Hamburg Highlights

:00:43. > :00:49.Hello and welcome, the 2017 triathlon story continues, this

:00:50. > :00:55.weekend the action moved to Hamburg. It was favs and furious -- it was

:00:56. > :01:00.fast and furious and the hunt for Commonwealth Games places is heating

:01:01. > :01:06.up. Team England are strongly represented in the women's race with

:01:07. > :01:18.Jessica Learmonth the highest ranked Brit. There is no Jonny Brownlee in

:01:19. > :01:23.the men's race, more on that later. But the British athletes were there.

:01:24. > :01:28.The big international stars are also out in force and for the first time

:01:29. > :01:34.since it was announced as a future Olympic event we will have the

:01:35. > :01:40.thrills and spills of mixed relay. Wales won't be represented in

:01:41. > :01:46.Hamburg, buzz none Stanford injured. But that means she is here to talk

:01:47. > :01:51.us with. What is going on. I picked up a niggle with my Achilles, it has

:01:52. > :01:55.been rumbling on since the start of the year and after Leeds it took a

:01:56. > :02:01.turn for the worse. So I have had a bit of time out. Just been swimming.

:02:02. > :02:06.Just about back on my bike and the treadmill. Not whey wanted mid

:02:07. > :02:12.season, but not the end of world. When do you hope you will be back

:02:13. > :02:15.race something I would love to be back for Stock Market -- Stockholm.

:02:16. > :02:19.But I hope by the end of the year I will be back out. What does that

:02:20. > :02:25.meanior your chance of a World Championship this year? It means I

:02:26. > :02:29.won't be able to finish on the podium or feature highly in the

:02:30. > :02:34.rankings, that was my primary aim of the year. But hopefully I can come

:02:35. > :02:39.back out in Rotterdam and make up for the lost time. Is it

:02:40. > :02:43.frustrating? Absolutely. It is part of the job unfortunately and you

:02:44. > :02:48.have to take a step back and look after the body. Watching everyone

:02:49. > :02:53.jet off and race all over the world is frustrating. We are delighted to

:02:54. > :03:01.have you hear. You mentioned Leeds. Let's have a look at what happened

:03:02. > :03:06.there. Welcome to Roundhay Park, the athletes are lined up. The end of

:03:07. > :03:15.lap one. And Jessica Learmonth of Britain is first to emerge. Non

:03:16. > :03:22.Stanford is 18 seconds off the pace. She is not in a great place. She is

:03:23. > :03:26.on her own. Still no sign of Stanford, the former world champion.

:03:27. > :03:36.It is a shame, she has lost a bit of time there. Learmonth out on her

:03:37. > :03:41.own. She is taking this on. Jess Learmonth waiting for Non Stanford.

:03:42. > :03:51.Now the battle continues in down town Leeds. The world champion,

:03:52. > :04:01.Flora Duffy of Bermuda who leads them. They have to get the dismount

:04:02. > :04:10.right. That was tight for Betto. I think she will have a penalty. Duffy

:04:11. > :04:16.looks to be getting into her rhythm. Swam well, rode beautiful. And Duffy

:04:17. > :04:26.wins in Leeds. Learmonth the best of the British. But it is Duffy who is

:04:27. > :04:31.all smiles, today's race winner. As you saw, Jess Learmonth followed

:04:32. > :04:35.team tactics, much to the frustration to those who thought she

:04:36. > :04:39.might finish further up the field, but a few days later, she got the

:04:40. > :04:45.opportunity to show what she was capable of, winning the European

:04:46. > :04:50.Championships with Britain's Sophie cold Well behind in second. She was

:04:51. > :04:54.phenomenal in Leeds. She was incredible, really strong and has

:04:55. > :04:58.come out and asserted her authority and is laying down the marker for

:04:59. > :05:03.what she wants to do this season. That is evident she wants to be

:05:04. > :05:10.world champion again. Following the foot steps of Gwen. Jess Learmonth

:05:11. > :05:17.only came to the sport in 2011. Yes, she is relatively new. She was a

:05:18. > :05:22.very good swimmer as a teenager, but decided to travel and played

:05:23. > :05:26.football and stumbled across triathlon and it is only the last

:05:27. > :05:33.year she has stepped up. She is 29, so she is a bit old e but definitely

:05:34. > :05:43.is a while until she reaches her potential. Where do you think she

:05:44. > :05:48.could make improvements. I think her running is the weakest, but she is

:05:49. > :05:53.improving. She still has a lot o' prove. Do you think this year she

:05:54. > :06:00.has a chance of being on the podium in one of the races? Yes, if the

:06:01. > :06:05.race plays in her favour she could be on the podium. I think she would

:06:06. > :06:09.need to have her usual good swim, a breakaway potentially with Flora and

:06:10. > :06:13.a strong run. I love the fact you train together, but also compete

:06:14. > :06:20.against each other. How good do you think she could be? I said this last

:06:21. > :06:25.year to my coach, I think Jess has the potential to be the next Flora

:06:26. > :06:29.Duffy. How intriguing. At the moment, we have reached the half way

:06:30. > :06:31.point in the Serries in Hamburg. Let's see how things stand for this

:06:32. > :07:05.year's world ranking. Now it is Hamburg and then Edmonton.

:07:06. > :07:09.Monday Montreal is a new event. The penultimate stop is more familiar

:07:10. > :07:15.territory, Stockholm on 26th August. We end with this year's grand final

:07:16. > :07:29.in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on 16th September.

:07:30. > :07:37.So we have two winners in the series, Andrea Hewitt and Flora

:07:38. > :07:43.Duffy, what do you think has the advantage in the sprint? Andrea's

:07:44. > :07:48.often performed well over that sprint distance. Flora has never

:07:49. > :07:53.actually won a sprint distance race. So it will be interesting to see how

:07:54. > :07:59.she goes, but I could never discount her. Tell us the different between

:08:00. > :08:05.sprint live, they're quite different? Yes for me a sprint feels

:08:06. > :08:10.like it is over in a blink of an eye, but there are points in an

:08:11. > :08:15.Olympic distance race where you have time to stop and think and hopefully

:08:16. > :08:20.rectify any mistakes you have made. It can be won by a different animal,

:08:21. > :08:26.it opens up the race to more athletes, you always get a few

:08:27. > :08:32.surprise poedups. It is interesting that you have to nail both of them?

:08:33. > :08:39.Yes it is important and that is what the world series tries to do, tries

:08:40. > :08:42.to give a world champion that is an all-round athlete and you know it

:08:43. > :08:50.does test you, having the two disciplines. We know that Kirsteen

:08:51. > :08:56.Kasper is leading, where is your money, it is on Hewitt and Duffy to

:08:57. > :09:06.win? My money would be on Flora, she is a more consistent podium athlete.

:09:07. > :09:10.Kirsten? I think Kirsten could be on the podium for sure. I would be

:09:11. > :09:28.surprised if she is challenging for the top step. But don't be surprised

:09:29. > :09:34.to see Katie Zaferes. Tell us about the Britain. We have some strong

:09:35. > :09:38.swimmers, Sophie has got one of the fastest 50s out of male and female

:09:39. > :09:45.in the British squad. So that will suit her. I expect to see her up

:09:46. > :09:52.there and both Lucy and Sophie are strong bikers. We have got India

:09:53. > :10:00.Lee, the 2016 European champion. Not necessarily the strongest swimmer,

:10:01. > :10:04.but a very good biker and runner and George Taylor Brown who came back

:10:05. > :10:09.in. I wouldn't be surprised to see her in the top ten. It will be an

:10:10. > :10:19.exciting race. Let's go to the race now and hear from our commentators.

:10:20. > :10:24.COMMENTATOR: Round 5 of the 2017 world triathlon series. Elite

:10:25. > :10:32.women's sprint race. It is a 750-metre swim. Six laps on two

:10:33. > :10:38.wheels. Taking them out over the track. And then when they reach

:10:39. > :10:42.transition for the second time, them have completed 20ks on their bikes

:10:43. > :10:49.before hanging them on and putting on their running shoes for the two

:10:50. > :11:25.laps of 2.5ks each to complete the 5 kilometre run.

:11:26. > :11:33.They're racing. Round 5 of the world triathlon series is under way.

:11:34. > :11:41.Spectacular start. One lap on the swim. 60 athletes involved this

:11:42. > :11:49.afternoon. Calm conditions in the water. Bare lay breath of wind

:11:50. > :11:53.around. They make one turn and then head back and under the bridge,

:11:54. > :12:01.under the road bridge, back to transition. It is a 750-metre swim

:12:02. > :12:07.and a 21 kilometre bike and a five k run to conclude. That is the sprint

:12:08. > :12:17.distance today in Hamburg. And the sun is shining. It was a nice, clean

:12:18. > :12:22.start, but this is a tricky swim, they need to work hard to get a

:12:23. > :12:26.break, but because of the design of the course, they swim out, across

:12:27. > :12:30.and back in and it is not long before they hit the first turn

:12:31. > :12:35.around buoy. This is where the stronger swimmers need to work hard

:12:36. > :12:49.if they have any chance of a break. British number, Learmonth is 12. 22

:12:50. > :13:01.for Coldwell. Georgia Taylor Brown is No 51. This is the where the turn

:13:02. > :13:05.arrives and where everybody is keeping a close eye on the race. It

:13:06. > :13:10.is less of an issue in the women's competition, but in the men's

:13:11. > :13:17.competition it can be nasty at times. 56, Victoria Lopes making the

:13:18. > :13:25.turn first. She is from Brazil. We haven't seen much of her. She needs

:13:26. > :13:31.to go left of the next buoy. She seemed to be going slightly off

:13:32. > :13:38.course. You can see some get course on the inside and can be bumped and

:13:39. > :13:41.barged and ducked and pushed under. Goggles and swim caps can get ripped

:13:42. > :13:50.off. The authorities are keen to keep an eye on this and reduce the

:13:51. > :13:54.drama that happens at the big turns. The sprint distance, 750 metres is

:13:55. > :13:58.very quick and they will be done and dusted with under 10 minutes on the

:13:59. > :14:02.the clock. There is a couple of athletes breaking away at the front.

:14:03. > :14:10.They will have to work hard, the stronger swimmers to get a break

:14:11. > :14:15.over 750 metres. It is a big field. 61 the numbers go up. But they don't

:14:16. > :14:20.have a No 13. 60 were on the start line. That is a fair amount on this

:14:21. > :14:29.small Liddle swim they have got. It will be tough for anyone to get a

:14:30. > :14:33.breakaway. Somebody's in trouble. That is Alice Betto of Italy. They

:14:34. > :14:39.were quick to reaction and she -- quick to react. She may have come in

:14:40. > :14:46.for some punishment on the turn. Look at the crowds looking down from

:14:47. > :14:52.the quayside. They're three or four deep. They go through the second

:14:53. > :14:57.arch from the left. You can see the yellow buoys protecting them from

:14:58. > :15:04.the wooden structures there. Now they disappear from view for a

:15:05. > :15:09.while. When they come out of the tunnel that stretches unther the

:15:10. > :15:11.road bridge, they will have about 130 metres to go to the exit of the

:15:12. > :15:22.water. It was Routier of Spain and Lopes of

:15:23. > :15:28.Brazil. Last time we got a check on the front pair. We will hope that

:15:29. > :15:34.Learmonth isn't far away. We will keep an eye on Lucy Hall's progress,

:15:35. > :15:42.28. Strong swimmer, she would be hoping to be near the front.

:15:43. > :15:48.The end of the single lap. 750 metres of the swim is complete. They

:15:49. > :15:53.can come out op either side of the hand rail there. And away they go.

:15:54. > :15:59.We should get the trans responders with the timing system, we can tell

:16:00. > :16:07.you it is Lopes and Routier, Kasper is not far away. Jess Learmonth is

:16:08. > :16:12.coming out in sixth. Duffy is in the mix as well. The World Champion.

:16:13. > :16:21.Summer Cook not far off. Looking for the next of the union flags. There

:16:22. > :16:31.is Sophie Coldwell. 17 seconds down officially. They are coming thick

:16:32. > :16:37.and fast now. Takahashi has swam well, 21 seconds down. India Lee is

:16:38. > :16:43.out. She is out round 21 seconds down. Georgia Taylor Brown down, as

:16:44. > :16:50.the leaders arrive and lead transition in a hurry. Wet suits

:16:51. > :16:56.left behind. They have to arrive in the plastic box, Lucy Hall 45th

:16:57. > :17:01.position. They are all pretty tightly bunched and they mount up

:17:02. > :17:05.and leave transition. Ashley Gentle struggling to get her helmet done

:17:06. > :17:10.up. Couldn't find the clip. She is away now.

:17:11. > :17:16.That was a very usual swim for Lucy Hall. She is one of the athletes

:17:17. > :17:20.that we tend to see coming out leading out, there is Carolina

:17:21. > :17:24.Routier from Spain, leading the way here, that looks like Jess Learmonth

:17:25. > :17:29.getting on her shoes, little group of five. If they want to stay away

:17:30. > :17:33.they have to work really hard, absolutely crucial. It is what the

:17:34. > :17:38.Brownlee brothers do best. They work very hard. They get that gap but you

:17:39. > :17:44.have to be seriously committed and you have to give 100% of everything

:17:45. > :17:49.you got if you are to stay away. So these five, may not have been the

:17:50. > :17:54.first five out of the water, that is the absent ats by bet toe, she was

:17:55. > :18:03.hauled out on to the safety boat. We will get back with the leaders here.

:18:04. > :18:13.Or Alice Betto. These are the standings after transition number

:18:14. > :18:17.one, Kasper, Ruthier, Lopes, Learmonth and Beaugrand. The

:18:18. > :18:23.athletes were tightly bunched coming out of the swim. We saw most out

:18:24. > :18:28.within about 40 seconds. This is only 750 metres, the reason they

:18:29. > :18:33.tend to stay together, in the Olympic distance of 1500 metres we

:18:34. > :18:37.tend to see the gap starting to occur round about 750 metre, there

:18:38. > :18:44.is a group not that effective buzz they are not managing to stay away.

:18:45. > :18:48.There is a Australian athlete, and the Brazilian athlete new to the

:18:49. > :18:54.circuit, she looks like she finds herself round 7th, 8th. You can see

:18:55. > :18:56.Flora Duffy, the colours red and black, making her way whack to the

:18:57. > :19:03.front group that is trying to break away at the moment.

:19:04. > :19:10.I think the group of 25 could form quite quickly. The front group of

:19:11. > :19:14.five which is swollen to seven. That will soon become 13 with the next

:19:15. > :19:20.pack of six, and they have all merged into one, and that will

:19:21. > :19:26.number around 25 riders, so a huge working group. The pace is injected

:19:27. > :19:30.at the front, I think that is Learmonth leading the way, just

:19:31. > :19:40.drifting off to her right. Shouting for the workload to be shared. Flora

:19:41. > :19:44.Duffy takes it up, ahead of the current world number one Kirsten

:19:45. > :19:48.Kasper in the early stages here. These two, along with Jess Learmonth

:19:49. > :19:54.are trying to get away from this next group of round 25 or so.

:19:55. > :19:58.Technically Flora Duffy is a great rider and Jessica Learmonth, very

:19:59. > :20:02.strong. She has only been racing in the World Series for a couple of

:20:03. > :20:07.year, I have been interested in watching her progress and what she

:20:08. > :20:14.did in Leeds, she sat back and awaited for Non Stanford. She had a

:20:15. > :20:17.phenomenal swim. Flora Duffy, the work she is doing, is causing a lot

:20:18. > :20:24.of damage to that group behind. They are finding it very hard to get back

:20:25. > :20:30.on. Duffy, Learmonth and Kasper have taken it on during this first lap,

:20:31. > :20:35.with five laps to go, 15-and-a-half minutes since this triathlon began.

:20:36. > :20:40.The leading three have really raised their game. We can see having a look

:20:41. > :20:45.as they ride over the blue carpet for the first time. Jess Learmonth

:20:46. > :20:49.put herself in a great position. Kirsten Kasper the leading athlete

:20:50. > :20:55.on the world triathlon series tucked in behind the British athlete.

:20:56. > :21:00.World Champion Flora Duffy. She has done some serious damage, aided and

:21:01. > :21:05.abetted by Jess Learmonth for Kasper.

:21:06. > :21:11.20 seconds in front. 23 seconds now, it is extended. They strengthen

:21:12. > :21:17.their lead more, coming midway through lap three of six in total.

:21:18. > :21:23.21 kilometres the total distance for this second stage. . Think what

:21:24. > :21:27.Flora does, she is an intelligent racer, she doesn't think what she is

:21:28. > :21:32.doing in the sense I have to save myself for the run or this is

:21:33. > :21:35.hurting. She gives 100% and doesn't look back, that is what is great to

:21:36. > :21:42.see about her racing. The three, the three owe, they are well away down

:21:43. > :21:49.the road, well over 20 seconds. -- trio.

:21:50. > :21:56.All eye on the leading three, who have total supremacy at the moment.

:21:57. > :22:02.Flora Duffy controlling things at the front. She and Learmonth and

:22:03. > :22:07.Kasper cross the line to complete the third plan. They are half bay

:22:08. > :22:11.through the bike. -- lap. We will get a check on the time difference

:22:12. > :22:17.when the chasers come through, so it was 20 seconds last time out. I

:22:18. > :22:22.would suggest it is going to be closer to 25, 26 seconds this time.

:22:23. > :22:29.With three laps to go, it is 25 seconds.

:22:30. > :22:33.Interestingly there we had Lucy howl and Sophie Coldwell. It will be

:22:34. > :22:37.interesting to see what their tactics are now, with Jess, Lucy

:22:38. > :22:44.Hall and Jessica Learmonth, they are great Pauls. -- pals. Did Lucy say

:22:45. > :22:49.let us slow this pace down. Oh no, carnage in transition at the exit,

:22:50. > :22:54.and we have got real problems here, there are four athletes in serious

:22:55. > :23:02.trouble. And they are asking for the paramedic, somebody is in real

:23:03. > :23:09.problem, it is bow grand of France. -- Beaugrand of France. She has had

:23:10. > :23:13.a big hit. We can see it again here. So the first seven eight come

:23:14. > :23:16.through transition they are on their way out, just under the arch.

:23:17. > :23:22.Goodness me, thank goodness they were on the carpet. It would have

:23:23. > :23:29.softened the landing slightly. But it was a nasty collision. Flora

:23:30. > :23:34.looks like he is trying to drop Jessica and Kasper. Can she do it?

:23:35. > :23:38.Well, they are finding it hard to get back on to her wheel at the

:23:39. > :23:43.moment. She has taken a couple of seconds out of Learmonth and Kasper.

:23:44. > :23:49.And, she will be coming into transition shortly.

:23:50. > :23:53.And we will hope that things are in control there. The first three

:23:54. > :23:56.coming through shouldn't be an issue, they can divert them away

:23:57. > :24:00.from the athlete who is receiving medical attention. It is the next

:24:01. > :24:05.group which is very large that worries me slightly, you can see how

:24:06. > :24:18.narrow things are here it widens out a bit when they come towards

:24:19. > :24:23.transition, and that is Ide who is being stretchered off. They are

:24:24. > :24:27.being told to slow down. Flora Duffy warned of the dangerous axxxx danger

:24:28. > :24:31.ahead. And that is where it happened. Just on the exit of

:24:32. > :24:35.transition. That is all very well, with just three of them coming

:24:36. > :24:40.through in single file. Things are going to get more tricky with this

:24:41. > :24:45.next massive group coming in. As they come into transition, they will

:24:46. > :24:48.need to be a significant effort to make them ride single file, which

:24:49. > :24:55.thankfully they are at the moment and to get the pace to reDuke's here

:24:56. > :24:59.we go. It is all calm as they come to the hazard ahead.

:25:00. > :25:03.Very difficult to explain to the athletes to slow down, you have your

:25:04. > :25:09.head down, you are focussed on the race, I have no idea what is going

:25:10. > :25:14.on. So Duffy has made a move away from Learmonth and Kasper and the

:25:15. > :25:18.gap she has opened up to give herself outright ownership of first

:25:19. > :25:23.position is now about four seconds, so good work from the reigning World

:25:24. > :25:27.Champion looking for her third successive win on the world

:25:28. > :25:33.triathlon series. Such a brave athlete. People will say why doesn't

:25:34. > :25:37.she just sit in there? He is probably looking going why am I

:25:38. > :25:44.slowing down, she has no idea, you can tell from her face. Our outright

:25:45. > :25:50.leader Flora Duffy, approaching the end of the penultimate lap. When she

:25:51. > :25:54.completes this she will have 3.5 kilometres to ride round Hamburg and

:25:55. > :25:58.hang up her bike, there is no-one else down the road behind her. Flora

:25:59. > :26:04.Duffy, one lap to go, taking the bell. The gap she has over Jess

:26:05. > :26:08.Learmonth and Kirsten Kasper will be significant. They are still asking

:26:09. > :26:16.the athletes to slow on their way out of transition but it seems that

:26:17. > :26:20.the injured athletes have now been successfully evacuated, and taken

:26:21. > :26:24.off for medical attention. That is is a massive gap Duffy has opened up

:26:25. > :26:29.over Learmonth and Kasper, she did that on her own in the space of a

:26:30. > :26:36.lap-and-a-half. 23 seconds, the advantage. The gap to the next

:26:37. > :26:42.group, which is a significant pack of riders, is about another 20

:26:43. > :26:49.seconds or so. 23. It is 21 seconds between Kasper and Learmonth and the

:26:50. > :26:53.Lucy Hall group. Well, certainry, -- certainly one of

:26:54. > :26:57.the athletes with the cameras on their bike. Having a little look.

:26:58. > :27:02.This is where crash happened under that arch there. But, Jessica has 21

:27:03. > :27:07.seconds on that chase pack. That is a good amount of time, but Jessica

:27:08. > :27:12.and Kirsten are going to have to work hard if they are to stay away

:27:13. > :27:18.from the chase pack. Last 1500 metres on two wheels for

:27:19. > :27:25.Flora Duffy, she have a two lap run to conclude. Coming into transition

:27:26. > :27:29.is going to be a nice affair for Flora Duffy, she won't be surrounded

:27:30. > :27:34.by other athletes trying to get their feet out of their shoes, to

:27:35. > :27:38.find their trainers, so that is a good position to be in, as is it for

:27:39. > :27:42.Jessica Learmonth and Kirsten Kasper, they have to work hard, that

:27:43. > :27:45.chase pack is starting to make inroads. It is important that the

:27:46. > :27:51.British and American athlete work hard and get that gap coming into

:27:52. > :27:57.transition. So 25 seconds between Duffy and Learmonth and Kasper and a

:27:58. > :28:02.further 22 secs to the Lucy Hall Sophie Coldwell group, they are well

:28:03. > :28:07.spread here, the British triathletes well placed but this is Flora's race

:28:08. > :28:13.for the taking now. Main threats as they go on to the

:28:14. > :28:18.FIA k run, still Kasper. No. I don't think anyone is going to catch her.

:28:19. > :28:23.I would be surprised. There was a time when Flora Duffy wasn't known

:28:24. > :28:30.for great running but that has changed, and Flora Duffy with 25

:28:31. > :28:33.seconds over these two athletes back to the chase pack, unless something

:28:34. > :28:40.happens this race is here, she will make it three out of three. She

:28:41. > :28:46.started the series fairly late. She went to Yokohama won there, went to

:28:47. > :28:52.Leeds and won there looks like she will repeat the same thing here.

:28:53. > :28:56.Duffy has nerve won a sprint race. Her victories have come on the full

:28:57. > :29:03.Olympic distance race, if she wins today, it will be another milestone

:29:04. > :29:06.for the Bermudian. She has been on the podium three

:29:07. > :29:14.times in sprint competitions but never on the top step.

:29:15. > :29:17.Best result for Flora Duffy in sprint races in the past. Second

:29:18. > :29:25.place in Edmonton 2015. Right. Here we go. Coming to transition now.

:29:26. > :29:33.Easy. For Duffy, doesn't have to panic at all. Getting herself ready.

:29:34. > :29:37.She can get set. The dismount line is round this little chicane. There

:29:38. > :29:41.it is. The red line aid head of her. Steps off. Just before.

:29:42. > :29:49.She heads to our position in transition with an advantage of

:29:50. > :30:02.around 23 seconds, the last time we looked.

:30:03. > :30:09.Duffy, parks her buy, leaves her helmet and sprints out of

:30:10. > :30:15.transition, full of purpose and urgency. Behind her preparations for

:30:16. > :30:20.Jess Learmonth of Britain and Kirsten Kasper of the United States

:30:21. > :30:27.at the dismount line, right on the money there. And they have the long

:30:28. > :30:32.run up the transition carpet. And the next group is coming in. And

:30:33. > :30:38.will get a full check on who is involved in that as Learmonth

:30:39. > :30:44.arrives at her transition area and leaves quickly. Learmonth and Kasper

:30:45. > :30:48.within four metres of each other. It is all happening behind them. This

:30:49. > :30:54.is where they need to be quick and avoid each other. We can see

:30:55. > :31:05.incidents, dramatic crashes, happening in this situation. Sanders

:31:06. > :31:10.on her way quickly. Spivey. Zaferes is just leaving there. Duffy is well

:31:11. > :31:21.on her way. Eating up the ground in the first lap of two. 2.5ks per lap.

:31:22. > :31:26.A total distance of 5ks. This was the world champion coming into

:31:27. > :31:35.transition on her own. Flora Duffy well out in front at the moment. The

:31:36. > :31:41.The next pair are the same pay with which Duffy rode for half of that

:31:42. > :31:46.bike leg before she decided to go it alone, Kasper and Learmonth.

:31:47. > :31:56.Contrast the sometimes between those two. Duffy has just over 4ks to run.

:31:57. > :32:00.He is already a fifth of the way through the final stage. On the left

:32:01. > :32:13.our leader. On the right the chasing pair. Which is Kirsten Kasper, and

:32:14. > :32:18.Jess Learmonth. And they are running, they have got a slightly

:32:19. > :32:27.quicker pace than Flora Duffy, but marginal. 17.3 kilometres per hour,

:32:28. > :32:32.compared to 18 and Learmonth is struggling to stay with Kasper. They

:32:33. > :32:38.made it tough for themselves when they let Flora Duffy head off down

:32:39. > :32:53.the road, they needed to stay with her to stay away from the pack.

:32:54. > :32:57.Hewitt also running well. So Ashley Gentle has already come past Kasper

:32:58. > :33:11.and put herself into second place. That is phenomenal running from

:33:12. > :33:24.Gentle. She is striding off down the road and we can see Laura Lindemann,

:33:25. > :33:29.the local girl here, she is just hanging on the shoulders of Hewitt

:33:30. > :33:33.and it looks like Kasper's given up hope for a medal position. Hewitt

:33:34. > :33:39.also is are upping very well. -- running very well. The battle for

:33:40. > :33:45.second to 10th continuing to switch with every passing kilometre. The

:33:46. > :33:51.leader's advantage, Duffy's lead is now a significant 38 seconds. There

:33:52. > :33:59.she is getting set to complete the first of her two laps. I think this

:34:00. > :34:04.race is Flora Duffy's. She is running very well, nice and fluid.

:34:05. > :34:11.She has over 40 seconds going out on to this 5k run and it will be hard

:34:12. > :34:16.even for Ashley Gentle to make any serious inroads into her. Hewitt

:34:17. > :34:21.look like she has made herself, or put herself into a bronze medal

:34:22. > :34:27.position. Kasper, the American, who was part of the breakaway group for

:34:28. > :34:32.much of the 20 kilometres, she has dropped back into fifth and the

:34:33. > :34:38.other athlete there in the red is Annen, who got a silver at the

:34:39. > :34:45.sprint Championships, the European Championships, a couple of weeks

:34:46. > :34:49.ago. Annen has been a bit quiet over the last couple of years, but

:34:50. > :34:53.starting to come through the field. She won a Cup race a few weeks ago.

:34:54. > :35:03.The Swiss athlete very much on the up. But it is all about Flora Duffy

:35:04. > :35:11.in Hamburg. Winning time a year ago 57 minutes and 3 seconds. Be I that

:35:12. > :35:18.reckoning -- by that reckoning, she has another six or seven minutes to

:35:19. > :35:30.run. She is concluding the first of her two laps. She will be running

:35:31. > :35:37.about 3.30 kilometre pace. She my just be out side of that time from

:35:38. > :35:43.Zaferes from last year. What a welcome she is getting from the

:35:44. > :35:52.German crowds, who are on their feet and trying to rival the Leeds

:35:53. > :35:56.supporters for noise. Gent it will has stormed clear of Hewitt to take

:35:57. > :36:04.up second position in her own right and in fact Hewitt has been left

:36:05. > :36:11.behind, not by much, but she has been over taken by Laura Lindemann,

:36:12. > :36:25.who is getting carried along by the Hamburg fan. Lindemann pushing for a

:36:26. > :36:32.podium place. Gentle is second. Lyndman and Hewitt together. She is

:36:33. > :36:37.getting an extra yard or two in pace, because of the noise of the

:36:38. > :36:42.crowd. Coldwell is in 11th. Hall is 12th. Learmonth has gone backwards

:36:43. > :36:56.after such a good swim and ride and she is down to 15th. They're on the

:36:57. > :36:59.the last lap, the final stage of this sprint distance triathlon in

:37:00. > :37:06.Hamburg, where the atmosphere has been tremendous. And Lindemann is

:37:07. > :37:13.trying to move clear of Hewitt. Gent it will in second. The Australian.

:37:14. > :37:18.Outright second at the moment. That is hers to take if she can just

:37:19. > :37:25.maintain that pace. Lindemann is a further 15 seconds back down the

:37:26. > :37:30.road, holding third position, but with Andrea Hewitt in a promising

:37:31. > :37:35.position in fourth. Hewitt has not allowed Lindemann to go clear.

:37:36. > :37:51.Ashley gent it will is one of the -- gent it will is one of the -- Ashley

:37:52. > :38:03.gent Gentle has finished sixth in ya Japan and sixth in Leeds. As well as

:38:04. > :38:08.going on to potentially win this race, and take her first sprint

:38:09. > :38:15.competition, Flora Duffy could be on her way to the largest ever winning

:38:16. > :38:23.margin in a sprint competition. That is held by Gwen Jorgensen, 2014 in

:38:24. > :38:35.London. 28 seconds. Flora Duffy could beat that today. We have 1,200

:38:36. > :38:41.metres left to run and Duffy has taken the race by storm. Her tactics

:38:42. > :38:45.have been magnificent. She rode with Learmonth and Kasper. Until such

:38:46. > :38:49.time as she felt that she had the strength to break them. When she

:38:50. > :38:58.burst away, they had nothing in response. It was a magnificent piece

:38:59. > :39:02.of acceleration as she escaped from the British and the American

:39:03. > :39:06.triathletes. Then she found herselves out in front with so much

:39:07. > :39:13.advantage as she hung up her bike and headed out for the run. The only

:39:14. > :39:19.one to respond significantly was Ashley Gentle and then Lindemann had

:39:20. > :39:24.a go, but she might be outclassed by Annen and Hewitt, who seem poised to

:39:25. > :39:35.pounce in the battle for third. Zaferes might be about to join in

:39:36. > :39:40.the fun as well. Zaferes is also in the hunt for third place. Looks like

:39:41. > :39:46.being a four-way battle for the bronze medal in Hamburg. Zaferes is

:39:47. > :39:51.an interesting athlete, she doesn't look like she is moving that fast,

:39:52. > :39:55.but it is very effective and we see her coming from behind like this,

:39:56. > :40:01.although I think she probably has got her work cut out with these

:40:02. > :40:05.three. But she has run herself through around, she was around 15

:40:06. > :40:12.seconds back just after the end of the first lap. Two lapse of 2.5

:40:13. > :40:16.kilometres. My money is on Hewitt after that sprint finish we saw in

:40:17. > :40:26.Abu Dhabi. You would have to put your money on her for the sprint

:40:27. > :40:30.finish. I guess it depends what further momentum Laura Lindemann can

:40:31. > :40:36.get from the Hamburg crowd. They were be chanting her name if she

:40:37. > :40:41.comes in for a final sprint finish in that potential four-way dash for

:40:42. > :40:51.the bronze. There is no worries for Laura Duffy. Duffy of Bermuda is 38

:40:52. > :41:01.seconds clear of Gentle of Australia who is in outright second. She has

:41:02. > :41:06.made that her own. She still has 520 metres to run. But her advantage

:41:07. > :41:14.over the quartet battling for bronze is significant. Duffy is on her way

:41:15. > :41:19.to her third victory in a row. Zaferes, Annen, Lindemann and Hewitt

:41:20. > :41:23.are jostling for position in the battle for the bronze. And Lindemann

:41:24. > :41:28.is not out of this year. The Germans could get a place on the podium. But

:41:29. > :41:34.Zaferes has moved to the front ominously for the rest of them.

:41:35. > :41:40.Zaferes puts herself into third and it look like Hewitt is getting

:41:41. > :41:45.dropped. Zaferes, Annen and Lindemann going head-to-head for

:41:46. > :41:50.bronze. Unless Hewitt can responsibility one more time. Annen

:41:51. > :42:00.is the one that is most on her toes. I said I thought Hewitt has got pit.

:42:01. > :42:05.But Annen looks like the one. Flora Duffy makes the run easy, she puts

:42:06. > :42:12.the work in on the swim and the bike and makes the run look easy. It will

:42:13. > :42:20.be the fifth series win for Flora Duffy to make her joint second in

:42:21. > :42:27.the all time list of world triathlon series winners. She wins world three

:42:28. > :42:33.world series races in a row after victories in Yokohama and Leeds.

:42:34. > :42:41.Duffy wins. The battle is on for third. It looks likes Annen is

:42:42. > :42:48.getting left and the noise levels reaching fever pitch. Gentle hasn't

:42:49. > :42:52.got time to stop. Lindemann trying to burst away as Gentle finds

:42:53. > :42:59.herself on the carpet. She wants second place. And the race for third

:43:00. > :43:03.continues behind. Between Lindemann of Germany and Zaferes of the United

:43:04. > :43:08.States and the German has done enough. Oh, that is a courageous

:43:09. > :43:19.third position for Laura Lindemann. What a race! Zaferes takes fourth.

:43:20. > :43:28.And it is the largest winning margin in a spript competition -- sprint

:43:29. > :43:35.competition ever. 31 seconds. Now they come home for the minor places.

:43:36. > :43:42.Tomlin falls across the line to take seventh. Ahead of McShane and

:43:43. > :43:49.Kasper. Sophie Coldwell will be the first of the British contingent to

:43:50. > :43:59.cross the line in 11th. A minute and 10 seconds down. Takahashi will

:44:00. > :44:05.finish in 12th. And then Taylor, and Spivey and Hall is 14th or Britain.

:44:06. > :44:13.Jess Learmonth has just crossed the line into 17th position, a minute

:44:14. > :44:19.and 36 seconds off the pace. Just in front of Lisa Pertl. I came out of

:44:20. > :44:25.swim further back than I wanted and hammered the first part of bike and

:44:26. > :44:29.I knew the chicane was technical and if I hammered that and thankfully

:44:30. > :44:33.three of us got away. We were working together and I was getting

:44:34. > :44:38.frustrated, I thought I would attack and went solo and that made the race

:44:39. > :44:42.for me. You missed the first two Raphes with injury -- races with

:44:43. > :44:48.injury, if somebody said you will win the first three, what would you

:44:49. > :44:53.have said? I would never have believed them! Even when walking

:44:54. > :44:58.hurts and I couldn't move without my hip hurting. It shows you know that

:44:59. > :45:03.even though if you're not training your hardest you can maintain a

:45:04. > :45:05.decent level. So I'm super happy. Ashley you were some way back out of

:45:06. > :45:17.the water? I got on to my bike and did the best

:45:18. > :45:20.I could. There has been plenty of races where I have been in that

:45:21. > :45:24.situation but I have been able to salvage a good result. There is no

:45:25. > :45:29.reason to quit after the swim. It's a triathlon, so you know, I just

:45:30. > :45:32.tried to race as hard as I could, and, yeah, thankfully, it paid off

:45:33. > :45:39.and I was able to come away with sec. I was going to ask you about

:45:40. > :45:47.the support. In that sprint for the line, they just went mad. It was so

:45:48. > :45:54.loud and I was pushing as hard as I could. I was amazed at the crowd.

:45:55. > :45:58.Was it a target to make a breakthrough like this in a WTS

:45:59. > :46:05.race? Yes, but I didn't ex President it at all.

:46:06. > :46:11.Third victory in a row for Flora Duffy, her first over the sprint

:46:12. > :46:16.distance, she continues to rewrite the records, the largest margin of

:46:17. > :46:20.victory if a sprint competition. The reigning World Champion, having

:46:21. > :46:26.missed the start of the season with injury is on a roll.

:46:27. > :46:31.Confirmation of the final results. A commanding win for Flora Duffy and

:46:32. > :46:39.Gentle and Lindemann in second and third. Jessica Learmonth finished

:46:40. > :46:44.17th. India Lee was 26th and Georgia Taylor Brown finished in 31st

:46:45. > :46:50.position. Katie zaver's fourth place puts her

:46:51. > :47:04.in top place -- zavers. Gentle is up to second. Kasper drops

:47:05. > :47:11.Flora, what an incredible athlete, an amazing race, so powerful from

:47:12. > :47:17.her point of view. Absolutely. I don't know how she did that, riding

:47:18. > :47:23.away from Kasper and Jess is really really impressive. To then continue

:47:24. > :47:28.putting time into and not lose much ground when she hit that blue carpet

:47:29. > :47:37.and gaining a record margin in the spit. Sprint is not her speciality.

:47:38. > :47:42.Sprint. Flora is an all round athlete now, she is World Champion

:47:43. > :47:46.at off road triathlon as well. So she Corrs all the bases, and I am

:47:47. > :47:52.not surprised to see her on the top step. We know she was riding with

:47:53. > :47:57.those two and sort of seemed to make a decision, right, I need to get on

:47:58. > :48:02.with this. She alluded to it in interview and said she was getting

:48:03. > :48:07.frustrated and it wasn't quite working for her, I think she felt

:48:08. > :48:11.she didn't need them, that is how she likes to do thing, you often

:48:12. > :48:17.sheer oh on her own at the front. She went for it. Didn't look like it

:48:18. > :48:22.was too hard for her. Ashley Gentle, she seemed to run through the field.

:48:23. > :48:27.Yes, Ashley has been really strong runner, the swim is her weakness and

:48:28. > :48:31.has let her co-down, but she has had a coping change, he is getting

:48:32. > :48:35.closer to being in that group for the swim. And you know, she is a

:48:36. > :48:40.danger as soon as she gets in the run. Lindemann, you can see her

:48:41. > :48:47.reaction, you know what that is like. It is fantastic. She thrives

:48:48. > :48:51.off the home crowd, she had her previous best result in Hamburg,

:48:52. > :48:56.finishing seventh. So you know, you feed off the home crowd. You want to

:48:57. > :49:02.deliver a performance. She is rising to the occasion, she is very young.

:49:03. > :49:09.Out of the junior rank, she podiumed at Chengdu, she is a bright prospect

:49:10. > :49:11.for the future. We mentioned this is was a Commonwealth Games placed at

:49:12. > :49:16.grab, not a great day for the British. None of the girls met the

:49:17. > :49:20.criteria, it is tough to meet the English criteria, they had to finish

:49:21. > :49:24.top five in the race but within that they had to be in the top three

:49:25. > :49:28.Commonwealth athlete, that is tough and probably harder than any of the

:49:29. > :49:31.other selection policy, the Australians had to be the first

:49:32. > :49:37.Australian in the top ten, so it shows how tough it is. So it was a

:49:38. > :49:45.disappointing day, Wimbledon might be over but the week's -- BBC's

:49:46. > :49:54.summer of sport certainly isn't. Mo Farah wins the gold.

:49:55. > :50:00.It is a mammoth job. David Rudisha, is going to win the world title:

:50:01. > :50:06.Laura Muir, she has matched the British record.

:50:07. > :50:11.Usain Bolt! I'm ready.

:50:12. > :50:23.Looking forward to that, before we move on in hack burring. Resounding

:50:24. > :50:29.success for the British team at the European paraChampionships. Six Gold

:50:30. > :50:37.Medals. Two Silver Medals.

:50:38. > :50:43.Two bronze medals. Since the Europeans there has been some bad

:50:44. > :50:47.news for Andy Lewis who was going down a fast accident when he ran

:50:48. > :50:51.into a dog. Lots of cuts and bruised, glad to say he should be OK

:50:52. > :50:55.for the World Championships and he has been reunited with the dog, you

:50:56. > :51:00.can see the picture here, who is fine. Thank goodness. We saw how the

:51:01. > :51:05.women got on in the world triathlon series in Leeds. Let us remind

:51:06. > :51:10.ourselves of a wonderful couple of hours of British sport in the men's

:51:11. > :51:16.race. 47 the world's top triathletes lined

:51:17. > :51:22.up and diven into the cold water of Waterloo lake.

:51:23. > :51:31.Here they come, stage one complete. Richard first to climb up the ramp.

:51:32. > :51:35.Followed by Jonny Brownlee. Le Corre is first to get onboard. Away they

:51:36. > :51:40.go. The Brownlee brothers have woken up.

:51:41. > :51:45.The crowd can see that the gap they have over the next group is

:51:46. > :51:52.significant. What a second lap that was. They have doubled their

:51:53. > :51:55.advantage. A synchronised arrival and they

:51:56. > :52:02.depart separated by a couple of feet.

:52:03. > :52:07.Right now, Alistair is starting to believe he will win. He has opened

:52:08. > :52:11.up a gap. Brownlee's made his move. The Olympic champion, he is once

:52:12. > :52:16.again clear of the Olympic silver medallist.

:52:17. > :52:21.For the second year in a row, Alistair Brownlee wins the Leeds

:52:22. > :52:27.world triathlon series race with his younger brother Jonny celebrating

:52:28. > :52:35.second position. The world number one comes home for third position.

:52:36. > :52:38.Adam comes home fourth for Great Britain.

:52:39. > :52:44.The Brownlees once again proving they are world class. There will be

:52:45. > :52:49.no Brownlees in Hamburg though because Alistair's next big

:52:50. > :52:53.challenge is the half Ironman World Championships, in Tennessee in

:52:54. > :52:58.September. Jonny Brownlee was hoping to compete in Hamburg, he did arrive

:52:59. > :53:03.there but he put out this tweet, explaining he is not been 100% since

:53:04. > :53:09.Spain. He is very upset about having to miss Hamburg. He said he is under

:53:10. > :53:15.doctors orders and has to find out why he has low magnesium. Jonny is

:53:16. > :53:18.disappointed. It is a blow not to have him. Yes, it would have been

:53:19. > :53:22.great to see him racing against them. Some were missing in Leeds so

:53:23. > :53:27.this would have been an opportunity for Jonny to come up against them

:53:28. > :53:30.and show what he can do. And Jonny is an expert over the sprint

:53:31. > :53:37.distance, he seems to get the better of Alistair, so it would have been

:53:38. > :53:42.great to see him up against Mola and Murray and Vincent. As well as the

:53:43. > :53:46.Brownlees, in Leeds, two other British men had a fantastic day,

:53:47. > :53:52.Adam Bowden and Tom Bishop were fourth and fifth. It is really been

:53:53. > :53:59.a breakthrough year for Tom Bishop. Before the race he talked to Tom.

:54:00. > :54:05.I went into this winner's training and just wanted to get some good

:54:06. > :54:10.results. I am 25 now. Some young guys coming through and I feel like

:54:11. > :54:17.I need to start producing results. I went into the first race knowing I

:54:18. > :54:21.was in good shape but it was an an unknown, when I found myself running

:54:22. > :54:25.with Javier, I thought this is crazy. I crossed the line and it was

:54:26. > :54:30.awesome. Since that race I have got confident.

:54:31. > :54:33.Did any of disappointment from last year not becoming the third athlete

:54:34. > :54:38.between the two Brownlees to travel to Rio, has had that an impact. ?

:54:39. > :54:43.Missed out on the team. The way the British team race, I think that has

:54:44. > :54:47.helped me race this year, kind of it made me want to swim at front and

:54:48. > :54:51.race how Jonny and Alistair race which is the best way and the

:54:52. > :54:55.British way to race if we can. I have come into this season, learned

:54:56. > :55:01.a lot from last year and kind of put that into my action plan for the

:55:02. > :55:04.races this year, and so far I have swam pretty good, my cycling is OK,

:55:05. > :55:11.and it is just I think the final elm, the run I have managed to have

:55:12. > :55:16.a consistent win without problem, it has built through. I think it is

:55:17. > :55:26.finally coming to fruition. Why has it taken you a bit longer, do you

:55:27. > :55:30.think, to make the breakthrough. As an under 23, your opponents have

:55:31. > :55:34.stepped up I spent time on my cycling to look at the Rio, the

:55:35. > :55:39.Olympic team, so maybe that two years has held me back. Comparing

:55:40. > :55:43.ourself to Jonny and Alistair who came through as superstars when they

:55:44. > :55:48.were young, they are still going, I want to keep on going when I am

:55:49. > :55:52.older, as long as I chive my potential, I don't care how fast I

:55:53. > :55:55.get to that level, as long as get there eventually.

:55:56. > :56:00.That interview was done before the race in Leeds and the great news is

:56:01. > :56:05.that after his fifth place finish he has risen even further in the

:56:06. > :56:14.rankings sitting fourth overall. The podium is full of Spaniards with

:56:15. > :56:21.Alarza leading the way ahead of Mola and five time champion Gomez Noya.

:56:22. > :56:26.Like the women no-one has taken complete control. -- Gomez. Let us

:56:27. > :56:33.talk about Tom Bishop, he has had a great year, what has he been doing?

:56:34. > :56:36.Yes, he is so great. It is great to see him podiuming, that was a

:56:37. > :56:41.brilliant breakthrough for Tom. I am happy for him. He does his own

:56:42. > :56:46.thing, and he has forged his own path. He works very hard, and like

:56:47. > :56:50.said, does it his own way, it is brilliant to see he is doing well.

:56:51. > :56:58.What do you mean by going his own way? He is very much within the

:56:59. > :57:04.Leeds set up but he had a few different idea, he has created a

:57:05. > :57:07.different training group, he trains alongside a lot of the students and

:57:08. > :57:11.that seems to be working for him well, he is the leader in his group,

:57:12. > :57:16.and doing what he wants to do and doing what works best for him,

:57:17. > :57:21.because every athlete is individual. Let us talk about the race in

:57:22. > :57:25.Hamburg. It will be super exciting. There are some fabulous athletes.

:57:26. > :57:31.Absolutely. Even without Alistair and Jonny there, we still do have

:57:32. > :57:36.Tom Bishop and Adam Bowden up against the world leader of Mario

:57:37. > :57:41.Mola, Alarza, Murray, Gomez, all the names are there and I am sure it

:57:42. > :57:44.will be as exciting as ever. Last year we saw what happened with

:57:45. > :57:49.Richard Murray, he was disqualified in some ways, some of the headlines

:57:50. > :57:53.were made by what happened. Yes, absolutely. It was very

:57:54. > :57:57.disappointing to see Richard react in that way, it very frustrating

:57:58. > :58:02.when you get calling in for a penalty. It happens to at least one

:58:03. > :58:09.every race. I have never seen react in the way he did. He was abusive to

:58:10. > :58:13.the official. . He displayed aggressive behaviour with when of

:58:14. > :58:17.the signs, that is owe I don't think that the image we want to put out.

:58:18. > :58:23.They were cent in giving out that punishment. Hopefully none of that

:58:24. > :58:29.happens in Hamburg. Now the commentary from Matt. Here is the

:58:30. > :58:34.start. Alarza is the world leader. Mola two, Gomez with three. The

:58:35. > :58:40.first of the British contingent is Tom Bishop, he has number four

:58:41. > :58:49.today. He is already off to a good start, to the season. He was second

:58:50. > :58:54.in the opener, in Abu Dhabi. Just beaten by Gomez Noya. Henry shoem we

:58:55. > :59:00.will expect to see him out in front. Richard Murphiry one of the best of

:59:01. > :59:12.the runners. -- Schoeman. Schoeman. Schoeman we

:59:13. > :59:14.will expect to see him out in front. Richard Murphiry one of the best of

:59:15. > :59:16.the runners. -- Schoeman. Bodesen is having a

:59:17. > :59:25.fine season. Finished fourth in Leeds. The world triathlon series

:59:26. > :59:29.vent. A warm day in the city. The world's top triathletes lined up

:59:30. > :59:32.as they dive in. Each hoping to get a accident start and get the most

:59:33. > :59:40.direct line through the first stages here. Up towards the one selfie

:59:41. > :59:45.circle turn, the 180 degree turn at the top of the lake. They head back

:59:46. > :59:53.under the bridge to T 1, the first transition. So it is a sprint

:59:54. > :59:59.distance today, a 750 metre swim, a 21 kilometre bike, six laps of

:00:00. > :00:05.three-and-a-half ks to finishwe will have a 5k run, two loops of 2.5

:00:06. > :00:06.kilometres and I imagine we will see the usual suspects medium-term to

:00:07. > :00:22.lead the swim. Yes but there is a few missing, the

:00:23. > :00:31.Brownlees and of course we have Schoeman here. Luis, I expect to see

:00:32. > :00:34.him and Gomez, the dynamics will be interesting, because we don't have

:00:35. > :00:40.an obvious leader. Javier is strong and he will be trying to do

:00:41. > :00:45.something special, along with Mario Mola. Mola not the strongest of

:00:46. > :00:53.swimmers, but over the last couple of years he has improved all round

:00:54. > :00:58.as an athlete. We see our leader, Hauser, wearing No 40. Not one of

:00:59. > :01:08.our usual leaders. I would expect to see Schoeman up there somewhere too.

:01:09. > :01:14.They're smashing one another trying to find a bit of space. That is a

:01:15. > :01:21.bit impossible now. This is where the problems happen and one or two

:01:22. > :01:26.have lost their swim caps and somebody is being held up and

:01:27. > :01:30.dragged under. Unlike in the women's race where the athletes were close

:01:31. > :01:33.together. Hauser has taken out the swim and he has two or three body

:01:34. > :01:52.lengths over the second placed athlete. We

:01:53. > :01:59.will be keeping an eye out for Mola and Alarza. The athletes coming

:02:00. > :02:02.around the Puy, some have lost hats and are swimming on top of one

:02:03. > :02:09.another. That is a difficult situation to recover from. And to

:02:10. > :02:13.referee. The officiating here may involve some video analysis of this

:02:14. > :02:17.particular turn, because some have lost race position. Others may be

:02:18. > :02:24.injured as a result. That is one of the messiest turns I have seen. It

:02:25. > :02:29.is. He is miles ahead of the rest of the field. He will be first out of

:02:30. > :02:36.water and he will have an advantage or maybe 10 or 12 seconds as he

:02:37. > :02:42.heads to his bike. Flies position to be in, coming into transition. It is

:02:43. > :02:47.getting hectic as athletes try to find their stations. If nothing

:02:48. > :02:52.else; he is not going to be able to ride away from these guys, but he

:02:53. > :02:57.will give himself quite a bit of space to get on his bike

:02:58. > :03:05.comfortably. If he look around he would see there is a huge gap. A lot

:03:06. > :03:09.of support for our swim leader, Matthew Hauser, has emerged from

:03:10. > :03:18.under the wide bridge and will be first out of the water with no one

:03:19. > :03:24.for company at all. He came out of the water 7th in his only other

:03:25. > :03:28.appearance this season on the world series. We have had a different swim

:03:29. > :03:32.leader in every race so far this year. Four races before today.

:03:33. > :03:44.Different swim leader in each. And a new one today. It will be Matthew

:03:45. > :03:50.houser. -- Hauser. One or two taking extreme methods to get that front

:03:51. > :03:56.cover shot. Hauser is on the ramp and starts to unzip the wet suit.

:03:57. > :04:02.His advantage is, well, it is about 10 seconds I think. As he sprints

:04:03. > :04:15.towards transition. The others come out now. We expect to see Schoeman

:04:16. > :04:24.not far from the front. McDowell and Stromberg aren't far. Royle, Coninx

:04:25. > :04:33.and the fist of the British contingent, followed by Tom Bishop.

:04:34. > :04:40.Blummenfelt is clear in 18. Gomez comes out 19th. Mola just behind

:04:41. > :04:49.him. And there will be a massive pack forming here. Bowden is 24

:04:50. > :04:53.seconds behind. So that is all the British boys accounted for coming

:04:54. > :04:57.out of the water. And carnage in transition. And they will all hope

:04:58. > :05:07.to have got their wet suits in the boxes. Because that could incur a

:05:08. > :05:13.penalty later in the race. Can be chaotic as you try and get your feet

:05:14. > :05:20.into your shoes and Matt Hauser is off down the road all alone, having

:05:21. > :05:25.had such a superb swim. He is not going to stay away too long. To be

:05:26. > :05:31.able to come through transition, relax and pick up your bike and it

:05:32. > :05:37.is very narrow going out, that makes it hard for the athletes. These guys

:05:38. > :05:42.practice getting on and off their bikes, but there is 60 of them in a

:05:43. > :05:50.very narrow space and it makes it tough. Schoeman is coming through.

:05:51. > :05:52.He had a decent swim. And we will see if we can pick out some of the

:05:53. > :06:18.others. Silva. Bishop came out of the water

:06:19. > :06:33.21 seconds off the pace. Officially in 11th. This is the chaser. Gordon

:06:34. > :06:37.Benson from Britain was there. We can pick out Tom Bishop easily by

:06:38. > :06:46.that large tattoo on his arm as he comes around at the front of this

:06:47. > :06:52.pack. The man in front is Coninx, the Frenchman. He has had a couple

:06:53. > :06:57.of DNFs. Didn't finish the grand final last year and didn't finish

:06:58. > :07:07.the opener in this season in Abu Dhabi. I think it was a bike crashed

:07:08. > :07:12.he suffered. But he is leading her. Coninx is an interesting athletes.

:07:13. > :07:17.You see some lose their nerve. But it was the 2014 world under 23

:07:18. > :07:24.champion. So we know he does have good pedigree. He has been on the

:07:25. > :07:29.podium in the past as well. He has made a good start here. They're

:07:30. > :07:36.approaching the end of the first lap of six. Where the ground becomes a

:07:37. > :07:41.little uneven before they hit the blue carpet. At the end of the first

:07:42. > :07:51.lap we can get a check on exactly who is where. There is a massive

:07:52. > :08:00.group here. It is Birtwhistle and Kanute and Coninx. Mola is in there.

:08:01. > :08:05.Oh, goodness me, oh, a heavy crash and somebody went piling into the...

:08:06. > :08:27.Thankfully padded bike stands. Pierre Le Corre is there. He is not

:08:28. > :08:32.going to be happy with that, is he? We saw a big crash earlier in the

:08:33. > :08:36.whip's race, this one -- women's race, this one seemed to be high

:08:37. > :08:43.speed and devastating. That looked just like bad riding. The guy that

:08:44. > :08:48.caused the crash swerved and then he was fine and Alonso came down hard

:08:49. > :08:55.and it wasn't his fault. The athlete that swerved took them down and he

:08:56. > :09:08.rode off. Pierre Le Corre seemed to have the worst of the falls. Look at

:09:09. > :09:16.Alarza's bike. He is batter and bruised and the world No 1 is out of

:09:17. > :09:27.race. He is OK. He is signalling his gratitude for the support. The

:09:28. > :09:32.paramedics have been busy today. Blummenfelt, the Norwegian, sixth in

:09:33. > :09:39.Leeds last time out. 23 years old. Finished on the podium in the

:09:40. > :09:43.Yokohama triathlon in May. And 14th at the world final last year. You

:09:44. > :09:50.can see how many there are as we watch them from the helicopter. No

:09:51. > :09:57.one is trying to break away. When you see it like that it doesn't seem

:09:58. > :09:59.too bad, but it when they hit the narrower sections that it gets

:10:00. > :10:15.tricky. Now the peloton starts to form into

:10:16. > :10:25.sippingle file, because - single file. You asked whether it was

:10:26. > :10:34.possible break yabg -- breakaway, I think it is difficult. The women can

:10:35. > :10:37.be just as technically skilled, but the men will take more risks. I

:10:38. > :10:43.think it is unlikely that we will see a breakaway. And plus this pack

:10:44. > :10:46.is so big f someone goes, another person jumps on and you have that

:10:47. > :10:52.train effect and it is difficult to get away. Where would you rather be,

:10:53. > :10:56.front, middle or back? I think you have got to be in the front. You

:10:57. > :11:01.have got to stay out of trouble at the tront. If you're confident in

:11:02. > :11:06.your bike skills is, which you know Tom Bishop is confident he had that

:11:07. > :11:11.slip up in Yokohama, but the conditions there were treacherous.

:11:12. > :11:15.But Bishop very strong. I think I would rather be at the front. If

:11:16. > :11:20.you're middle you're in a danger louse spot. If -- dangerous spot. At

:11:21. > :11:28.the front and interesting to see Mola up here. That is quite an

:11:29. > :11:32.unlikely scene in the world series, Mola normally is a bit back on the

:11:33. > :11:38.swim and then we will see him sit in and get a ride. But he changed

:11:39. > :11:50.tactics and he is taking his turn on the front. There is a lovely vibe

:11:51. > :11:56.about this race in Hamburg. A good triathlon we have witnessed so far

:11:57. > :12:01.with that emphatic win from Duffy. But a big crash in the women's race

:12:02. > :12:08.and a similar story in the men's. Both incidents happening on the blue

:12:09. > :12:13.carpet in transition. But they make the next visit through transition so

:12:14. > :12:21.far unscathed and continue on their way with two laps of the city to go.

:12:22. > :12:32.Schilling of Denmark and Mola of Spain, the world champion. Behind

:12:33. > :12:37.them Blummenfelt. A place at the front will be key and guys will be

:12:38. > :12:41.thinking about that now. Guys at the back starting to make their way

:12:42. > :12:48.forward, trying to get near the front and try and make things smooth

:12:49. > :12:55.in and out of transition. They have 4ks left and it will come down to a

:12:56. > :13:03.5,000 metre run. Back with the leaders now. There is a bit more

:13:04. > :13:10.urgency from the front of the field. The Dutch athlete, van der Stel, 26

:13:11. > :13:22.years of age. Blummenfelt as well in fifth.

:13:23. > :13:43.The spectators have spotted that the German athlete is making progress.

:13:44. > :13:47.Nieschlag moves into position. Nieschlag will be the man who will

:13:48. > :13:57.take the bell here in Hamburg. Here we go at the end of lap 5 and

:13:58. > :14:13.Nieschlag of Germany takes the bell with McLe Roy. Gomez is right up

:14:14. > :14:23.there. Coninx and Birtwhistle and Montoya. That is the first 23 across

:14:24. > :14:28.the line as we ride near the front of field with one of those

:14:29. > :14:34.bike-mounted cameras, to see the action in through transition. Across

:14:35. > :14:42.the line it was Nieschlag of the host nation, Germany, who was first

:14:43. > :14:49.across the line. At this part nothing is going to happen on the

:14:50. > :14:53.bike. Really important you have got around a technical and tough course

:14:54. > :14:57.in one piece and now just play it sensible and think about the run and

:14:58. > :15:03.the transition and about what you need to do. Blummenfelt at the front

:15:04. > :15:08.he has been there quite a lot. A good runner, but I think looking at

:15:09. > :15:17.this pack, we have some great runners here. Mola and Louis and

:15:18. > :15:20.Murray are there and Tom Bishop, who is a completely different athlete in

:15:21. > :15:23.the last 12 months. He has grown in confidence and his performance is

:15:24. > :15:36.getting better and better. Tom Bishop having a pretty

:15:37. > :15:42.outstanding 2017 season. Running shoes are lined up and they are

:15:43. > :15:50.waiting for their owners to arrive. Not much space between them. The

:15:51. > :15:57.Israeli athlete is having the time of his life out here, Sagiv. He

:15:58. > :16:03.wants to be the first man in. Mario Mola has kept himself in contention

:16:04. > :16:08.as well. They are in front of City Hall in Hamburg. Call up, fasten

:16:09. > :16:17.your seat belts, this be interesting. A few bits of equipment

:16:18. > :16:21.scattered along the way as a group of 30 plus men arrived with their

:16:22. > :16:29.bikes, filing off East and west across the transition area. Sissons,

:16:30. > :16:34.Denteneer of Germany, Van Der Stel, Schumann, they are on their way.

:16:35. > :16:38.Quick transition is required. One or two getting left behind. One or two

:16:39. > :16:42.struggling. Tom Bishop didn't have the best transition. He lost 20

:16:43. > :16:52.places, Tom Bishop, coming out in 24th position. One or two wet suits

:16:53. > :16:58.not looking completely installed within those boxes. What happened to

:16:59. > :17:02.Tom Bishop? If I was his coach, I would wonder what happened because

:17:03. > :17:07.he was in a good position for the whole 20 kilometre ride. Maybe he

:17:08. > :17:13.has caught up and someone rode in front of him. For being in such a

:17:14. > :17:19.good position, he is one of the last athletes going out onto the run. It

:17:20. > :17:25.is a little bit frustrating. Mario Mola, the fastest over five

:17:26. > :17:36.kilometres here in Hamburg. 13 minutes and 55 seconds in 2015.

:17:37. > :17:41.Silva and MacDonald near the back of the field. Now they are starting to

:17:42. > :17:54.sort themselves out. Two lapse of 2.5 kilometres each. Birtwhistle of

:17:55. > :18:01.Australia is the first to rise at the front. Look at the speed of Mola

:18:02. > :18:07.across the tarmac. Schoeman, three or four paces back. Nieschlag giving

:18:08. > :18:13.the home crowd something to get involved with here. He's in the

:18:14. > :18:19.first group of about six guys. They have come out of transition all guns

:18:20. > :18:24.blazing. It will be interesting to see what the first kilometre split

:18:25. > :18:27.is, we won't know what it is. Mola running side-by-side with Jacob

:18:28. > :18:33.Birtwhistle, a former under 23 world Champion for 2015. He got third in

:18:34. > :18:41.the super League triathlon held on Hamilton Island in April. Jacob

:18:42. > :18:43.Birtwhistle, I think, is growing in confidence. Young athlete,

:18:44. > :18:52.relatively unexperienced, but growing in confidence.

:18:53. > :18:58.We have got a group of four. It includes the World Champion, the man

:18:59. > :19:03.who has had success twice already this season over full distance on

:19:04. > :19:10.the Gold Coast, over Sprint extends in Yokohama. Mario Mola, winner of

:19:11. > :19:16.this race last year. Fernando Alarza is out of the race today, in third.

:19:17. > :19:24.The same 1-2 as it was as vague crossed the finish a year ago.

:19:25. > :19:30.Mola's winning time a year ago, 52 minutes and 19 seconds. They have

:19:31. > :19:34.come flying out of transition, and I expect to see one or two athlete run

:19:35. > :19:42.themselves back up, hopefully that will be Tom Bishop as well. There

:19:43. > :19:44.will also be a couple of athletes that will drop off, because the pace

:19:45. > :19:50.is absolutely ferocious at this stage. Vincent Luis comes up to

:19:51. > :20:00.stake his claim at the front. Meanwhile, Fernando Alarza is

:20:01. > :20:05.checking his WhatsApp. He has his left wrist bandaged, left elbow

:20:06. > :20:11.bandaged, left knee bandaged. Mario Mola is trying to outsprint them in

:20:12. > :20:16.the first lap. Gomez hasn't given up either, running himself into third.

:20:17. > :20:23.Gomez, one of the older athletes on the circuit, didn't have such a

:20:24. > :20:27.great race early on in the season in Yokohama. He is not giving up in

:20:28. > :20:35.Hamburg, because he is in a podium position with Jacob Birtwhistle from

:20:36. > :20:41.Australia. 3.5 kilometres to run. Mola has moved clear, but he will

:20:42. > :20:47.know that Javier Gomez Noya is looming large. The 34-year-old

:20:48. > :20:52.Spaniard, multi-World Champion, Olympics or the medallist in 2012 in

:20:53. > :20:56.Hyde Park. He is up to second, having kept out of trouble on the

:20:57. > :21:03.bike. Jacob Birtwhistle, last year's runner-up in third. Ryan Sissons of

:21:04. > :21:07.New Zealand is in fourth. Nieschlag has disappeared from the contenders

:21:08. > :21:13.at the front. Vincent Luis is up into fifth. Mola pushing hard. 3.6

:21:14. > :21:18.kilometres to run. A glance behind. You can see the red and blue of his

:21:19. > :21:22.con patriotic, Javier Gomez Noya the Sissons next, and Birtwhistle.

:21:23. > :21:29.Birtwhistle seems to be struggling at the moment. Great to see Gomez

:21:30. > :21:34.back up there. He just doesn't give in. He is such a champion. He is one

:21:35. > :21:39.of the most successful athletes we have ever seen on the world

:21:40. > :21:44.Traveller Flom series. Not the most successful -- World Triathlon

:21:45. > :21:48.Series. He doesn't have an Olympic medal, but it will be tough for him

:21:49. > :21:52.now at his age. Last year, we wondered if we would see him racing

:21:53. > :21:56.this year, but he is very much here at the moment in the top three in

:21:57. > :22:02.Hamburg. Schoeman has dropped off the pace as well. No sign of any of

:22:03. > :22:07.the British boys as well. Tom Bishop was our main contender, but he had a

:22:08. > :22:12.poor transition, and found himself way off the pace. Mario Mola is

:22:13. > :22:16.taking this on and tearing it up. Brilliant running from the Spaniard.

:22:17. > :22:20.It really is. He is such a compact athlete as well. He is very light.

:22:21. > :22:26.You would think that would affect him on the swing. He bikes well now,

:22:27. > :22:31.but when he comes down to the run, he is liked and he flies on the run.

:22:32. > :22:34.He carries less than the other athletes, and I think that makes him

:22:35. > :22:44.an incredibly efficient runner in triathlon. Mola from Parma in

:22:45. > :22:50.Majorca. Javier Gomez from the north-west of Spain. Ryan Sissons

:22:51. > :22:53.from New Zealand, that is the one, two, three. Jacob Birtwhistle is

:22:54. > :22:59.fourth. Vincent Luis is next, trying to move up a place or two. Vincent

:23:00. > :23:08.Luis has enjoyed success in the past. He won this race in 2015, head

:23:09. > :23:15.of Gomez and Mola. That was the one, two, three two years ago. Mola is

:23:16. > :23:19.not letting up. He wants the race won within the first lap. He is

:23:20. > :23:26.taking the bell. Richard Murray is starting to stake a claim. The end

:23:27. > :23:36.of the first lap, Mola takes the bell. He is seven seconds clear of

:23:37. > :23:42.his team-mate, Richard Murray looking like he has a chance here

:23:43. > :23:51.today. Further down the road, Tom Bishop appears. Only 2.5 kilometres

:23:52. > :23:55.to go. Some athletes need a couple of: that is to get warmed up. Tom

:23:56. > :24:00.Bishop has given himself a lot of work to do. I expect to see him

:24:01. > :24:05.finished only. Richard Murray running himself into the race. It is

:24:06. > :24:09.an arch to get off the bike and fly, and that is what Mola has done.

:24:10. > :24:15.Gomez has run himself into second place. Looks like he is pulling away

:24:16. > :24:23.from Ryan Sissons, the Kiwi originally born in Zimbabwe. The

:24:24. > :24:28.silver medallist in the under 23 championships in 2010. We haven't

:24:29. > :24:34.seen him achieve a great deal as yet in the World Triathlon Series. The

:24:35. > :24:42.two Spaniards, Mola and Gomez. Further down the field, the

:24:43. > :24:47.Frenchman, Vincent Luis. A couple of his team-mates just

:24:48. > :24:58.behind him. Out in front with a lead of ten seconds or more, Mario Mola,

:24:59. > :25:01.the World Champion from 2016, 27 years old now, Mario. Winner of the

:25:02. > :25:09.Gold Coast and Yokohama already this season. Nine World Triathlon Series

:25:10. > :25:15.wins out of 51 starts. 20 World Triathlon Series podiums. He has

:25:16. > :25:19.been one of the great runners since the World Triathlon Series developed

:25:20. > :25:24.into its current form. Watch out for Richard Murray. He is one of the

:25:25. > :25:30.stronger runners. A South African wearing the same white visor as

:25:31. > :25:34.Mario Mola, training partners. He knows his time, he knows there are

:25:35. > :25:39.enough metres underfoot remaining in the race for him to get a foot on

:25:40. > :25:48.the podium. 1.7 kilometres left to run. Mola first, Gomez second. Then

:25:49. > :25:54.Sissons, and then Murray. Murray is closing with every step. What is

:25:55. > :25:59.great to see about Gomez is the hunger is still very much,

:26:00. > :26:03.obviously, there. We are seeing it in the tennis with Roger Federer,

:26:04. > :26:06.Venus Williams, athlete in their 30s, with the desire to be

:26:07. > :26:13.successful and win races. It is great to see that Mola is in a class

:26:14. > :26:16.of his own, but Gomez is giving it to the rest of the athletes. I

:26:17. > :26:21.wouldn't give up on Richard Murray either. He is a real champion. When

:26:22. > :26:29.he gets the bit between his teeth. Gomez and Sissons are in third and

:26:30. > :26:36.second place. Less than 1500 metres left to run from Mario Mola. What an

:26:37. > :26:43.intelligent race he has run here this afternoon. He swam well. On the

:26:44. > :26:50.bike, he was up at the front for the majority of the 21 kilometre ride.

:26:51. > :26:55.His transition to T1 and T2 was smooth, neat and tidy on both

:26:56. > :27:00.occasions. Kicked away at the start, managed to find his way to the front

:27:01. > :27:06.of the field in double quick time. An extra burst of energy from Mario

:27:07. > :27:10.Mola, and no one can go with him. Gomez and Sissons fighting off

:27:11. > :27:18.Richard Murray, who continues to put pressure on them from behind. Mola

:27:19. > :27:26.is maybe 20 seconds clear of Gomez now. He could jog home. Five

:27:27. > :27:31.kilometres is Sprint distance. He hasn't even run four kilometres. He

:27:32. > :27:37.is that far ahead, he could jog home. It is phenomenal running. His

:27:38. > :27:41.coach and him have been smart this year, picking races wisely. Murray,

:27:42. > :27:47.his training partner there in fourth. At the moment, it will be

:27:48. > :27:55.tough for him to get back with Gomez and Sissons. Sissons is the one

:27:56. > :28:02.glancing over his shoulder, aware of the danger of Murray.

:28:03. > :28:12.Inside the final kilometre. Mario Mola is all alone on the streets of

:28:13. > :28:17.Hamburg. Not the smartest of running, his style is light, smooth

:28:18. > :28:22.and effective with the arms. Let's not criticise, because at the

:28:23. > :28:27.moment, he is streets ahead of the rest of them. I am not sure Murray

:28:28. > :28:34.will get too much closer to Gomez and Sissons.

:28:35. > :28:47.750 metres left to run. Will it be a Spanish 1- to hear? Or will Sissons

:28:48. > :28:52.be able to as they battle it out for second.

:28:53. > :29:00.Battling hard to get in amongst the podium places, but so far, the

:29:01. > :29:07.damage is minimal. Gomez is staring at the back of Sissons. Sissons

:29:08. > :29:08.takes it on in his bid to secure second place. Ryan Sissons of New

:29:09. > :29:18.Zealand. It looks like Murray is about to be

:29:19. > :29:23.swallowed up by Jacob Birtwhistle. Jacob Birtwhistle hasn't given up

:29:24. > :29:27.either. He is looking to see if he has a final sprint. Gomez has

:29:28. > :29:32.dropped off the back of Sissons. Birtwhistle could be a threat to

:29:33. > :29:38.Gomez. Birtwhistle has found something from somewhere. He is

:29:39. > :29:42.moving it up, and he is hot on the heels of Gomez now. 29-year-old Ryan

:29:43. > :29:50.Sissons has taken second place outright. First place has been with

:29:51. > :29:55.Mola for a while. He is on the last 300 metre stretch now. I glanced

:29:56. > :29:59.over his left shoulder. No one posing any sort of threat to Mario

:30:00. > :30:04.Mola as he looks for his third win of the season. He won around two

:30:05. > :30:10.over the Sprint distance on the Gold Coast. He won again in Yokohama over

:30:11. > :30:14.the full distance. Sissons has got company in second. It looks like

:30:15. > :30:15.being a breathtaking finish from Jacob Birtwhistle, looking for a

:30:16. > :30:36.repeat of last year's 1-2. Mola wins in Hamburg! And now he

:30:37. > :30:40.will look down the road to see Jacob Birtwhistle finish second, as he did

:30:41. > :30:46.a year ago. Third placed to Ryan Sissons of New Zealand, as Vincent

:30:47. > :30:53.Luis comes to take fourth, with Gomez put down to fifth. Richard

:30:54. > :31:05.Murray just ran out of steam in the latter stages. Tom Bishop is

:31:06. > :31:09.battling it out for one of the minor places. He will be the first of the

:31:10. > :31:14.British contingent to finish, but it is a disappointing 12th place for

:31:15. > :31:29.him after a poor T2. His transition let him down. He looks so relaxed.

:31:30. > :31:36.Mola's third win of the season, and it looked like he had energy to

:31:37. > :31:40.spare. I felt really good today since the beginning of the race. I

:31:41. > :31:46.swam pretty good and was able to stay close to the front in order to

:31:47. > :31:51.avoid possible crashes. I hope Fernando is OK. But I felt really

:31:52. > :31:59.good on the run. I have not heard about times, but what matters is the

:32:00. > :32:03.end result. You had a bit of a break and have come back superbly today.

:32:04. > :32:08.How important is it to manage your season to decide which events to

:32:09. > :32:17.compete in? It is a very important thing in order to be able to race

:32:18. > :32:21.well. It is a long year. I have raced four races with so many hours

:32:22. > :32:27.on a plane and jet lag. So I thought I had to have rest and I have been

:32:28. > :32:40.at altitude in the French Pyrenees. So it seems that worked. Well done.

:32:41. > :32:50.This was Birtwistle's finish. He said an extra gear. Second two years

:32:51. > :32:54.in a row, Jacob from Australia. Jacob, how did you find the energy

:32:55. > :33:00.for that final sprint? You looked to have no chance of a podium at one

:33:01. > :33:06.point. I don't know, really. I have always got that little something

:33:07. > :33:09.there, I guess from my history as a runner before making the switch to

:33:10. > :33:12.triathlon. I would rather not put myself in a position to have to

:33:13. > :33:16.chase like that in the last 500 metres, but when it comes to days

:33:17. > :33:21.like today, I am glad it is there. And what is it bad Hamburg that

:33:22. > :33:26.agrees with you? It is two silvers in a row. Yeah, I love Hamburg. It

:33:27. > :33:30.is hands down my favourite race on the circuit. The crowds are amazing,

:33:31. > :33:35.the course is fantastic. And I have had a couple of good performances

:33:36. > :33:40.here as well. Really happy to be back. Hopefully, it continues. Ryan,

:33:41. > :33:44.they say life begins at 30. You are not quite 30 but you must be

:33:45. > :33:53.delighted to get on a WTF podium for the first time. I couldn't be

:33:54. > :33:56.happier. This is one of my favourite races and I have wanted to get on

:33:57. > :34:03.the podium. I felt good today and I just believed in myself. I had a

:34:04. > :34:10.pretty good season so far and I am just so happy. Do you think you are

:34:11. > :34:15.racing as you have -- as well as you have at any point in your career?

:34:16. > :34:19.Definitely better. I have always trained well, I have just struggled

:34:20. > :34:23.to put it together in the race. It has taken a while to figure that

:34:24. > :34:27.out. But I am super happy to figure it out now. It has not been an easy

:34:28. > :34:34.few years, but I couldn't be happier. Second year in a row that

:34:35. > :34:41.Mario Mola has taken top honours in Hamburg. He wins for the second year

:34:42. > :35:14.in succession. Mario Mola just looked so strong at

:35:15. > :35:19.the end of that race and throughout the whole race. Definitely.

:35:20. > :35:28.He pledged that really well. He kept himself near the front all the time,

:35:29. > :35:33.but not doing too much work. He moved away effortlessly. He looked

:35:34. > :35:37.at the end like he could do another one. He is an absolute class act and

:35:38. > :35:42.it showed what he is planning on for the rest of the season. We saw a

:35:43. > :35:49.crash in the women's race which was pretty nasty, and another crash in

:35:50. > :35:53.this race, with a man out because of that. It was difficult to see what

:35:54. > :36:00.happened. The Hungarian athletes seemed to swerve into him. It could

:36:01. > :36:14.be that he hit a bump in the carpet at the wrong angle. He seemed fine.

:36:15. > :36:23.Took about Jacob Birtwhistle. He did well. He is an up-and-coming star.

:36:24. > :36:29.He is the training partner of Mario Mola. He is a very good runner. He

:36:30. > :36:33.still has a lot to learn on the World Series level, that in future

:36:34. > :36:39.years, Jack will be one of the main contenders. It must be interesting

:36:40. > :36:52.when you are running partner and you are close to them as well. Yeah,

:36:53. > :37:01.it's different. But they are another competitor on the day. Bishop had a

:37:02. > :37:07.problem in T2. I am not sure what happened. It was a hectic

:37:08. > :37:09.transition. The whole field came in together, and that often causes

:37:10. > :37:14.problems with people crossing over each other. You get people tripping

:37:15. > :37:18.over your bikes and he probably got caught up. We mentioned the

:37:19. > :37:23.Commonwealth, and nothing changed. So it wasn't a good story for the

:37:24. > :37:28.Brits. Similar story for the British women. None of the British men

:37:29. > :37:34.qualified for the Commonwealth. A disappointing day for the Brits. The

:37:35. > :37:38.boys were quite far down the list. The action does not end in Hamburg.

:37:39. > :38:08.We go now to one of my favourite races. Have a look at this.

:38:09. > :38:15.Mixed relay. Those who don't know how it works, set it up for us.

:38:16. > :38:19.Their former para athletes, two men and two women and against female,

:38:20. > :38:27.male, female, mail, so you always have a male anchor. That is the last

:38:28. > :38:32.person to go. It is fast and furious. It is raced over a 300

:38:33. > :38:37.metres swim, eight kilometre bike and 1500m run. Distances vary

:38:38. > :38:41.depending on the course. And it's the only time that as triathletes,

:38:42. > :38:48.we get to really compete as a team. So everyone gets up for it and

:38:49. > :38:52.enjoys it. Tell us about team tactics. Are there particular ways

:38:53. > :38:55.to play your strongest athlete? Classically, people put their

:38:56. > :38:59.strongest male on the last leg and always start with the female who is

:39:00. > :39:03.the strongest swimmer. But you see a view team is trialling different

:39:04. > :39:06.things. Coming closer to the Olympics, now that it is an Olympic

:39:07. > :39:11.event, you will see people playing around with it more and trying

:39:12. > :39:15.different tactics. Maybe some surprise tactics to get the

:39:16. > :39:22.advantage. The good news for amateur athletes like me is that they have

:39:23. > :39:26.started putting on races for us as well. It is a great way to get

:39:27. > :39:30.involved in the sport. You really see the fun side of triathlon. It is

:39:31. > :39:34.normally a gruelling event, but with the shorter distance and the fact

:39:35. > :39:38.that it is a team event, it is more accessible. We know the mixed relay

:39:39. > :39:44.championships will be in Nottingham on September the 2nd, live on BBC

:39:45. > :39:48.Two at 2:15 p:m.. Will you be there? I would love to be there. I will be

:39:49. > :39:53.representing Leeds, which is where I train. There will be a team from

:39:54. > :39:57.Cardiff and Loughborough. So that will be brilliant, plus a few

:39:58. > :40:01.international teams from Australia, Germany, America. Lots to look

:40:02. > :40:05.forward to in Hamburg. Which teams would you be looking out for? The

:40:06. > :40:10.hot favourites are the Australians. They have a really strong team going

:40:11. > :40:14.forward. The French are always really good. There will be a few

:40:15. > :40:20.surprises. There always are. The Canadians are putting out a fresh

:40:21. > :40:24.team. And you always have to keep an eye out for Great Britain. We have a

:40:25. > :40:29.good team. We are missing some of our strongest athletes, but we are

:40:30. > :40:31.still a force to be reckoned with. I know you will join the commentary on

:40:32. > :40:45.this one. Let's see what happens. COMMENTATOR: This is the course that

:40:46. > :40:48.they will race. Two loops of 3.5 ks, the same circuit they raced in the

:40:49. > :40:56.elite competition yesterday to bring them up to a total of seven ks. As

:40:57. > :41:03.they hang up their bikes, they will head out for a mile run, 1.6

:41:04. > :41:10.kilometres. It is swim, bike, run for each competitor before they hand

:41:11. > :41:14.over to their next team-mate. Swim, bike, run four times and the fastest

:41:15. > :41:20.team home takes the title as world champions for 2017. Here are the

:41:21. > :42:03.teams. How do you see this working out? It

:42:04. > :42:08.depends on how the athletes who raced yesterday feel today. The

:42:09. > :42:12.distances are so different. You have the standard distance and then the

:42:13. > :42:16.sprint, which is tough, but this is super-tough. Some of the athletes

:42:17. > :42:26.will be more equipped to deal with this than others. In triathlon

:42:27. > :42:31.terms, it is a flat-out sprint. The 2017 ITU triathlon mixed relay World

:42:32. > :42:39.Championships, here in Hamburg. And they are under way. 21 teams taking

:42:40. > :42:45.part. A 300 metre swim followed by a seven K bike and then a 1.6

:42:46. > :42:50.kilometre run to conclude. Four athletes per team. This is one of

:42:51. > :42:57.the most exciting events of the year on the ITU calendar. Sophie Coldwell

:42:58. > :43:00.is off to a great start, number seven. She is one of the fastest

:43:01. > :43:04.swimmers we have over 50 metres across the whole squad, men and

:43:05. > :43:12.women, so I am not surprised to see her leading out of that. She is

:43:13. > :43:23.closely followed by Lopez of Brazil, who led the swim out yesterday. She

:43:24. > :43:27.is quite a young Brazilian. Seeing that start is so dramatic. I don't

:43:28. > :43:31.think there is any other sport that you see such a dramatic start to a

:43:32. > :43:36.race. The start here is easier than yesterday. There were 60 athletes on

:43:37. > :43:40.the touchline. Just 21 here, which makes it a bit easier because it is

:43:41. > :43:45.a real bunfights sometimes. Definitely easier when there are

:43:46. > :43:48.less people, but then it is so close to that first turn. That is where

:43:49. > :43:54.the congestion comes in and you get knocked around a little bit. They

:43:55. > :44:06.are approaching the end of the first swim. Look at the support again in

:44:07. > :44:12.Hamburg. They are out in their thousands to watch this event. You

:44:13. > :44:19.can see McShane is further back in tenth position, about halfway down

:44:20. > :44:23.the field. She is holding her own, but a lot can happen in transition.

:44:24. > :44:30.This is where you can see splits happen. Here we come to the end of

:44:31. > :44:33.the first swim, starting to prepare for the transition by unzipping wet

:44:34. > :44:52.suits, removing swim caps and goggles.

:44:53. > :45:01.All of the first 20 teams out of the water within 15 seconds of each

:45:02. > :45:06.other. Kasper in transition. I don't think we can discount the South

:45:07. > :45:14.African team that got silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The

:45:15. > :45:19.Germans away. They got a podium place in the individual women's

:45:20. > :45:25.competition yesterday, and they will be encouraged by early signs here.

:45:26. > :45:30.They certainly will be. The Germans have done well. They won the World

:45:31. > :45:35.Championships back in 2013. There is pressure when you race on home soil,

:45:36. > :45:40.but that is positive pressure. The athletes coming around the bend,

:45:41. > :45:43.getting their shoes on. The roads will be wet, they had to take

:45:44. > :45:49.careful, especially when you hit the paint markings on the road.

:45:50. > :45:55.Definitely. White lines, any grids or metal on the floor can be

:45:56. > :46:00.treacherous in wet conditions. There are cobbles here, and they add a new

:46:01. > :46:13.element of difficulty to a course in the rain. Narrowest part of the

:46:14. > :46:17.course again. Minds turn towards transition again. Neat and tidy on

:46:18. > :46:21.the way in and out is what they want. Sophie Coldwell has given

:46:22. > :46:27.Great Britain a really positive start here. One of the first out of

:46:28. > :46:33.the water. She has been up at the front of the field throughout the

:46:34. > :46:37.bike. 15 and a half minutes in, the first bike leg is about to conclude.

:46:38. > :46:46.All the triathletes will hang up their bikes and run 1.6 kilometres,

:46:47. > :46:49.a mile. The Germans are celebrating. Switzerland, USA, Brazil, France,

:46:50. > :46:55.Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and Spain all in this

:46:56. > :47:02.group. On the right, the transition for Kirsten Kasper. She leads the

:47:03. > :47:10.transition, pushed along by Switzerland. Strong out by no more

:47:11. > :47:16.than three or four seconds. The good news is, Coldwell has absolutely

:47:17. > :47:22.nailed it and leads them out. Switzerland had a good run

:47:23. > :47:27.yesterday, those three will possibly hand over, although McShane will

:47:28. > :47:35.come through strongly, I'm sure. A bit of a collision between McShane

:47:36. > :47:44.and France, avoiding any serious damage. It will be culled well

:47:45. > :47:50.passing on to Gordon Benson for his swim - bike run. Kasper will tag Ben

:47:51. > :47:55.Kanute for his run. The Australians will go to Matthew Hauser, a

:47:56. > :48:04.brilliant swimmer, as he proved yesterday. Switzerland in the hands

:48:05. > :48:07.of Yolande Annan will pass on to as Kasper almost goes down. A clipping

:48:08. > :48:15.of heels. Let's look at that. Kirsten might have run into the back

:48:16. > :48:19.there. You can Sato has decided she wants to be first into transition

:48:20. > :48:24.for the changeover. And has put a little injection of pace in here.

:48:25. > :48:28.Good running from the Japanese. It would be great to see Japan do well

:48:29. > :48:32.today. They have never made the podium, and they are such a strong

:48:33. > :48:40.team, with a strong presence in the World Series. Look at the smile on

:48:41. > :48:45.the face there. There was a little trip for the next man out of

:48:46. > :48:50.transition as the changeover is come and go in quick succession, some in

:48:51. > :48:56.wet suits, some choosing not to wear wet suits. Down at the water, second

:48:57. > :48:59.triathlete way is the Japanese. Then, six or seven guys together

:49:00. > :49:08.leaping and getting into the water as they tried to close down the

:49:09. > :49:22.leader. Gordon Benson was just a long the back. Hauser might have

:49:23. > :49:29.another storm of a leg. This is the entrance to the water. That was a

:49:30. > :49:35.terrible dive! 0.0 four style marks there. All that lead he was given by

:49:36. > :49:40.Sato was lost because he slipped and did a belly flop. Approaching the

:49:41. > :49:45.end of swim number two. When they emerge, we will see who is still in

:49:46. > :49:49.contention. They will have sorted themselves out a bit on the turn. We

:49:50. > :49:54.will hope Gordon Benson has managed to keep tabs on the leaders and not

:49:55. > :49:59.let himself get too far removed. Hauser is in a league of his own

:50:00. > :50:02.come out of the water in first position. Ben Kanute from the United

:50:03. > :50:07.States of America in second. Then, they come thick and fast, Australia

:50:08. > :50:11.first, then the United States, Ben Kanute. Followed by the South

:50:12. > :50:19.Africans with Henri Schoeman. He is a strong swimmer. Switzerland,

:50:20. > :50:24.Japan, France. Gordon Benson is top of your screen, just arriving in

:50:25. > :50:28.transition now, looking for his bike. Gordon needs to make sure he

:50:29. > :50:31.has a clean and fast transition, not falling off the back of the front

:50:32. > :50:36.group, seven seconds isn't far. But at the end of the day, if they get

:50:37. > :50:39.out quicker than him, he might struggle to get into that group. At

:50:40. > :50:47.this point, Great Britain need to stay in contention. The Australian

:50:48. > :50:52.Matthew Hauser, good swimmer, but now on his weaker discipline on the

:50:53. > :50:56.bike. He tries to get his foot in the right shoe. The others are

:50:57. > :51:02.already set and powering past him. We will see different tactics on the

:51:03. > :51:08.bikes to the women's first leg. The guys in general will take a view

:51:09. > :51:12.more risks. Yeah, definitely they will. Kanute went out of transition

:51:13. > :51:19.really hard, motoring away. He wants to break away and get clear. Coninx

:51:20. > :51:23.is a strong cyclist. France will be strong and big contenders today,

:51:24. > :51:27.especially if the split happens. At the moment, I can't see houses

:51:28. > :51:32.closing that down if these two are committed. Struggle to get his foot

:51:33. > :51:38.anywhere near his bike shoe. This was Hauser in transition, stepping

:51:39. > :51:43.out of his wet suit, found the box, picked up his bike and away he went.

:51:44. > :51:51.Things went downhill after that, brilliant swimmer, no doubt about

:51:52. > :51:58.it. Ben Kanute takes it up again, once more for the United States of

:51:59. > :52:05.America. He has Matthew Mcelroy running the anchor leg for the USA.

:52:06. > :52:09.Do you see Michael Wood's as the weak link? They have but there we

:52:10. > :52:14.click on the last leg is tactical, which is why Kanute has gone out so

:52:15. > :52:20.hard, I think. Their aim here is to get Kanute with an advantage, and

:52:21. > :52:24.the rest of the teams will chase down Mcelroy. It will be an

:52:25. > :52:30.interesting finish. Now they prepare for the transition from bike to run.

:52:31. > :52:35.They have 160 metres left to go. The dismount line approaching, onto the

:52:36. > :52:39.carpet. They had to hit this on the money, and that was close for the

:52:40. > :52:45.American. Coninx and Kanute into transition, looking for their slot.

:52:46. > :52:52.They will park the bikes, leave their cycle helmets behind, running

:52:53. > :52:56.shoes on. A mile to run. Smooth for the American. Coninx with him as

:52:57. > :53:01.well. They arrived together and leave pretty much together. Now the

:53:02. > :53:08.chasers come in. Gordon Benson arrives in transition. Needs to be

:53:09. > :53:11.quick. Some have been and gone by the time Benson emerges from

:53:12. > :53:19.transition, particularly fast from the Swiss, in and out of transition

:53:20. > :53:23.in a flash. Let's hope that Benson can find a little bit of track speed

:53:24. > :53:27.that he had as a junior, because he will have to work hard. He was off

:53:28. > :53:30.the pace of the main group on the run. Not the best transition.

:53:31. > :53:39.Interestingly, Hauser was at the back with him as well. Ben Kanute's

:53:40. > :53:44.transition, didn't panic or rush, but got it done. Coninx stretching

:53:45. > :53:48.Kanute, a burst of energy from the Frenchman, taking outright

:53:49. > :53:52.leadership of this race as Kanute starts to rock and roll from side to

:53:53. > :53:56.side in a desperate attempt to stay on the shoulder of Dorian Coninx.

:53:57. > :54:02.But at the moment, the Frenchman has the measure of the American. Waiting

:54:03. > :54:09.is potentially France's weak link, Emily Mori will take the changeover

:54:10. > :54:16.shortly. She is at the end of this stretch of blue carpet. She will

:54:17. > :54:21.take over from Dorian Coninx, who has performed brilliantly so far.

:54:22. > :54:25.Next up, Katie Zaferes takes the change from Ben Kanute and sprints

:54:26. > :54:29.out of transition. Belgium next, then South Africa, the Australians

:54:30. > :54:48.had over will I think this could be interesting

:54:49. > :54:54.for the USA. Katie could extend the lead. It looks like the French girl

:54:55. > :54:59.is having a good swim here as well. We will see if these two can work

:55:00. > :55:08.together and maybe have a similar situation to Kanute and Coninx.

:55:09. > :55:16.Elegant style. To further raise leads to the United States of

:55:17. > :55:21.America. The fear is kicks away and will potentially emerge ahead of the

:55:22. > :55:25.rest of the competition. It is worth minding ourselves at this stage that

:55:26. > :55:30.potentially the USA's weakest link is therefore triathlete today,

:55:31. > :55:34.Matthew Mcelroy. The French have Vincent Luis, who has been a win of

:55:35. > :55:40.World Triathlon Series level in the past. How are the chase group

:55:41. > :55:44.getting on? Within this pack, we hope to find Lucy Hall. That is Lucy

:55:45. > :55:49.on the front, I think with the pink sleeves. She has made her way up and

:55:50. > :55:54.started closing the gap on the front two. Great news was. Lucy is strong

:55:55. > :55:57.and confident on the bike map and can hopefully get this group working

:55:58. > :56:07.well and close the deficit to the leaders. Mourier for France first

:56:08. > :56:14.into the water, but emerges second. Lucy Hall leads the chase group out,

:56:15. > :56:18.and a group of five will arrive similarly timed into transition. 19

:56:19. > :56:22.seconds off the pace of Katie Zaferes at this stage. Let's see how

:56:23. > :56:25.Katie Zaferes deals with her transition here. Steps out of the

:56:26. > :56:31.wet suit, multi tasks by clipping on the helmet at the same time. Mourier

:56:32. > :56:36.of France has made a good transition as well. Picks up her bike and

:56:37. > :56:41.exits. As she exits, the next group will enter transition. On the right,

:56:42. > :56:45.you can see the union flag of Lucy Hall and she has made a good

:56:46. > :56:49.transition. She is in and out in double quick time, rapid-fire

:56:50. > :56:54.transition for Lucy Hall. First of the chase group to leave. Lucy is

:56:55. > :56:59.such a strong cyclist, she is brave, technically she is good. She might

:57:00. > :57:03.need time on the mile run because he does lose a bit of time on the run.

:57:04. > :57:11.Interesting to see how Katie Zaferes goes. She admits to herself not

:57:12. > :57:14.being the strongest cyclist, particularly technically as well.

:57:15. > :57:18.She was impressive in Yokohama, and all the girls in the group said how

:57:19. > :57:22.impressed they were with her. Katie has made an effort on that. Now we

:57:23. > :57:29.go to the chasing group, and it is Lucy Hall at the front. She is

:57:30. > :57:33.taking the initiative here, and just in conversation with Switzerland, I

:57:34. > :57:38.think? It is Canada. Canada in second position, team Canada were

:57:39. > :57:45.presented by Joanna Brown. Katie Zaferes is through. The gap is

:57:46. > :57:49.already up to 15 seconds. Mourier has gone backwards and joined in

:57:50. > :57:57.with the Lucy Hall group, which includes the Canadian, the Dutch as

:57:58. > :58:01.well. The difference is 21 seconds. 21 seconds between Katie Zaferes and

:58:02. > :58:08.this next group of four. This was the moment when Mourier of France

:58:09. > :58:11.joined in with the chase group. Katie Zaferes is riding quite

:58:12. > :58:16.carefully. Quite upright going into the bends. She doesn't get down low.

:58:17. > :58:21.She is probably cautious of the circuit today, but she is

:58:22. > :58:26.notoriously not known as not the strongest, but she has been working

:58:27. > :58:31.on it. The bike is almost done the Katie Zaferes. You can see the gap.

:58:32. > :58:35.They are on the same camera shot now. Lucy Hall reaching down to

:58:36. > :58:39.remove her feet from the shoes. Meanwhile, Katie Zaferes as they

:58:40. > :58:44.stumble at the dismount line. That was very poor. That has given Lucy

:58:45. > :58:49.Hall and her group an extra couple of seconds, 56 minutes and 37

:58:50. > :58:55.seconds to this stage in the mixed relay. Katie Zaferes arrives at her

:58:56. > :59:00.stand. Running shoes on. She has left her bike helmet behind, and

:59:01. > :59:04.away she goes. But the chasers are just 15 seconds off the pace. The

:59:05. > :59:10.Netherlands, Canada is Lucy Hall of Great Britain. We are with Lucy Hall

:59:11. > :59:16.now. Shoes on. Meanwhile, she's been rather outdone in transition by the

:59:17. > :59:20.Canadian and the Dutch athlete. She will have to chase them down now.

:59:21. > :59:27.Lucy Hall away in fourth position at this stage. What is interesting for

:59:28. > :59:33.Great Britain at the minute is that the two teams just ahead of Lucy,

:59:34. > :59:45.the Netherlands and Canada, their anchor legs aren't the most

:59:46. > :59:49.established athletes. Van Egdom is strong on the bike, but I am not

:59:50. > :59:55.sure about his run ability. It is not notorious, that's for sure. We

:59:56. > :00:00.need Lucy Hall to hang on and do what we have seen the boys do in the

:00:01. > :00:03.last 200-300 metres, run it like a sprint race. Lucy needs to hang on

:00:04. > :00:10.as much as she can to these athletes. As you said, you are

:00:11. > :00:13.right, the Canadian fourth leg and the Netherlands fourth leg isn't

:00:14. > :00:18.that strong. Tom Bishop will race really well over this shorter

:00:19. > :00:22.distance. An hour, two minutes and five seconds as they reach exchange

:00:23. > :00:29.number three. Katie Zaferes will pass over right here to Matthew

:00:30. > :00:30.Mcelroy. He is the last triathlete in the competition today for the

:00:31. > :00:42.United States of America. Zaferes he has been handed a

:00:43. > :00:54.handsome lead as he sets out for his swim. Back down Waterside, McIlroy

:00:55. > :01:11.is a way for his 300 metre swim. It will be interesting to see how well

:01:12. > :01:15.Mcelroy swims. Jorik Van Egdom is in the water for the Netherlands,

:01:16. > :01:19.swimming, biking and running the final leg for them as beep Abdul

:01:20. > :01:29.alongside the current leader for the United States of America, Matthew

:01:30. > :01:33.Mcelroy. Meanwhile, we hook up with Tom Bishop, who is in the water and

:01:34. > :01:40.on his way as he tries to close the gap out to the leaders. Mcelroy has

:01:41. > :01:49.been caught by Alexey LePage, the Canadian. The gap is to the

:01:50. > :01:58.Dutchman, Jorik Van Egdom. And next to appear should be Tom Bishop

:01:59. > :02:02.alongside Jacob Birtwistle. The first man out of the water should be

:02:03. > :02:09.Matthew Mcelroy. He was handed a comfortable lead by Katie Zeferes,

:02:10. > :02:14.but we will keep an eye on how it unfolds here. It looks as if Alexis

:02:15. > :02:19.LePage has moved into first position ahead of Matthew Mcelroy, so it is

:02:20. > :02:27.all -- and all North American affair a. Matthew Mcelroy slightly shaky on

:02:28. > :02:39.his feet as he came out onto dry land. The Canadian team are leading

:02:40. > :02:47.the World Championship relay here. We will see LePage and Mcelroy in

:02:48. > :02:51.transition. These two will want to get as much time as they can on the

:02:52. > :02:55.group coming up behind them. I don't think Alexis is the strongest

:02:56. > :03:05.cyclist, so Tom and Dick will be hunting them down. --, and Jake.

:03:06. > :03:13.Wide open here. Bishop is in transition. He is on the right of

:03:14. > :03:17.screen. We will now watch Bishop in transition. Pretty sharp so far.

:03:18. > :03:21.Kicks away his wet suit. He has to remember to put it in the white box.

:03:22. > :03:29.He has remembered to do that. He will be ahead of Jacob Birtwhistle,

:03:30. > :03:40.fractionally. Out on lap one now on the bike. Oh, LePage goes down! And

:03:41. > :03:45.he is back in the saddle quickly, but he has lost his chance to leave

:03:46. > :03:49.this race. It is the first casualty we have seen on the bike all day,

:03:50. > :03:57.which is surprising how wet the conditions have been. He recovered

:03:58. > :04:02.quickly from that, to be fair. But a shame, because that has maybe put

:04:03. > :04:10.Canada out of contention. It was the front wheel that went. 2.2

:04:11. > :04:14.kilometres from Matthew Mcelroy. He has worked exceptionally hard. He

:04:15. > :04:18.was with the Canadian for a while. Then Lepage went down and Mcelroy

:04:19. > :04:24.was left to battle for the majority of this second K ride on his own.

:04:25. > :04:34.And he is working doubly hard as the trio close in on Lepage. Those three

:04:35. > :04:39.will shortly become four. Bishop is easy to spot, with the huge tattoo

:04:40. > :04:43.on his left arm. Birtwistle was the runner-up yesterday in the

:04:44. > :04:47.individual competition. Lepage, who was with the leaders for so long,

:04:48. > :04:53.and Vanek of the Netherlands, about to catch Matthew Mcelroy of the

:04:54. > :04:59.United States of America with the last 750 metres of the bike. He

:05:00. > :05:04.glances to his left. He knows they are coming. The transition could be

:05:05. > :05:08.key. Who will be first to arrive, and more importantly, who will be

:05:09. > :05:13.first to strike from transition and set about eating up the ground on

:05:14. > :05:20.this one mile run, this 1.6 kilometre run that remains? He is

:05:21. > :05:24.waiting for them, isn't he? He keeps glancing over his shoulder. He knows

:05:25. > :05:28.they are coming and maybe here's hoping that when they go past, he

:05:29. > :05:36.can get into a good position so that coming into the transition, he is

:05:37. > :05:40.not at the back. Van Egdom is sensibly keeping his distance from

:05:41. > :05:44.the Canadian ahead of him as they head into the narrow stretch of the

:05:45. > :05:50.backstreets of Hamburg. Mcelroy's lead is just about over here as

:05:51. > :05:54.Birtwistle stands and pushes a big gear, with Bishop behind him. Then

:05:55. > :06:04.the Canadian Lepage and at the back, Van Egdom. By Glegg four is about to

:06:05. > :06:07.conclude. The medals will surely be decided within these five nations

:06:08. > :06:13.now as they prepare for the second transition. Birtwistle is about to

:06:14. > :06:19.arrive. Tom Bishop on the right of screen, looking for his place in

:06:20. > :06:23.transition. Lepage 's first to arrive. Mcelroy had the long-time

:06:24. > :06:30.leader for the United States of America. Tom had a bit of a

:06:31. > :06:33.collision with Alexis Lepage, and that has really cost him. That is

:06:34. > :06:45.why he is at the back of these three going out. Bishop is last to leave

:06:46. > :06:51.transition. Oh, it was a collision with the Dutch athlete, not Lepage.

:06:52. > :06:58.That is going to cost Bishop Daly. Lepage's race is run and Tom Bishop

:06:59. > :07:04.will shortly move past the Canadian and into fourth position. What we

:07:05. > :07:09.need here is project to come off the front of these two and stop pulling

:07:10. > :07:13.them around. That will give Tom a chance to get back up to them. But

:07:14. > :07:18.the Dutch athlete is really struggling here as well. It looks

:07:19. > :07:22.like it will be down to the two, Birtwistle of Australia and Mcelroy

:07:23. > :07:27.of the USA. Mcelroy is clearly a decent run over a mile. I think we

:07:28. > :07:30.have underestimated Mcelroy here. He has been really impressive

:07:31. > :07:33.throughout this race, definitely keeping the Americans in contention,

:07:34. > :07:39.although it is hard to see past Birtwistle for the win. He has a

:07:40. > :07:44.tremendous finish on him. He really digs deep and picks up over the last

:07:45. > :07:48.couple of hundred metres. Van Egdom is desperately trying to cling onto

:07:49. > :07:52.that bronze medal position as they run past some athletes who are

:07:53. > :08:00.further down the field. Van Egdom is in his final area of reserves as the

:08:01. > :08:03.pace quickened is at the front, Birtwistle trying to break Mcelroy.

:08:04. > :08:08.Mcelroy is not giving up on this gold medal for the USA. Great

:08:09. > :08:12.Britain still have an outside chance of a bronze here, depending on what

:08:13. > :08:18.happens to Van Egdom, who is currently holding third. Another

:08:19. > :08:21.kick on the turn from Birtwistle. Last 150 metres and this time it

:08:22. > :08:29.looks as if Birtwistle had the measure of Mcelroy. Mcelroy's last

:08:30. > :08:33.stand comes crashing down as Birtwistle reaches sprinting pace,

:08:34. > :08:38.and he is going to come home to win the gold medal for Australia. The

:08:39. > :08:45.Australians are the champions of the world in 2017! Mcelroy holds on to

:08:46. > :08:49.bring silver for the United States of America, and Van Egdom have held

:08:50. > :08:54.off the challenge of Bishop to hold bronze. Bishop brings home for the

:08:55. > :08:58.position for Great Britain. The medals are decided. Great Britain

:08:59. > :09:06.will not have one. Australia are the world champions. I love it here. I

:09:07. > :09:14.was happy with the race yesterday and obviously again today to come

:09:15. > :09:17.out with the guys. When the world champions was awesome. How tough was

:09:18. > :09:23.it on the bike and the run, trying to get in the medals? Being so low

:09:24. > :09:27.wasn't great, but I relied on my track speed in the last 200.

:09:28. > :09:32.Birtwistle came by and took the win, but this is my first mixed relay, so

:09:33. > :09:36.I was happy with the result. To have these three team-mates was amazing.

:09:37. > :09:45.We like to take risks. It was awesome. Beforehand, my legs were

:09:46. > :09:52.not feeling great after yesterday. Today, I wanted to show that I could

:09:53. > :10:00.actually swim. I am so proud of everyone. This was awesome.

:10:01. > :10:02.Confirmation of the final result. Gold to Australia. The USA take the

:10:03. > :10:15.silver. Bronze to the Netherlands. Mixed relay is always thrilling to

:10:16. > :10:20.watch. That didn't disappoint. You called it for the Australians and

:10:21. > :10:24.you were right, Non. It was hard to see past the Australians for the

:10:25. > :10:30.win. They have two podiums in the individual race in the shape of

:10:31. > :10:33.Ashleigh Gentle and Jacob Birtwhistle. Jake brought it home.

:10:34. > :10:37.He had a disadvantage to make up after Ashleigh Gentle's leg, but

:10:38. > :10:45.they worked well together and he outclassed everybody. The speed of

:10:46. > :10:49.that finish was amazing. It was very impressive, but we know that is what

:10:50. > :10:53.Jake is good at. He has shown it in lots of races before. You don't want

:10:54. > :10:58.to be in a sprint finish with him. Let's look at tactics. The Americans

:10:59. > :11:03.and the Dutch did completely different things. Yeah, the

:11:04. > :11:07.Americans put possibly their weakest athlete on the final leg, who is a

:11:08. > :11:13.bit of an unknown. But to be fair to Mcelroy, he really stepped up and

:11:14. > :11:16.produced a solid performance. He looked a bit like a rabbit in the

:11:17. > :11:21.headlights on the bike, but on the run, he stuck to take Birtwistle and

:11:22. > :11:26.had a really impressive run. The Dutch athlete said afterwards that

:11:27. > :11:31.they change the order of the last minute, so they went against what

:11:32. > :11:37.the coaches suggested and put Rachel Klamer on the third leg, and it paid

:11:38. > :11:42.off. It did. Tom Bishop - we know he had had a problem in T2 in his

:11:43. > :11:46.individual race and again, it went wrong all over the place. It was

:11:47. > :11:50.really unfortunate. He could have put in seven a better position going

:11:51. > :11:54.into transition to get off the bike. He was at the back of that group and

:11:55. > :11:58.you always want to be at the front, because it eliminates the chances of

:11:59. > :12:01.people running across you. That was what happened. The Dutch athlete ran

:12:02. > :12:07.across Tom, caught the front of his wheel. Tom lost his shoes, so you

:12:08. > :12:12.have to pick that up, and it cost him time. What do you think it cost

:12:13. > :12:16.the British team? I think it cost them the silver, unfortunately. He

:12:17. > :12:21.would have been up there with Jake, and Jake Wood possibly have

:12:22. > :12:26.outsprinted him, you never know. But Tom is a better athlete than

:12:27. > :12:31.Mcelroy. That is disappointing. There are still four races to go in

:12:32. > :12:36.this year's World Series. Next up is Edmonton in two weeks' time. Then

:12:37. > :12:42.Montreal and Stockholm, all building towards the grand final in Rotterdam

:12:43. > :13:05.in September. And there was more sports on the BBC today.

:13:06. > :13:13.We promised thrills and spills in Hamburg. We certainly have them. It

:13:14. > :13:17.was an exciting weekend of racing. Good work with the rehabilitation of

:13:18. > :13:18.your Achilles. Thanks for being part of the team, and thank you for

:13:19. > :13:51.watching. See you soon. The Australians are the champions of

:13:52. > :13:54.the world in 2017!