:02.have had a sense Asian start through this fifth round of the 2016 world

:04:03. > :04:09.triathlon series in Leeds, the blistering pace in the water -- a

:04:10. > :04:12.sensational start. Jessica Learmouth leading them. When they got on their

:04:13. > :04:16.bikes they went tearing away from the rest of the field and

:04:17. > :04:21.established a lead getting on for 90 seconds as they head to this first

:04:22. > :04:32.lap of seven in the city. Interesting to see what Vicky

:04:33. > :04:36.Holland does next. Jessica Learmouth is wondering why Lucy Hall is not

:04:37. > :04:39.coming through. We know that Lucy Hall is technically very good

:04:40. > :04:44.although I am not sure that this course will play into her hands

:04:45. > :04:48.because it is very tight. I am not sure if it'll suit the style of

:04:49. > :04:53.racing. She's just having a chat with Duffy. I don't know if they are

:04:54. > :04:58.discussing tactics or saying, where is everyone? A lot of good

:04:59. > :05:04.medication between these three, three of them engaged conversation,

:05:05. > :05:08.some of it a little firm, to say the least, from Duffy. She was getting a

:05:09. > :05:16.bit of answering back from Jessica Learmouth. Not totally in agreement

:05:17. > :05:22.with the strategy but their lead will be apparent to them now, a

:05:23. > :05:31.minute and a half, as they make their way along this first lap

:05:32. > :05:35.around the city centre of Leeds. No sighting yet of Non Stanford. I am

:05:36. > :05:39.not sure where she is on the course but she is not with the second pack,

:05:40. > :05:44.when they came into town there were one minute and 30 seconds behind the

:05:45. > :05:47.three leaders. Not sure what the conversation was that, I have a

:05:48. > :05:51.feeling that they were perhaps a little in shock as to where is

:05:52. > :05:54.everyone, how could they possibly have one minute and 30 seconds on

:05:55. > :05:58.them whether they were getting a little frustrated with each other.

:05:59. > :06:02.They have to work together. It got a great opportunity to do something

:06:03. > :06:08.special here in Leeds. The chase group getting a little more spread

:06:09. > :06:12.through the tide turns through the centre of Leeds. One Australian

:06:13. > :06:19.struggling to match the pace of others in the group who are more

:06:20. > :06:23.experienced on two wheels. The Japanese triathlete just in front of

:06:24. > :06:31.her and that group, which number to 12, has now shrunk to ten or 11. You

:06:32. > :06:35.would expect to see that on this course, athletes dropping off,

:06:36. > :06:39.because some are far more technically skilled and I think that

:06:40. > :06:43.your weaknesses, as a cyclist, technically speaking, will really

:06:44. > :06:47.show up on this course. Flora Duffy now leading the way in this world

:06:48. > :06:52.triathlon series from Leeds. Back in front now. She needs about two

:06:53. > :06:57.minutes on Gwen Jorgensen. I think she is the stronger runner of the

:06:58. > :07:02.group of three but she will need conservatively 2.5 minutes on Gwen

:07:03. > :07:08.Jorgensen, possibly two minutes, a big gap if she is to stay away from

:07:09. > :07:17.Gwen Jorgensen off about. Greeted again by this colourful scene. -- of

:07:18. > :07:22.the bike. As they complete the next lap. Unbelievable noise echoing

:07:23. > :07:29.around millennium Square, with Leeds Civic Hall behind. Duffy, Jessica

:07:30. > :07:34.Learmouth, Lucy Hall, the three of them on their way for the next lap

:07:35. > :07:38.around the city said. It will be interesting to see whether the

:07:39. > :07:42.chasing group of a dozen or so triathletes has taken any time out

:07:43. > :07:49.of the deficit which was a minute and a half at the end of the

:07:50. > :07:52.previous lap. We'll need to hold on another minute or so to see if

:07:53. > :07:58.they've made at any time. They looked as if they were pushing the

:07:59. > :08:03.pace, this will tell us if it is the case. Gwen Jorgensen is not exactly

:08:04. > :08:08.working hard, the pace is relatively pedestrian from what we have

:08:09. > :08:14.witnessed from the front three. And now the rain has started falling.

:08:15. > :08:18.The drizzle that we expected as you can see from the camera lens, from

:08:19. > :08:23.the electric motorcycle following the chase pack, there is a little

:08:24. > :08:29.bit of rain in the air. That might liven things up for the second half

:08:30. > :08:36.of this race. Not something that the athletes want, a lot of these girls

:08:37. > :08:45.are going to raise in Rio. Still a few weeks to go before Rio, you

:08:46. > :08:51.don't want to be coming down hard. The time difference is swollen even

:08:52. > :08:58.further, it was one minute and 28 last time, it is no one minute and

:08:59. > :09:03.39, six laps to go for the chasing group which includes Jodie Stimpson,

:09:04. > :09:09.officially in 10th position. The 2008 Olympic bronze-medallist Emma

:09:10. > :09:13.Moffatt is in the group. Gwen Jorgensen is the world champion. She

:09:14. > :09:19.is the most successful world triathlon series race of all time.

:09:20. > :09:23.Non Stanford is one minute and 58 seconds off the pace. Almost two

:09:24. > :09:31.minutes down and working hard to try to get with this group. That is good

:09:32. > :09:35.news. She has a pact to work with. That looks like a tight little pack,

:09:36. > :09:40.let's have they can communicate and really do something, if Stanford is

:09:41. > :09:44.to be in with any chance of a medal she needs to be in the second pack.

:09:45. > :09:49.Gwen Jorgensen having to work hard up this hill. I don't know if she is

:09:50. > :09:55.just staying out of trouble or having a tricky day. I didn't ever

:09:56. > :10:00.think this would be a course that when would enjoy this much. As I

:10:01. > :10:03.said, it's incredibly tight and twisty and I think the toughest

:10:04. > :10:08.course we've seen yet on the world triathlon series. The athletes were

:10:09. > :10:12.warned by the organisers to expect rain at any time. Many of them have

:10:13. > :10:18.never been to this part of the UK before. Rain is a possibility,

:10:19. > :10:24.pretty much any day of the week in Leeds. The umbrellas are going up

:10:25. > :10:28.rapidly around the city centre. Hopefully the spectators are hardy

:10:29. > :10:32.bunch. Hopefully they will stick around and watch the end of the

:10:33. > :10:37.race, for many of them, the highlight of the day will be seeing

:10:38. > :10:42.the Brownlee Brothers, hometown heroes, seeing them in action in the

:10:43. > :10:46.men's race later. There's some argy-bargy, this time between

:10:47. > :10:51.Jessica Learmouth and Lucy Hall. Jessica Learmouth is asking Lucy

:10:52. > :10:55.Hall to stay with them and Lucy Hall says she can't because the pace is

:10:56. > :11:01.too fast. Duffy is keeping her eyes on the road, and is allowing the two

:11:02. > :11:07.British triathletes to fight it out amongst themselves behind. A

:11:08. > :11:14.surprise because as mentioned, I was much if this course would suit Lucy

:11:15. > :11:17.Hall's racing. We super-confident and the descent usually although

:11:18. > :11:24.she's used to be struggling today. Remember Flora Duffy, in my view

:11:25. > :11:28.possibly the top cyclist on the circuit, her main competitor getting

:11:29. > :11:33.fixed after the crash in Abu Dhabi and hoping to raise in Rio, she is

:11:34. > :11:42.the current Lib champion, Nicola. For me, Flora Duffy is one of the

:11:43. > :11:46.hardest, best cyclist. -- one of the hardest and toughest cyclists. I

:11:47. > :11:50.think the others struggling to stay with her. The three triathletes who

:11:51. > :11:54.left the water together are leading the race. And still the conversation

:11:55. > :11:59.continues and looks to be getting towards exasperation from Jessica

:12:00. > :12:05.Learmouth. What is she saying to Lucy Hall? Lucy Hall is at the back

:12:06. > :12:07.of the trio and I think Jessica Learmouth wants to go to the front

:12:08. > :12:14.and share the workload. I don't think that Lucy Hall wants to. I

:12:15. > :12:19.know that if Lucy Hall can take a turn she will. If she isn't at the

:12:20. > :12:22.front it is because she is having a tough time. And Jessica waving her

:12:23. > :12:30.hands and shouting and using that energy isn't helping anyone! Jessica

:12:31. > :12:35.Learmouth and Lucy Hall are having a right go at each other. A shake of

:12:36. > :12:42.the head from Jess, who was first out of the water. Just not sensible

:12:43. > :12:46.in my book. These three have a phenomenal opportunity right now, a

:12:47. > :12:50.fantastic break away, working towards nearly two minutes on the

:12:51. > :12:54.chase pack. Anything can happen. They could have the race of their

:12:55. > :12:58.life today and all they can do is argue about who is taking their

:12:59. > :13:03.turn. If Lucy Hall cannot take her turn and Jessica needs to get her

:13:04. > :13:06.head down and tried hard. I agree. Perhaps that information will be

:13:07. > :13:11.transmitted to them somehow. You got a chance come you could have to

:13:12. > :13:14.minutes on the chasers at the end of this section, a chance for one of

:13:15. > :13:20.you to win your first world triathletes series race. And when it

:13:21. > :13:24.comes to a ten kilometre run, well, there are chances for all three.

:13:25. > :13:28.Once again this colourful scene, it has got more colourful know because

:13:29. > :13:35.the rain jackets are on! Five laps to go. It's still a Duffy, Jessica

:13:36. > :13:40.Learmouth, and Lucy Hall. Last time we checked at the end of the

:13:41. > :13:47.previous lap, it was one minute and 38 seconds, the gap to the chasing

:13:48. > :13:52.group. It may well have grown even further. And still Flora Duffy doing

:13:53. > :13:58.all the work. Hasn't moved from first position in this race,

:13:59. > :14:01.throughout that lap, she was out in front, as Annie said, she was

:14:02. > :14:04.probably the best cyclist in the field and her skills are being

:14:05. > :14:08.called upon to read this 41 kilometre cycle this afternoon.

:14:09. > :14:22.Meanwhile in a slightly wetter part of the city, the Irish cyclist Reid

:14:23. > :14:26.is pushing hard. Duffy has to put her head down because she is capable

:14:27. > :14:31.of writing this on her own all the way and still running faster than

:14:32. > :14:34.the two British girls, no disrespects to them but certainly

:14:35. > :14:38.Flora Duffy has run faster than them both so she's got to get her head

:14:39. > :14:40.down and work so she's got a chance to be on the podium again like in

:14:41. > :14:55.Cape Town. So the chase group arrives in

:14:56. > :14:58.transition. I'm wrong, they are still way off transition which means

:14:59. > :15:07.that gap will be almost two minutes now. We know that Gwen Jorgensen is

:15:08. > :15:11.capable of coming from around 145, beyond two minutes might even be too

:15:12. > :15:17.much for the great Gwen Jorgensen to close down over 10,000 metres. It's

:15:18. > :15:24.one minute and 43 seconds, so a further six seconds added to that

:15:25. > :15:28.gap. We saw the discussions between Jessica Learmouth and Lucy Hall on

:15:29. > :15:32.their bikes with Duffy in the leading three. I wonder if a

:15:33. > :15:35.difference of opinion between Lucy Hall and Jessica Learmouth as to

:15:36. > :15:40.whether they should slow down and try to help the rest of the British

:15:41. > :15:45.contingent behind them? I wonder if that has come into their thinking?

:15:46. > :15:53.I think you have hit the nail on the head. The penny has dropped. Lucy

:15:54. > :15:59.Hall went as a pilot athlete in 2012 and use on the reserve list for Rio.

:16:00. > :16:05.She knows her job. She is only 24 and he is an athlete who could have

:16:06. > :16:09.a career of her own. Her job now is to help Holland and Stanford, who

:16:10. > :16:14.are the best runners in this field of athletes along with Gwen

:16:15. > :16:17.Jorgensen. Whatever they do, it is unlikely Flora Duffy will play

:16:18. > :16:23.along, so it is a tough situation for Lucy Hall and Jessica. We join

:16:24. > :16:26.them now away from the city centre. It is tough. As the time keeps

:16:27. > :16:31.growing, they could get on the podium as well. From the cab,

:16:32. > :16:36.Malcolm Brown said they want a British athlete on that podium, we

:16:37. > :16:42.don't care who she is, but we certainly don't expect it to be Lucy

:16:43. > :16:47.Hall or Jessica Learmonth, that is for sure. Flora Duffy at the back of

:16:48. > :16:53.the trio now. The rain doesn't seem to be too heavy. Light drizzle more

:16:54. > :16:59.than anything more serious. Jessica Learmonth out of the saddle, pushing

:17:00. > :17:04.hard. Lucy Hall staying in second. Flora Duffy having a well earned

:17:05. > :17:07.rest at the back of the group of three. Jessica Learmonth has their

:17:08. > :17:13.own agenda, obviously. She has never been employed as a pilot athlete.

:17:14. > :17:17.She is hitting it hard and may be Lucy Hall needs to sit back and do

:17:18. > :17:21.it on her own to help the second pack, but two minutes is a long time

:17:22. > :17:30.to wait for the second pack to catch up. Mini break there from Jessica

:17:31. > :17:41.Learmonth, but covered quite quickly by Lucy Hall and stuffy. -- Duffy.

:17:42. > :17:45.That chase group, we will catch up with them shortly, and it contains

:17:46. > :17:50.some of the best triathletes in the world including the incredible Gwen

:17:51. > :17:53.Jorgensen, Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson. They have had successful

:17:54. > :18:01.seasons themselves already, particularly Vicky Holland. Jodie

:18:02. > :18:07.Stimpson has won a World Triathlon Series race. She won in Abu Dhabi.

:18:08. > :18:15.Jenkins beat Jorgensen on the Gold Coast. Stanford took her victory in

:18:16. > :18:20.Cape Town, beating Jodie Stimpson into second. I wonder if we might

:18:21. > :18:27.see another British triathlete on the top step of the podium today. I

:18:28. > :18:35.wonder if Lucy Hall or Learmonth have got what it takes to be that

:18:36. > :18:40.athletes today? It is an interesting one. With Vicky and Non Stanford,

:18:41. > :18:44.who would be most likely on their best day on their best form to out

:18:45. > :18:54.run Gwen, it would probably be Non Stanford. We haven't got a good time

:18:55. > :18:58.reference at the moment but we know she was about 30 seconds down that

:18:59. > :19:03.second pack, and she is tucked away in the third pack, and they seem to

:19:04. > :19:10.be working well. The roads might be a bit slippery now, making taking

:19:11. > :19:15.risks just a bit more dangerous. The chase group quite well spread single

:19:16. > :19:20.file along this path, which follows one of the main motorways through

:19:21. > :19:28.the city centre. Down to ten triathletes here. This was a dozen

:19:29. > :19:35.strong a lap and a half ago. Two more off the back. Flora Duffy is

:19:36. > :19:42.back out in front and the base has risen as a result of her taking

:19:43. > :19:46.control and again. We come into the more populated part of the city for

:19:47. > :19:50.the spectators. A spectacular scene which is a boost of encouragement

:19:51. > :19:56.for even the most tired triathlete this afternoon. All the colour and

:19:57. > :20:03.noise to give them a further injection of adrenaline. Flora Duffy

:20:04. > :20:14.of Bermuda leads Lucy Hall and Learmonth of Great Britain. Four

:20:15. > :20:20.laps to go on two Wales. -- wheels. According to Brendan Purcell, the

:20:21. > :20:24.head coach of the British triathletes, his instructions for

:20:25. > :20:30.the athletes today were to raise intelligently, and they are being

:20:31. > :20:33.encouraged by the coaches out on the course to make sure that Flora Duffy

:20:34. > :20:36.does the lion's share of the working. That would be an

:20:37. > :20:41.intelligent strategy from a British point of view. Make the Bermudan do

:20:42. > :20:51.all the work and save their legs for the run. That set of instructions

:20:52. > :20:53.seems to have reached Lucy Hall and Learmonth and they are spending most

:20:54. > :21:04.of their time tucked in behind Flora Duffy. The chase group now. Jodie

:21:05. > :21:12.Stimpson in this group. Gwen Jorgensen in this group. Vicky

:21:13. > :21:20.Holland as well. Vicky Holland on the right of your screen with the

:21:21. > :21:27.White helmet. Jodie Stimpson wearing number two for Great Britain. Here

:21:28. > :21:33.they come through this lively part of the city. The pace rises in

:21:34. > :21:42.response to the encouragement from the spectators. Some Spanish flags

:21:43. > :21:45.being waived. It is all about the British contingent here this

:21:46. > :21:50.afternoon as far as the majority of the Leeds fans are concerned. The

:21:51. > :21:54.gap is 1.44, so no real change between the end of the previous lap

:21:55. > :22:02.and this one. It has stayed fairly static. It was 1.43 and now it is

:22:03. > :22:06.1.44, so no further damage done. It is still within range of Gwen

:22:07. > :22:12.Jorgensen to strike from the back and carve her way through the field.

:22:13. > :22:17.To get past the weaker runners and take a win maybe. She may well have

:22:18. > :22:23.company in the shape of Jodie Stimpson and Vicky Holland, who will

:22:24. > :22:29.fancy riding the Gwen Jorgensen wave after she parts up her bike. Some

:22:30. > :22:32.struggling with the pace here. That group that looked like they were

:22:33. > :22:37.working well, the third pack, with Non Stanford in, they are 30 seconds

:22:38. > :22:41.back. If they can get back into the second pack, that puts Non Stanford

:22:42. > :22:51.back with Gwen Jorgensen, which is what you really want. The road

:22:52. > :23:00.hasn't got any worse really. A bit down. Nothing more unpleasant than

:23:01. > :23:03.that. -- a bit damp. Plenty of trees in the city for shelter but our

:23:04. > :23:12.cameraman is having to wipe the camera to keep the rain drops away

:23:13. > :23:15.from your pictures. Lucy Hall in third, Learmonth in second and Flora

:23:16. > :23:19.Duffy being forced to do the majority of the work according to

:23:20. > :23:24.the coach, so her legs will be the most tired of those three pairs of

:23:25. > :23:30.legs in this cycle. We are in the fourth lap of seven through the city

:23:31. > :23:38.centre now. They will conclude this next lap back in Millennium Square.

:23:39. > :23:42.Flora Duffy shouting some instructions. The only instructions

:23:43. > :23:47.they will give hair will be to keep riding hard because at the moment

:23:48. > :23:52.1.45 ahead of Gwen Jorgensen, you need another 45 seconds to really

:23:53. > :23:55.guarantee yourself the victory, because we know how fast Gwen

:23:56. > :24:00.Jorgensen is. At the moment, the race is really on to see whether the

:24:01. > :24:06.third pack can reach the second pack, and then we have Non Stanford

:24:07. > :24:11.back in the running. The course cars midway through the city centre. Some

:24:12. > :24:19.tight turns and with the tarmac getting wetter and wetter there is a

:24:20. > :24:32.safety first attitude creeping into some of the turns on two wheels. The

:24:33. > :24:40.lead pack still unchanged. Lucy Hall and Learmonth of Great Britain on

:24:41. > :24:49.lap four of seven. Around 40 kilometres per hour is their

:24:50. > :24:53.straight-line speed. Lucy Hall playing it very tactically. We know

:24:54. > :24:58.she is a great rider, but she is sitting there letting Flora Duffy do

:24:59. > :25:03.the work. Two reasons. She doesn't want to push the pace, and you can

:25:04. > :25:07.see them having a chat, Jessica asking Lucy what is going on. Lucy

:25:08. > :25:11.doesn't want to push the pace, because that means they get further

:25:12. > :25:17.away, which makes Holland and Stanford's chances are getting near

:25:18. > :25:23.the podium even tougher. Learmonth has plenty to say! She had been the

:25:24. > :25:27.most vocal. She held out her hand, waved her finger, and pulled Lucy

:25:28. > :25:33.Hall alongside as if to say, come here, I want to have a word with

:25:34. > :25:39.you. She hasn't stopped. She reminds me of Alistair Brownlee. He can't be

:25:40. > :25:46.a noisy character on the bike as well. -- he can be. The front wheel

:25:47. > :25:51.of Lucy Hall and the rear wheel of Flora Duffy got dangerously close

:25:52. > :25:56.them. With all the chitchat, they need to focus on staying out of

:25:57. > :25:59.trouble. Learmonth takes her turn and stands out of the saddle and

:26:00. > :26:05.goes hard towards the end of the fourth lap. Learmonth has launched a

:26:06. > :26:11.little break. She wants some time in the spotlight in the busiest part of

:26:12. > :26:20.the city. Coming towards Millennium Square again. It is bordered by

:26:21. > :26:25.Leeds Civic hall, Leeds General Infirmary, the city museum, the

:26:26. > :26:29.college of art. It was here in 2001 that Nelson Mandela appeared in the

:26:30. > :26:35.square to open the adjoining Nelson Mandela Gardens. On the same day he

:26:36. > :26:42.was awarded the freedom of the city. Freedom of the city for President

:26:43. > :26:47.Nelson Mandela, right here in Leeds. Learmonth, Flora Duffy and Lucy

:26:48. > :26:53.Hall, and a break. It is Learmonth who has decided enough chat, no more

:26:54. > :26:58.talk, time for action. I am surprised that Flora has not gone

:26:59. > :27:02.with her. Maybe this is a date. She is not looking back, she is going,

:27:03. > :27:06.and if you are going to make a breakaway, this is what you have got

:27:07. > :27:10.to do. You can't look behind you. Just push the paddles and see what

:27:11. > :27:15.you can get out of it. Laura Duffy not going with her surprisingly.

:27:16. > :27:18.Gwen Jorgensen just sitting on the back for most of this race, trying

:27:19. > :27:25.to stay out of trouble, understandably so. She is favourite

:27:26. > :27:28.for the gold medal in Rio. She has talked openly about the fact that

:27:29. > :27:33.this is the only race she is interested in this year. For my

:27:34. > :27:37.liking, perhaps putting too much pressure on herself, but I guess she

:27:38. > :27:42.has got everything else and now she wants to have an Olympic medal.

:27:43. > :27:50.Vicky Holland wearing number 15 at the front. Sarah True for America as

:27:51. > :28:01.well. Non Stanford is on the wheel of her team-mate Vicky Holland. The

:28:02. > :28:05.end of lap three, and now the end of lap four, and it is going to be an

:28:06. > :28:09.even greater time difference. The damage has been done by Learmonth

:28:10. > :28:18.with that little break in the middle of lap four. Three to go. The time

:28:19. > :28:29.difference is getting on towards two minutes, 1.5 five. It has gone from

:28:30. > :28:36.1.38 up to 1.43, and at the end of the fourth lap, 1.55, is very huge

:28:37. > :28:42.target. Good news for Non Stanford because the third pack has made time

:28:43. > :28:46.up on the second pack. About 20 seconds separating the second and

:28:47. > :28:56.third packs, which is very good news for Non Stanford.

:28:57. > :29:07.Non Stanford making a move with that third group. Inching towards the

:29:08. > :29:13.Jorgensen, Holland, Stimpson group. The leaders now. Non Stanford had a

:29:14. > :29:23.poor swim because of the lack of depth in the field, starting to get

:29:24. > :29:28.involved in this race. Back to the leaders now. Learmonth's personal

:29:29. > :29:33.break has been snuffed out by Flora Duffy and Lucy Hall, reading her

:29:34. > :29:43.back in, and Lucy Hall takes her turn at the front of the field. This

:29:44. > :29:48.really is a leg breaker, this course. As you can see, there really

:29:49. > :29:55.is very little time on this cause when you are just riding hard and

:29:56. > :30:02.not negotiating some turn, 180 degrees, tight 90 degrees corners,

:30:03. > :30:13.plenty of them. This is a tough bike course. Non Stanford's grandparents

:30:14. > :30:19.are here today. Marjorie and Colin. They have come to see their

:30:20. > :30:21.granddaughter race triathlon. World Champion Non Stanford back towards

:30:22. > :30:27.her best and selected for the British team to go to Rio. They will

:30:28. > :30:32.be hoping for further improvement. They will have been encouraged by

:30:33. > :30:35.the fact the Stanford group is close to the Jorgensen, Holland, Stimpson

:30:36. > :30:45.group at the end of the last lap but plenty of work to do.

:30:46. > :30:51.The triathletes disappearing behind some of the tall Victorian buildings

:30:52. > :30:56.in the centre of the city. This chase group really needs to raise

:30:57. > :31:07.its game and find some pace for the second part of this cycling. Almost

:31:08. > :31:12.two minutes was the gap at the end of lap four. We are now into lap

:31:13. > :31:18.five of seven, back with the leaders, further liquid refreshment

:31:19. > :31:23.for Lucy Hall. Jessica Learmouth stops and stretchers, trying to keep

:31:24. > :31:28.her upper body ready for the third part of this triathlon, 10,000 metre

:31:29. > :31:33.run. She doesn't look comfortable, Jessica Learmouth. She looks as she

:31:34. > :31:40.might have tied back. Trying to stretch it out. Just seconds ago, 25

:31:41. > :31:45.kilometres, just over 15 kilometres to go because this course is

:31:46. > :31:48.slightly long, it's 41 and a bit kilometres and a lot can still be

:31:49. > :31:52.done in this time so these three, certainly Duffy must decide which is

:31:53. > :31:58.going to do. At the moment she is going to have to work harder and

:31:59. > :32:01.needs more of a gap on Gwen Jorgensen, and Non Stanford, who

:32:02. > :32:09.touch wood will join the second pack in the next couple of kilometres. It

:32:10. > :32:13.will be interesting to see what the second and the third packs to, I

:32:14. > :32:19.suspect they will join forces and become a very big pack riding around

:32:20. > :32:23.these streets. Jessica Learmouth recently raised at the European

:32:24. > :32:37.triathlon Championships in Lisbon and finished 20th, she is still

:32:38. > :32:40.showing signs of frustration. You can see she hasn't stopped talking

:32:41. > :32:46.since the moment she got on her bike. Having a good race, though, as

:32:47. > :32:51.they come to the end of the fifth lap. Just the last couple of laps to

:32:52. > :32:57.go. This is a really interesting race. It involves two groups, the

:32:58. > :33:04.leading group of three and the chasing group of about ten. But

:33:05. > :33:09.there are still potentially four or five different winners of the race.

:33:10. > :33:14.It is not done and dusted by any means. Duffy, Jessica Learmouth and

:33:15. > :33:18.Lucy Hall have completed lap five. We'll get a check on the time gap

:33:19. > :33:21.again. At the end of the previous lap the gap between them and the

:33:22. > :33:29.chasing pack was one minute and 55 seconds. Aileen Reid is that the

:33:30. > :33:31.back of the chase group. There are 11 of them in total. -- Shahzad the

:33:32. > :33:49.back of the group. Can they manage to bridge that gap

:33:50. > :33:55.to give Stimpson, Vicky Holland and particularly Gwen Jorgensen a chance

:33:56. > :33:59.of bidding for victory. I would not write off Gwen Jorgensen evening she

:34:00. > :34:03.was two minutes behind, such is her ability and hunger in that position,

:34:04. > :34:12.coming from a long way back. She has kept us off near the front, she has

:34:13. > :34:25.fellow Americans Sarah True, who will also have eyes on a potential

:34:26. > :34:28.podium visits today. It looks as if they've pulled back a bit of time

:34:29. > :34:34.because when they hit this red line across the road that is the timing

:34:35. > :34:42.line. It looks to me as if they've pulled back around five seconds. One

:34:43. > :34:46.minute and 39 seconds. A bit of a move going on. You can see this

:34:47. > :34:52.extra effort going into this part of the race. They will potentially

:34:53. > :34:59.reduce that deficit to around a minute and a half, possibly one

:35:00. > :35:01.minute 20. We have lost one of the elite triathletes, one of the

:35:02. > :35:09.Australian competitors has pulled out. Not sure if it is Charlotte

:35:10. > :35:17.McShane, possibly. Try to find out for you. Again this little group

:35:18. > :35:23.holding it to just under 30 seconds. They will have to start working a

:35:24. > :35:30.bit harder. Only two laps to go. The time difference really has stayed at

:35:31. > :35:41.around about the same, between that second pack, the chasing pack, and

:35:42. > :35:45.that third pack. Another little break for Jessica Learmouth. She

:35:46. > :35:56.fancies going to loan for a while. She's moved away. Drag she fancies

:35:57. > :35:59.going it alone. Not a significant lead. Jessica Learmouth has enjoyed

:36:00. > :36:04.herself at the front of the race today, she has had plenty to say but

:36:05. > :36:06.I get the impression that she enjoyed leading the very top level

:36:07. > :36:15.of Olympic distance triathlon racing. Not a regular occurrence for

:36:16. > :36:24.her. 20th in the recent Championships in Portugal. She had

:36:25. > :36:29.that win in Portugal. Back in April, in Portugal, in the European cup

:36:30. > :36:32.race, slightly lower level behind World Cup racing but still great

:36:33. > :36:38.racing. Her victory there was a bit of a breakthrough her career. I

:36:39. > :36:42.think she finally thawed, there are two laps and we need to stop working

:36:43. > :36:48.because we've got nothing to lose. I think she's probably right because

:36:49. > :36:52.if they were to wait for Vicky Holland and Non Stanford they should

:36:53. > :36:55.have done that a long time ago. The instructions from the college were

:36:56. > :37:00.to make Duffy do as much of the work as possible and they kept to those

:37:01. > :37:03.instructions for some time although it seems now that Jessica Learmouth

:37:04. > :37:08.has torn up those instructions and decided she is happy to force the

:37:09. > :37:12.pace. The chase group has reduced the deficit to one minute and 39

:37:13. > :37:15.seconds by the end of the last lap, we are on the penultimate lap, so at

:37:16. > :37:21.the end of this one they will get the bowel, so the focus will switch

:37:22. > :37:24.towards the second transition. So we have a split transition for this

:37:25. > :37:32.race. The first one was at Roundhay Park. The second is right in front

:37:33. > :37:36.of our commentary position in front of Millennium Square. The bike

:37:37. > :37:40.stands set up and ready to receive the bikes with the running shoes

:37:41. > :37:47.laid out. That is to come in a while. It could be followed by a

:37:48. > :37:51.potentially explosive, we have exciting, 10,000 metre race

:37:52. > :38:02.involving four lapse of 2.5 kilometres each around the inner

:38:03. > :38:07.centre of Leeds. Duffy, Hall, and Jessica Learmouth. Jessica Learmouth

:38:08. > :38:12.is at the back of the group with a coach is hoped that she would spend

:38:13. > :38:17.her time. Jessica has been at the front and then top of the game. I

:38:18. > :38:20.think Duffy knows that the best time to hold this is somewhere in the

:38:21. > :38:24.middle because stop starting and going off in front will tire your

:38:25. > :38:30.legs even more. Flora Duffy. I wonder what is going through her

:38:31. > :38:34.head right now. She's wearing the gold triathlon logo on her shoulder

:38:35. > :38:42.as the leader in the world triathlon series standings. She comes from

:38:43. > :38:51.Bermuda, tiny island, 26 miles long and only two miles wide at its

:38:52. > :38:58.widest point. And now the noise levels start to rise again, as they

:38:59. > :39:04.hit the most heavily populated part of the city this afternoon. This is

:39:05. > :39:11.a moment, despite the heated battle, this is a moment for the triathletes

:39:12. > :39:17.to savour. Throughout, the mainly British crowd have had a chance to

:39:18. > :39:21.see two British triathletes in the top three. Some Welsh flags on the

:39:22. > :39:26.right, they are hoping to see Non Stanford at the front of the field

:39:27. > :39:31.but Stanford is in group three, with an awful lot of work to do. They

:39:32. > :39:41.will take the bell this time. Not and lap. It reaches its conclusion

:39:42. > :39:48.in Leeds. -- leap and ultimate lap. -- the penultimate lap. Duffy, Hall

:39:49. > :39:52.and Jessica Learmouth have one more circuit and then it will be time for

:39:53. > :39:58.transition and we will see what lead they take into the transition into

:39:59. > :40:03.the running stage. The chasers, down to ten now. They were 11 last time

:40:04. > :40:13.we counted. We lost one Australian. They are down to ten now. Ai Ueda of

:40:14. > :40:19.Japan, Aileen Reid of the islands, the omnipresent Andrea Hewitt of New

:40:20. > :40:25.Zealand, and the German competitor is as well. The two British riders,

:40:26. > :40:29.and then Stimpson of Great Britain, towards the front. Vicky Holland of

:40:30. > :40:31.Great Britain and it is Emma Moffatt who leads them through on the final

:40:32. > :40:46.stage to their last lap but one. One minute and 39 seconds was the

:40:47. > :40:50.difference in time at the end of the last lap. Have they managed to

:40:51. > :40:56.change that in their favour by the end of this lap with only one lap to

:40:57. > :41:08.come? Will get a check on the official time. Moving up towards 1.3

:41:09. > :41:12.nine. It is 1.40, no real change. Will they launch one desperate final

:41:13. > :41:17.lap, in an attempt to reduce the gap to the striking distance for Gwen

:41:18. > :41:23.Jorgensen and anyone else who cares to go with her on the run? The

:41:24. > :41:27.American, whose specialist discipline is to follow, begins to

:41:28. > :41:31.car fairway at through the field, as she is often does. Will this final

:41:32. > :41:35.lap be their quickest or will they relax and focus on the arrival in

:41:36. > :41:39.transition? This is the third group coming through. A full check on the

:41:40. > :42:07.triathletes in this group. They are two minutes and 17 seconds

:42:08. > :42:11.off the leading three. Therefore, about 45 seconds behind the Gwen

:42:12. > :42:17.Jorgensen group. We could see is changing times there. If anything,

:42:18. > :42:19.they've lost a couple of seconds, disappointing for Non Stanford

:42:20. > :42:24.because I don't think much will happen in this last lap and Non

:42:25. > :42:30.Stanford will have to work really hard on the run to get into a decent

:42:31. > :42:33.position. We've got this front pack, three athletes, it's been the same

:42:34. > :42:37.way throughout the whole 41 kilometres, Duffy at the front,

:42:38. > :42:45.Jessica Learmouth, and Lucy Hall behind. We will see them arrive in

:42:46. > :42:49.transition 1.40 ahead of the chasing pack, for me, that's not enough for

:42:50. > :42:57.Duffy to stay ahead of Gwen Jorgensen. I don't think so. Cape

:42:58. > :43:00.Town was not bad for Vicky Holland, she finished sixth, a little

:43:01. > :43:03.disappointing although I think she's moved on a lot in training and

:43:04. > :43:12.fitness since then is expected to seek Vicky Holland up there and of

:43:13. > :43:15.course Stimpson. Duffy has seized control of the race. Jessica

:43:16. > :43:19.Learmouth keeping relatively quiet by her standards in this last lap.

:43:20. > :43:25.Duffy looks determined to finish with a flourish. These three have

:43:26. > :43:30.led from pillar to post from the moment they left the water, that

:43:31. > :43:39.steep climb coming out of Ryan take part, followed by the spiral down

:43:40. > :43:43.towards the city centre. The currently do in the world triathlon

:43:44. > :43:47.series standings. To believe that she could possibly headed towards

:43:48. > :43:53.her first ever triathlon series victory. Yet there are some superb

:43:54. > :43:56.run is further down the road, with a chance to chase down and eat up the

:43:57. > :44:08.ground, and put paid to those ambitions. Non Stanford has gone

:44:09. > :44:12.towards the back of the chase group, perhaps in an attempt to avoid any

:44:13. > :44:17.contact with the others when they will hang up their bikes and put on

:44:18. > :44:22.the issues. As the final lap unfolds you will see some preparations, feed

:44:23. > :44:25.will be released from shoes, and wrested back on top of the pedals,

:44:26. > :44:31.as they were when they left the park steep climb. And then they will be

:44:32. > :44:35.aiming to hit the dismount line right on the button, brakes on, and

:44:36. > :44:43.climb down from the bike right as the front wheel, or just before the

:44:44. > :44:47.front wheel hits the line. It's all about time, going into transition.

:44:48. > :44:51.Running shoes will be picked up, bicycle helmets left behind, they

:44:52. > :44:54.have to be placed in the plastic boxes on the way, otherwise

:44:55. > :44:58.penalties will be incurred, everything must be done by the

:44:59. > :45:02.rules. We see some many times athletes picking up an necessary

:45:03. > :45:06.sanctions because of moments of bad housekeeping in transition, simple

:45:07. > :45:11.as that. Jessica Learmouth a game starting to get a little vocal. I

:45:12. > :45:19.think I've heard Lucy Hall saying sorry, I don't know why!

:45:20. > :45:23.Lucy has been racing intelligently and probably following advice given

:45:24. > :45:29.out by the coaches over the last few days will stop she probably doesn't

:45:30. > :45:38.want to push the pace because she feels she is dragging away Flora

:45:39. > :45:49.Duffy from the likes of Non Stanford. Flora Duffy and Lucy Hall

:45:50. > :45:54.resting at their feet on top of their shoes. Learmonth hasn't got

:45:55. > :45:58.that far yet but now she makes the adjustment ready for transition.

:45:59. > :46:07.This is the last time they will cycle past this group of spectators.

:46:08. > :46:11.They will be round this area of the city during stage three. They

:46:12. > :46:16.dismount and off they go. The leading three have had a sensational

:46:17. > :46:24.race so far. From Waterloo Lake and Roundhay Park, and now they jobs

:46:25. > :46:31.towards transition. Jessica Learmonth, Flora Duffy and Lucy

:46:32. > :46:37.Hall. Who will be first to rise this time? She was going on. The bike

:46:38. > :46:41.helmet still to come off. The two British triathletes follow the

:46:42. > :46:51.Bermudan out of transition. 10,000 metres on foot lies ahead of them

:46:52. > :46:54.now. 4.25 kilometre laps around the centre of Leeds. It will be

:46:55. > :47:00.interesting to see what Flora Duffy has in her legs. This year she has

:47:01. > :47:05.been seen as more of a runner. Up until last year, nobody released

:47:06. > :47:12.thought of her as a runner. She was known as a swim bike. Let's look at

:47:13. > :47:20.the time difference. This trio have led the way. A fraction of extra

:47:21. > :47:24.energy in the race from this chase back on this final lap to try and

:47:25. > :47:32.give them the best possible chance of making a difference over 10,000

:47:33. > :47:40.metres on foot. I think they have taken half a dozen seconds out of

:47:41. > :47:47.the time. It was 1.39 and it is down to 1.28 so and improvement of an 11

:47:48. > :47:52.seconds. Learmonth was first to hear a while ago. Here is Jodie Stimpson.

:47:53. > :47:59.She has had problems in this area in the past. She holds the saddle with

:48:00. > :48:08.her left hand. She finds her stand and parks her bike. Vicky Holland

:48:09. > :48:22.also in this group. As they head out to the ten kilometres, four 2.5

:48:23. > :48:26.kilometre loops. Jorgensen had an interesting transition. She seemed

:48:27. > :48:30.happy to sit off the pace. Now we have Non Stanford and the third pack

:48:31. > :48:41.coming into transition. She has made up time in that lap but there is a

:48:42. > :48:45.lot of work to do for Non Stanford. Charlotte McShane from Australia.

:48:46. > :48:51.Now Non Stanford hopefully getting a boost from the crowd. Non Stanford's

:48:52. > :48:56.grandparents on their feet, encouraging her, who has made an

:48:57. > :49:02.explosive exit from transition. She begins her quest to close down the

:49:03. > :49:08.leaders in the first of these four labs around the city centre. An

:49:09. > :49:14.exciting race so far. An explosive performance from Flora Duffy, in red

:49:15. > :49:18.for Bermuda. She has decided to take this foot raised on right from the

:49:19. > :49:24.start. She is about to complete her first kilometre on the tarmac at

:49:25. > :49:31.Leeds city centre. It looks like it has been a fine start to the final

:49:32. > :49:36.stage from Flora Duffy. As I was saying, before the second group came

:49:37. > :49:42.into transition, she has become a bit of a runner. We saw her on the

:49:43. > :49:46.Gold Coast really hanging onto Hewitt, Jorgensen and Flora Duffy

:49:47. > :49:51.for a while. She finished back in fourth and then went to Cape Town,

:49:52. > :49:56.where she managed to fall off her podium finish. That was a sprint

:49:57. > :50:04.distance race, so we will see if she can back up the run she had on the

:50:05. > :50:07.Gold Coast on the streets of Leeds. The chasers are just past the

:50:08. > :50:12.British pair heading in the opposite direction. The gap is significant.

:50:13. > :50:20.Flora Duffy has tried to break Learmonth in the first kilometre of

:50:21. > :50:28.this ten kilometre run. Flora Duffy has started positively. She

:50:29. > :50:35.certainly has an she has got to work very hard if she is going to stay

:50:36. > :50:38.away from Gwen Jorgensen. About 1.45 off the bike and for my liking she

:50:39. > :50:43.will need all the time she can get to stay away from Gwen Jorgensen. It

:50:44. > :50:48.will be interesting to see Vicky Holland, also a great runner. What

:50:49. > :50:53.has she got in her legs today? Not long before the men begin their

:50:54. > :50:57.race. The first instalment in Roundhay Park. Jonathan on the left

:50:58. > :51:01.and Alistair on the right. The Brownlee brothers have arrived. Our

:51:02. > :51:05.first sighting this year on the World Triathlon Series of the great

:51:06. > :51:11.Javier Gomez, the meat in the Brownlee sandwich at the Olympics in

:51:12. > :51:15.London. Silver medal at Hyde Park. He has been absent from the

:51:16. > :51:20.triathlon series until today. The prospect of a Brownlee Gomez

:51:21. > :51:26.encounter in their hometown is a fascinating one. Meanwhile Flora

:51:27. > :51:31.Duffy continues to travel comfortably across the ground. Is

:51:32. > :51:37.she on course for her first-ever World Triathlon Series race? How is

:51:38. > :51:43.Gwen Jorgensen progressing behind? Hopefully we will see the American

:51:44. > :51:48.running specialist eating her way up through the field, as she likes to

:51:49. > :51:56.do. The British pair on the right. Learmonth on the left. In second and

:51:57. > :52:01.third here. Will they be able to hold on for a podium place, I

:52:02. > :52:15.wonder? They think it is unlikely but we will see. Another phenomenal

:52:16. > :52:19.athlete in that pack, Andrea Hewitt, and she is in the chase pack along

:52:20. > :52:22.with Vicky Holland and Gwen Jorgensen and Sarah True. We have

:52:23. > :52:27.not had much from her this year because she was involved in a crash

:52:28. > :52:31.in Abu Dhabi and didn't have a great race in Cape Town. Just outside the

:52:32. > :52:35.top ten. On the Gold Coast she didn't finish. She is one of the

:52:36. > :52:37.other athletes going to the Olympics with Gwen Jorgensen but it will be

:52:38. > :52:44.interesting to see what Sarah True can do here today. I think that is

:52:45. > :52:52.Jorgensen. We need a close-up of that looks like the tall, rangy

:52:53. > :52:55.style of the American. She has broken free of the pack that she

:52:56. > :53:02.arrived with that transition. Yes, Gwen Jorgensen. It means that she is

:53:03. > :53:07.on her own and she is in pursuit firstly of Learmonth and Lucy Hall

:53:08. > :53:13.of Great Britain and ultimately in pursuit of Flora Duffy who continues

:53:14. > :53:16.to lead the race in Leeds. It can be deceptive but at the moment Flora

:53:17. > :53:21.Duffy is covering the ground very well. Nice, fast turnover, perhaps a

:53:22. > :53:25.bit flat-footed. I would like to see her lifting of the toes more.

:53:26. > :53:28.Pumping her arms and she knows she has work to do, but there is fuel

:53:29. > :53:35.left in the tank after that tough bike ride. We are back with the

:53:36. > :53:39.chasers. Lucy Hall and Jessica Learmonth. I don't think it will be

:53:40. > :53:45.too long before they are joined by that lanky, fast figure of Gwen

:53:46. > :53:51.Jorgensen. Soon enough Jorgensen will be breathing down Lucy Hall and

:53:52. > :53:57.Learmonth's neck. She is a phenomenal athlete. Even after the

:53:58. > :54:00.1500 metres swim and the bike ride, the American is capable of taking up

:54:01. > :54:11.to two minutes out of these races. The leaders who arrive in

:54:12. > :54:14.transition. I think Gwen will have something to prove here today

:54:15. > :54:17.because she lost out to Helen Jenkins, who isn't racing here

:54:18. > :54:22.today, on the Gold Coast. They think that was a positive thing for her

:54:23. > :54:28.because it got her motivated to say, hang on, I can't sit back on my

:54:29. > :54:32.laurels and I have got to work hard. I think she saw the bike course

:54:33. > :54:38.wouldn't suit and she would have a tough time. I think Gwen Jorgensen

:54:39. > :54:48.has to prove today. 24-year-old Lucy Hall. Flora Duffy of Bermuda has

:54:49. > :54:56.significant yardage over the British pair. Still no sign on that straight

:54:57. > :55:03.of Gwen Jorgensen. One lap done for Flora Duffy. She arrives in

:55:04. > :55:14.transition after an hour, 33 minutes 40 seconds. Lucy Hall, the gap will

:55:15. > :55:18.be around 30 seconds, we have to check on that in a moment. One lap

:55:19. > :55:25.done for Flora Duffy. She is podium material today. The roars of Fort

:55:26. > :55:38.Lucy Hall and Learmonth as they hit transition in second and third. A

:55:39. > :55:45.gutsy performance so far. 24 seconds between Flora Duffy and the British

:55:46. > :55:55.pair. Still no sign of Gwen Jorgensen who will almost certainly

:55:56. > :56:03.be next to appear in transition. It is Jorgensen with Holland behind

:56:04. > :56:11.her, then Stimpson. It is certainly Jorgensen in fourth position now.

:56:12. > :56:17.Her style is set. Plenty of time and plenty of tarmac left to push

:56:18. > :56:22.towards the podium and maybe even take victory in Leeds. The great,

:56:23. > :56:28.great Jorgensen arrives in transition. She is warmly welcomed

:56:29. > :56:30.by the West Yorkshire spectators. 100,000 on the streets of Leeds

:56:31. > :56:44.today. An incredible atmosphere. Vicky Holland on the right, Jodie

:56:45. > :56:55.Stimpson on the left. Andrea Hewitt is next. Followed by Rachel Klamer

:56:56. > :57:00.and Emma Moffatt with that slightly cumbersome running style that is

:57:01. > :57:10.easy to spot. Olympic bronze medallist in Beijing in 2008.

:57:11. > :57:22.This is our leader, Flora Duffy of Bermuda. Non Stanford has just

:57:23. > :57:27.passed our commentary position, going through transition at the end

:57:28. > :57:32.of her first lap. Non Stanford is making good progress but with an

:57:33. > :57:36.impossible task ahead, really. It looked to me that Gwen Jorgensen

:57:37. > :57:42.pulled back 15 seconds but perhaps it was a bit more. 15 seconds on

:57:43. > :57:50.Flora Duffy. Flora Duffy is still just under one minute 20 seconds

:57:51. > :57:56.over Gwen Jorgensen. If she keeps at this pace, it could happen. But Gwen

:57:57. > :58:01.Jorgensen's speed pretty much means that she will run the first part of

:58:02. > :58:04.the race slightly slower than the second. Gwen Jorgensen will have the

:58:05. > :58:13.bit between her teeth knowing that victory is still possible. Learmonth

:58:14. > :58:17.has made a move ahead of Lucy Hall. This could be significant. We saw

:58:18. > :58:22.that on the bike a couple of times. Lucy Hall runs along and we have to

:58:23. > :58:30.watch as Learmonth moves further ahead of her. Learmonth is

:58:31. > :58:33.determined to grasp a podium place this afternoon, aware of Gwen

:58:34. > :58:40.Jorgensen who continues to keep up the ground behind. Great performance

:58:41. > :58:48.from the 28-year-old. Number 32, Learmonth of Great Britain. Flora

:58:49. > :58:51.Duffy, our leader. Getting so much encouragement along the way. At

:58:52. > :58:57.every turn she can hear applause from the Leeds supporters. A superb

:58:58. > :59:05.season and so far this is the highlight. It certainly is and I

:59:06. > :59:11.take my hat off to the style of racing that she brings to the World

:59:12. > :59:15.Triathlon Series. She swims hard, she bikes hard, she gives it

:59:16. > :59:19.everything on the run. She is a fearless competitor and that is what

:59:20. > :59:25.I love about her. She has got to keep working. This will be a close

:59:26. > :59:32.race between her and Gwen. Lucy Hall struggling slightly on the hill.

:59:33. > :59:38.This is a tough run course. It is flat in parts but like the bike

:59:39. > :59:41.course, it twists and turns. Not beyond the realms of possibility

:59:42. > :59:50.that all five British triathletes good finish in the top 15 today.

:59:51. > :59:53.Keep an eye on that. Sanford is the fifth of the five British

:59:54. > :00:03.competitors so far but she is making steady progress. Another strong

:00:04. > :00:06.performance from the British quintet this afternoon. Learmonth the best

:00:07. > :00:13.of them in second. She might be able to seek Flora Duffy ahead of her.

:00:14. > :00:23.Learmonth has moved ahead of Lucy Hall to claim second place outright.

:00:24. > :00:27.Meanwhile, the move continues bike Gwen Jorgensen. We have not seen too

:00:28. > :00:32.much of her yet but we will see much more of her in the second half of

:00:33. > :00:34.this race. Flora Duffy great cities, digs deep. She is approaching half

:00:35. > :00:49.distance on this run. Five kilometres down, five to go.

:00:50. > :00:53.The station there, Jessica Learmouth not interested, continues on her way

:00:54. > :01:01.through the streets of lead, 43 seconds behind the leader, Flora

:01:02. > :01:09.Duffy. At about ten seconds ahead of the third placed athlete, her fellow

:01:10. > :01:13.British athlete, Lucy Hall. I wonder if she is thinking now, we should

:01:14. > :01:16.have written to Madrid and hard on the bike because the chances of

:01:17. > :01:23.staying away from Gwen are impossible. Lucy Hall running well

:01:24. > :01:27.as well. I think Jessica Learmouth will have to run the five kilometre

:01:28. > :01:31.race of her life to have any chance of staying on the podium. Look at

:01:32. > :01:35.the difference in running style, Gwen Jorgensen is eating up the

:01:36. > :01:43.ground. She can see the next target and the next target is Lucy Hall.

:01:44. > :01:47.Lucy Hall being stalked by Gwen Jorgensen, the incredible American

:01:48. > :01:51.triathlete, who before this year had not been beaten in ten races before

:01:52. > :01:57.she was taken apart by Helen Jenkins in the Gold Coast race on April

:01:58. > :02:09.nine. Flora Duffy working really hard. Duffy keeping up the pace but

:02:10. > :02:17.Gwen Jorgensen is looming large and soon will be shoulder to shoulder

:02:18. > :02:21.with Lucy Hall. Then once again Gwen Jorgensen will be kicking clear and

:02:22. > :02:26.setting her sights on second place. Third place is about to become hers.

:02:27. > :02:30.We've seen this simile times from Gwen Jorgensen. Even at two minutes

:02:31. > :02:35.down after the cycling leg you know that she is capable of winning.

:02:36. > :02:40.She's moved into third place now. She is 56 seconds behind Duffy and

:02:41. > :02:44.she's about to claim second place outright. Jessica Learmouth will

:02:45. > :02:49.probably be the next to fall. Jessica Learmouth glances to her

:02:50. > :02:53.right and is not able to respond to the astonishing pace from Gwen

:02:54. > :02:59.Jorgensen. Jessica Learmouth can do nothing about that except watch as

:03:00. > :03:04.Gwen Jorgensen moves clear. Duffy is next in her sights. This will be a

:03:05. > :03:09.tough, tough couple of laps for Duffy. She knows that Glenn has

:03:10. > :03:16.gained a fair amount of time. It's kind of borderline. I expect to see

:03:17. > :03:21.Jorgensen picking at the pace even more for the next couple of laps,

:03:22. > :03:25.Duffy leads one minute 15 seconds, I think she'll have about 45 seconds,

:03:26. > :03:31.it will be tough on her, that's official. So the battle continues on

:03:32. > :03:39.the streets of Leeds. What an astonishing race. Jorgensen largely

:03:40. > :03:43.anonymous during the swimmer, brief appearance in the chase on the bike

:03:44. > :03:49.but she knew what she needed to do. She was aware of the time

:03:50. > :03:53.differences at every stage of her bike leg. And arrived in transition

:03:54. > :03:58.with a clear mandate to go ahead and head for the front of the field. And

:03:59. > :04:06.out at the front of the field is Flora Duffy. She heads the half

:04:07. > :04:08.distance. Two down, two to go for the Bermudian athlete, getting so

:04:09. > :04:18.much support you. What an atmosphere. Five kilometres done,

:04:19. > :04:24.five kilometres to go, for Duffy. Gwen Jorgensen has left Jessica

:04:25. > :04:33.Learmouth and Lucy Hall behind and is no closing the gap. It is 38

:04:34. > :04:37.seconds. Very achievable for Jorgensen, to find 38 seconds over

:04:38. > :04:49.five kilometres. It is hers to win if she wants it. But can Duffy off?

:04:50. > :05:02.-- can she hold her of? I don't think she can. She lost time on

:05:03. > :05:10.Matlab. Dot-mac and that lap. The two British athletes have also

:05:11. > :05:17.worked very well. Now one minute and 20 seconds down and closing on these

:05:18. > :05:28.athletes, expect to see Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson as well.

:05:29. > :05:38.Lumbering through towards the end of the second lap. And the two, or

:05:39. > :05:44.rather two of the top British triathletes, Jodie Stimpson and

:05:45. > :05:50.Vicky Holland, go through, searching for a sign of Non Stanford, who was

:05:51. > :05:57.one minute and 55 seconds off the pace, and into the top ten. She was

:05:58. > :06:02.down and out at one point in this race. I expect to see her making up

:06:03. > :06:06.a vision Mac more places although it will be very difficult for Non

:06:07. > :06:12.Stanford to get on the podium in Leeds. Which will be very

:06:13. > :06:17.disappointing for the team. There are pictures and posters of Vicky

:06:18. > :06:22.Holland, Jodie Stimpson and the Brownlee brothers all over the city

:06:23. > :06:31.of Leeds. 31 seconds now the lead between Duffy and Jorgensen. 31

:06:32. > :06:38.seconds and closing, as Jorgensen gets stuck into the second half of

:06:39. > :06:49.this run. Duffy beginning to rock and roll. Gwen actually has Flora

:06:50. > :06:54.Duffy in her sides, Duffy just going round the bend at the bottom, and

:06:55. > :06:59.Jorgensen is not backing off, if anything she has gone up and gear. I

:07:00. > :07:02.think she will be slightly disappointed with her race, that Ms

:07:03. > :07:06.and ridiculous as she runs away to victory but she doesn't want to be

:07:07. > :07:10.in the position that she was on in this race because she knows in

:07:11. > :07:13.another race if Andrea Hibbitt, Helen Jenkins and Non Stanford for

:07:14. > :07:18.example, go off at the front that will be her race over sushi won't be

:07:19. > :07:25.especially happy with what happened on the bike because Rio is also a

:07:26. > :07:30.very, very tough bike course. -- so she won't be especially happy. Not

:07:31. > :07:39.looking quite as comfortable as she did ten minutes ago, Gwen Jorgensen.

:07:40. > :07:46.She still has plenty in the tank. The left turn, following the

:07:47. > :08:00.Jorgensen juggernaut from above, Duffy alongside the motorcycle.

:08:01. > :08:10.The effort now showing on Flora's face. She appears to be running at

:08:11. > :08:15.very good pace. Signs of the effort that she is putting into this race.

:08:16. > :08:21.Just starting to show on her face. I think she knows it's just a matter

:08:22. > :08:28.of time before she has Gwen Jorgensen on her shoulder. Weakens

:08:29. > :08:31.the pace that they are running at, Jorgensen is going at one kilometre

:08:32. > :08:38.per hour faster and that's a big difference. The American closing

:08:39. > :08:48.fast. We've seen this from Jorgensen time and again. Last season she was

:08:49. > :08:51.outstanding, winning in Abu Dhabi. And in Yokohama, she won in Hyde

:08:52. > :09:01.Park, and again in hamburg over this distance. And returned to win the

:09:02. > :09:07.grand final integer cargo. She has been quiet this season, saving the

:09:08. > :09:12.best for the victory in Yokohama. And she came second in the Gold

:09:13. > :09:17.Coast race behind Helen Jenkins but it seems that now she has time to

:09:18. > :09:21.hurl a bit preparation to perfection, reaching top form in

:09:22. > :09:32.preparation for real digital in August. A drink and a shower. Her

:09:33. > :09:36.quarry is Flora Duffy, out in front. -- in preparation for Rio de

:09:37. > :09:41.Janeiro. We can see the time difference now is 19 seconds. The

:09:42. > :09:44.great thing about Gwen Jorgensen is that she hasn't had it all her own

:09:45. > :09:51.way. You can tell by her actions that she doesn't have it easy. It

:09:52. > :09:55.has been a tough race for her. She's going to have to work hard to catch

:09:56. > :10:02.Flora. I think she just wants to take the lead and enjoy the final

:10:03. > :10:07.lap. Once she sees Duffy, and she will see her on this stretch because

:10:08. > :10:11.the gap is down to 19 seconds, she will have a concrete view of what

:10:12. > :10:18.she needs to do and how much time remains her to do it. You can't help

:10:19. > :10:23.but feel the Flora Duffy, although she won't be disappointed with this

:10:24. > :10:29.result, she had been on the top of the podium and she got a third-place

:10:30. > :10:33.finish in Cape Town. She was hoping to go one better. Nobody else is

:10:34. > :10:37.likely to catch up from fast-moving American Gwen Jorgensen who will

:10:38. > :10:42.just be about to appear in the picture now, there's a difference of

:10:43. > :10:50.about 150 metres between the two. Duffy finished third in Cape Town.

:10:51. > :10:53.That race was won by Non Stanford ahead of Jodie Stimpson. A chance to

:10:54. > :10:57.be on the podium again today although it looks like second will

:10:58. > :11:00.be the best that she can hope for unless she can find something

:11:01. > :11:08.special to take her to the end of this third lap. And through the

:11:09. > :11:15.fourth lap. We still have three kilometres to go. The men's race is

:11:16. > :11:19.still to come. They've lost a bit of time, 13 seconds, that's the time

:11:20. > :11:25.difference, it's cutting down with everything long stride that Gwen

:11:26. > :11:30.Jorgensen takes. And knowledgeable crowd in Leeds. They know all about

:11:31. > :11:38.Gwen Jorgensen, the whole triathlon world knows about her. Her abilities

:11:39. > :11:44.as a runner, to come from so far behind in these Olympic distance

:11:45. > :11:49.triathlon races is unmatched. And now she can see clearly. She can see

:11:50. > :11:56.the gap and she can't even ease out. Gwen Jorgensen can catch her breath,

:11:57. > :12:01.refuel, takes pace off home run, yet still strikes home, overtake Duffy

:12:02. > :12:12.and leave herself a lap of honour to finish off. Gwen Jorgensen never

:12:13. > :12:15.likes to back off, she's always going for a fast time and wants to

:12:16. > :12:23.finish the race knowing she is the fastest runner in the field.

:12:24. > :12:26.Interesting to see what Non Stanford and Vicki and Jodie will do as well.

:12:27. > :12:34.I don't think that Gwen Jorgensen will ease up. That looks like

:12:35. > :12:40.Charlotte McShane in the green from Australia. 2-macro has joined Flora

:12:41. > :12:44.Duffy at the front of the race. No emotion as shown by Duffy as the

:12:45. > :12:51.American comes alongside and moves clear. Taking first position, in

:12:52. > :12:56.time for the conclusion of the last lap. In time for the bowel.

:12:57. > :13:11.Jorgensen has taken the lead in Leeds. -- in time for the bowel. --

:13:12. > :13:15.bell. The crowd acceptable domination of Gwen Jorgensen on the

:13:16. > :13:19.world stage. She moves ahead of Duffy. Duffy's race is run, she

:13:20. > :13:28.cannot win now barring mishap for Gwen Jorgensen. Let's see what's

:13:29. > :13:33.happening further down the road. What's happening to third and fourth

:13:34. > :13:37.positions. Resolve and Jessica Learmouth and Lucy Hall were

:13:38. > :13:44.involved some of the way, one athlete has been mapped, and now it

:13:45. > :13:48.is a different British triathlete, it is no longer Jessica Learmouth

:13:49. > :13:53.and Lucy Hall, now it is Vicky Holland, on the right, and Jodie

:13:54. > :13:54.Stimpson on the left. They are now staking a claim for a potential

:13:55. > :14:06.podium place in Leeds. What a welcome for Jodie Stimpson.

:14:07. > :14:17.Everyone knows about the emotional time she's had. Stimpson and Vicky

:14:18. > :14:26.Holland welcomed into transition. Towards the scoreboard. The time

:14:27. > :14:32.difference. This is the next race going on here, the race for the

:14:33. > :14:40.third place on the podium. It's going to be a tough last 2.5

:14:41. > :14:45.kilometres for Stimpson and Holland because they have been working hard

:14:46. > :14:48.this entire race and never have to fight it out to seed protects that

:14:49. > :14:57.last place on the podium, Non Stanford still in 10th position

:14:58. > :15:03.although gaining some place here, while behind the leader Jorgensen.

:15:04. > :15:08.All five British triathlete a finish in the top ten at this stage. --

:15:09. > :15:16.they may. There are still 2.5 calamitous to run. The last lap

:15:17. > :15:21.unfolding -- kilometres. Jorgensen has hit the front and is dominating

:15:22. > :15:27.the tail end of this triathlon in Leeds.

:15:28. > :15:35.Under 2ks to run for Gwen Jorgensen. She is on course to notch up her

:15:36. > :15:41.second world triathlon series victory of the season, following the

:15:42. > :15:49.win she took last time out in Yokohama. She puts herself firmly

:15:50. > :15:56.pack in -- back in favourite's position for the Olympic gold medal

:15:57. > :16:03.in Rio. The one missing link is Helen Jenkins, who isn't racing here

:16:04. > :16:08.today and who has beat opinion Gwen Jorgensen this season. If she was

:16:09. > :16:16.racing, we would be looking at a different scenario. She does race

:16:17. > :16:20.well from the swim to the bike. But I think Helen could have changed

:16:21. > :16:27.this race. He would have been at the front with Flora Duffy and they

:16:28. > :16:39.would have more time over Gwen Jorgensen. So I imagine Gwen is

:16:40. > :16:44.happy Helen isn't here. The last 1,600 metres or so for Gwen

:16:45. > :16:50.Jorgensen. This final lap has become a lap of honour for the American. It

:16:51. > :16:58.is not the red, white and blue that the majority of the crowd wanted to

:16:59. > :17:03.see in front - it is the red, white and blue of the United States of

:17:04. > :17:07.America and the world No 1. It is good to see the crowd out here.

:17:08. > :17:11.Their lining the streets and cheering the athletes on. But

:17:12. > :17:21.disappointment not to see the red, white and blue at the front of Great

:17:22. > :17:32.Britain. The race has changed with the impact of a much smaller field.

:17:33. > :17:38.That was tough in the swim. Flora Duffy in second place deserves this

:17:39. > :17:48.podium finish. She worked incredibly hard. It was a very different

:17:49. > :17:55.position for the British athletes to be in, knowing the faster runners

:17:56. > :18:01.were behind them. Last chance for a shower for Gwen Jorgensen of the

:18:02. > :18:09.United States of America. What a couple of seasons she had enjoyed at

:18:10. > :18:18.the very top of her field. Jorgensen today looking for her 17th world

:18:19. > :18:28.tri-Athletic lop series victory. -- triathlon series victory. Podium No

:18:29. > :18:34.21 looming for Jorgensen. Another podium looming for Duffy, with the

:18:35. > :18:41.top three coming out of water up in Roundhay Park. Did most of the hard

:18:42. > :18:45.work during the 41k bike race. Pushed them up the hill and down the

:18:46. > :18:53.streets of Leeds towards the city centre. She led that charge with

:18:54. > :18:58.Learmonth and Hall and was first to break from transition. She held the

:18:59. > :19:03.lead for two and a half laps. But by the end of lap three, Jorgensen

:19:04. > :19:09.forged ahead and there she is at the head of race and about to come home

:19:10. > :19:19.for her 17th world triathlon series victory. The most outstanding female

:19:20. > :19:24.triathlete of her generation has 650 metres left to run. And looking as

:19:25. > :19:29.relaxed as ever. But still pushing the pace. I think every race she

:19:30. > :19:35.goes through she wants to give it her all and she wants to finish this

:19:36. > :19:41.race with the fastest run split. She doesn't want to look back, as we see

:19:42. > :19:49.Simpson and Holland, this will be an interesting race, she wants a proper

:19:50. > :19:56.clean sweep and have the fastest run. It look like a sprit finish for

:19:57. > :20:01.-- sprint finish for third. Jorgensen able to enjoy the final

:20:02. > :20:05.series. Apart from a bit of rain, nothing to worry about during the

:20:06. > :20:12.race. Conditions have been just about perfect. Absolutely still

:20:13. > :20:20.water in Waterloo Lake in Roundhay Park. No wind to speak of. Dry under

:20:21. > :20:25.foot and warmer weather than was originally anticipated. Jorgensen

:20:26. > :20:33.has timed her race once again to total perfection. Who would you put

:20:34. > :20:43.your money on to get that third place. Jodie Simpson or Holland?

:20:44. > :20:50.Both have a lot to play for. I saw Flora Duffy have a look around her

:20:51. > :20:56.corner, seeing Simpson and Holland approaching. Hoping she has enough

:20:57. > :21:03.to keep them at bay. Another runner about to be left. Duffy in second

:21:04. > :21:13.for Bermuda. If she holds on to that it will be another milestone,

:21:14. > :21:23.another personal best. The tiny island of Bermuda. The Japanese

:21:24. > :21:28.athletes. Still working hard. Jorgensen glances behind No danger.

:21:29. > :21:34.Final straight. A chance to take the elbow turn to the right now and

:21:35. > :21:39.enjoy the final few metres. At the end of a quite stunning performance

:21:40. > :21:46.once again. By Gwen Jorgensen, who wins for the United States of

:21:47. > :21:53.America in Leeds. Two hours and 33 seconds. What a performance. From

:21:54. > :22:00.the world No 1. Gwen Jorgensen wins her second race of the season. Her

:22:01. > :22:08.17th world triathlon series victory in total and second is secure for

:22:09. > :22:14.Flora Duffy. After a brilliant swim, a powerful session on the bike and a

:22:15. > :22:28.good run. And now the sprint finish is about to unfold between the two

:22:29. > :22:32.British triathletes, Vicky Holland and Jodie Simpson. Duffy takes the

:22:33. > :22:38.congratulations as she crosses for second. There is a race within a

:22:39. > :22:49.race unfolding behind as Stimpson and Holland hit the final straight.

:22:50. > :22:57.And Holland has got the strength to break free of Jodie Stimp sovereign.

:22:58. > :23:04.-- Stimpson. She will come home for a podium right here in Leeds. A fine

:23:05. > :23:09.finish from Vicky Holland, who had to come from way back down in the

:23:10. > :23:18.field to take third. Holland on the podium with Jorgensen and Duffy. And

:23:19. > :23:26.fourth for Jodie Stimpson. Stimpson 91 seconds off the pace. Watched the

:23:27. > :23:48.top ten come home. Non Stanford should be there. . It looks Euda in

:23:49. > :24:01.eighth and near is Non Stanford, she looks shattered. Ninth position for

:24:02. > :24:07.Non Stanford of Great Britain. An extraordinary race. These city

:24:08. > :24:12.centre triathlons around the world can be such exciting affairs when

:24:13. > :24:24.the kroutds come out in force as they have done today. Non Stanford's

:24:25. > :24:31.grandparents there, happy to see nonforce Non force her way into

:24:32. > :24:39.ninth position. Jess Learmonth finished in tenth. Lucy Hall, we had

:24:40. > :24:46.all five I think... We have all five of British triathletes in the top

:24:47. > :24:53.15. But it was all about an American triathlete today, a smile to

:24:54. > :24:59.celebrate world triathlon series victory No 17 for Gwen Jorgensen of

:25:00. > :25:11.the United States of America. Who can stop her in Rio? What a race it

:25:12. > :25:15.was. Always throws up until drama. Perhaps not the drama we expected.

:25:16. > :25:27.All the reaction coming up, but we have still got an amazing men's race

:25:28. > :25:36.with Johnny Brownlee coming up. Don't go anywhere. The magnificent

:25:37. > :25:45.Javier Gomez Neuer. The Brownlee brothers are taking no prisoners.

:25:46. > :25:54.Brownlee and Gomez go should tore shoulder. -- shoulder to shoulder.

:25:55. > :26:05.That is coming up in 35 minutes. Gomez's first world triathlon series

:26:06. > :26:15.of the year. Jodie hi, not as well, Jie difirst of all -- Jodie first of

:26:16. > :26:20.all, come on in, Non. What a race. And it broke up right from the start

:26:21. > :26:25.and it was carnage. We knew it would, it is going do with Lucy and

:26:26. > :26:29.Jess in the field. They're fantastic swimmers, cyclists and we knew they

:26:30. > :26:39.were going to push it from the word go. And I knew Flora would be there

:26:40. > :26:44.with them. She is a very talented cyclist and that is why it broke

:26:45. > :26:49.away so much. In our pack, Andrea was just on par with Flora I would

:26:50. > :26:55.say, she was fantastic around the technical sections. It was like an

:26:56. > :27:01.elastic and it was like hanging on. You came out about 50 seconds down

:27:02. > :27:10.on Gwen. Non, you're about one minute 25. Thame us what happened. I

:27:11. > :27:15.had a good start and I realised it flipped, there was four or five of

:27:16. > :27:19.us went to the left, the rest went to right. But no excuses, I felt

:27:20. > :27:24.rubbish. The first ten minutes of bike I struggled and then seemed to

:27:25. > :27:31.find myself and by the time he got into town, I was trying to hold that

:27:32. > :27:37.gap. We seemed to hold 20 seconds. I don't like to moan, but when you're

:27:38. > :27:40.on your own it is tough. Why this not more co-operation, there was a

:27:41. > :27:47.group between Flora and Jess and your group and your group never

:27:48. > :27:52.closed the gap. No, and I think part of problem is the GB riders are

:27:53. > :27:57.technically good and the rest of girls struggled to keep up with us.

:27:58. > :28:01.That makes our life easier, but it means the other girls can't work.

:28:02. > :28:06.Maybe it is something we need to work on as a team. But the other

:28:07. > :28:11.girls, Lucy and Jess were phenomenal and all credit to them and Jodie and

:28:12. > :28:16.Vicky as well to run that down is quite impressive. That sprint, you

:28:17. > :28:20.and Vicky were running side by side for a long time. It was a case of

:28:21. > :28:26.who is going to go first and it was Vicky. Yes, she was, she was the

:28:27. > :28:34.better athlete on the day. She wins when she wins. I'm kind still of

:28:35. > :28:40.building and Vicky is as well. We are both kind of, I took a break in

:28:41. > :28:44.mid season. I'm still building and Vicky's still building, which is

:28:45. > :28:48.exciting for GB going into Rio. I think we are going to have a

:28:49. > :28:52.fantastic Olympics. I think we will. Thank you very much. Congratulations

:28:53. > :28:57.to both of you. A bit to work on in the swim, but I'm sure we will see

:28:58. > :29:03.you come back. We have Gwen Jorgensen waiting to come in. Go and

:29:04. > :29:08.get warmed down and maybe see you later when the men's race is on.

:29:09. > :29:15.Gwen come in now. Fantastic performance from the world No 1,

:29:16. > :29:20.Gwen Jorgensen. Many congratulations on another world series win. Tell me

:29:21. > :29:24.how tough that race was? Yeah, it was a new xours, every time you come

:29:25. > :29:35.to a new course, you don't know what to expect. I think I was exposed a

:29:36. > :29:39.bit and I knew Flora would go. How nervous were you in that group in

:29:40. > :29:44.the bike, you were back one minute 40, were you confident at that

:29:45. > :29:49.stage? I think the great thing about racing is you don't have time to get

:29:50. > :29:55.nervous or excited, you're just in the moment and trying to go as hard

:29:56. > :30:01.as you can. In term of losing to Helen, did you feel you wanted to

:30:02. > :30:04.prove something here? I knew at least Flora was going to go for it

:30:05. > :30:09.and they were going to try and expose me on the bike. It is a

:30:10. > :30:13.difficult course, new course, technical so I knew they were going

:30:14. > :30:18.go for it on the bike and it is good for me to come out and get exposed.

:30:19. > :30:25.You had a good swim, just 10 seconds down. That was a big positive.

:30:26. > :30:29.Thanks. Go and get warmed down. Fantastic to see you running to

:30:30. > :30:34.well. You had about two minutes you took out of her. The crowd was

:30:35. > :30:37.amazing for a first time event, the entire course was lined that was

:30:38. > :30:47.encouraging to have all those fans. Thank you.

:30:48. > :31:11.You can see Flora Duffy, coming down. Flora. Many congratulations.

:31:12. > :31:24.Did you think you had enough time? Getting of the bike, 145? Tell me

:31:25. > :31:29.what you thought? I knew that it was going to be tight, I thought 145 was

:31:30. > :31:38.going to be on offer, but I know that Gwen is so consistent, the

:31:39. > :31:46.running has been improving. I can run, constantly working on that,

:31:47. > :31:55.today did not work out but one day it will. Tell us about the bike,

:31:56. > :32:03.some conversation, it was looking animated, tell us the clean version!

:32:04. > :32:07.We got to town, had a lead, and I was informed they were not allowed

:32:08. > :32:15.to have more than one minute, ahead of the other girls. Tactics, of

:32:16. > :32:30.course, that happens, I am not entirely sure why, because nobody is

:32:31. > :32:34.going to be outrunning Gwen. And teams with that luxury, they have

:32:35. > :32:39.that, I do not, but I am racing, to try to win. I never thought that was

:32:40. > :32:50.going to be possible. It is the hard way. But incredibly happy. Step in

:32:51. > :32:56.the right direction. And with Rio coming up, you must be thinking

:32:57. > :33:00.about the podium? I was missing Jenkins, it would have been good to

:33:01. > :33:07.have her, I think I could be an underdog for Rio, but I am racing,

:33:08. > :33:14.with the objective of medals. Thank you. I will speak to you and a

:33:15. > :33:23.second. But the main, coming up. -- men. It is a tricky transition, t1,

:33:24. > :33:30.the athletes have not got long, between that line and that hill. You

:33:31. > :33:34.have got to be ready, it is not going to take any prisoners.

:33:35. > :33:42.Especially when the weather. Anticipation building, as the guys

:33:43. > :33:53.rack up. And no surprise, the spotlight, it has been on the

:33:54. > :34:02.Brownlee brothers, wonderful reception, and a smile. Where's the

:34:03. > :34:09.other? Miles down the blue carpet! Five British athletes, involved. Tom

:34:10. > :34:16.Bishop, position 31. We will see if we can speak to him, as he gets in

:34:17. > :34:21.gear. Heavily viewing, ahead of this? You have other good reception?

:34:22. > :34:26.It has been absolutely amazing. We have still got a few minutes, until

:34:27. > :34:36.the race. I am just trying to get the right gear. You can give him, a

:34:37. > :34:44.bigger cheer! Good luck. Just a few centimetres, from the other

:34:45. > :34:52.Brownlee. But of course, we want to see the Brownlee brothers, against

:34:53. > :34:58.the five-time champion, Javier Gomez, they have not gone head to

:34:59. > :35:12.head, since Yokohama, 2015. It is setup for a release. That is going

:35:13. > :35:20.to be in 25 minutes. And I have got Vicky with me. It was crazy? I am

:35:21. > :35:26.glad that it was feeling is crazy, as it was looking to me. I was at

:35:27. > :35:35.the group, of three girls, and it was feeling we an insurmountable

:35:36. > :35:42.lead, to catch all part one, best of the rest, that was the best I could

:35:43. > :35:50.have hoped for. Coming out, ten seconds of the lead group. How

:35:51. > :35:57.close? I was out of the water, ten seconds, but five down on third. I

:35:58. > :36:03.was running behind Lucy, but I could not get wet suit off, and stupid

:36:04. > :36:07.things like that can cost you. I could not get onto the back of them.

:36:08. > :36:15.Just watching them disappear into the distance. I was at a better

:36:16. > :36:19.grip, at the end, but one minute 45 down. And one of the frustrating

:36:20. > :36:27.thing is, for that second group, it was such a big group of athletes,

:36:28. > :36:32.you wonder about the three? I do not understand how they got so much time

:36:33. > :36:38.difference, it was not technical. It was just really fast, coming to

:36:39. > :36:43.town, you cannot see about 30 seconds ahead. Out of sight, out of

:36:44. > :36:50.mind. Some people, not willing to go. Coming into town, we managed to

:36:51. > :36:54.get the time check, and it was about a minute and a half and stop we

:36:55. > :37:00.could not take any more time out after that, but the damage was done.

:37:01. > :37:05.Frustrating. Especially, the wet suit. I have been doing this for 11

:37:06. > :37:14.years, and I still managed to fluff it! Go and enjoy the podium. To

:37:15. > :37:20.salvage that, after such a difficult race, it was good. Thank you. I

:37:21. > :37:30.could not have asked for much more. It was a good atmosphere. Because

:37:31. > :37:34.Leeds, it has been the centre of the triathlon, but we also going to up

:37:35. > :37:39.with the paralympic games, and the European Championships, and the BBC

:37:40. > :37:45.disability correspondent has been watching.

:37:46. > :37:55.The City of Lisbon, hosts the European Championships, one of the

:37:56. > :38:04.final part Trinity 's to achieve qualification, for Rio. Two athletes

:38:05. > :38:07.are already secured confrontation, Alison Patrick and Lauren Steadmand,

:38:08. > :38:15.unbeaten for four years. Michael, it is to get the Paralympic titles, it

:38:16. > :38:24.is as important as any of our race. It is just a good benchmark, going

:38:25. > :38:35.forward. And chasing Lauren, Claire Cunningham and the former World

:38:36. > :38:42.Champion, Faye McClelland. You just want to give the best performance.

:38:43. > :38:48.And Andy Lewis, at the second category, thoughts of competing at

:38:49. > :38:52.Rio. We have a picture on the wall, of Rio, and every morning I get up,

:38:53. > :39:04.and I am having my cup of coffee, and that is in my eyes. This stage

:39:05. > :39:11.is set, final preparations, behind me. It is going to begin with the

:39:12. > :39:24.750 metre swim. Fingers crossed, some qualifications at the end.

:39:25. > :39:39.Lauren was dominating the field after the swim. Ahead of Claire and

:39:40. > :39:45.Faye, I was trying to pick off, some of the boys, and some of the girls,

:39:46. > :39:52.I was trying to lap them. I have just got together my all. You have

:39:53. > :39:58.been waiting for this to get its debut? Yes. When I started, it was

:39:59. > :40:04.not recorded. So I have not even been in the game for that long. So

:40:05. > :40:08.it is a dream come true. Alison Patrick, continued the good run of

:40:09. > :40:17.form, to successfully defend the European title. But some of the

:40:18. > :40:26.fellow Brits, on Patrick's tail. Finishing second. Andy Lewis took

:40:27. > :40:30.the goal. European champion. Does this put a bigger disappointment

:40:31. > :40:34.last year? Yes, considering that those boys have been here today, if

:40:35. > :40:40.you confident going to the next one. This man here. Thank you. It has

:40:41. > :40:54.been good. You said that you have had Rio on your site? -- sights?

:40:55. > :41:01.Yes. It was only Townsend, that was successful, finishing third, behind

:41:02. > :41:06.the Dutch. You have got an incredible back story, to get to the

:41:07. > :41:10.stage. Ever imagine that you can beat Rio? I do not think so. When

:41:11. > :41:16.you go from the situation that I was in, after an explosive device at

:41:17. > :41:20.Afghanistan, wondering what I could be doing with my life, to be back at

:41:21. > :41:25.the peak of the Dzeko fitness, competing, it is just a dream come

:41:26. > :41:32.true. Hopefully I can get back for Rio, and it is going to be amusing.

:41:33. > :41:33.Just one more event, before the team is selected. This is how things

:41:34. > :42:04.stand. The five categories. The category, where Britain still

:42:05. > :42:08.has got some work to do, it is PT4, disappointed with the performances

:42:09. > :42:14.at Lisbon, only one place up for grabs. The 15th of July, it is the

:42:15. > :42:20.official announcement. And also the invitational places, opt for grabs.

:42:21. > :42:31.We're going to have to wait and see. As we have said, Leeds is the centre

:42:32. > :42:45.of the triathlon, this is the story of how it has developed. I met

:42:46. > :42:51.Malcolm when I was 14. Malcolm has been integral to what we do, and is

:42:52. > :42:56.a huge reason why this into excess. Over the last five years, it has

:42:57. > :43:04.absolutely exploded. The triathlon Centre, it started through the

:43:05. > :43:08.efforts of a triathlete himself, and we wanted to develop sport at the

:43:09. > :43:13.University. I thought the best thing to do was to employ some cultures.

:43:14. > :43:19.People, treating the centre, we can, work together. He has been the

:43:20. > :43:27.cornerstone, he thinks that happy athletes become successful. I think

:43:28. > :43:34.with the arrival, Malcolm had been at Leeds for about one year, 12,

:43:35. > :43:39.13-year-old boys, already destined to be Olympic champions. Alistair

:43:40. > :43:49.thought it was a good idea, to get some track work. I was laterally

:43:50. > :43:55.bumbling, then I was doing some running, progressing into more and

:43:56. > :44:00.more. Over the next few years, Malcolm had more than that. He has

:44:01. > :44:06.always been available, to talk about ideas, mentor. They know when they

:44:07. > :44:11.are going to see me, three, four times a week. Exchanging

:44:12. > :44:18.information. Some things we do not even talk to each other. Just

:44:19. > :44:24.uncovering, and go. Masterclass. We're also proud to be from Leeds.

:44:25. > :44:28.It is a fantastic place to train. To be surrounded by these world-class

:44:29. > :44:36.athletes, on a daily basis, you can see why it been breeding a

:44:37. > :44:40.successful culture. The success has helped us, in many ways, because

:44:41. > :44:46.until then, it had been male orientated. And our success, it

:44:47. > :44:50.showed that we can develop female athletes as well. First race of

:44:51. > :45:07.2016! Almost, lapped, to moving to being a

:45:08. > :45:10.podium athletes, and Malcolm has been so important. It is difficult

:45:11. > :45:16.to answer the question, about the centre, but the ambition is to

:45:17. > :45:23.create a training centre, so I would hope over the next year, we would

:45:24. > :45:25.have a heart, a base. At last. So we do not have to operate out of coffee

:45:26. > :45:34.shops, at Leeds. We are probably the first city with

:45:35. > :45:39.a full triathlon path way from a young athlete until Olympic level.

:45:40. > :45:44.It is a brilliant model, not only in terms of participation, but in terms

:45:45. > :45:50.of performance. It is a model for all sports. Out of a small acorn it

:45:51. > :45:55.has grown into a giant tree. Success breeds success. More and more people

:45:56. > :46:02.want to come and have a piece of that themselves. Yes, quite a story.

:46:03. > :46:08.Malcolm is here. Another old pal Jack as well. Malcolm this is build

:46:09. > :46:15.up around it seems Johnny and Alistair and their relationship with

:46:16. > :46:21.you and Jack Maitland. Jack and I have been co-coaching for 14 or 15

:46:22. > :46:27.years in Leeds. We started off with some youngsters called Alistair and

:46:28. > :46:33.Johnny Brownlee, but they're now mature young men. We have about 80

:46:34. > :46:39.athletes training now. You say you have grown and this talk about a

:46:40. > :46:42.centre, you're meeting in coffee shops and doing work in squash

:46:43. > :46:48.courts, you're hoping for something more? Yes, we are pretty excited. We

:46:49. > :46:53.have been making do and mend for quite a while. Which is a sort of

:46:54. > :46:59.Yorkshire way. But we have the opportunity through the University

:47:00. > :47:04.of Leeds and through Sport England funding and UK Sport funding to

:47:05. > :47:11.develop a triathlon centre. We are hoping that will be, come on stream

:47:12. > :47:16.in about nine months. Jack, you're Chief Executive of British

:47:17. > :47:26.triathlon. How important is an vent like today for what is happening in

:47:27. > :47:29.Leeds? It is massive. Sports needs moments and to do something special

:47:30. > :47:36.and the city of Leeds and the council have been amazing. It is an

:47:37. > :47:40.incredible platform not is just for these athletes, but for inspiring

:47:41. > :47:48.people to take part in sport and we have done a lot to tell the whole

:47:49. > :47:51.story. It fab a fabulous weekend. And a fabulous race, blown apart by

:47:52. > :47:57.the British athletes at the start. Was that part of plan? It was part

:47:58. > :48:02.of their plan! Read into that what you will. I just admire athlete s

:48:03. > :48:10.who see an opportunity, take an opportunity. And Lucy and Jessica

:48:11. > :48:13.got the most out of themselves and their performances reflected their

:48:14. > :48:20.training and they're brave. They were very brave. I take my hat off

:48:21. > :48:26.to them. There were some animated conversations on the bike. It didn't

:48:27. > :48:30.look like they were getting on. Yes, but sport needs stars and people who

:48:31. > :48:35.are prepared to challenge the status quo and that is what they did, they

:48:36. > :48:39.took the race by the scruff of the neck and the people enjoyed it and

:48:40. > :48:44.they love seeing British athletes, but they love seeing a great race.

:48:45. > :48:51.How are Johnny and Alistair, Alistair has had a troubled build up

:48:52. > :48:54.to here, so what sort of mind set are they in, particularly as well as

:48:55. > :49:00.their minds? They're in the right place. It is Olympic year, we have a

:49:01. > :49:05.couple of months before they have to be at their best. We know what we

:49:06. > :49:09.are going to do from tomorrow onwards. They will training in a

:49:10. > :49:15.great environment with great training partners and full support.

:49:16. > :49:19.So Rio is the main objective and today is really it is going to be

:49:20. > :49:25.hard, but it is going to be fun, because it is in their home town and

:49:26. > :49:29.them embraced it. They were walking around the streets today, relaxed,

:49:30. > :49:34.chatting, superstars in their own backyard, what more could you want.

:49:35. > :49:41.Thank you. A tough assignment today, we set them a tough assignment off

:49:42. > :49:47.course with this interview, a young man called Bailey Matthews, you may

:49:48. > :50:03.remember a video of him competing in North Yorkshire and he won the

:50:04. > :50:15.Sports personality of year award, the Helen Rollason award. Nice to

:50:16. > :50:20.meet you. Hi. Right this is the going to be my first question.

:50:21. > :50:25.Nobody answered me any way. You still have to ask it. Which one out

:50:26. > :50:29.of you two is the best? Obviously it's me! But I think we both think

:50:30. > :50:33.that. We both have to think that. Sometimes it is very close.

:50:34. > :50:36.Sometimes not. But Alistair's won more than me obviously. But

:50:37. > :50:43.hopefully we are getting closer now. We will see on Sunday. I do javelin

:50:44. > :50:53.and my brother gymnastics, all of the silly flips. It is quite good

:50:54. > :51:01.sometimes having a sport you do with your brother. I wish I could do

:51:02. > :51:08.gymnastics. You can break the world record on the longest wheelie. I

:51:09. > :51:13.could do the longest forward roll. How excited are you for the

:51:14. > :51:16.Olympics. Very excited. We heard this week that we got selected

:51:17. > :51:23.officially. But there is a lot of hard training to do first. Can we

:51:24. > :51:29.have a gold and a silver instead of a gold and a bronze this time? We

:51:30. > :51:35.will, in London we got gold and a bronze and if we can get gold and

:51:36. > :51:43.silver it will be incredible. I won sports personality of the year. Why

:51:44. > :51:47.haven't you got one. Does that mean I'm better than you. I think it

:51:48. > :51:53.does. I don't think will ever be able to one2one. I think you will

:51:54. > :52:00.always be better than me. Can I? Yeah. Thank you it is heavy. And I

:52:01. > :52:06.have got proof its mine. It said there. I met Non Stanford and Vicky

:52:07. > :52:13.Holland, which of those two is your favourite? My favourite is Non

:52:14. > :52:23.Stanford. Which one is your favourite. I don't mind. If I have

:52:24. > :52:28.got to answer it. You're the interviewee. Parkinson answers

:52:29. > :52:36.questions. You have to answer. I will say. Give you the deciding

:52:37. > :52:42.vote. Over! Good luck with the Olympics and good luck for this

:52:43. > :52:55.weekend. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck to you in your races as well.

:52:56. > :53:04.That Bailey Matthews has a future, he wouldn't have forgot Gwen

:53:05. > :53:08.Jorgensen's name. And Gomez have been speaking to us. The five-time

:53:09. > :53:12.champion has arrived. The crowd are loving you. Yes the crowd is

:53:13. > :53:16.fantastic and it is an interesting xours, I think it will be a great

:53:17. > :53:22.show. What do you think of the course. Have you had a chance to run

:53:23. > :53:30.it? Yes I rode it yesterday and it is fast the first 13 or 14k, in town

:53:31. > :53:37.it is up and down and lots of turns. If the rains it could be dangerous.

:53:38. > :53:39.Your first world series race and congratulations on the European

:53:40. > :53:44.title, you're coming back from injury. How are you feel something

:53:45. > :53:50.I'm getting better, I felt better than I expected two weeks ago in

:53:51. > :53:56.Lisbon. This is a different level of race and with the Brownlees it will

:53:57. > :54:00.be tough. But my focus is the Olympics and I want to get the

:54:01. > :54:05.fitness, not big goals other than Rio. A lot of the crowd are looking

:54:06. > :54:11.forward to seeing you against Johnny and Alistair. You and Alistair

:54:12. > :54:16.haven't been head-to-head since Yokohama, wouldn't it be nice to

:54:17. > :54:23.beat them on their patch? Of course, I will give my beshgs although my

:54:24. > :54:29.goal is Rio, I'm racing. We have taken enough of your time. Best of

:54:30. > :54:34.luck. Thanks. The Brownlees beat him on his home track in Madrid a few

:54:35. > :54:39.times. He will find out this a tough course. It is a really tough course.

:54:40. > :54:43.I think we are going to see the guys riding more aggressively than the

:54:44. > :54:48.women. It is going to be exciting. Let's look at the standings going

:54:49. > :54:52.into the fifth race. Alistair won't be in contention for the world

:54:53. > :55:07.title, or Javier Gomez. Mola decided not to compete. No

:55:08. > :55:12.Alarza. Johnny Brownlee in fourth. We are not so worried about this,

:55:13. > :55:16.but the head-to-head to see what form Alistair is in after the

:55:17. > :55:20.troubles he has had. I think news from the camp is good. There is

:55:21. > :55:25.nothing really too much to worry about. The Gold Coast was worrying,

:55:26. > :55:29.because he had a disaster there. But he had overtrained. Malcolm Brown

:55:30. > :55:36.said he is in good shape. He is not 100%. But we don't want him to be

:55:37. > :55:40.100%. I expect them to go well. In terms of what we saw in the women's

:55:41. > :55:44.race, we saw the athletes getting warmed up, do we expect the race to

:55:45. > :55:49.break up in the same way? I think that hill will sort a few of them

:55:50. > :55:54.out. It might be a bit different with some bigger groups and the

:55:55. > :55:57.British girls took the swim out hard and that is where the damage

:55:58. > :56:03.happened. I think we are going to see lots of packs. What sort of form

:56:04. > :56:07.do you think Johnny will be in? Given Alistair and Johnny are in

:56:08. > :56:11.different places, they like to race together, do you think you might see

:56:12. > :56:16.some different tactics? Malcolm said the two of them in the race together

:56:17. > :56:20.makes each of them a lot stronger. I think the fact they're both there

:56:21. > :56:24.and both fit is going to help them really. It is important for each of

:56:25. > :56:28.them that they're both there. Tactically they will go hard. Until

:56:29. > :56:35.you get into town, you don't know what is going to happen. In terms of

:56:36. > :56:39.crowd factor, Johnny and Alistair see their pictures around, just over

:56:40. > :56:44.there is Johnny, how much is the crowd going to play a factor? It

:56:45. > :56:47.will be massive. They're famous in Leeds and they can't walk down the

:56:48. > :56:52.street without people talking to them. That has to motivate them to

:56:53. > :56:55.do well for the people out here supporting them. What is going to

:56:56. > :57:01.happen. It is time for the men's race. Matt, its all yours.

:57:02. > :57:11.COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon again everybody. Still water in Waterloo

:57:12. > :57:18.Park and a return to action for the heroes in their home town, Alistair

:57:19. > :57:33.and Jonathan Brownlee. These are the standings.

:57:34. > :57:43.Other British interest Adam Bowden. Tom Bishop is No 31. Alistair has

:57:44. > :57:49.33. Because he has done little racing this year. Gordon Benson who

:57:50. > :57:52.will be the pilot for the Brownlees in Rio has No 40. Here is a full

:57:53. > :58:07.check of the start list. In fact Silva does not start. So we

:58:08. > :58:15.are down to 44. There is no 13 ever in the world triathlon start list

:58:16. > :58:22.numbers. Somebody was superstitious along the world. Krissian

:58:23. > :58:35.Blummenfelt moved from 53 to No 2, thanks to his third place in

:58:36. > :58:44.Yokohama, which came out of nowhere. The elite triathletes are being

:58:45. > :58:54.called across the blue carpeted pontoon, to ready themselves for the

:58:55. > :58:57.start. 1,500 metre swim, a 41 approximately kilometre cycle and a

:58:58. > :59:02.10,000 metre run around the city centre, which is packed with

:59:03. > :59:09.spectators. Many of whom are eager to see the Brownlees excel. Javier

:59:10. > :59:20.Gomez again, because he has been out of WTS for a while has No 36 this

:59:21. > :59:24.afternoon. We will look out for the Brownlee's training partner Richard

:59:25. > :59:31.Varga, who is always one of the fastest men in the water. He is No

:59:32. > :59:40.15 and he will act as a lifeguard for the Brownlees, to guide them

:59:41. > :59:54.through the water today. No 1 Johnny Brownlee. Hernandez alongside him.

:59:55. > :59:58.Mislawchuk of Canada next. The moment everybody's within waiting

:59:59. > :00:05.for. The Brownlees in their home city of Leeds, racing at the top

:00:06. > :00:09.level of their chosen sport. Olympic gold, silver and bronze-medallists

:00:10. > :00:11.from London 2012, all involved in this race this afternoon. Alistair

:00:12. > :00:42.the champion. The water, relatively cool. Cool,

:00:43. > :01:00.clear, still. Set to go. Away they go! And what a sight! Wall of white

:01:01. > :01:10.water. Some of them have been bumped, barged. Good afternoon

:01:11. > :01:19.Steve. Thank you. I am looking at the start, I have two think back

:01:20. > :01:29.immediately to the female race, taking up by an absolute neck. Flora

:01:30. > :01:36.Duffy knew that she had to go with them. Are we going to see the same?

:01:37. > :01:44.Richard, training with Brownlee, and what is critical, the second part of

:01:45. > :02:00.the cycle. Difficult indeed. One of the early leaders. Rafael. A swim

:02:01. > :02:09.man. Often competing, to the first out of the water. That is almost

:02:10. > :02:27.certainly Varga, the Slovakian. So we have got Rafael and Varga, but

:02:28. > :02:31.the pace already electrifying. The conditions, spot-on. Absolutely. The

:02:32. > :02:39.conditions have been absolutely stunning. It is a cliche, but it

:02:40. > :02:49.really was well-suited. I think we have seen many similarities, to the

:02:50. > :03:00.women, elderly, got together quickly, that was a good site, of

:03:01. > :03:05.Jonny Brownlee, the group of ten get-together, and then at the

:03:06. > :03:14.critical point, just going together. At this stage, on the long

:03:15. > :03:21.right-hand side, we can see the echelons, just beginning to come

:03:22. > :03:33.together. Two laps of 750m each. Exiting the water, going past the

:03:34. > :03:42.cones, and at the end of the first, we will get a check on the position.

:03:43. > :03:56.Arrow head begins to form. We could have an interesting turn. Varga, the

:03:57. > :04:05.Slovakian, and Rafael, could be squeezed, scorched. It could prove

:04:06. > :04:11.problematic for some of them. At the moment, it seems that everybody has

:04:12. > :04:20.come through this, clearly, some of them getting pushed back. You can

:04:21. > :04:26.see, getting lined up against, the lakeside, watching. This is such a

:04:27. > :04:35.spectator friendly event. 100,000, on the streets of Leeds, and there

:04:36. > :04:40.at the suburbs, 100,000. Extraordinary numbers. The greatest

:04:41. > :04:45.numbers we have seen for the triathlon, since the Olympics at

:04:46. > :04:59.Hyde Park. We mentioned Varga, certainly l, of Slovakia, and we at

:05:00. > :05:06.halfway, of lap one, but that has gone wrong indeed. You have got the

:05:07. > :05:11.single lane. You have got the bunch, chasing, but we're looking at about

:05:12. > :05:22.40, possibly 35 metres already that is huge. Varga, he has been training

:05:23. > :05:24.with Brownlees, and they have got an open water facility. It is actually

:05:25. > :05:48.the venue for the sailing club, they have to get the

:05:49. > :05:54.key from the farmer! Every Friday. Malcolm was telling me that they

:05:55. > :05:58.arrived early, and the soul is separated lamb, chasing that, before

:05:59. > :06:06.picking it up and read and eating it with the model. They said that is

:06:07. > :06:14.not the warm up of a champion. Those at the water, had the open water

:06:15. > :06:29.training. It is not glamorous. Watching them, above the water, add

:06:30. > :06:33.this magnificent park, it can hold 100,000 over the years, we have had

:06:34. > :06:46.concerts from the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, simple minds, Bruce

:06:47. > :06:58.Spence Dean, Madonna, U2. -- Springsteen. First sight of the

:06:59. > :07:03.champion, Javier Gomez, who has been absent through the season, but

:07:04. > :07:07.making his debut. When you get to the Olympic year, things change. The

:07:08. > :07:14.focus has got to be those games, people choosing the race carefully.

:07:15. > :07:24.We know that he came back, impressed the Europeans, and it does almost

:07:25. > :07:28.nonchalant, and I think Alistair, and Jonny said that the only focus

:07:29. > :07:46.has got to be the Olympics. It is the legacy. But that is the thing

:07:47. > :07:56.this year. The last of the three, to find out he had been selected. I was

:07:57. > :08:03.commentating, just last week, and I thought this is almost a rehearsal.

:08:04. > :08:17.After one lap, it was three, going out. We can speak to Gordon Benson

:08:18. > :08:29.now. I felt as though I was taking all the boxes. I had the meeting on

:08:30. > :08:35.the Wednesday, and on the decision, nothing came, it was the same on

:08:36. > :08:43.Thursday, then I got the e-mail on Friday. I was at an exam, and all I

:08:44. > :08:58.wanted to do was check e-mails. It was a relief. Gordon Benson, on his

:08:59. > :09:04.way to Rio, he had the battle, with Bishop, as they reach the end of the

:09:05. > :09:07.first lap. Weekend it a check on who has done what. And as expected,

:09:08. > :09:51.Varga first... The last of the athletes, appearing

:09:52. > :09:56.from the dark waters, we have got one straggler. All of them, oat,

:09:57. > :10:17.back for the second lap. Richard is a decent cyclist, as well

:10:18. > :10:32.as a swimmer, what he is not going to made that pack. Varga, his job is

:10:33. > :10:42.to act as a lifeguard, for the Brownlees. An interesting accent.

:10:43. > :10:55.Potentially, the best of the fringe has been absent this year. So this

:10:56. > :10:58.could be the man to watch for. Jonathan Brownlee, number one,

:10:59. > :11:14.keeping close to the strong swimmers. And Alistair, just behind

:11:15. > :11:19.him. Gomez, 36. Benson, 40. It is good positioning for Alistair, and

:11:20. > :11:29.Jonny. Just getting to that lovely situation. Behind the swimmer, the

:11:30. > :11:35.alternative, using less energy, somebody else, has been doing the

:11:36. > :11:42.sighting, and that makes you fresher, before the second

:11:43. > :11:52.transition. It is going to be that long, steep transition, we saw Flora

:11:53. > :12:01.take that on, for the woman, resting the feet on top of the shoes,

:12:02. > :12:08.accelerating out of harm's way. Breakaway group of three. Not here.

:12:09. > :12:14.Because you have got a dozen, going to be at transition together, the

:12:15. > :12:24.way that things stand. But we could have 12, 15 possibly going together.

:12:25. > :12:25.That is going to include the Brownlee brothers, and five-time

:12:26. > :12:42.champion Gomez. Turning, top point. Almost three

:12:43. > :12:52.quarters of this section done. We saw at the woman, Flora Duffy was

:12:53. > :13:02.going to go for it. Fortunately, two other athletes, Lucy and Jessica,

:13:03. > :13:06.working together so hard, but the damage was done after that 100

:13:07. > :13:13.metres. Anybody strong enough to do that for them in? We have got the

:13:14. > :13:21.depth of field. But having said that, a lot of new names. The chance

:13:22. > :13:34.to race. And that is about spread indeed. Just a little bit of rain

:13:35. > :13:42.falling. Showers on and off. Not that the City centre at the moment.

:13:43. > :13:47.Hint of rain. Thankfully, the woman's race remained dry. But the

:13:48. > :13:55.threat suggests that the longer the afternoon goes on, the more likely

:13:56. > :14:07.we are, to get some precipitation. Varga, very much at home. This is

:14:08. > :14:15.his training base. And Rafael, starting to stretch. Possibly, a

:14:16. > :14:23.break up. Four, five metres. But I am sure that is going to be closed

:14:24. > :14:31.down. It is a long run, getting the transition. You have got to focus on

:14:32. > :14:37.that. And it is a map. Huge only 400 metres. But coming after the swim,

:14:38. > :14:42.the transition, just trying to focus on that, and the other thing of

:14:43. > :14:50.course, as you're coming up, and making that decision, to get into

:14:51. > :14:56.the shoes, or do what Flora Duffy did, taking something, before

:14:57. > :15:06.getting herself comfortable. 250 metres to go. Stage one, of this

:15:07. > :15:14.afternoon. Round four. The tour began at Abu Dhabi. At the end of

:15:15. > :15:21.April, Cape Town, then Yokohama, and the next stage, is going to be

:15:22. > :15:24.Stockholm. Then, Hamburg, and of course the Olympics, taking centre

:15:25. > :15:28.stage. Olympic selection has pretty much been done and dusted. Those who

:15:29. > :15:33.are going to be going, and that they are going to be gone, and those who

:15:34. > :15:35.are not, can focus on potential in the world triathlon series. Rather

:15:36. > :15:47.than the Olympics. Triathlon entered the Olympic

:15:48. > :15:51.movement in Sydney 2000. No one has ever won an Olympic title twice.

:15:52. > :15:55.Alistair Brownlee hoping to become the first man to do that. But he

:15:56. > :16:02.will have some stiff opposition in Rio. Notably from his brother

:16:03. > :16:08.Johnny, who wants to improve on his bronze and Gomez who wants to go

:16:09. > :16:15.better than the silver he won in London. Next it is a straight line

:16:16. > :16:25.back to the carpeted ramp and pontoon towards T1. So we have a

:16:26. > :16:30.split transition. Area one in Roundhay Park, transition 2 opposite

:16:31. > :16:36.the Leeds city hall, with its beautiful golden owls on top. A

:16:37. > :16:40.magnificent building. Some of the landmarks of Leeds that are not so

:16:41. > :16:45.well known around the country. Brought into focus, because the run

:16:46. > :16:49.and bike course takes in so much of the flavour and culture of this

:16:50. > :16:54.great city. They have to go to swimmers left of that red buoy. You

:16:55. > :16:58.can see the kayak against it. They have to go to the left of that red

:16:59. > :17:08.buoy and make a right turn back to the carpeted pontoon. Varga

:17:09. > :17:14.continues to force the pace here. As we get through to that red buoy, you

:17:15. > :17:19.see the finishing area with the orange buoys on either side. Giving

:17:20. > :17:24.a bit of extra focus for the swimmers as they're coming in. That

:17:25. > :17:33.swim section stretched out such a long way, going back at least 100

:17:34. > :17:48.metres, that will be 75, 80 seconds from first to last. The first

:17:49. > :17:52.section is over for Richard Varga and Aurelien. Polyanskiy comes

:17:53. > :18:11.through in seventh. Gordon Benson has made up some

:18:12. > :18:18.ground. Up into 13th ahead of next Russian, Polyanskiy.

:18:19. > :18:26.We will join them as they climb towards transition. Johnny Brownlee

:18:27. > :18:36.hasn't removed his swim cap yet. Alistair is right in behind him.

:18:37. > :18:41.Alistair steps out of his wet suit. Multitasking as he places his

:18:42. > :18:46.cycling helmet on. He is first to leave transition. That is a

:18:47. > :18:50.magnificent in and out of transition by the Olympic champion, showing how

:18:51. > :18:54.it is done and he has got his feet in the shoes, before he makes the

:18:55. > :19:00.climb. That is brilliant from Brownlee. He has practiced that. He

:19:01. > :19:10.has nailed it and he is clearing the climb in some style. Absolutely gone

:19:11. > :19:16.for it. There was a bit of hesitation. He has re-established

:19:17. > :19:21.contact with Alistair. Now we are seeing an idea of how strung out the

:19:22. > :19:25.field has become. We have seen the guys at the top of the hill and

:19:26. > :19:29.people were still struggling out of their wet suits and that is a long

:19:30. > :19:33.way to catch up. Alistair establish what had he needed. He wants to get

:19:34. > :19:40.at the front. He needs to get away on that long, long descent into

:19:41. > :19:45.Leeds, before we get to the seven twist and turns circuit with 16

:19:46. > :19:51.different tight turns. They're on their way. Alistair Brownlee has

:19:52. > :19:56.clearly worked on a strategy of getting his feet in the shoes

:19:57. > :20:03.quickly. We saw Duffy resting her feet. But Brownlee was straight in

:20:04. > :20:07.there. They're on their way on this first unique lap with Aaron Royle of

:20:08. > :20:19.Australia taking them through the early stages. Still inside the 7 00

:20:20. > :20:23.acres within Roundhay Park. There will be some welcome as they come

:20:24. > :20:29.down the roads to the city and the crowds can see the Olympic champion,

:20:30. > :20:33.Alistair Brownlee, up with the front three and leading the way. Alistair

:20:34. > :20:45.wroun Lee is first. - Brownlee is first. Aurelien Raphael is in the

:20:46. > :20:53.front group of three as well. Raphael, Brownlee and... Aaron roifl

:20:54. > :20:58.I think. -- Aaron Royle I think. There is a group of three who are

:20:59. > :21:05.not far behind. Care capable of -- they are capable of closing the gap.

:21:06. > :21:12.That second group of three may include the other Brownlee brother.

:21:13. > :21:17.Ryan Bailey is almost a minute down after the swim. Why that is happen

:21:18. > :21:22.something it was a clear swim. There were no twists and turns. It is not

:21:23. > :21:29.exceedingly cold. It was flat and fast and we still had huge gaps

:21:30. > :21:35.created right the way through. Alistair drifts off to his left,

:21:36. > :21:41.allows rar yell to take a -- Raphael to take a turn, finding the pace at

:21:42. > :21:45.the front of this group of three. Alistair has glanced over his

:21:46. > :21:49.shoulder to see who is in the next group. They're doing their best to

:21:50. > :21:55.try and close the gap. The basis tough at the front. They're really

:21:56. > :22:00.pushing hard. I wonder if Alistair was looking over his shoulder to see

:22:01. > :22:07.if his brother was in the group. That what is they would like, to

:22:08. > :22:14.have the two Brits working together to establish a lead into Leeds city.

:22:15. > :22:18.They would have done homework. Alistair involved with designing the

:22:19. > :22:23.course. So they will know every twist and turn and that must be an

:22:24. > :22:28.advantage. I make it nine seconds between this group of three and the

:22:29. > :22:32.next trio, who are effectively the chase group now. Nine seconds

:22:33. > :22:35.between them. And we are early in this first unique lap. It is the

:22:36. > :22:40.same course as the women raced earlier. So as they come, this is

:22:41. > :22:55.the second group and what a group it is. The Spaniard Javier go Mez --

:22:56. > :22:59.goes Moaz, rich - Gomez and Varga and Brownlee as they endeavour to

:23:00. > :23:03.close it down and get involved in the leader ship of the race. Our

:23:04. > :23:09.pictures chopping up a bit, because of the conditions. Apologies for

:23:10. > :23:13.that. We will try and sort that out. But with the rain clouds thickening,

:23:14. > :23:19.we are likely to get some interference. Big decisions for both

:23:20. > :23:25.the brothers to make. Particularly Alistair, does he sit back and allow

:23:26. > :23:30.Johnny to get back on the lead pack, knowing he takes the risk of Gomez

:23:31. > :23:34.coming back with him. It is a big interesting decision to make and do

:23:35. > :23:39.I go for myself as an individual or as a member of the British team, do

:23:40. > :23:44.I sit back, let Johnny come through and maybe we have two opportunities

:23:45. > :23:51.rather than just the one to take the podium top spot. They're heading up

:23:52. > :23:55.street lane. You can see the junction to Stone Gate Road

:23:56. > :24:04.approaching. We are back with the helicopter shot now. In this leafy

:24:05. > :24:08.suburb of the city of Leeds. And nine seconds was the last unofficial

:24:09. > :24:16.count that I did in my head as we were watching from the helicopter

:24:17. > :24:22.shot between the Alistair Brownlee group and the Jonathan Brownlee

:24:23. > :24:26.group. Johnny seems to have broken free of Gomez and Varga and he is

:24:27. > :24:30.out on his own, looking for his older brother. He is trying to chase

:24:31. > :24:38.down and get involved with that front three. Knows he has to make a

:24:39. > :24:42.move early. Look at the crowds now. And they're watching closely and a

:24:43. > :24:50.shrug of the shoulders and a question asked by Aaron Royle, but

:24:51. > :24:54.Alistair and Raphael know they need them together, because the Brownlees

:24:55. > :25:01.together is a much more dangerous unit. You can understand that

:25:02. > :25:05.frustration, Aaron worked on the swim, he has put himself on the line

:25:06. > :25:10.and went for it on the climb. He is thinking we have a work group. And

:25:11. > :25:13.Alistair is saying, well, actually maybe I have got a different race

:25:14. > :25:23.strategy and we have seen Alistair before with different strategies, we

:25:24. > :25:33.have an ticipated, and once in Stockholm he erupted and went away.

:25:34. > :25:40.Now Aaron has to decide should he go by himself. He has the Brownlee boys

:25:41. > :25:44.chasing hard. Raphael is no fool, he knows he is much better positioned

:25:45. > :25:52.with the brothers than being out in front with Royle. He knows that he

:25:53. > :26:00.has a much greater chance of getting towed the alightning by these two.

:26:01. > :26:06.-- along by these two. Is Javier Gomez in this group. You can see him

:26:07. > :26:12.with Richard Varga. Varga and Gomez are the next group along. Royle has

:26:13. > :26:18.been swallowed up by the Brownlee brothers' group, which now numbers

:26:19. > :26:24.four. And then a gap to Gomez and Varga, who will now work hard to try

:26:25. > :26:30.and make this group No 6. Things happening early on. Yes and Alistair

:26:31. > :26:36.and Johnny have establish what had they want. They know Aaron Royle

:26:37. > :26:41.will work hard to have Raphael is probably an advantage and

:26:42. > :26:45.questioning, we know Javier had a slight injury, and is that the

:26:46. > :26:49.opportunity they have taken? But now Javier has got his head down and he

:26:50. > :26:53.has decided, if you're not going to get in front, I'm going to try and

:26:54. > :27:02.push it myself. Is he going to make contact? This could be critical when

:27:03. > :27:08.they get into the tight city centre. Road signs up showing them where the

:27:09. > :27:13.turning section comes. Now they make the next left turn down towards

:27:14. > :27:18.Grove lane, which will be the next street they will tackle in Leeds.

:27:19. > :27:24.Shortly they will come sweeping down pavs head -- past Headingley

:27:25. > :27:31.stadium, home of Yorkshire County cricket club, of the Leeds Rhinos

:27:32. > :27:37.Rugby League side and the Yorkshire Carnegie rugby side. A three sport

:27:38. > :27:42.stadium. One of the great features of this wonderful city in Yorkshire.

:27:43. > :27:47.I ma I can a time difference of around 7 seconds. That may not sound

:27:48. > :27:52.much, but they have four athletes at the front who are all willing to

:27:53. > :27:59.work, clalsed by two. -- chased by two. The workload is halved at the

:28:00. > :28:04.front. They have gone with this strategy, they want to get away with

:28:05. > :28:09.just the four of them. Alistair as usual has plenty to say. We saw that

:28:10. > :28:15.a lot from the Jess Learmonth in the women's race. She hardly stopped

:28:16. > :28:21.talking. I wonder how vokam he will -- vocal he will be. He has kwot

:28:22. > :28:27.what he wanted, he has got his brother beside him. He may not have

:28:28. > :28:33.wanted Gomez there. There is the Gomez pairing. Gomez has his head

:28:34. > :28:39.down and Varga is slip streaming behind him and I'm not sure they're

:28:40. > :28:46.doing much damage to the lead the Brownlee group has. Varga tries his

:28:47. > :28:50.luck. Gomez glances behind. After that first tough section coming out

:28:51. > :28:55.of transition, the majority of the course now down into the town centre

:28:56. > :29:00.is rolling, but descending the whole time. It is going to be difficult to

:29:01. > :29:04.make up time, we can see with them, the leader at the front, we have

:29:05. > :29:09.almost got people taking relief. Even at the speed they are, knowing

:29:10. > :29:13.they don't have to work hard just the momentum will carry them

:29:14. > :29:18.through. My unofficial time slip was around 7 seconds. We have seen

:29:19. > :29:23.before many times, you think it is just a tiny amount of time, that can

:29:24. > :29:27.be the difference. Certainly when you get into the tight corners where

:29:28. > :29:31.you're out of sight and mind. They're working for it and there

:29:32. > :29:35.does seem to be a strategy. No sign of sitting up thinking we will get

:29:36. > :29:40.these six back and work together. The four are aware and the chasing

:29:41. > :29:47.two are a fair away -- way away from the chasing field. On the way down

:29:48. > :29:51.to the city centre in this sport-crazy city and this sport-mad

:29:52. > :29:55.county of Yorkshire. The Brownlee brothers took two of Yorkshire's

:29:56. > :30:05.collection of medals in the London games. York shire won seven golds

:30:06. > :30:11.and would have placed 12th in the medals table had it been entered as

:30:12. > :30:14.an independent country. Such was the strength of Yorkshire's contribution

:30:15. > :30:22.to Great Britain's success four years ago.

:30:23. > :30:37.We hope that the Brownlee brothers are going to be at the medal haul.

:30:38. > :30:46.Varga and Gomez seem to be going backwards, seem more intent, to join

:30:47. > :30:50.that third group, not a lot of pace. Just drifting. We can see Gomez

:30:51. > :30:58.looking back, but when you have got the standard, so equal, between the

:30:59. > :31:04.top athletes, just that critical factor, working together, that can

:31:05. > :31:08.make the difference. Just stretching out a second every kilometre, by the

:31:09. > :31:24.time you get to the other sections that is going to be significant. You

:31:25. > :31:29.just know, Alistair is for call, -- vocal, but that is an invitation.

:31:30. > :31:41.37, going down. That is the electric motorbike. Carrying the pilot.

:31:42. > :31:55.Varga, of Slovakia, Gomez, the Spaniard. One of the veterans.

:31:56. > :32:03.Surely his final appearance, at Rio. And streets are wetter than they

:32:04. > :32:15.were. We have had some showers, but look at the crowds. Numbers have

:32:16. > :32:22.swollen. To the expected 100,000. Brownlee supporters, at every turn.

:32:23. > :32:35.It is reminiscent, of the two of the Yorkshire. -- tour de. Leeds is the

:32:36. > :32:40.capital of triathlon, we have got Varga, some of the students, coming

:32:41. > :32:45.over. It is absolutely huge. Attracted by the level of

:32:46. > :32:58.competition, but also the coaching. That is the stadium, Yorkshire

:32:59. > :33:12.County Cricket club. Yorkshire Carnegie, wicket covered. You

:33:13. > :33:19.mentioned the tour of Yorkshire, Leeds town hall was the location,

:33:20. > :33:29.for the start of the Tour de France, 2014. Unforgettable, as the tour

:33:30. > :33:35.snaked its way around the Yorkshire countryside. And look at that.

:33:36. > :33:43.Brownlee, Raphael, that there is the gap. And that is before we have even

:33:44. > :33:56.approached the next section. We have this unique lap. From transition A,

:33:57. > :34:07.to high up above the City, going down towards the City centre, ride

:34:08. > :34:15.seven standard laps, to get up the total mileage, km mark of 41.5. Debt

:34:16. > :34:24.was not until the tweaked it because of fears about the conditions. I

:34:25. > :34:27.think he has got exactly what he wanted, looking at Alistair, almost

:34:28. > :34:33.with disappointment, wondering what he was waiting for. But I think he

:34:34. > :34:39.can see exactly what is going on. Four is stronger than three. And to

:34:40. > :34:43.move from the unofficial seven second, to almost half a minute,

:34:44. > :34:54.just a quarter of the week through. Not even that. Seven laps of the

:34:55. > :35:05.City on two wheels to follow. After this, from A to B. And then, 10km

:35:06. > :35:11.run to finish. The course, designed in assocation with the Brownlee

:35:12. > :35:22.brothers. Plenty of input, about that

:35:23. > :35:30.trajection, close to the water way, the cathedral, Leeds has got more

:35:31. > :35:36.listed buildings, than any other English City outside of London. It

:35:37. > :35:46.is a fabulous City to visit. As the Brownlee brothers, men of this town,

:35:47. > :35:57.City, continue to force the pace. Alistair has clearly moved. Jonny in

:35:58. > :36:05.behind. Just adjusting the bicycle. Strap loose? And at the back,

:36:06. > :36:15.somebody probably quite surprised to be close to the front, Raphael,

:36:16. > :36:19.because of an excellent swim. It is great to see Alistair coming back.

:36:20. > :36:28.He has had enough injuries, to take him off, and he has been working his

:36:29. > :36:38.way back, so to see him putting that are made of energy on the bicycle,

:36:39. > :36:47.just looking at the front group, you have got two great runners. And two

:36:48. > :36:50.delighted to be at the front. Going to be more confident, the father

:36:51. > :36:57.that they can get away from this man, Gomez. Just taking a look at

:36:58. > :37:08.Gomez. Five-time champion. He has won 12 races, at his career. Olympic

:37:09. > :37:17.silver, 2012. This was the scene that greeted the woman, Elia. The

:37:18. > :37:34.noise levels even higher. Goodness me. Just listen to that. Seven laps

:37:35. > :37:43.to go. Brownlee, Royle, Brownlee and Raphael, the leading group. That

:37:44. > :37:48.time difference, not even giving us a chance to look at things. We have

:37:49. > :37:56.got 30 seconds, and the technical section. These are the chasers. Not

:37:57. > :38:08.looking happy. Working hard, but not meeting". -- making inroads. The

:38:09. > :38:25.thought about fishing, to join the leaders, and they have ended up,

:38:26. > :38:32.stuck as a pair. Gap between the Brownlee group, Gomez, Varga, 67

:38:33. > :38:40.seconds! 67 seconds. Huge, already. That is phenomenal. And we get to

:38:41. > :38:45.these short laps. 4.5 km. They are going to be covering goes, under six

:38:46. > :38:52.minutes. The advantage of having nobody in front of you, not having

:38:53. > :38:58.to anticipate turns, deceleration, body weight shifting, to be at the

:38:59. > :39:05.front is an absolutely huge advantage, over the one-minute lead,

:39:06. > :39:17.even more so. The Brownlee group, on its way, within the confines of the

:39:18. > :39:25.City centre. Seven of these. Then four shorter on foot. 67 seconds,

:39:26. > :39:34.the lead, that they have over Varga and Gomez. Considerable margin.

:39:35. > :39:44.After the first lap of cycling and the swim. Just listen to the noise.

:39:45. > :39:52.The crowd have got what they wanted. When the woman appeared, it was not

:39:53. > :39:56.the British that were expecting, but here, they have got the brothers out

:39:57. > :40:02.in front. And the gap, it is considerable. Hopefully, the

:40:03. > :40:09.Yorkshire faithful, hoping that the Brownlee brothers could bring this

:40:10. > :40:18.home. 26 and a half kilometres, still to ride. Vicky Holland, at the

:40:19. > :40:28.commentary position. How are you feeling? I was delighted to have a

:40:29. > :40:35.good result, first podium in years. Home soil. The town I live. That is

:40:36. > :40:41.really pleasing. Tired. Hard course. It is just as brutal, as they have

:40:42. > :40:46.intended it to be. And it is obviously paying off, they have the

:40:47. > :40:52.lead. In terms of how you have expected the race to unfold, was a

:40:53. > :40:59.close, according to plan? We discussed the potential, that you

:41:00. > :41:07.could have the break off, ideally, we didn't want him to take Flora and

:41:08. > :41:18.get too much of a gap. We do not want to gift a win. Especially on

:41:19. > :41:24.home soil. But as it happened, Flora was run down by Gwen. Phenomenal

:41:25. > :41:30.performance. And I was the best of the rest. Yes, sprint finish, you

:41:31. > :41:37.were confident that you could win that? Not really. I was finding that

:41:38. > :41:43.tough, a lot of the time, Jody has done more. Everything has been

:41:44. > :41:52.building towards Rio. That is the objective. It is such a difficult,

:41:53. > :42:00.technical course, up and down, no let up. Never getting a chance, to

:42:01. > :42:10.get into my rhythm. Eye was not sure how Jody was feeling. But at the

:42:11. > :42:17.final corner, it was just a big dig. Getting the medal. And how was the

:42:18. > :42:23.crowd? Helping? Certain sections, ten deep? It is absolutely amazing.

:42:24. > :42:29.I do not think I have an support like that, outside of the Olympic

:42:30. > :42:41.Games. Just phenomenal. Especially, the whole course. It has been lined

:42:42. > :42:49.with people. Under way. Vicky Holland has finished third earlier.

:42:50. > :42:59.Going to be part of the Olympic trio racing, at Rio. Were watching the

:43:00. > :43:14.race on full, and I welcome, for the leading pack, Brownlee brothers,

:43:15. > :43:22.Royle, Raphael. And Alistair, out in front. He has not wavered. It is the

:43:23. > :43:26.dream scenario. You would think that they have written the script. I am

:43:27. > :43:30.sure all the rehearsals would have been difficult, with the traffic,

:43:31. > :43:39.but you know that they can anticipate every single thing. They

:43:40. > :43:43.have got exactly what they wanted, working group, two best runners,

:43:44. > :43:52.Gomez is a long way back, to be over one back, must be an absolute dream.

:43:53. > :43:59.It is good to see Alistair, run out last weekend, looking strong, giving

:44:00. > :44:05.himself the blast. And he has proven that he has been heading in the

:44:06. > :44:12.correct direction. It must be sought off, -- so tough, when you have got

:44:13. > :44:19.the Olympics, important races, pressure on the British athletes.

:44:20. > :44:28.Just almost the need to do well. But at the back of your mind, is that

:44:29. > :44:37.the Olympics is coming up. 54 days. I think the biggest thing, for them,

:44:38. > :44:42.I live in Leeds, but they are born and bred. They have helped to design

:44:43. > :44:48.the course. They want to prove something. They want to show people,

:44:49. > :44:53.this is how we do things, at Leeds, putting on the demonstration that

:44:54. > :44:57.they are. They want to perform, because it is the home course. But

:44:58. > :45:07.that seems to be going in the FIFA. Doing nothing to dispel the myth

:45:08. > :45:11.they are the best. The finishing line, it is a long way ahead. But

:45:12. > :45:22.the way that it is shaping up, Brownlee having the lead of one

:45:23. > :45:29.minute 29, over the huge pack, foot race between the brothers. I cannot

:45:30. > :45:34.see Royle or Raphael giving them too much trouble, over the foot race.

:45:35. > :45:38.Anything can happen. This has started perfectly for the brothers.

:45:39. > :45:47.We said Leeds is the triathlon capital of world, before then it was

:45:48. > :45:53.the United States and then Australia. But when you start

:45:54. > :45:59.attracting athletes from around the world, Vicky, the atmosphere must be

:46:00. > :46:04.fantastic, you're training with the British team, but they're your

:46:05. > :46:09.friends, I want is a double-edged sword, which way do I go, is she my

:46:10. > :46:16.buddie today or am I working against her? Get asked that lot. It is an

:46:17. > :46:25.interesting is dynamic, but it works for both of us and that has been

:46:26. > :46:31.proved by our results since I moved in with Non. With Leeds, Alistair

:46:32. > :46:35.and Johnny you can't look beyond them as the people who founded this

:46:36. > :46:40.and have been the driving force in people wanting to come and train

:46:41. > :46:44.here. There is a huge element of success breeds success. I came here

:46:45. > :46:49.pretty much within the same month as Non won the world title. Moved in

:46:50. > :46:54.with her and she hasn't been able to get rid of me since. It has worked

:46:55. > :46:59.out for me as well. By the end of 2015 we had four of the six

:47:00. > :47:04.Olympians training and living in Leeds and two of us living in the

:47:05. > :47:08.same house and the other two within a mile of each other just up the

:47:09. > :47:16.road from us. It's quite the community we have here now. The

:47:17. > :47:20.giant images of Alistair and Jonathan are on front of one of

:47:21. > :47:32.listed building in Leeds city centre. There they are, that group

:47:33. > :47:36.of four as the Olympic champion, the Olympic bronze-medallist, the

:47:37. > :47:40.Frenchman Raphael and the Australian Royle. They're in the one of less

:47:41. > :47:45.glamorous parts of city, but prepare for another wall of sound as they

:47:46. > :47:49.come back to complete the second of these seven standard laps. And it

:47:50. > :47:54.will be interesting to see the time difference that has changed, or

:47:55. > :47:57.possibly not. One minute and 29 seconds at the end of the first of

:47:58. > :48:04.the seven laps around the city centre. Nothing's changed in the

:48:05. > :48:07.strategy at the front, we still have the four working together. They have

:48:08. > :48:13.maintained that. A bit of help there. We have an issue, Aaron roifl

:48:14. > :48:17.is having a flip. A big thumbs up to say thanks, you did that, now I can

:48:18. > :48:26.carry on work. They have not stopped. It has almost been classic

:48:27. > :48:29.team trial. Let's do my 20 revolutions, move over, next one

:48:30. > :48:33.comes through and Aaron Royle demonstrating that perfectly. Do the

:48:34. > :48:39.work, move to the right, get back on the back, here we go. Hold on to

:48:40. > :48:43.your hats - the noise levels will increase significantly as the

:48:44. > :48:47.leading quartet, including the Brownlee brothers hits the centre of

:48:48. > :48:57.Leeds at the end of lap 2 of 7 through the city centre. Astonishing

:48:58. > :49:03.scenes - what colour and noise here. I can feel the commentary position

:49:04. > :49:08.shake with the grandstand stamping their feet alongside! What a race so

:49:09. > :49:12.far. Brilliant women's race and the men's race providing an equal amount

:49:13. > :49:17.of drama and we are not even half way there. With five laps to go we

:49:18. > :49:24.will gate check on the -- get a check on the time difference between

:49:25. > :49:30.this group of four and the chasing pack. Alistair fill forcing the

:49:31. > :49:35.pace. This race being run on his terms. He was able to wait for his

:49:36. > :49:42.proer to catch. -- brother to catch. Not much pace about this group. Sit

:49:43. > :49:52.hard once the group has gone. You see them once a lap f that. That has

:49:53. > :49:57.shown, you can see the guys are bunch upped, the impetus gone, they

:49:58. > :50:01.realise how much time they have lost and it is demoralising. It was a bit

:50:02. > :50:08.like for us, as we saw that gap go out in our race. We did try to keep

:50:09. > :50:16.the pace on, especially on the technical section and try and

:50:17. > :50:25.minimise our losses. Gordon Ben sovereign son is there and Gomez.

:50:26. > :50:34.The gap is going to be up close to two minutes, or possibly beyond.

:50:35. > :50:41.1.19 at the end of the first lap. It is 1.41. Another 11 seconds added to

:50:42. > :50:48.the advantage that Alistair and Jonathan and Royle and Raphael have.

:50:49. > :50:52.Interesting for me that we think about team strategy with one of the

:50:53. > :50:57.support athletes getting in front on the swim or the bike. But there is

:50:58. > :51:02.another aspect, we seeing that with Gordon Benson. He is such a strong

:51:03. > :51:08.cyclist, but what is he doing in the pack, nothing. Because he won't take

:51:09. > :51:13.the pack back to the two brothers, particularly with Gomez sitting

:51:14. > :51:17.there. I would suggest Gordon is doing a great job by sitting there,

:51:18. > :51:21.making no move to go in front and we will have the other British

:51:22. > :51:26.athletes, no one will try to bridge that gap. It will be against the

:51:27. > :51:33.ethos of what we are trying to do as a team. Gordon's role, Vicky

:51:34. > :51:38.Holland, will be as a pilot for the Brownlee brothers, he will need to

:51:39. > :51:43.be near there coming out of the water. Yes, that is the ideal

:51:44. > :51:49.position, to help them on their quest on the bike, which is if it is

:51:50. > :51:53.anything like this would be a dream situation for them. But on the flip

:51:54. > :51:58.side of that, if he isn't there at the swim exit, his role would be

:51:59. > :52:02.similar to today, to sit in the pack and not assist anyone that is

:52:03. > :52:09.chasing down, whether that is Mola or goes Moaz like today. His job

:52:10. > :52:12.would be to maximum Alistair and Johnny's chances in whatever way

:52:13. > :52:22.that happens. The Brownlee brothers are in front in their home city.

:52:23. > :52:27.Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair Brownlee, Raphael and Royle, keeping

:52:28. > :52:31.out of trouble. Single file now. They're close to the traffic for the

:52:32. > :52:36.first time. Somebody's got a great view in that red car, slowed down to

:52:37. > :52:42.check out what is going on. Then they go back into the confines of

:52:43. > :52:48.the city for that next rush of adrenaline when they come through

:52:49. > :52:58.the wall of sound to be greeted by 67, 70,000 people. I don't know the

:52:59. > :53:06.exact number. But 100,000 stretched out between Roundhay Park and within

:53:07. > :53:09.the city course itself. Just watching the great team tactics,

:53:10. > :53:15.Raphael takes the lead, moves over. Now a bit of hard work to do around

:53:16. > :53:21.the corner as we change the leader, having to re-establish contact.

:53:22. > :53:27.Let's see how long Royle stays in front. He has been taking the lead

:53:28. > :53:33.in a wide move over when he decides it is his turn to take a break. A

:53:34. > :53:40.little lonely on this part of the course. Not many spectators. Goes a

:53:41. > :53:48.little quiet for a time. The pace has been relentless. Now numbers

:53:49. > :53:51.start to swell. They can feel welcome again as the noise levels

:53:52. > :53:57.begin to rise. They're getting towards the end of the third lap of

:53:58. > :54:02.seven. They have had a 1,500 metres swim in the still waters of round

:54:03. > :54:06.hay park. How good were the swimming conditions this morning? They were

:54:07. > :54:13.near perfect. Temperature was about 17 and a half, just to 18 degrees.

:54:14. > :54:16.Just really nice temperature. We didn't have a particularly big

:54:17. > :54:19.field, which made it quite a nice swim. There wasn't too much

:54:20. > :54:25.fighting. I didn't get too much around the course. So no it was

:54:26. > :54:31.perfect. I was amazed at how many people came to support at Roundhay

:54:32. > :54:36.Park. I was expecting huge crowds in town, maybe not a huge as they are,

:54:37. > :54:39.but I didn't think there would be so many people in round hay, because

:54:40. > :54:46.you wouldn't be able to see the rest of course. But it was well supported

:54:47. > :54:50.there too. I guess the residents of Roundhay Park can head home and

:54:51. > :55:00.watch the rest of race in their living rooms. Royle is the first to

:55:01. > :55:03.cut the timing beam, followed by Raphael and Raphael and the

:55:04. > :55:10.Australian and the Brownlee brothers are still in control of this race.

:55:11. > :55:17.At the end of lap one the gap to the chasing pack was one minute and 29.

:55:18. > :55:23.By lap 2 it had grown to a minute and 41. There was no urgency within

:55:24. > :55:28.this large group of riders just sort of fighting for minor positions it

:55:29. > :55:33.seems. And the time differences could be up towards getting on to a

:55:34. > :55:40.minute and 50 and possibly greater by the time this chase group crossed

:55:41. > :55:48.the finish line. It must be hugely difficult when you have a chase pack

:55:49. > :55:53.this size to establish any rapport and almost affect it going in and

:55:54. > :55:57.out of turns. In that situation, even for experienced riders it is

:55:58. > :56:02.not pleasant with so many turns. What do we do now, however hard we

:56:03. > :56:05.try, we are not going to take them back and it is almost that attitude

:56:06. > :56:10.I will go through it, but it is not going to happen today. It is a tough

:56:11. > :56:16.one. It was tough out there in our race. We lost so much time so early

:56:17. > :56:20.on the bike and then it became a case of how are we going to minimise

:56:21. > :56:25.our losses once we are in town. One of people in our pack was very good

:56:26. > :56:30.was Andrea Hewitt. She is technically and very strong and we

:56:31. > :56:33.saw her part of breakaway in the Gold Coast where Helen eventually

:56:34. > :56:40.won. She kept the pace on, which helped really. One minute and 47

:56:41. > :56:45.seconds now. Getting worse for this group of about 20 guys. Nobody has

:56:46. > :56:49.been prepared to force their way to the front, to follow instructions

:56:50. > :56:52.and encourage the rest of them to try and put a dent in the lead that

:56:53. > :57:14.the brown Lee group has opened up. Everybody first, last or somewhere

:57:15. > :57:19.in the middle, has been so warmly welcomed by the supporters. They

:57:20. > :57:24.have supported every triathlete and not just the elite triathletes, but

:57:25. > :57:28.the age group, who were here in their thousands, setting their own

:57:29. > :57:33.personal bests and looking for their best possible results in their own

:57:34. > :57:41.specific age groups. One minute and 54 seconds. That is an astonishing

:57:42. > :57:46.lead, playing into the hands of Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee. It

:57:47. > :57:51.is a big chase pack. I counted 20 chasing through. Just to even think

:57:52. > :57:59.of co-ordinating taking pace on that, I'm not going to say it is

:58:00. > :58:04.impossible, but we have the wider roads and they have the twists and

:58:05. > :58:09.turns. This is totally different. Because every single what is it less

:58:10. > :58:13.than 20 second there is is another turn, another turn. It is breaking,

:58:14. > :58:18.you have got to be body shifting on that, getting the weight through on

:58:19. > :58:23.the bike and accelerating out and knowing however hard you try, the

:58:24. > :58:29.chances of break egg them down is - breaking them down is minimal. It is

:58:30. > :58:33.difficult for the chase pack to bring that gap down. I think the

:58:34. > :58:39.biggest thing they can do is know the people who are the strongest and

:58:40. > :58:43.I think they can take more turns. I think those people, you rely on

:58:44. > :58:51.those to keep the impetus on. There are too many corners for them to try

:58:52. > :58:57.and do turns every 20 seconds in the way this front group is doing. It is

:58:58. > :59:02.not possible. But you can rely on some of the stronger riders, get a

:59:03. > :59:09.formation going and two or three of them will keep the impetus on to

:59:10. > :59:14.keep the gap down. Absolutely, I'm assuming with the hand in the design

:59:15. > :59:17.of the whole course and getting it set up, that there will have been

:59:18. > :59:21.the opportunity many times just to get over the tech Dahl section --

:59:22. > :59:26.technical sections and the more you do it, the more you get used to it

:59:27. > :59:29.and knowing when it comes to the race, you don't have the traffic to

:59:30. > :59:33.contend with. It will be clean, you have gone through it so many times

:59:34. > :59:40.before that its just a well prabg tipsed routine. -- practiced

:59:41. > :59:44.routine. Technique in running and riding, the more you do it, it

:59:45. > :59:48.almost becomes second nature. That is part of racing, the more times

:59:49. > :59:52.you do it, the more it becomes second nature. The fact is the

:59:53. > :59:56.courses are all different. This isn't a course we have ridden

:59:57. > :59:59.before. Even those who live in Leeds, it is not something we can do

:00:00. > :00:05.on a regular basis. We are right in the city centre. This isn't, these

:00:06. > :00:09.aren't roads you want to be on doing your three or four hour rides in the

:00:10. > :00:14.winter. It would be very stop/start with the traffic lights. We have

:00:15. > :00:18.ridden it some times, but it is different and I definitely noticed

:00:19. > :00:23.that out there today, riding at pace was different from when I have done

:00:24. > :00:36.it in training or on the bike recce two days ago. And hard.

:00:37. > :00:51.Crowd getting ready, for the next welcome. Further extended lead over

:00:52. > :01:08.the chasers. Brownlee, H, Raphael, and we have Hayley Matthews, what I

:01:09. > :01:12.an character. Just in front, of Brownlee, the mum and dad. They must

:01:13. > :05:18.be bursting with pride. Of course, with just four going

:05:19. > :05:26.through, they can cut tightly, and get ready for the next one. Going

:05:27. > :05:39.back, I think this is a good situation, looking at the pedigree,

:05:40. > :05:46.of runners, you cannot look, because Aaron is a good runner himself. I

:05:47. > :05:55.would class as a slightly higher level, of runner, than Raphael. But

:05:56. > :06:05.I would not want to call it between Alistair and Jonny. Biggest loser

:06:06. > :06:16.today has to be Gomez. We're so used to seeing him swim phenomenal. But

:06:17. > :06:21.not to see him at that rate, it is a surprise. It is going to be sitting

:06:22. > :06:27.for him, and I am not sure he is going to be able to reign in

:06:28. > :06:34.Alistair, Jonny, I do not think it is possible. What an atmosphere

:06:35. > :06:43.Leeds has provided for the triathletes. And it is the end of

:06:44. > :06:51.lap five. Getting on for two minutes, one lap ago, possibly

:06:52. > :07:03.beyond two minutes. As this quartet continues. Supported by crowds, six,

:07:04. > :07:17.eight deep. Absolutely extraordinary atmosphere. Chasing group know where

:07:18. > :07:32.to be seen. Containing some astonishingly gifted triathletes.

:07:33. > :07:35.Gomez. Bishop. Benson. But these are the British triathletes that we are

:07:36. > :07:43.going to be focusing on for the rest of the afternoon. It is looking more

:07:44. > :07:52.and more like first and second for the Brownlee brothers. Over the

:07:53. > :08:00.10,000 meter distance. Probably going to get transition together,

:08:01. > :08:07.run together, and I think that is going to be the thing. Is it going

:08:08. > :08:15.to be the showdown, Alistair going to toy? Neither of them have had to

:08:16. > :08:22.start to the season that they are used to. Both of them have had

:08:23. > :08:29.issues. Jonny had the exhaustion. That has taken him something to

:08:30. > :08:34.combat. And Alistair, also battling the virus. It is going to be

:08:35. > :08:46.interesting to see what form they are going to be in. The Brownlee

:08:47. > :08:53.group has added another ten seconds. Two minutes, five seconds. Comment

:08:54. > :09:13.thundering past the commentary position. -- coming. Turn of 40

:09:14. > :09:24.wheels. Two minutes five seconds. You have got that little bit

:09:25. > :09:31.separated, going up the hill, but he was with Jonny Brownlee. That has

:09:32. > :09:36.been established. Secondly, at the pattern, just watching them go away.

:09:37. > :09:49.It is a different sort of release, but is that going to affect his

:09:50. > :09:52.confidence? I am surprised it has cleaned out -- played out the way it

:09:53. > :09:56.has. Javier is not a weak cyclist. It could be testament to the

:09:57. > :10:03.training. I am not sure how it is going to play. Five team champion,

:10:04. > :10:09.you cannot take that away from him. Incredibly resilient. Then coming

:10:10. > :10:13.back, stronger and better. But the one thing that we should recognise,

:10:14. > :10:19.he has been injured at the start of this year. Still finding form,

:10:20. > :10:35.getting shape, this could be a stretch too far. Still at the front.

:10:36. > :10:53.Big four. Raphael, taking his turn. Royle, happy in second. Panning out

:10:54. > :11:05.as he wanted. And the chasers coming. Some hesitation, as you

:11:06. > :11:11.approach bends. Possibly, an intruder, on the track, at the

:11:12. > :11:19.grandstand? I can see an incident. Security staff, trying to help the

:11:20. > :11:27.gentleman, off the course. I think he lost his way! You are going to

:11:28. > :11:38.Rio, Vicky, Olympic selection, what is the strategy? Yes. We have a firm

:11:39. > :11:41.plan, where we'll be, the schedule, and I think I am normally going to

:11:42. > :11:48.be in the United Kingdom for about a two weeks. That is just going to be

:11:49. > :11:56.days here and there. It is becoming real. Two months, eight days from

:11:57. > :12:05.race day. It is coming around pretty quickly. But we have got the plans,

:12:06. > :12:11.we will spend a month at the altitude base, Switzerland, it is

:12:12. > :12:19.always tough but really good. We always respond to the altitude, and

:12:20. > :12:25.I am looking forward to not going down, -- knuckling down, hopefully

:12:26. > :12:35.that is going to get me to another level. The penultimate lap. Coming

:12:36. > :12:43.to the conclusion. Brownlee brothers, Royle, Raphael in control.

:12:44. > :12:53.Round five. The last time, it was two minutes, five seconds, it could

:12:54. > :13:02.be even greater. The final tour of the City on two wheels. Before the

:13:03. > :13:08.run stage. 10km foot race. And it could be all about the Brownlee

:13:09. > :13:15.brothers. Surely, there for the taking.

:13:16. > :13:27.You have got a holding camp, Vicky? Yes. We are not going to go straight

:13:28. > :13:32.to Brazil, I do not leave until after the opening ceremony, we are

:13:33. > :13:36.the day before the closing ceremony. So I'm not good to see huge amount

:13:37. > :13:48.of the action of the Olympics, but before we go to Rio, the holding

:13:49. > :13:59.tank is just outside Sao Paulo. -- camp. We will do exactly the same

:14:00. > :14:03.thing, about eight, nine days, then Rio before the event. You're going

:14:04. > :14:07.to beat the closing ceremony? Absolutely. It is going to be a

:14:08. > :14:11.celebration, no matter what has happened. After the year we have

:14:12. > :14:18.had. Everything that we will have put into this. It is going to be an

:14:19. > :14:26.opportunity, to let the hair down. The final lap under way. The Olympic

:14:27. > :14:35.champion, Olympic bronze medallist. We will see what happens, with

:14:36. > :14:42.Raphael and Royle, once we did to the third stage. Alistair has

:14:43. > :14:47.executed a perfect transition, coming out of the water, going to be

:14:48. > :14:57.looking for an equally solid execution, transition number two.

:14:58. > :15:07.Gap is now two minutes, 16 seconds. At the end of the then ultimate lap.

:15:08. > :15:14.That is a phenomenal effort, by the front four. It has been a good

:15:15. > :15:20.commitment, from Royle and Raphael, because to be with the Brownlee, you

:15:21. > :15:23.could almost have anticipated this strategy, and particularly at the

:15:24. > :15:29.start, really wanting to go for it. But what they have done, correctly,

:15:30. > :15:35.put themselves in contention to get on the Jo. We have been anticipating

:15:36. > :15:39.Alistair and Jonny, but it is not over until it is over. Both of them

:15:40. > :15:47.are going to be thinking, this could be for them. Raphael, he could

:15:48. > :15:53.think, actually I'm going to diesel. I could make the breakthrough.

:15:54. > :15:58.Royle, was close to Alistair recently. Backing. He is going to be

:15:59. > :16:04.thinking, still coming back, from the student season, and to have made

:16:05. > :16:07.that commitment as we have seen, must be some confidence.

:16:08. > :16:15.Sed, They will both with riding the wave of euphoria and the fact there

:16:16. > :16:21.is such great support. They're in a dream scenario, they're in a two

:16:22. > :16:24.minute and 15 second break with Alistair and Johnny Brownlee. There

:16:25. > :16:29.is a podium position up for grabs for those two and it might well be

:16:30. > :16:35.they're Duking it out to see what happens. I would say that Aaron has

:16:36. > :16:40.had a few injury issues this year and is still finding his run form.

:16:41. > :16:46.So who knows where he is at now. But he definitely been a bit off his

:16:47. > :16:52.usual standard. However, I believe that a two minute 15 lead is enough

:16:53. > :17:01.for these guys to pretty much seal the top four positions. 45 Klim -

:17:02. > :17:06.kilometres an hour on the tarmac. Approaching the end of the final

:17:07. > :17:10.lap, where bikes and helmets will be left and feet will be removed from

:17:11. > :17:13.bike shoes as they prepare for a quick in and out of second

:17:14. > :17:18.transition area. The first was in the park. The second right in front

:17:19. > :17:24.of our commentary position here. And then the battle for Leeds supremacy

:17:25. > :17:30.begins, between this quartet who have put on a marvellous show so

:17:31. > :17:40.far. Extending their lead with each lap that has unfolded. 1.29 and then

:17:41. > :17:48.1.41. By lap 3 it was 1. 47. By lap 41.55 and then beyond two minutes.

:17:49. > :17:54.2.16 by the end of lap 6. With the second half of the time lap

:17:55. > :18:04.unfolding now. An hour, 17 minutes and about 15 seconds since this race

:18:05. > :18:08.began in the waters of Waterloo Lake in Roundhay Park. Now they can

:18:09. > :18:13.expect quite an ovation at the end of what has been a phenomenal ride

:18:14. > :18:18.by the Brownlee brothers and Raphael of France and Royle of Australia.

:18:19. > :18:26.Feet out of shoes. And here they come. Into the dismount line. Off

:18:27. > :18:31.just in time. Royle just, bike does a wheelie as he comes on to the

:18:32. > :18:39.carpet. A bit more comfortable under their feet. Alistair and John's mum

:18:40. > :18:44.and dad. Mum Kath watching op as she sees Alistair reach his stand, No

:18:45. > :18:49.33. Left shoe on, right shoe will follow. Needs to leave the helmet in

:18:50. > :18:56.the box. He leaves transition with a kick and a scream of encouragement

:18:57. > :19:00.from his mum. Johnny is the first to escape from transition. Raphael in

:19:01. > :19:05.second. Followed by Royle and then Alistair will hope to get on his

:19:06. > :19:10.younger brother's shoulder in double quick time as the brothers look for

:19:11. > :19:15.leader ship of this race. 10,000 metres. Four laps around the city

:19:16. > :19:21.centre to run. Race on here in Leeds. Is that significant with

:19:22. > :19:29.Johnny escaping transition first? Or Alistair looking back. Last man out

:19:30. > :19:34.of transition. Raphael has dropped off the pace of these three, which I

:19:35. > :19:39.guess is what we were anticipating. But it is lovely to see Aaron Royle

:19:40. > :19:43.and I know he has had a few injury problems, but watching him recently

:19:44. > :19:50.he did look to be back in good shape. Up with those two maybe at

:19:51. > :19:54.this stage just dropping a bit away. Yeah, I think I knew he had some

:19:55. > :19:57.injury problems early season, but he has been beginning to find some

:19:58. > :20:05.form. I think he is hoping to build through to Rio in the same way a lot

:20:06. > :20:09.of us. He was the only Australian athlete who pre-qualified last year

:20:10. > :20:15.at the Rio test event. He has had the luxury of being able to take his

:20:16. > :20:19.time and build into things. What we are seeing is probably a bit of

:20:20. > :20:24.excitement, he knows that third place is up for grabs. I think he

:20:25. > :20:29.feels if he just gets himself in the mix early he can seal it. The chase

:20:30. > :20:34.group are in transition and there is a bit of a bump and a knock. I think

:20:35. > :20:43.it was Richard Varga who got trampled on. He seems to be hobbling

:20:44. > :20:51.a bit. They have made up a bit of ground. They were down to 2.16. Made

:20:52. > :20:59.it up to 2.03. They're in and out of transition. These guys will hope to

:21:00. > :21:04.try and claw their way back into contention and maybe a top ten or

:21:05. > :21:10.top five result is still on the cards. We will look out for Tom

:21:11. > :21:16.Bishop and Gordon Benson in the final stage. Meanwhile the brothers

:21:17. > :21:21.are aware. Johnny and Alistair have left Royle behind. Raphael was first

:21:22. > :21:27.to drop. He lagged as they left transition. At this stage the

:21:28. > :21:34.6-year-old Australian is -- 26-year-old Australian is unable to

:21:35. > :21:38.match the brothers. They have shortened the course because of

:21:39. > :21:43.fears of wet road surface. But the brothers are away in their home city

:21:44. > :21:50.of Leeds. It is the dream race so far for Alistair and Jonathan

:21:51. > :21:55.Brownlee. Dream race indeed. Home stishgs designed the course. -- home

:21:56. > :22:01.city, designed the course. Decide how you want the race to go, it

:22:02. > :22:05.works perfectly. Come out in a group of four, within 60 seconds a nine

:22:06. > :22:11.second lead over third place. I think I will be a novelist we can

:22:12. > :22:16.write this and get it off. Isn't it just what we would love to see. Has

:22:17. > :22:20.Alistair made a significant move? He has got a couple of metres advantage

:22:21. > :22:25.over his younger brother and Jonathan so far is unable to get

:22:26. > :22:30.back on level terms. Maybe it is just catching his breath. But

:22:31. > :22:36.Alistair has kicked early here and the gap is now five or six metres. I

:22:37. > :22:43.think that is a significant move. It is unusual to see it so early in the

:22:44. > :22:49.race. Especially on this kind of course, where the legs are screaming

:22:50. > :22:53.at you after that bike. It will be interesting to see whether Johnny is

:22:54. > :22:57.able to get on. This is a critical moment. Both avoided the feeding

:22:58. > :23:05.station. No interest in the water being offered. Alistair's focus is

:23:06. > :23:14.out in front. Johnny is trying to prevent the gap from widening to a

:23:15. > :23:19.winning margin. But it is growing very slowly and Alistair is now two

:23:20. > :23:24.or three seconds clear of his younger brother. Looking at the way

:23:25. > :23:29.they're running, Alistair looks slightly smoother. If you look at

:23:30. > :23:33.the run action, that is Alistair in command and Johnny's a bit more

:23:34. > :23:38.tight through his shoulders and chest and he is rocking and rolling

:23:39. > :23:42.a bit more. It is a type of course, where off the bike your legs are

:23:43. > :23:46.screaming at you. There is plenty of time for Johnny to get into it. But

:23:47. > :23:52.with Alistair you never want to give him an inch. He is such a champion.

:23:53. > :23:57.With that stretching out in the last few seconds. We saw it two and a

:23:58. > :24:04.half three seconds at that last turn its now more, maybe up to 20 metres.

:24:05. > :24:09.Alistair getting close to one of the spectators there who was bran

:24:10. > :24:16.dishing a camera. The gap is about four and a half seconds, that is my

:24:17. > :24:22.guess. Alistair goes past followed by Jonathan. Four and a half seconds

:24:23. > :24:27.and this is the first lap of four. Four laps of 2.5 kilometres around

:24:28. > :24:39.Leeds city centre. The Olympic champion has stolen a march on his

:24:40. > :24:42.younger brother. Looking very confident at the moment. I think

:24:43. > :24:49.you're right Vicky, he looks smooth on the run. He looks very smooth.

:24:50. > :24:56.That upper body, his hips are forward, elbows pumping back. He

:24:57. > :25:02.would be displaying that track features and he is looking strong

:25:03. > :25:08.and that bit of hip movement with Johnny chasing hard. When the shot

:25:09. > :25:14.pans back and you can see both, Alistair is eflowing better than

:25:15. > :25:19.Johnny. This is quite a harsh angle, they're running uphill. But Alistair

:25:20. > :25:23.definitely looking smooth and relaxed. Johnny doesn't look as near

:25:24. > :25:33.as easy as Alistair does at this point. Alistair's last world series

:25:34. > :25:39.victory came in May 2015 in Hyde Park in London over the sprint

:25:40. > :25:43.distance. A half distns to what -- distance to what they're running

:25:44. > :25:48.today. A mixture of injury and strategy has prevented him from wing

:25:49. > :25:52.since. But he may get back to his wing ways and what a message this

:25:53. > :25:59.would be to his rivals heading into the Olympic race in Rio. It looks

:26:00. > :26:02.like he has put behind him the illness he suffered in Cape Town

:26:03. > :26:07.when he travelled to South Africa but he wassen able to,Pete -- was

:26:08. > :26:12.unable to compete. He looks on his best form as the home town hero is

:26:13. > :26:21.welcomed with a crescendo of noise in Leeds. The Olympic champion,

:26:22. > :26:27.leads his younger brother the Olympic bronze madist. -- medallist.

:26:28. > :26:36.Past the grandstand and podium. The gap Alistair has over Johnny is 7

:26:37. > :26:41.seconds. Third place at this stage Aaron Royle, the Australian. He

:26:42. > :26:46.might hold on to third, because those hunting him down left

:26:47. > :26:54.themselves a lot to do after the bike leg. Raphael, the Frenchman, is

:26:55. > :27:01.holding on to fourth at this stage. It shows that gap 40 seconds now 20

:27:02. > :27:07.Alistair after lap one, back to Aurelien in fourth, it shows what

:27:08. > :27:14.the bike course does. It is hard to convey to anyone watching how hard

:27:15. > :27:20.it is. It is purely corner down hill, corner uphill, U-turn, uphill.

:27:21. > :27:27.There is no rhythm. It saps your legs. Those boys will have a better

:27:28. > :27:39.ride than the pack, because nerp work -- they were working so well

:27:40. > :27:45.together. Mola, the most noticeable absentee in Leeds, the man who won

:27:46. > :27:53.the first two, three out of four triathlon series races in Abu Dhabi,

:27:54. > :27:58.in the Gold Coast and in Yokohama, went to Mola, decided not the race

:27:59. > :28:02.in Leeds. He is one to watch in Rio. The Spaniard is in terrific form and

:28:03. > :28:08.he will be taking note of the performance. A return to top form

:28:09. > :28:14.for Alistair Brownlee. As he glides down the hill here with his younger

:28:15. > :28:19.brother, who for a while was in hot pursuit, but is now holding on for

:28:20. > :28:27.second. The gap up to 10 seconds now. An exhibition of fabulous

:28:28. > :28:33.triavt Lens from the -- triathlon from the Olympic champion. That

:28:34. > :28:36.probably is the correct word. It is an exhibition. This is the dream

:28:37. > :28:41.scenario, this what is they planned when they assisted in the design of

:28:42. > :28:45.the course. It couldn't have gone any more to the book. The way

:28:46. > :28:50.Alistair is running, he looks so smooth. This is an exhibition. Sec

:28:51. > :29:01.place with the younger brother Jonathan. Finished in third position

:29:02. > :29:10.in the Gold Coast race. Second behind Alarza in Cape Town. So that

:29:11. > :29:18.big chase pack coming out together. No inroads at all. Is there a chance

:29:19. > :29:24.of Aurelien Raphael of him being caught? Is there a chance of Royle

:29:25. > :29:31.being caught. I thought he did well on the first lap. He tried to stay

:29:32. > :29:36.with them and realised he couldn't. He must have thought this what is I

:29:37. > :29:40.can deal W as long as deal with this, I'm on the podium today. Yes,

:29:41. > :29:45.I think he should be confident, I think it was 22 second he is lost to

:29:46. > :29:49.Alistair on the first lap. I don't know the time check to the group

:29:50. > :29:54.behind. That is not a huge amount of time and I do think that if he just

:29:55. > :30:04.sort of keeps relaxed and holding it together he could find himself on

:30:05. > :30:10.the podium today. The 28-year-old from Leeds, born and bred in with

:30:11. > :30:13.West Yorkshire, leads his younger brother. Both carrying the same

:30:14. > :30:38.speed across the ground. I think that is harsh, because one

:30:39. > :30:43.of them was going uphill. But I do think Alistair has been moving

:30:44. > :30:50.quicker. I think it would be unusual, to say anything other than

:30:51. > :30:59.an Alistair Brownlee victory now. Just keeping his focus, not letting

:31:00. > :31:08.the crowd distract. Halfway through the run. Are you surprised that he

:31:09. > :31:14.went so early? That is unusual, often going together, but it is

:31:15. > :31:19.difficult to know how they are feeling and I think Alistair has got

:31:20. > :31:28.a massive point to prove. Last victory, May last year. It is not

:31:29. > :31:35.often that he goes a year, 13 months, without victory. I cannot

:31:36. > :31:40.think of somebody more motivated. He has come out, with a sign of intent.

:31:41. > :31:47.He wants the victory. And it is coming his way, provided that it

:31:48. > :31:59.stays this way. We have seen some of them break down, at latter stages,

:32:00. > :32:05.Alistair at Hyde Park. I remember his mum going on top to rescue him.

:32:06. > :32:15.And Jonny had that extraordinary finish, dropping from second, things

:32:16. > :32:24.acting -- zig zagging. But those were both at very hot conditions. I

:32:25. > :32:29.do not think this is going to play and that, too much. The way that

:32:30. > :32:37.both of them have suffered, one those days, both incredibly

:32:38. > :32:41.worrying, but also a testament, to how deep that the Templars, when the

:32:42. > :32:47.body has been shutting down and telling them to stop. Both of them

:32:48. > :32:52.had to be told, how they had finished at the end. They do not

:32:53. > :32:57.have any memory of the end of the race. And a lot of medical danger.

:32:58. > :33:02.It was not back the position. Not a lot of people would get to the

:33:03. > :33:17.finishing line. But both of them dead, -- did. Alistair, looking for

:33:18. > :33:21.is 20 fast track victory. That would be a new record. And as they get to

:33:22. > :33:29.their feet, in recognition of the phenomenology and, as a

:33:30. > :33:36.Yorkshireman, and affiliates, from Leeds, he has not only brought this

:33:37. > :33:43.to the City, but also opening the mass participation triathlon for

:33:44. > :33:52.people of all ages. The Brownlee foundation. Encouraging people to

:33:53. > :33:57.take up swimming, cycling. Giving back to the sport that has given

:33:58. > :34:05.them so much. And Alistair is going to be loving this atmosphere. Once

:34:06. > :34:16.again, the crescendo of noise. And Alistair, halfway through. Lead over

:34:17. > :34:29.his younger brother. 19 seconds. Seven after lap one. 19 after lap

:34:30. > :34:40.two. I think that Jonny has been running well. And as indeed, has

:34:41. > :34:52.Royle, decided that this is the piece, -- pace he needs to go up.

:34:53. > :34:57.Yes. I think barring something phenomenal, he should get on the

:34:58. > :35:01.podium. But I am going to wait to see about the attack from behind, we

:35:02. > :35:09.do not know who has been reading that part, -- leading that pack, I

:35:10. > :35:16.can only imagine that it is Gomez. He has done well, he could be

:35:17. > :35:21.running, strongly. But it is great to be interesting, to say what the

:35:22. > :35:26.gap is going to be. I was just watching Christian, and he not seem

:35:27. > :35:32.to be running as well as I have seen. We have talked about that

:35:33. > :35:38.earlier. Originally, the running was not as good, but he did not seem to

:35:39. > :35:44.be going strongly. Yes. Somebody who has broken through, this year, maybe

:35:45. > :35:54.not able to be as consistent as some of the other athletes. But he has

:35:55. > :36:09.obviously been phenomenal. Alistair Brownlee, 40 seconds clear of third.

:36:10. > :36:14.Gomez getting a warm welcome. Silver medallist, when Jonny was famously

:36:15. > :36:26.pulled up for the divestment. -- dismount. Ended up taking the bronze

:36:27. > :36:33.medal. Gomez is going to beat Rio, trying to get up. Going back to the

:36:34. > :36:40.front of the race. Alistair Brownlee's lead over his younger

:36:41. > :36:58.brother, 28 and 26, it is 21 seconds. Having to force themselves,

:36:59. > :37:05.to a slow pace. Crossing paths, almost, with his brother. Back to

:37:06. > :37:18.the front. Alistair Brownlee, going through love confidence. -- full of.

:37:19. > :37:26.Every yard. Extraordinary atmosphere. Look at them, chanting

:37:27. > :37:36.his name. Just wanting to be a part of this amazing achievement. Goes on

:37:37. > :37:51.to win... And it would be a new record, Alistair looking for his

:37:52. > :38:01.20th triathlon victory. Boring! If there was no-one here! I am joking.

:38:02. > :38:14.It is so easy, 20 victories, then he is on form, this is what he does.

:38:15. > :38:22.How do you defeat them? Becoming the first triathlete, to successfully

:38:23. > :38:27.defend the Olympic title? Nobody has won it twice. Whitfield came close.

:38:28. > :38:34.In the Canadian. But it would be quite an achievement, to go to Rio,

:38:35. > :38:37.and get the second Olympic goal medal. But that is looking as though

:38:38. > :38:55.it is possible. Possibly moving through, chances of top ten

:38:56. > :39:01.for Adam. Yes. Good runner. Some top ten performances. Enjoys the

:39:02. > :39:10.conditions at Yokohama. It would be nice to see him get top ten.

:39:11. > :39:18.Currently, sixth. And news of the other British representatives,

:39:19. > :39:29.Bishop, 16th. Gordon Benson, also heading to Rio, 26th.

:39:30. > :39:36.The leader. Alistair Brownlee. He has taken this race, by the scruff