Stockholm Highlights

:00:45. > :00:51.Hello, and welcome to the Penallta Matt round and this year's world

:00:52. > :00:56.triathlon series, -- Penallta Matt round. It comes from Sweden's

:00:57. > :01:01.capital, Stockholm. This is the last chance to amass points ahead of the

:01:02. > :01:06.grand final in Rotterdam next month. Up first this afternoon, it's the

:01:07. > :01:10.women's race. After her first World Series victory in Montreal this

:01:11. > :01:16.weekend, we've been speaking to one of the hottest properties in

:01:17. > :01:19.triathlon right now, Ozzie Ashleigh Gentle. Jodie Stimpson makes her

:01:20. > :01:23.latest comeback from injury here in Stockholm and is hoping to enjoy

:01:24. > :01:30.what is left of the season. I've missed a lot of time this year, I'm

:01:31. > :01:35.happy to be back racing. I've been catching up with Johnny Brownlee

:01:36. > :01:43.after another fourth-place finish in Montreal, and getting to know

:01:44. > :01:48.Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt. But first, here is Matt Chilton with a

:01:49. > :01:53.look at the 2017 series so far. The season start saw the return to form

:01:54. > :01:58.of Andrea Hewitt and Javier Gomez Noya both winners in Abu Dhabi. For

:01:59. > :02:03.the first time in many years, British success has been hard to

:02:04. > :02:10.find. Alistair Brownlee's cameo performance in Leeds the only

:02:11. > :02:12.victory of the 2017 series. But, God Save The Queen has still been a

:02:13. > :02:22.familiar sound. Only because it's also the album of Bermuda. Roudham

:02:23. > :02:27.Bermuda Flora Duffy has four wins, propelling her to the top of the

:02:28. > :02:34.women's rankings. Whilst on the men's side, Spain's Mario Mola has

:02:35. > :02:39.topped the podium four times. But neither he nor Duffy have had at

:02:40. > :02:42.there own way. Mola laboured over the hills of Montreal at the start

:02:43. > :02:48.of August as his mentor Gomez and second win of his year. The fee's

:02:49. > :02:53.expected breakaway never materialised. -- Duffy's. Ashleigh

:02:54. > :02:57.Gentle took the honours. There are many twists and turns in the two

:02:58. > :03:02.remaining courses, in Stockholm and in the grand final in Rotterdam on

:03:03. > :03:11.September 16. And there may well be further twists and turns in the to

:03:12. > :03:15.become world champion for 2016. -- 2017. Like Leeds, Stockholm has a

:03:16. > :03:19.split transition. This is transition won by City Hall, you can see the

:03:20. > :03:25.choppy waters behind me. Transition two is on a steep cobbled hill

:03:26. > :03:29.outside the palace, it is a tough course suiting and all-round

:03:30. > :03:33.triathlete like Flora Duffy, who had a resounding victory here last year.

:03:34. > :03:40.She had talked about skipping this race, but she is here, and you can

:03:41. > :03:44.see that she has an opportunity. She can further extend her lead if she

:03:45. > :03:49.can get back on top of the podium today. As second place finish in

:03:50. > :03:53.Montreal bought her Bartra race unbeaten streak to an end, but she

:03:54. > :03:59.can go to Rotterdam with maximum points available at -- as it is the

:04:00. > :04:04.five best placed results that count towards the World Title. A couple of

:04:05. > :04:11.familiar faces have been missing from the women's series's Helen

:04:12. > :04:21.Jenkins and Gwen Jorgensen. They have had a pretty good excuse, they

:04:22. > :04:23.have both had babies. Helens -- Helen first, and then when gave

:04:24. > :04:29.birth to Stanley Allen, both weighing in at sevenlbs. Great news

:04:30. > :04:34.to both of them. Whilst Wayne is coming to terms with motherhood, her

:04:35. > :04:42.coach has been working with Australia's Ashleigh Gentle to great

:04:43. > :04:46.effect. Victory for Ashleigh Gentle, for the first time in her career.

:04:47. > :04:54.Congratulations for Montreal. How did that feel? It was overwhelming,

:04:55. > :04:58.to be honest. I've had a few silver medals before on the world circuit,

:04:59. > :05:03.the win came when I least expected it. I went on to the race with a bit

:05:04. > :05:07.of sickness. To come out for the win was a bit of a shock. But obviously

:05:08. > :05:12.happiness and a bit of relief as well. When did you realise that this

:05:13. > :05:15.would be your race? Not until I crushed the finish line, to be

:05:16. > :05:21.honest. I'm told that I looked behind too many times. But I guess

:05:22. > :05:25.that was part of the shock. I was just like, is somebody going to come

:05:26. > :05:30.running past me now or what? It wasn't until I got to the end then I

:05:31. > :05:36.realised that I had won. How are you feeling going into Stockholm? You've

:05:37. > :05:40.got to be on the high? I guess I got more confidence from that. I saw

:05:41. > :05:44.what I could tap into it when I wasn't feeling so well. I need to be

:05:45. > :05:48.able to convert that into when I'm feeling good. And I'm feeling good

:05:49. > :05:51.now. I've got to think about those things that I learned from Montreal

:05:52. > :05:55.and take them with me and hold onto them and really dry and convert them

:05:56. > :05:59.into my racing all of the time. You have been training with Jamie

:06:00. > :06:03.Turner. What advice and support has he given new? I guess it's very

:06:04. > :06:07.different to what I'd done in previous years. The intensity in the

:06:08. > :06:12.training has gone up quite a bit from what I'm used to. But it's not

:06:13. > :06:17.just the physical stuff. I guess he's trying to mentally prepare me

:06:18. > :06:21.for these races as well. And I think that's a huge thing for me. Just

:06:22. > :06:25.trying to combine them and keep myself well balanced and relaxed

:06:26. > :06:34.going into a race is really important. Gwen has been out having

:06:35. > :06:43.her baby, Stanley. There we congratulations to her. She's -- is

:06:44. > :06:48.absolutely gorgeous, too. I can see what I can learn from her. That's

:06:49. > :06:52.what I've been thinking of doing. Just trying to better myself to be

:06:53. > :06:57.more like her and her she approaches the races. Tell us about what you

:06:58. > :07:02.are working on's swimming, have you been working on that particularly?

:07:03. > :07:06.Of course, the swim is always seems to be and has been my weakest leg.

:07:07. > :07:11.I've been training hard for a really long time to improve my swim.

:07:12. > :07:15.Sometimes it's of course physical, but also mentor too. It's something

:07:16. > :07:21.that I'm going to continue to work on. That will be a big priority in

:07:22. > :07:24.my programme. Because I've always worked so much on my swim, I feel

:07:25. > :07:29.that I haven't really come the you know, see my full capacity on the

:07:30. > :07:33.run. I guess that's something which I will continue to work with Jamie

:07:34. > :07:36.with. I really look forward to trying to explore that more and

:07:37. > :07:42.seeing how fast I can go on the run. I feel as though it is something

:07:43. > :07:47.that I've got more to give in that area. That sounds really exciting

:07:48. > :07:51.for Ashleigh, but quite frankly terrifying for everyone else. What

:07:52. > :07:59.of the British team? Non Stanford isn't here, she's recovering from

:08:00. > :08:03.injury. Vicky Holland has announced a premature end to the season after

:08:04. > :08:07.injury, but she will be putting her vocal chords to good use helping

:08:08. > :08:13.Matt and Annie with the commentary. He'll is going to be diving in for

:08:14. > :08:17.Great Britain? We have Lizzie Hall, India Lee, and somebody who

:08:18. > :08:26.absolutely loves triathlon - Jodie Stimpson. I love triathlon. I love

:08:27. > :08:30.everything about triathlon. Well it's on TV, if I'm not supposed to

:08:31. > :08:34.be racing, I'll be watching it. But it's been terrible watching the WTS

:08:35. > :08:41.races, because I just want to be in them. How you feeling? Excited and

:08:42. > :08:45.happy to be back racing. I want to talk to about two or hold you.

:08:46. > :08:49.You've made some changes, you've moved to Loughborough. How has that

:08:50. > :08:55.been for you? Basically, everything that I used to do before I don't do

:08:56. > :09:00.now. On the bike... On the run, I have to run to pace. It's refreshing

:09:01. > :09:08.in one way, but new challenges for everything in training. Everything

:09:09. > :09:12.was going really great, going great into Abu Dhabi. And then between Abu

:09:13. > :09:19.Dhabi and the Gold Coast, I personally got carried away. Because

:09:20. > :09:23.Abu Dhabi's result was... Fantastic, so good, amazing. Such a big

:09:24. > :09:28.surprise. I had no idea how it would go, a new training group. I think I

:09:29. > :09:31.started training to quickly too hard after Abu Dhabi which flared up the

:09:32. > :09:36.keel is a bit and then it was a knock on. It was then trying to

:09:37. > :09:39.rehab from that as well. What are your aims next year? Number one has

:09:40. > :09:44.got to be defending the Commonwealth title? Jodie Stimpson and England

:09:45. > :09:53.went to be the first goal of the game. I haven't to go. It's in the

:09:54. > :09:56.selectors' Hands. It gives me goose bumps thinking about missing it. If

:09:57. > :09:59.I go, it's all geared towards that, of course, everything will be geared

:10:00. > :10:05.towards that. If I was one of the selectors, what would you say?

:10:06. > :10:09.Please, please take me! Yes, I'd love to have the opportunity to

:10:10. > :10:13.defend the title. How much are you looking forward to Stockholm? It's

:10:14. > :10:19.in two mindsets. I'm really happy and excited just to be here and be

:10:20. > :10:23.healthy enough to race. But this quarter of me is like, oh, I'm not

:10:24. > :10:28.wearing want to be. I've just got to make sure that I swim well. If I

:10:29. > :10:32.don't swim well, I'm going to be working my backside off to get to

:10:33. > :10:36.the front of the race. If I near the front, I'm going to be trying to get

:10:37. > :10:43.away. I just want to go into it and go and have fun. This course is

:10:44. > :10:47.definitely want to have it. -- one to have it. Fantastic to hear Jodi

:10:48. > :10:51.on such good form, very good luck to her. With Jodie, Flora Duffy,

:10:52. > :10:55.Ashleigh Gentle and the rest of the British women lining up at the

:10:56. > :10:59.pontoon, we have the makings of a great race. Let's can do to

:11:00. > :11:02.commentary from Matt Chilton, and the Amerson, and Olympic

:11:03. > :11:07.bronze-medallist Vicky Holland is -- Annie Emerson.

:11:08. > :11:11.COMMENTATOR: The weather isn't that one, it feels autumnal in the

:11:12. > :11:17.Swedish capital as we get ready for round eight of the 20 17th world

:11:18. > :11:23.triathlon series -- 2017 well triathlon series in this magnificent

:11:24. > :11:28.city. This is a full distance, a 1500 metres swim, a one kilometre

:11:29. > :11:35.lap followed by a 500 kilometre lap. Then a unique lap on the bike of 4.6

:11:36. > :11:39.kilometres before they then write nine laps of four kilometres in and

:11:40. > :11:46.around the city, taking in three of the different islands that make up

:11:47. > :11:51.this waterborne Swedish capital. And then the run, which involves four

:11:52. > :11:57.lapse of 2.5 kilometres each to bring up the 10,000 metre run

:11:58. > :12:02.distance. So, following the full distance race in Montreal and the

:12:03. > :12:07.sprint distance in Edmonton, it's back to full distance racing here in

:12:08. > :12:13.Stockholm. But Rob lapse of 2.5 kilometres to conclude. -- four

:12:14. > :12:16.lapse. Flora Duffy wears number one. The world champion looking to win

:12:17. > :12:23.the title for the second successive year. She wears the golden number

:12:24. > :12:30.one on Harbour on. Ashley Jensen, the Australian who came good in

:12:31. > :12:34.Montreal, is number two. Jodie Stimpson has number 14. Jess Lamont

:12:35. > :12:39.is also won the start list with number 11, the European champion,

:12:40. > :12:45.won the title in Austria in the middle of June. Lucy Hall is also

:12:46. > :12:50.involved. She wears number 18 today, a strong swimmer. And India Lee, she

:12:51. > :12:55.is the fourth British representative in the start list this afternoon,

:12:56. > :13:03.with number 90. It's a beautiful afternoon in the Swedish capital. We

:13:04. > :13:07.are ready for round eight of the 2017 world triathlon series,

:13:08. > :13:12.Stockholm playing host. Choppy water ahead. A wet suit swim. They are

:13:13. > :13:18.lined up and ready go. And the race begins. Somebody had a very early

:13:19. > :13:26.start. Somebody seemed to go a split second before the majority of the

:13:27. > :13:30.field. And now they set off on this first lap of 1000 metres. They will

:13:31. > :13:35.get out of the water at the end of that for the second, shorter lap of

:13:36. > :13:40.500 metres. That will be followed by a 40.6 kilometre cycle. Amber Rudd

:13:41. > :13:44.is a 10,000 metre Irfan, a full Olympic distance race this afternoon

:13:45. > :13:51.-- and the run is the 10,000 metre affair. I'm joined by Vicky Holland

:13:52. > :13:54.and Ami Emerson. We have justly and making a positive start to the swim

:13:55. > :14:00.for Great Britain is that Galip no surprise to see Jess is leading the

:14:01. > :14:03.way. She really is, on a good day, one of the strongest swimmers in the

:14:04. > :14:09.world triathlon series that the moment. Yes, I think it would be

:14:10. > :14:13.hard to overlook Jess is the best swimmer now in triathlon. Her and

:14:14. > :14:17.Lucy together, Lucy Hall, have dominated the swim is that they have

:14:18. > :14:24.been in over the last few years. Jess has a really, really good open

:14:25. > :14:28.water stroke, a short stroke, high turnover, similar to what we see

:14:29. > :14:33.from the Bramley Brothers. That lends it nicely to open water choppy

:14:34. > :14:36.conditions like this one. She has been at altitude recently in Italy.

:14:37. > :14:40.The word on the street is that she is swimming even better than she

:14:41. > :14:45.normally does. It's no surprise for me to see her leading the swim. Lucy

:14:46. > :14:49.Hall on her feet, the shot we had a double of minutes ago showed Flora

:14:50. > :14:55.Duffy just next to Lucy. I'm not surprised to see those three girls

:14:56. > :14:59.at the front earlier on. Looking back to Hamburg, Lucy raced there.

:15:00. > :15:04.She had an uncharacteristically slow swim for her. I would imagine that

:15:05. > :15:07.she is bringing her best swim here to Stockholm, isn't she?

:15:08. > :15:16.Yes, in a lot of ways comforting for those of us not at the front of the

:15:17. > :15:20.swim to see someone having a bad day because it shows we are human. She

:15:21. > :15:26.is second place to Jess. This is the Lucy we are used to seeing.

:15:27. > :15:33.Hamburger is a very short distance to the first buoy, and if Lucy is

:15:34. > :15:38.off her pace she may have ended up in the crash run, and for someone so

:15:39. > :15:44.used to being at the front of races, they are never in that crash, never

:15:45. > :15:48.in the melee with the masses. She is so used to being out front with

:15:49. > :15:53.clean water and not having to fight that when she is in that position it

:15:54. > :15:59.is quite hard, something she will not have practised often. We now

:16:00. > :16:02.have two swimmers on the right side, confusing for people looking on, are

:16:03. > :16:07.they in the same race? Of course they are but they have chosen to go

:16:08. > :16:12.wide. I have a feeling that is Flora Duffy on the outside. I think that

:16:13. > :16:18.is floral on Lucy Hall's feet, I think I can see the number one on

:16:19. > :16:23.the cap. On the far side, that is rootsy air, coming across from the

:16:24. > :16:31.far side, who may have had a pontoon position and may well have held her

:16:32. > :16:37.line. Approaching the first turn, they have installed underwater

:16:38. > :16:46.cameras this weekend, such is the concern with the authorities at the

:16:47. > :16:50.ITU about the danger of the tight turns and the injuries the racers

:16:51. > :16:55.can pick up. There are underwater cameras. They are well strung out

:16:56. > :16:59.now and I am not sure if we will see drama and incident here. It may be a

:17:00. > :17:06.different story for the men's race later. Jess Learmonth Way ahead, on

:17:07. > :17:10.the return leg while the last of the swimmers are still approaching the

:17:11. > :17:16.turning point. All Great Britain leading them through, halfway

:17:17. > :17:20.through the opening lap, a lap of 1000 metres to start with, after

:17:21. > :17:27.that they will exit the water, dived back in for the second shorter lap

:17:28. > :17:33.of 500 metres. British triathletes in prominent positions here. 1000

:17:34. > :17:37.metres done, 500 metres still to swim, and Learmonth is first to rise

:17:38. > :17:41.out of the water and make a way forward and round to begin the

:17:42. > :17:46.second lap. Team-mate Lucy Hall follows her up the steps and along

:17:47. > :17:53.the pontoon. Difficult to spot the numbers in the bright sunshine.

:17:54. > :17:57.Zaferes was there as well. They will dive back in before they start the

:17:58. > :18:03.second lap. Hopefully the graphic will show us who is doing what. It

:18:04. > :18:10.hasn't worked so far, so a bit of guesswork. We know about Learmonth

:18:11. > :18:14.and Hall. Flora Duffy not far away last time we got a name check so we

:18:15. > :18:20.will assume Duffy is amongst the leaders as well. I think it was

:18:21. > :18:32.Flora inferred, the Faroes in fourth -- Flora in third, Zaferes in

:18:33. > :18:36.fourth. I didn't see Jodie or India. This was Learmonth first out of the

:18:37. > :18:41.water followed by Lucy Hall, Duffy not far behind scrambling up the

:18:42. > :18:49.steps, and backing for the start of the second lap. I think that is

:18:50. > :18:52.Kirsten Kasper. . I think in fairness, it is difficult for the

:18:53. > :18:56.viewer to see, looking at the swim, it all looks peaceful and easy but

:18:57. > :19:03.when you are in the mix it is tough. It is quite disorientating. It can

:19:04. > :19:07.be. When you are on somebody's feet you tend to be following them and

:19:08. > :19:11.not looking all the time at the buoy. The siting of the buoy is

:19:12. > :19:16.advised, you don't want to be too far off course, but you don't want

:19:17. > :19:20.to expend too much energy by constantly looking for it rather

:19:21. > :19:24.than getting into your rhythm. There can be times when you are not sure

:19:25. > :19:30.how close you are to be end of the swim or the next buoy. And the

:19:31. > :19:36.swimmers around you. And the swimmers around you! Stimpson has

:19:37. > :19:44.been given a 15 second penalty. We saw somebody executed. False start.

:19:45. > :19:47.I was hoping it wouldn't be a British triathlete, but

:19:48. > :19:52.unfortunately Jodie Stimpson will have a stop- go penalty to undertake

:19:53. > :19:57.later in the race. We know she was excited to get back racing! I think

:19:58. > :20:01.she was too excited to get back on the start line. Look to the right,

:20:02. > :20:07.there she goes. She falls a little bit in but that will incur a

:20:08. > :20:11.penalty. We have news of Stimpson's performance in the water following

:20:12. > :20:17.the false start, or the early start. At the end of lap one she was not

:20:18. > :20:21.far behind, only 12 seconds down, so after she takes the stop - go

:20:22. > :20:27.penalty in transition one, she will be getting on for 30 seconds down.

:20:28. > :20:32.So Stimpson is by no means out of this race despite the 15 second

:20:33. > :20:38.penalty coming her way that she is about to discover as she exits the

:20:39. > :20:41.water. First of all, it will be fellow British triathlete Jess

:20:42. > :20:46.Learmonth. What a stunning swim from Learmonth. Out of the water, starts

:20:47. > :20:50.to creep out of the wet suit as Learmonth leads them through

:20:51. > :20:55.followed by Lucy Hall, world champion. World leader Flora Duffy

:20:56. > :21:06.next, then the first of the Americans out, Katie Zaferes.

:21:07. > :21:12.Stimpson on the blue carpet, but she has bad news awaiting her when she

:21:13. > :21:16.reaches her bike. Routier further removed from the leaders than she

:21:17. > :21:22.would normally expect, 21 seconds down. Let's watch this, as they

:21:23. > :21:27.arrive in this autumnal scene with leaves scattered over the blue

:21:28. > :21:31.carpet in transition. Nobody waiting to penalised Jodie Stimpson. Yes

:21:32. > :21:36.varies. Stimpson is about to get the bad news. Awful for Jodie, such a

:21:37. > :21:44.fantastic swimmers well, and she will find out she has a stop and go.

:21:45. > :21:49.She hasn't realised. There we go. Now she is having her stop and go.

:21:50. > :21:53.This is awful. She had a fantastic swim, the best swim we have seen

:21:54. > :21:57.Jodie have in years, and she is still standing there. This is

:21:58. > :22:00.agonising to watch. She has improved her swim which was a weakness. We

:22:01. > :22:06.know she will ride had now but I hope she can get back into the race.

:22:07. > :22:14.15 seconds must have seemed like a lifetime for Stimpson. Gentle, the

:22:15. > :22:17.Montreal winner, one minute 18 seconds off the pace, and now

:22:18. > :22:20.Stimpson has taken her punishment and is on her bike. Let's hope from

:22:21. > :22:23.her point of view that she can find decent riders to team up with and

:22:24. > :22:27.maybe do some damage to the Learmonth group's lead. They are

:22:28. > :22:32.already on the way on lap one. I don't know what was going through

:22:33. > :22:38.Jodie's mine but she was very calm. She took it well. That is crucial,

:22:39. > :22:42.that she keeps calm, gets the heart rate down. Andrea Hewitt going down,

:22:43. > :22:47.she had a disaster in the swim, as did Ashleigh Gentle as you

:22:48. > :22:50.mentioned, one minute 18 down. At least Jodie knows she has strong

:22:51. > :22:56.cyclist behind but she is in no man's land because the front runners

:22:57. > :23:00.are way up the road and the good bikers are down the road so she will

:23:01. > :23:02.have to do quite a bit of work by herself. There is no way Jodie will

:23:03. > :23:05.be waiting for those girls behind her. She said no matter where she

:23:06. > :23:10.came out of the swim she would ride had the whole time. Lap one of the

:23:11. > :23:17.bike, the first unique lap from City Hall to the royal Palace. The lead

:23:18. > :23:21.group is controlled at the moment by world champion Flora Duffy, the

:23:22. > :23:26.Bermudan in the familiar red top out in front with Jessica Learmonth and

:23:27. > :23:32.Katie Zaferes for company. Lucy Hall in the background not too far away

:23:33. > :23:36.from the group but an awful position to be in, dangling 5-10 seconds of

:23:37. > :23:44.the group, and that group will work now. We know Flora will not hang

:23:45. > :23:47.around. The Faroes will be motivated and Jess will want to right the

:23:48. > :23:54.wrongs of other races. She is racing for herself and has free rein, and I

:23:55. > :24:03.think she races tactically we will see a fantastic results. Stimpson,

:24:04. > :24:07.number 12, 32 seconds behind after incurring the 15 second penalty she

:24:08. > :24:11.got for jump-starting. She was incredibly keen to race but perhaps

:24:12. > :24:16.a little too keen. It is marginal but the rules are the rules. This

:24:17. > :24:23.race is already fascinating, with Learmonth in contention in front

:24:24. > :24:27.along with Zaferes, and Flora Duffy and the trials and tribulations

:24:28. > :24:33.suffered by Jodie Stimpson, who will now try to make amends, there is all

:24:34. > :24:37.sorts of twists and turns to enjoy as this race unfolds, and they climb

:24:38. > :24:41.over the cobbles with the blue carpet making life a little more

:24:42. > :24:46.comfortable under the wheels, to the top of the hill, in front of the

:24:47. > :24:51.Royal palace to complete the first unique lap, the bike intro they are

:24:52. > :24:55.calling it, the first lap into transition one out of the water to

:24:56. > :25:03.transition two by the Palace. That is the chase group, the chaste pair,

:25:04. > :25:11.Lucy Hall alongside Alice Betto, and three on their tails trying to close

:25:12. > :25:18.the gap. Taylor Spidey, we saw with the second place result in Leeds,

:25:19. > :25:29.Kirsten Kasper virgin Yokohama -- third in Yokohama. . Jodie Stimpson

:25:30. > :25:34.is 53 seconds down on Flora Duffy. Just about 20 seconds down on the

:25:35. > :25:37.pack in front, so if Jodie keeps bogus and keeps working, we know she

:25:38. > :25:42.is strong on the bike and the swimming and has had time out with

:25:43. > :25:49.the Achilles injury. She has been working on the bike, so she is bike

:25:50. > :25:57.fit. India Lee coming through one minute 16 off the pace. Jodie

:25:58. > :26:06.Stimpson leading that group of seven in total. Can they do damage to the

:26:07. > :26:10.Duffy group's lead? Looking at the other athletes in her group, trying

:26:11. > :26:15.to pick out somebody who will help her on the bike, but it is tough,

:26:16. > :26:20.she is doing all the work at the moment and thinks, if I sit in we

:26:21. > :26:25.will lose more time. She has Joanna Brown from Canada, who has had

:26:26. > :26:29.decent races, a breakthrough year for Joanna, fourth in Montreal on a

:26:30. > :26:34.tough bike or so we know she can ride. Hopefully that is good company

:26:35. > :26:38.for Jodie Stimpson. Back with the leaders, Duffy, the Faroes and

:26:39. > :26:40.Learmonth, clean break in transition, Duffy put the hammer

:26:41. > :26:46.down in the early stages as she always does, Best biker on the tour,

:26:47. > :26:50.and they climb again. We will get a check on timings, they are in front

:26:51. > :26:54.of the Royal palace for the second time at the end of the intro lap.

:26:55. > :27:00.The gap to the next group then was 36 seconds so we will keep an eye on

:27:01. > :27:02.how that has changed now they have completed the first of the familiar

:27:03. > :27:11.laps around the streets of Stockholm. Eight laps to go in

:27:12. > :27:19.total. As Zaferes, Duffy and Learmonth head off into the cobbled

:27:20. > :27:23.streets of the old town of beautiful Stockholm. Lots out enjoying the

:27:24. > :27:27.Saturday afternoon sunshine and watching the World Triathlon Series

:27:28. > :27:32.unfold. 36 seconds was their lead at the end of the intro lap, I think it

:27:33. > :27:35.will be much greater now at the end of the first of the normal laps

:27:36. > :27:42.around the city. The next group making the turn. Kasper, Hall,

:27:43. > :27:54.better oh and Claire Michel, 55 seconds down. 36 seconds against 55

:27:55. > :27:58.seconds, a lot of damage done by Learmonth, Duffy and Zaferes on the

:27:59. > :28:08.first of the regular laps around the city. And it is now officially

:28:09. > :28:14.called the Jodie Stimpson group, the comeback triathlete. She is

:28:15. > :28:19.potentially about to dictate the pace of this group. She will hope to

:28:20. > :28:26.run this race on her turn. Mixed bag so far today for Stimpson. Started

:28:27. > :28:32.early, punished with a 15 second stop- go penalty in T1, worked hard

:28:33. > :28:37.to get back into contention, in control of this group of ten. That

:28:38. > :28:40.stumble at the start will haunt Jodie I think a little in this race

:28:41. > :28:44.because she is riding fantastically and the swim cannot be

:28:45. > :28:47.underestimated, it is something Jodie has struggled with over the

:28:48. > :28:52.years and worked so hard on. She has really improved and I am impressed

:28:53. > :28:59.with her swim today. Zaferes is down. Goodness me! Heartbreaking.

:29:00. > :29:04.Hopefully we will see what happened to Katie Zaferes. Her race is over,

:29:05. > :29:14.doesn't look like she will continue any time soon. She has picked up a

:29:15. > :29:16.nasty bump on my left shoulder, helped away from the scene of the

:29:17. > :29:19.crash, and that leaves Flora Duffy and just Learmonth in front. We are

:29:20. > :29:22.just seeing her go around the corner. She wiped out a little too

:29:23. > :29:26.much, maybe didn't have enough pressure on the outside leg it looks

:29:27. > :29:30.like, and that is the same corner Stanford crashed on last year so

:29:31. > :29:35.this corner has form, people have crashed here before. I was about to

:29:36. > :29:38.say how impressed I have been with her cornering and technical ability

:29:39. > :29:43.today. She was right at the front, in that group, but that is a nasty

:29:44. > :29:51.crash. Learmonth thankfully able to steer clear of the prone Katie

:29:52. > :30:00.Zaferes on the tarmac. Zaferes DNS today. Three laps to go for this

:30:01. > :30:04.pair, Learmonth and Duffy. The last time they were in front of the Royal

:30:05. > :30:09.palace their advantage over the Stimpson group was one minute 45.

:30:10. > :30:12.Let's see how that changes shortly as the Stimpson group approaches the

:30:13. > :30:18.turn and makes the climb to the Royal Palace.

:30:19. > :30:25.Jodie won't be the first that week to have faced the stop and go and

:30:26. > :30:29.trying to get herself onto the podium. We don't know how her

:30:30. > :30:36.running is yet, so that is speculation. But where she took her

:30:37. > :30:40.penalty was more disadvantageous than the Olympics. There is very

:30:41. > :30:44.little advantage to be gained at that point from being in a pack,

:30:45. > :30:50.whereas Joty missed the pack because of the stop- go she had to take so

:30:51. > :30:55.early in the race. In a run, you can choose on which lap you take it?

:30:56. > :30:59.That is right, you can choose on any of the laps you take it. It does

:31:00. > :31:04.seem a little harsh, but lessons learned, I guess. She was easy to

:31:05. > :31:08.get back, it shows how excited she was. Just a rush of blood to the

:31:09. > :31:14.head as the countdown continued to start. They're making the turn up

:31:15. > :31:26.the hill, almost two minutes. 1.58 now. They have done more damage.

:31:27. > :31:31.Nearly two minutes, Flora Duffy is overtake the Jodie Stimpson group.

:31:32. > :31:37.This has become a lead that increases Jess's chance of her

:31:38. > :31:41.holding on for the second place, and definitely a podium point. A couple

:31:42. > :31:47.of girls in that group he will argue at runners. Those girls are probably

:31:48. > :31:52.going to make a bit of inroads into Jess on the run. But I don't think

:31:53. > :31:57.they will make two minutes. These guys are further down the road. The

:31:58. > :32:01.second chase group, if they can minimise the deficit going on until

:32:02. > :32:07.the main chase with your Jodie Stimpson group. That is really good

:32:08. > :32:12.light -- for the likes of Ashley Jensen. They can really run

:32:13. > :32:17.themselves into a top ten, maybe even a top five position at the end

:32:18. > :32:21.of the day. If they make it onto the chase group, a couple of podiums are

:32:22. > :32:31.up for grabs, potentially. That group has all of the incentive now.

:32:32. > :32:34.One more lap to go. A great performance from these two. They

:32:35. > :32:41.were three for a while until Katie is a vera is and her bike parted

:32:42. > :32:46.company, bashing down on her belly onto the tarmac on the street of

:32:47. > :32:49.Stockholm, a nasty crash. The American tried briefly to get back

:32:50. > :32:53.into the race before eventually calling it quits. That opened up the

:32:54. > :32:57.transfer somebody to come from the chase group and potentially get onto

:32:58. > :33:02.the podium. -- that opened up the chance. We are hoping that Jodie

:33:03. > :33:06.Stimpson can get involved after taking a Stoppard and go penalty at

:33:07. > :33:12.the end of the swim. Stimpson has kept her cool and kept herself into

:33:13. > :33:14.contention. Potentially Learmonth of Great Britain or potentially

:33:15. > :33:18.Stimpson of Great Britain could be on the podium this afternoon. It is

:33:19. > :33:28.hard to see anybody winning this race apart from Flora Duffy. The two

:33:29. > :33:31.leaders prepare for transition now. So, the pace is reduced

:33:32. > :33:37.significantly. They steer clear of each other. Feet out of the shoes,

:33:38. > :33:44.rest the shoes on top as they get set for the final climb. One hour

:33:45. > :33:53.and 24 minutes since this triathlon began with a 1500 metres swim. The

:33:54. > :33:57.dismount lying is approaching. Just got herself to the front

:33:58. > :34:10.convincingly down the last straight and put herself in the right

:34:11. > :34:17.position going into the -- into T2. Learmonth for Great Britain kept out

:34:18. > :34:21.of trouble. They were with Katie Zaferes, who had the crash.

:34:22. > :34:28.Learmonth keeping her cool in transition. And Duffy getting it

:34:29. > :34:38.done sharply. They break again. Learmonth and Duffy on their way at

:34:39. > :34:45.the end of the -- D two. 10,000 metres ahead of them now, Duffy is

:34:46. > :34:50.on her way, the world leader goes on the hunt for yet another world

:34:51. > :34:55.triathlon series win. She won in Yokohama, she won in Leeds and

:34:56. > :35:00.Hamburg, she won again in Edmonton. By the looking for her fifth win of

:35:01. > :35:05.the season. Learmonth in the hunt for her first world triathlon series

:35:06. > :35:08.podium. The leaders are on their way. Next group, with Jodie Stimpson

:35:09. > :35:20.fully involved, second to arrive at the dismount line. Stimpson on her

:35:21. > :35:28.way up the hill, looking out for her position in T2. Some athletes have

:35:29. > :35:35.further to go up the hill with their bikes. Everybody hoping to get this

:35:36. > :35:43.right. Keep our eyes on number 14, Jodie Stimpson. Nothing wrong with

:35:44. > :35:48.that, she is away. Solid transition, need -- neat and tidy for Jodie

:35:49. > :35:53.Stimpson. The chase group lost some time, disappointing for them,

:35:54. > :35:57.especially the ones are hoping to keep someone like death in their

:35:58. > :36:02.sights. I'm backing Jess for the second-place -- someone like Jeff.

:36:03. > :36:09.They will have wanted to keep that gap down just a bit more. At this

:36:10. > :36:14.point, every second matters. Gentle is sprinting up the hill, she means

:36:15. > :36:18.business here. She arrives at position number two. She needs to

:36:19. > :36:23.get this right. Nothing wrong with this so far, the winner in Montreal.

:36:24. > :36:27.Of underway. First to arrive and first to depart commode Andrea

:36:28. > :36:33.Hewitt for company. They go in pursuit of the Jodie Stimpson group

:36:34. > :36:40.now. Flora Duffy, potentially on course for a world triathlon series

:36:41. > :36:45.victory number five this season. And she's got nobody for company, she's

:36:46. > :36:52.all on her own, good transition for Duffy, good speed across the cobbled

:36:53. > :36:55.of Stockholm. There is just Learmonth. There is no doubt the

:36:56. > :36:59.ride will have taken something out of her. But it will have taken

:37:00. > :37:03.something out of everybody. Jeff isn't the only one suffering here a

:37:04. > :37:06.little bit, a lot of the girls struggled to find their legs. It was

:37:07. > :37:12.an unrelenting course. I am hopeful that Jess will find a bit of

:37:13. > :37:16.routine, I'd love to see her get on the podium today. Good runners in

:37:17. > :37:20.that group. Jodie Stimpson making her way towards the front of the

:37:21. > :37:26.pack. Distin Casper, familiar upright start. Brown of Canada just

:37:27. > :37:31.behind her. Stimpson with a bit of daylight, a bit of work to do is

:37:32. > :37:36.Stimpson settles into the rhythm of this run. They are on the flat part

:37:37. > :37:40.of the course now. Temperatures have just fallen off in the last couple

:37:41. > :37:46.of days in Stockholm, making it a much more manageable 18 degrees, the

:37:47. > :37:49.temperature of the air in the Swedish capital, as Duffy reaches

:37:50. > :37:53.the blue carpet and climbs for the first time at the end of her first

:37:54. > :37:57.lap of four with three to go. Jess has been in this position a couple

:37:58. > :38:01.of times when she's been up the road in a breakaway situation, and she

:38:02. > :38:05.hasn't quite held on for a podium. Here she is coming up the hill into

:38:06. > :38:11.transition, 34 seconds down on Flora Duffy. I'm not surprised to see the

:38:12. > :38:15.gap go down like that. Flora is good in transition, getting her rhythm

:38:16. > :38:19.quickly. Jeff has time to play with, to catch her breath and get into a

:38:20. > :38:25.routine. She has lost 34 seconds on the gap. More interestingly, what is

:38:26. > :38:28.the gap to the chasers? You can see Jodie Stimpson, who was yet to

:38:29. > :38:33.really find her race pace in the early stages of this run. The way

:38:34. > :38:37.things stand, Stimpson is down in eighth position. And here comes

:38:38. > :38:43.Ashleigh Gentle on a charge. In order for Gentle to improve her

:38:44. > :38:50.ranking and score some points, she has to finish in at least seventh

:38:51. > :38:54.position today. Gentle has gone past Stimpson and is now hooked onto the

:38:55. > :39:01.back of this group of four, which includes Casper and Yuko Takahashi,

:39:02. > :39:05.two athletes who have raced in every world triathlon series race so far

:39:06. > :39:10.this season. Gentle Mao hits the front, she is an outright third

:39:11. > :39:13.position. She has caught that chase pack within one lap, that is an

:39:14. > :39:18.impressive performance. You're watching the world number one, the

:39:19. > :39:23.world champion, Flora Duffy, pushing hard to the top of the hill, in

:39:24. > :39:28.front of the Royal Palace, where she becomes a stage closer to being

:39:29. > :39:35.crowned world champion in 2017, as she was in 2016. If Duffy wins and

:39:36. > :39:38.Gentle finishes third, Duffy will only have to finish seventh or

:39:39. > :39:42.better to win the title in Rotterdam. If of the winds and

:39:43. > :39:49.double finishes second, then Duffy will have to finish sixth or better

:39:50. > :39:57.to secure the title at the grand final in Rotterdam. Those are the

:39:58. > :40:00.stakes. Just looking at the time from last year when Flora Duffy won

:40:01. > :40:10.when she won her first world triathlon series event, it was

:40:11. > :40:15.2:03.38, it looks like she will smash that today. It looks to me

:40:16. > :40:18.like she is going to be inside two hours today, which is phenomenal

:40:19. > :40:23.racing on this course, because this is not a fast course, is it? It is

:40:24. > :40:26.not a fast course. The difference we are noticing between this year and

:40:27. > :40:30.last year, Flora rode the whole thing on her own last year. You

:40:31. > :40:39.could say that was our fault in the chase pack for not catching her, but

:40:40. > :40:41.you read the whole thing on her own, and this year she has done that with

:40:42. > :40:44.someone else, she has had that advantage. And she is a better

:40:45. > :40:48.runner this year than she was last year, no doubt. Jess Learmonth will

:40:49. > :40:54.take the bell, one minute and 22 seconds off the pace of Flora Duffy.

:40:55. > :41:00.One lap to go for Learmonth. Looking for her first-ever world round one

:41:01. > :41:05.series podium. The danger comes from Ashleigh Gentle. A remarkable race

:41:06. > :41:09.so far from Gentle. He was 25th coming out of the water. She stormed

:41:10. > :41:13.her way through the fields or she was 25th. She now sits in third

:41:14. > :41:20.position with just over one lap to go. No sign of Ashleigh in the

:41:21. > :41:26.background just yet, which is always good news. We don't want to see that

:41:27. > :41:30.Australian figure hunting down Jess. The longer that goes on, the greater

:41:31. > :41:34.the chances she will hold onto silver. Lets not forget, there's

:41:35. > :41:41.another part of the race to come, the race up the hill to the finish

:41:42. > :41:46.line. You don't want passed the sprint up the hill if you can avoid

:41:47. > :41:54.it. Looking for her seventh world triathlon series win today and her

:41:55. > :42:01.12 Aubel UTS podium. Lots of support for Flora Duffy. Acknowledgement of

:42:02. > :42:05.the crowd. 500 metres left to run, on her way to the fifth win of the

:42:06. > :42:12.season. Only Gwen Jorgensen has done that. She will begin to relax a bit

:42:13. > :42:15.now. She's not want to put her foot of the gas, but she will be

:42:16. > :42:20.beginning to enjoy the atmosphere a bit now and soak it up. It is

:42:21. > :42:24.becoming the Flora show. We are seeing this time and time again.

:42:25. > :42:28.This is an incredible season. The likes are. You have to mention that

:42:29. > :42:33.we are missing quite a few people. From the top ten in the Olympics

:42:34. > :42:41.last year, we only have two athletes racing, it has left some gaping

:42:42. > :42:44.holes. But detract from what Flora is doing, she has been phenomenal.

:42:45. > :42:47.That's not to say that she would have done this if everyone had been

:42:48. > :42:52.racing, but she is cleaning up this year. Yes, she certainly is. With

:42:53. > :42:56.just over 150 metres to go now, she makes her way up the blue carpet for

:42:57. > :42:59.the final time. She will be relieved, I think, to see the back

:43:00. > :43:02.of that blue carpet. But it's certainly going to be another

:43:03. > :43:07.victory for the outstanding athlete from Bermuda. On the climb for the

:43:08. > :43:13.final time, Flora Duffy has demolished the opposition once

:43:14. > :43:19.again. With a display of magnificent triathlon. Round eight in the

:43:20. > :43:24.Swedish capital of Stockholm will go to Flora Duffy of Bermuda. She lifts

:43:25. > :43:28.her sunglasses and knowledge as the crowd. She's dropping home. She'll

:43:29. > :43:35.move across to her left and take a high five or two from the supporters

:43:36. > :43:42.here. Time to ease up and enjoy the moment is Duffy wins in Stockholm.

:43:43. > :43:49.Just over two hours. Two hours and nine seconds for Flora Duffy for her

:43:50. > :43:52.fifth win of the season. Surely now she is a shoo-in for the World

:43:53. > :43:58.Title. It would need some freaky results in Rotterdam to deny Duffy

:43:59. > :44:03.her second successive world triathlon series title. Next onto

:44:04. > :44:07.the blue carpet, on her way to her first ever world triathlon series

:44:08. > :44:14.podium, will be Jessica Learmonth of Great Britain. Still waiting for

:44:15. > :44:19.Jess to come into shot. We don't know where Ashleigh is, but it looks

:44:20. > :44:24.like Jess is not letting up. She has raised so hard from start to finish,

:44:25. > :44:29.she made a tactically perfect swim and bike. I'm delighted to see that

:44:30. > :44:34.Jeff is going to bring home a podium result. This is so well-deserved, a

:44:35. > :44:37.strong all-round athlete. We've all known it's coming. Ashleigh Gentle

:44:38. > :44:43.is coming up behind her but I think she's going to run out of time. Jess

:44:44. > :44:47.isn't going to let up, she's going to hold on and get that

:44:48. > :44:52.well-deserved single medal today. Learmonth has no time to stop and

:44:53. > :44:56.enjoy the moment. She needs to secure their second place. It will

:44:57. > :45:01.be a personal best for Jessica Learmonth of Great Britain. She's

:45:02. > :45:07.home in second position in the world triathlon series, behind Flora

:45:08. > :45:11.Duffy. And a brilliant finish for Ashleigh Gentle. 25th out of the

:45:12. > :45:13.water, comes home on the podium in third, magnificent run again from

:45:14. > :45:23.the Australian. Jess hasn't even celebrated yet. She

:45:24. > :45:27.seems to have collapsed into a barrier, barely able to give Flora a

:45:28. > :45:31.hug. She will not believe it has happened yet but I know she will be

:45:32. > :45:38.over the moon with that result, as she deserves to be. The novel from

:45:39. > :45:42.Jess, so impressed. Another World Triathlon Series victory for Flora

:45:43. > :45:47.Duffy, her fifth of the season. Just Learmonth on the podium for the

:45:48. > :45:53.first time with Ashleigh Gentle in third. Jodie Stimpson finished 13th,

:45:54. > :46:01.Lucy Hall 17, India Lee came home in 19th position. And Flora Duffy wins

:46:02. > :46:06.again. Massive congratulations, how was it for you today? Thank you. A

:46:07. > :46:12.pretty good day for me, I won and the race worked out to my strengths.

:46:13. > :46:16.The swim is always full gas and it set the race up perfectly, great

:46:17. > :46:21.working on the bike, shame about Katie crashing. On the run about

:46:22. > :46:26.what you have left. There were three of you, Katie Zaferes had a nasty

:46:27. > :46:29.fall. What goes through your mind when that happens? Obviously Katie

:46:30. > :46:35.is a friend so I heard that buying and thought, gosh. You see her in

:46:36. > :46:39.the floor and it is horrible but you are racing, so you have to quickly

:46:40. > :46:42.focus again. It is great riding with Jess, we have done a lot of riding

:46:43. > :46:47.off the front together and I knew she had a chance of the podium today

:46:48. > :46:51.so I was hoping we could set that up for her. Fantastic for her. Jess,

:46:52. > :46:59.congratulations, fabulous race. Tell us how you feel. I can't believe it.

:47:00. > :47:05.A shock really, but great fun. I am delighted. Talk us through the swim,

:47:06. > :47:09.you came out first, how was that? Had, a choppy swim. I struggled a

:47:10. > :47:13.bit too site and when it is so windy it is so difficult to get a rhythm

:47:14. > :47:18.going, but I wanted to push it on to get a break on the bike because I

:47:19. > :47:24.knew obviously it is very technical, so it is good to be in a small pack.

:47:25. > :47:27.It worked out well. When you started the run you knew you were far ahead.

:47:28. > :47:35.What were you thinking and how did you keep ahead of the pack? I

:47:36. > :47:39.treated it like a time trial. It is all for having people chasing you

:47:40. > :47:44.down. You have to do your own running, not get too excited or go

:47:45. > :47:48.too fast. I think I just timed it right, but it was nerve-racking on

:47:49. > :47:52.the last lap, I was absolutely shocked and I knew she was coming up

:47:53. > :47:59.behind me. Where you checking behind you as well? I wanted to but people

:48:00. > :48:04.kept saying, don't look round! I knew she was coming, she's like a

:48:05. > :48:10.gazelle! Huge congratulations, Ashley, it was all about the run for

:48:11. > :48:13.you today, wasn't it? I didn't have the best start in the water and its

:48:14. > :48:18.split up. A hard place to be that I rode as hard as I could in that

:48:19. > :48:22.group, and ran as fast as I could to see what could happen. I think you

:48:23. > :48:35.ran the fastest run of the day, Jessica called you a gazelle.

:48:36. > :48:38.LAUGHTER. But she is fierce, so if we combine our powers that will be

:48:39. > :48:40.pretty cool. I am stoked that Jess got a first World Series podium.

:48:41. > :48:45.Jodie, a tough day, Witty want to start? I tell you what, I'll take

:48:46. > :48:52.it. Minus the penalty I had a good swim. I must have gone before

:48:53. > :48:56.because literally I... I was, like, was it? It must have been just in

:48:57. > :49:04.front but I had a good swim, I'll take that, with the swimmers there.

:49:05. > :49:09.I think I biked well. It got little annoying when I reached up to them

:49:10. > :49:13.in the chase back because Ben two of them started to try and break and I

:49:14. > :49:19.was, like, you are interrupting my rhythm. You were working hard on the

:49:20. > :49:22.bike. Yes, that was the plan. I knew I hadn't done the run training said

:49:23. > :49:26.the plan going into it was the swim and the bike as hard as possible,

:49:27. > :49:33.the running is what it is that the minute, but it was hard. We were

:49:34. > :49:37.standing near you for the 15 seconds, what was going through your

:49:38. > :49:40.head? You seemed very calm. It is like slow motion but when I see

:49:41. > :50:03.their backsides in transition I'll take that.

:50:04. > :50:13.Just over a week to go until the first British triathlon mixed relay

:50:14. > :50:16.cup. One of the star turns will doubtless be Johnny Brownlee, who is

:50:17. > :50:37.also racing here in Stockholm and hoping to get back on the podium.

:50:38. > :50:45.How are you feeling? I think I'm feeling pretty good. My training has

:50:46. > :50:49.gone very well since Montreal. My sessions have been good but it has

:50:50. > :50:54.been strange for me this year, kind of an off year so far. A fun year

:50:55. > :50:58.during the racing but I don't find it fun when I'm not racing well. As

:50:59. > :51:04.an athlete you want to be on the podium. To not be in that situation

:51:05. > :51:09.is tough to take sometimes. After Montreal use said a tough day, body

:51:10. > :51:13.not firing, tactical perfect. Can you explain why or is it just that's

:51:14. > :51:17.what's been going on? I was injured at the start of the year and try to

:51:18. > :51:22.come back to quit, maybe overdid my training early in the season to try

:51:23. > :51:25.to become world champion. It has taken a couple of months to get out

:51:26. > :51:30.of that. In Montreal and Edmonton when you add in long haul travel it

:51:31. > :51:33.adds another element, and there is no excuse in Stockholm, a couple of

:51:34. > :51:38.hours from Leeds and a good course so hopefully my body will be in good

:51:39. > :51:44.form. You clearly enjoy being here and did well here. Tell us about the

:51:45. > :51:49.course. Stockholm is different to many other courses, very technical.

:51:50. > :51:53.It has cobbles, basically we swim out of the town, normally quite

:51:54. > :51:58.rough water, riding to Stockholm city centre than the real technical

:51:59. > :52:02.circuit, the best thing to do is confident. Going into the corner not

:52:03. > :52:06.worrying about them, getting your breaking done before the corners so

:52:07. > :52:09.you don't slip out, make sure you pick your lines and you have looked

:52:10. > :52:14.at the course beforehand so you know where the harsher cobbles are and

:52:15. > :52:18.the smoother ones. Just be brave. If you are worried about a corner you

:52:19. > :52:20.want more likely to crash and fall off whereas if you go in with

:52:21. > :52:26.confidence you are more likely to go off the corner -- round the corner.

:52:27. > :52:30.Are you hoping for a podium? This year I want a podium, I have only

:52:31. > :52:36.had one in lead so far so if I have another good race here and get a

:52:37. > :52:40.podium that would be great. I go into most races wanting to win and

:52:41. > :52:44.if I can win here it will go a long way towards turning my season

:52:45. > :52:48.around. What are your hopes for next year?

:52:49. > :52:53.You have the Commonwealth Games which makes it an exciting year,

:52:54. > :52:56.doesn't it? Next year is an incredibly exciting year. I love

:52:57. > :53:01.targeting the big one-day races and Alistair may or may not be there so

:53:02. > :53:05.it may be a chance to beat him on a big one-day race. Then trying to

:53:06. > :53:09.become world champion next year is a big game and be competitive in the

:53:10. > :53:18.World Series. Much to look forward to next year

:53:19. > :53:20.but back to this year and the two fourth-place finishes in Canada mean

:53:21. > :53:23.Johnny is moving up the rankings, now the leading Brit but not by

:53:24. > :53:27.much. Tom Bishop is also hoping for a strong result today after spending

:53:28. > :53:32.the past month training at altitude in the Italian Alps. The top four

:53:33. > :53:37.represented by Mario Mola and Fernando Alarza, but hoping to

:53:38. > :53:39.leapfrog at least one of those two is a young Norwegian currently in

:53:40. > :53:49.fourth position who is becoming tougher to beat. Really focused. I

:53:50. > :53:51.love the training. I like to be in training camps. It is the way I like

:53:52. > :54:08.to be, racing. Hungry for more. What's it like racing in Sweden? You

:54:09. > :54:16.are from Norway, do you feel like a local lad? The Swedish crowd at

:54:17. > :54:24.sharing in this so it is the closest I have two racing at home. I am

:54:25. > :54:29.always looking forward to it is. Tell us about Montreal. You came

:54:30. > :54:34.second. How did that feel? It obviously felt good to be on the

:54:35. > :54:38.podium again but in Montreal I could have pushed a little further or gone

:54:39. > :54:46.a little further down in the basement and dug deeper. So I will

:54:47. > :54:52.try to go even harder. Who is your biggest competitor? Johnny. He is

:54:53. > :54:57.really motivated after two fourth-place finishes in Canada. I

:54:58. > :55:02.guess he has been training well since then. If it comes to it on the

:55:03. > :55:07.run, where would you be looking to make it hurt for him? I think I will

:55:08. > :55:13.not wait for the last 200 because of the hill. Maybe I am a few kilos

:55:14. > :55:20.heavier than him, and that will show on the Hill, so maybe I to go or

:55:21. > :55:25.something. You have trained with the Brownlee Brothers. What was that

:55:26. > :55:29.like? What did you learn from the? That was awesome. I joined them for

:55:30. > :55:34.two weeks in Spain two years ago, and it was a fun challenge is. What

:55:35. > :55:38.do you think about the way they race? Their racing style has been

:55:39. > :55:45.inspiring me since I was a junior. Since then I tried to push hard on

:55:46. > :55:51.the bike and try to make the people around me suffer before the run.

:55:52. > :55:54.Maybe try to copy them a little bit. Your message to Johnny? Wait for me

:55:55. > :56:08.on the swim! Will Johnny wait for Blummenfelt and

:56:09. > :56:12.what part will Mario Mola and Tom Bishop as well as the other Brits

:56:13. > :56:18.racing today, Bowden and Austin, play? It is time to find out. Let's

:56:19. > :56:20.get back to Matt, Vicky and Danny. COMMENTATOR: The athletes will line

:56:21. > :56:37.up as follows. No Javier Gomez in Stockholm, he has

:56:38. > :56:41.opted out of this one. The Olympic bronze-medallist Schoeman returns

:56:42. > :56:50.with number six today. Round eight of the 2017 World Triathlon Series

:56:51. > :56:55.here in Stockholm, under a cloudless sky but with plenty of shop on the

:56:56. > :57:00.water ahead. They are way, looked like a clean start. The women's race

:57:01. > :57:04.involved a false start for Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain, penalised

:57:05. > :57:11.with a 15 seconds stop-go penalty. And even break for the men and look

:57:12. > :57:15.at the bottom of your screen, the familiar figure of the best swimmer

:57:16. > :57:19.in the field, the Slovakian, having made an informed choice by starting

:57:20. > :57:25.from that position and is leading them out. That is no shock to

:57:26. > :57:33.anyone. An interesting field here, smaller as well compared to what we

:57:34. > :57:35.are used to. In terms of swimmers, Schoeman from South Africa, Bago,

:57:36. > :57:42.Brownlee, a couple of French athletes as well, and Aaron Royal

:57:43. > :57:47.from Australia as well, all decent swimmers. This swim favours the

:57:48. > :57:54.strong swimmers. Yes, this swim with the choppiness they face and the

:57:55. > :57:58.wind, it means as soon as they go it is harder to draft. You have a

:57:59. > :58:03.drafting benefit being on someone's feet but as soon as a gap goes it

:58:04. > :58:07.lessens dramatically and on a course like this in water like this, it is

:58:08. > :58:12.so much harder to get that same benefit you would get on a flat

:58:13. > :58:17.swim, so when gaps start to open up you can see them go. The shot we

:58:18. > :58:21.right now, that leads women there is dropping the person behind him. They

:58:22. > :58:27.will have to concentrate not to let the feet go because the gap is

:58:28. > :58:32.already over a metre and extending. Good to see now Johnny Brownlee

:58:33. > :58:36.making his way onto the feet of Varga. They spend a lot of trying

:58:37. > :58:45.training together, Varga was a partner for the Brownlee brothers in

:58:46. > :58:50.Leeds and decided to spend more time with them.

:58:51. > :58:57.We have a false start, I think. That's what we are looking at. I

:58:58. > :59:03.thought it was a clean start. Looking at it again somebody on the

:59:04. > :59:08.Johnny Brownlee side of the pontoon might have gone a fraction early,

:59:09. > :59:12.we'll keep an eye on that. News coming up, it is Schoeman who has

:59:13. > :59:16.been given a 15 second penalty for going over early on the start.

:59:17. > :59:20.Schoeman, one of the best swimmers in the field, the Olympic

:59:21. > :59:24.bronze-medallist, will have to do what Simpson did in the women's

:59:25. > :59:28.race. He won't know about it yet but he will soon, at the end of the

:59:29. > :59:33.second lap, he will find out when he gets to transition, and he will be

:59:34. > :59:35.near or possibly with the leaders, he will have to stand still for 15

:59:36. > :59:50.seconds while he gets the countdown. The end of lap one. They will climb

:59:51. > :59:56.out of the water before starting the shorter lap two, which is just 500

:59:57. > :00:01.metres. We are not getting the list of who is where at the end of each

:00:02. > :00:06.lap so we will rely on the naked eye to spot who is coming out in what

:00:07. > :00:07.position, that we do know Varga and Johnny Brownlee were first out of

:00:08. > :00:17.the water and first to return. I think Kristian Blummenfelt just

:00:18. > :00:26.came through our screens out, he is a bit off the pace if that was him.

:00:27. > :00:34.So, a shorter second lap now. We had a 1,000-metre lap to start with, a

:00:35. > :00:37.500-metre lap coming up. No sightings of Tommy Bishop or Mark

:00:38. > :00:42.Austin just yet. It is difficult to do so when they are all in wet suits

:00:43. > :00:46.and we don't have any live splits. But we know that Johnny Brownlee is

:00:47. > :00:55.having another characteristically fantastic swim, sitting in second

:00:56. > :00:59.place. Myler 30 seconds down, not where he wanted to find himself. But

:01:00. > :01:06.we know that his swim has improved -- Mario Mola. The swim is always

:01:07. > :01:11.going to be the point where Mario's weakness is going to show. But he is

:01:12. > :01:15.still at the back of that pack came on, he is not completely isolated.

:01:16. > :01:20.That's something that these other athletes will have tried to do, it

:01:21. > :01:23.is the tactic they played by not allowing him to have any of the

:01:24. > :01:28.strong suits next to him on the starting line. It has affected him,

:01:29. > :01:35.but at the moment he is in damage limitation, still capable of being

:01:36. > :01:38.in that main pack. And if he's in that main pack, anything can happen

:01:39. > :01:43.for Mario. The swim is almost done. It was around 18 minutes, compared

:01:44. > :01:49.to the quickest swim this season so far, in Leeds, 16.5 minutes. We are

:01:50. > :01:53.getting on for 18 minutes, as Wagner exits with Johnny Brownlee preparing

:01:54. > :01:55.for his arrival in transition. Next out of the water is Aaron Royle,

:01:56. > :02:11.another Leeds -based athlete. Mark Austin, the second of the

:02:12. > :02:19.British quartet, he is in 11th position. And they make their way to

:02:20. > :02:25.transition number one. Adam Boulton has come out, 25 seconds down, a

:02:26. > :02:31.decent start for him, British veteran Tom Bishop is nine seconds

:02:32. > :02:37.back, 23rd. And still no luck for Mario Mola. He comes out 42 seconds

:02:38. > :02:40.down. A couple of extra seconds lost for Mario Mola between the end of

:02:41. > :02:45.the first lap and the start of the second. Taking out of his wet suit,

:02:46. > :02:50.putting on his helmet at the same time. He's his way. Schoeman takes

:02:51. > :02:55.the penalty, didn't know it was coming, now he knows all about it,

:02:56. > :03:00.the 15 second stop - start penalty from a. In the water. It is a slow

:03:01. > :03:07.15 seconds, isn't it, for the Olympic bronze-medallist, who won

:03:08. > :03:12.the final event of the 2016 campaign in Mexico. Last September. Kristian

:03:13. > :03:19.Blummenfelt, and Mario Mola, they are on their way. Right at the back

:03:20. > :03:24.of that group. A long way behind. There is a worse wheel to have to

:03:25. > :03:28.follow them Kristian Blummenfelt for Mario Mola. Kristian Blummenfelt is

:03:29. > :03:32.so strong with the bike and work so hard. Mario Mola will be slightly

:03:33. > :03:36.disappointed with that swim. I think you will be very disappointed with

:03:37. > :03:40.that swim, but he will be thanking his lucky stars that he has just

:03:41. > :03:44.squeaked into that group at the back there. He is the last athlete in.

:03:45. > :03:49.That will really help him. Going out onto the road, finding the leaders.

:03:50. > :03:55.No surprise, Brownlee and Royle and filed out in front. These guys have

:03:56. > :03:59.formed a working party of around half a dozen here. That may well

:04:00. > :04:08.grow in numbers. It might be slightly more than that. Seven, I

:04:09. > :04:13.think. Well, they're going to work really hard. This is the time in the

:04:14. > :04:17.race, isn't it, where you've got to give it everything, just as Duffy

:04:18. > :04:21.and Ali Brownlee and Johnny Brownlee always do, get that gap and be

:04:22. > :04:25.prepared to go into a really dark place. Once you've got that gap, you

:04:26. > :04:32.can start looking forward and think about working the breakaway. This

:04:33. > :04:36.unique introduction lap is 4.6 kilometres. When you ride this

:04:37. > :04:41.course once, it takes them onto the main circuit in and around the Royal

:04:42. > :04:45.Palace, where they will ride a further nine times, nine laps of

:04:46. > :04:55.four kilometres each to bring up the distance of 40.6 K. The chase group

:04:56. > :04:57.numbers about a dozen. You can see the leaders coming around the

:04:58. > :05:02.roundabout in the opposite direction. So, the chase is now

:05:03. > :05:08.exactly what they have to do. They are around about behind. One of the

:05:09. > :05:12.Spanish athletes just at the back of the front pack, I think it's got to

:05:13. > :05:16.be Fernando Alarza, because the other Spaniard in there is Fernandez

:05:17. > :05:22.and he was quite a way back. He is desperately trying to get onto this

:05:23. > :05:27.front pack. Alarza has had so many consistent results, he has become

:05:28. > :05:34.the. You rarely see him outside the top ten in any race. But he did have

:05:35. > :05:38.those below par races recently. For him to have dropped out of this

:05:39. > :05:42.group, he will be really devastated if that's the case, because this is

:05:43. > :05:45.a fantastic opportunity for him to get back to where he wants to,

:05:46. > :05:51.accrue some more points coming into the grand final. The front group of

:05:52. > :05:56.seven now, a full check on exactly who is in this pack as they crossed

:05:57. > :06:00.the start- finish line at the top of the hill by the Royal Palace. We

:06:01. > :06:04.know that Johnny Brownlee is in there, desperate to score his first

:06:05. > :06:09.win of the season. He is second behind his brother Alister in Leeds.

:06:10. > :06:14.He had a couple of fourth places in Canada, Edmonton, and Montreal. Last

:06:15. > :06:21.time he won a world triathlon series was in Edmonton last year in 2016.

:06:22. > :06:28.Johnny has talked about how this has been an off year for him. You know,

:06:29. > :06:31.very, very high standards, as you would imagine. But this year just

:06:32. > :06:34.hasn't really brought the result that he was hoping for, that he is

:06:35. > :06:38.accustomed to. And I think that's been quite tough for him, as you

:06:39. > :06:42.would imagine it would be. For him to be at the front of the race here

:06:43. > :06:45.pushing on, I'm not surprised to see it at all, he will desperately be

:06:46. > :06:53.wanting to write wrongs of the season for him. Front group of

:06:54. > :06:56.seven, somebody trying to join in to make it eight. Badgers Fernando

:06:57. > :07:01.Alarza. He is dangling between the two groups at the moment -- that is

:07:02. > :07:05.Fernando Alarza. It will be difficult for him to get back on his

:07:06. > :07:09.own. The likelihood is that he will get swallowed up into the chase

:07:10. > :07:13.pack. Hopefully for him, he can utilise that pack and work with them

:07:14. > :07:17.to catch back onto the leaders. Johnny Brownlee is really cracking

:07:18. > :07:21.on here. He wants to open up a decent lead over the chase pack.

:07:22. > :07:25.He's got plenty of guys who can help him out. Richard Wagner will

:07:26. > :07:32.probably feel, I've done enough, I will do what I've done, the pace is

:07:33. > :07:36.much more pedestrian from this group here compared to the urgent scene we

:07:37. > :07:43.just saw from Johnny Brownlee at the front of the leaders group. This is

:07:44. > :07:47.the second chase pack we're looking at here, they are only a matter of a

:07:48. > :07:52.couple of seconds behind the main chase pack. So we've got Mario Mola

:07:53. > :07:58.in that group, Kristian Blummenfelt. From a British interest, we've got

:07:59. > :08:02.Thomas Bishop in that group. Kristian Blummenfelt is the athlete

:08:03. > :08:07.with the camera on-board, that's the reason why we're getting these great

:08:08. > :08:11.shots of the athletes. Mario Mola there, working really hard, he knows

:08:12. > :08:14.he's got to do something produce partial now if he's going to get

:08:15. > :08:21.back into this group -- something pretty special.

:08:22. > :08:27.The leaders, the numbers fell off a little, it went down to five for a

:08:28. > :08:31.moment, I think it's now six. I think Richard Wagner is the one who

:08:32. > :08:36.has struggled to make the pace being dictated by Jonathan Brownlee here

:08:37. > :08:46.-- Richard Varga. Aaron Royle is right behind him in number 50.

:08:47. > :08:55.So, a front group of six dictated the pace here. They're working hard.

:08:56. > :09:00.Down on the bars, working really hard to stay with these guys. Aaron

:09:01. > :09:05.Wills doing a great job. He's yet to have a really decent result this

:09:06. > :09:09.year, really, isn't the? Varga is sitting up and waiting for the chase

:09:10. > :09:12.pack, by the looks of things. I wouldn't be surprised if he's

:09:13. > :09:17.realised that he can't get back into that pack on his own. He's a great

:09:18. > :09:20.rider, but he's not as strong as the might of the six guys up the road.

:09:21. > :09:24.He's catching his breath, waiting for the chasers to come through and

:09:25. > :09:28.going again. They're going to swallow him up any second here.

:09:29. > :09:34.Varga hasn't got much longer to wait before he becomes part of this

:09:35. > :09:43.enormous group of riders. Bowed and sweeps past Richard Varga, and first

:09:44. > :09:48.-- Varga becomes part of this pack of riders who are the chase group

:09:49. > :09:53.right now. Adam Bugden has had a fantastic career, he's been very

:09:54. > :09:58.steady, -- Adam Bowden. He is one of the oldest guys, but he is our third

:09:59. > :10:02.most successful Brit in the world triathlon series. He has had over

:10:03. > :10:06.ten top tens. It's great to see at his age how well he raised in Leeds.

:10:07. > :10:11.He just missed out on the podium, finishing in fourth place just

:10:12. > :10:15.behind Tom Bishop. Adam Bowden, the great thing to see at his age, he's

:10:16. > :10:20.still got a great desire to go out there and race well. This is the end

:10:21. > :10:21.of the first of the radio laps around the city. And the leaders are

:10:22. > :10:32.on the climb. Now, they will stop the timing

:10:33. > :10:38.system shortly, at the end of the first lap their advantage was a

:10:39. > :10:42.healthy 44 seconds. They were seven, they've now become six. The next

:10:43. > :10:46.group, led by Kristian Blummenfelt, on the left of your screen with the

:10:47. > :10:50.Norwegian flag on his side. They're making the turn and the climb now.

:10:51. > :10:58.And the gap hasn't changed significantly. It's 36 seconds. So,

:10:59. > :11:03.still a healthy lead for the Johnny Brownlee group. Adam Bowden, Tom

:11:04. > :11:10.Bishop, both in this pack. Mario Mola sitting it out near the back.

:11:11. > :11:21.Richard Varga has joined in that group recently.

:11:22. > :11:31.A huge pack of riders. And plenty of British interest in there. Did you

:11:32. > :11:35.see Johnny Brownlee that, had a word with Bowden and Bishop and Austin,

:11:36. > :11:41.who I think are all in that chase group, had a scream at them, I don't

:11:42. > :11:45.know what exactly he said, but he clocked his fellow British

:11:46. > :11:50.triathletes and had a quiet word. Yes, I mean, if he did, I'm not sure

:11:51. > :11:54.if that is there. I think Bowden and Bishop Arthur Lee's, I mean, Bowden

:11:55. > :12:07.is an excellent athlete, Bishop has really proved himself when he ran

:12:08. > :12:10.side-by-side with have it Gomez Cora about seven kilometres in Abu Dhabi.

:12:11. > :12:12.Those guys have a right to be wanting the chase for the podium as

:12:13. > :12:15.well. Certainly Tom Bishop does. He's been there and has done it

:12:16. > :12:20.before. The chase group are sharing the workload at the front. The

:12:21. > :12:25.Frenchman yellow core forcing the pace at the moment with Kristian

:12:26. > :12:30.Blummenfelt, the Norwegian, in second position -- Pierre Le Corre.

:12:31. > :12:35.At the end of that, Brown is out of the saddle again, pushing the pace,

:12:36. > :12:38.making his way to the summit, alongside the Royal Palace. The last

:12:39. > :12:43.time they crossed this pass of the course, they were 34 seconds in

:12:44. > :12:47.front. They haven't quite reached the summit yet. Off into the shade

:12:48. > :12:51.under the inflatable arch, flattens out before they drop down on the

:12:52. > :12:55.cobbles. The chase group have lost a bit of time now. They were 34

:12:56. > :13:03.seconds down at the end of lap three. It's going to be up in the

:13:04. > :13:05.mid-40s, I think, by the time they've stopped the clock very

:13:06. > :13:09.shortly. So, the Brownlee group moving further clear. Another nine

:13:10. > :13:14.seconds added by the Brownlee group over the chase group. Out to 43

:13:15. > :13:26.seconds at the end of lap four of ten. Adam Bowden, still in there.

:13:27. > :13:34.Lots of international triathletes involved. We have that solid,

:13:35. > :13:42.hard-working group of six, who continued to dominate this

:13:43. > :13:49.competition. Dorian collects is in close order. Now, the third group up

:13:50. > :13:55.the hill. Richard Varga has gone all the way back to the third group now.

:13:56. > :13:58.His race has been all about going backwards after such a

:13:59. > :14:03.characteristically strong start in the water. I wondered if he had some

:14:04. > :14:07.sort of mechanical... It's a very decent cyclist, he doesn't have any

:14:08. > :14:12.problems normally stained with the front group. Mark Austin, really

:14:13. > :14:16.struggling. Mark is an another athlete, he had a really good swim.

:14:17. > :14:24.He was just outside of the top ten, Y twerk he needed to be. -- right

:14:25. > :14:29.where he needed to be. He wasn't quite able to go with that. He is

:14:30. > :14:37.suffering a bit now, as we get later run into the bike. -- later on into

:14:38. > :14:40.the bike. They have just under 17 Ks still to write. This leading group

:14:41. > :14:49.of six, Jonathan Brownlee catching a breather at the back. Third in that

:14:50. > :14:53.group, or Iain Conn inks, the Frenchman, the junior world champion

:14:54. > :14:58.in 2013. And the under 23 world champion the following year. As we

:14:59. > :15:01.pick up the action at the back of the chase group, with Adam Bowden,

:15:02. > :15:07.still out the back just keeping himself out of trouble.

:15:08. > :15:15.Walrond I'd like to see Adam just move up the pack a little. I'm not

:15:16. > :15:20.saying he should be on the front of the group. Other athletes like Mario

:15:21. > :15:24.Mola, the onus is on them to bring the gap backed down, but I would

:15:25. > :15:28.like to see Adam bring himself a little further forward, like Tom,

:15:29. > :15:33.sitting in sixth or seventh, that is a great place for Tom Bishop to be,

:15:34. > :15:38.not in a place where he has to do the work, he can watch what is going

:15:39. > :15:41.on, cover the brakes, near the front for the technical sections which

:15:42. > :15:51.makes life easier, and Adam will have to put a bigger exhilaration

:15:52. > :15:54.and after every corner, round every U-turn, he will need more power to

:15:55. > :15:57.stay on the back of that group. Tom Bishop has a twin brother, David,

:15:58. > :15:59.who is also a triathlete based at Loughborough. They are climbing

:16:00. > :16:09.again. Jonathan Brownlee leads them up Bay Hill to complete lap six of

:16:10. > :16:15.ten. Last time it was a 42nd lead they enjoyed, exactly halfway

:16:16. > :16:18.through the bike leg of today's Olympic distance triathlon. How has

:16:19. > :16:23.the chase group fared this time? Have they made a dent in the

:16:24. > :16:27.advantage of just under 15 seconds. This group of six on the downward

:16:28. > :16:35.stretch now, and shortly be Bowden and Bishop group, which also

:16:36. > :16:39.contains Mola and Blummenfelt, they are 49 seconds down and haven't made

:16:40. > :16:46.the turn to climb, so it will be closer to a minute this time. The

:16:47. > :16:52.gap has widen further, the Brownlee group have strengthened their lead,

:16:53. > :16:57.54 second advantage at the pose of lap six. Fantastic news for Jonny

:16:58. > :17:01.Brownlee. He is having an off year today on his very -- this year on

:17:02. > :17:06.his very high standards and to be going towards the end of the bike

:17:07. > :17:12.leg with a minute gap on Mola, that is what you can hope for in this

:17:13. > :17:17.racing and I'm sure he will capitalise on it. It has been a

:17:18. > :17:21.difficult year for him. Pigs would have been difficult without the

:17:22. > :17:27.crash in Yokohama. He was a good place and strong and then had that

:17:28. > :17:31.crash and then went to Leeds and had Alistair with him. That was a

:17:32. > :17:35.fantastic race, one of the most exciting races I have seen and to

:17:36. > :17:38.see what the Brownlee brothers did, particularly Alistair saying they

:17:39. > :17:43.would not give up, they would keep on going, and they did, finished

:17:44. > :17:49.first and second. It must be an impact for Jonny not to have his

:17:50. > :17:54.brother on the circuit. Blummenfelt has had an attempt at trying to open

:17:55. > :17:58.up some daylight, I think he is finding the pace a little pedestrian

:17:59. > :18:10.for his liking, and Blummenfelt wants to take it on. He has moved to

:18:11. > :18:15.the front, with Van Der Stel of Belgium for company. Mola in fifth

:18:16. > :18:18.place in this group at the moment. It will be tough for Kristian

:18:19. > :18:22.Blummenfelt today, on the podium behind Gomez over the full Olympic

:18:23. > :18:29.distance a couple of weeks ago in Montreal. But a much tougher asked

:18:30. > :18:35.today, having to come from a minute behind with some very strong runners

:18:36. > :18:38.out in front. Blummenfelt has worked hard today, he has been on the front

:18:39. > :18:46.for the majority of this 40 kilometre ride, so you can see him

:18:47. > :18:50.now, waving his hands, come round, come round, but whether they can't

:18:51. > :18:55.or don't want to, at this stage in the race, sometimes you think, stay

:18:56. > :18:59.roundabout that, let Blummenfelt do the work and save the legs for the

:19:00. > :19:02.run, which we have talked about previously. I don't know how

:19:03. > :19:05.sensible because of the big backers riding hard they can get off the

:19:06. > :19:10.bike and find themselves 40 seconds down, then it is a different game.

:19:11. > :19:13.The way to look at it at this point if they are still in the race, an

:19:14. > :19:18.minute down but still in the race, it is by no means game over. Someone

:19:19. > :19:22.like Blummenfelt understands that and knows at this point every second

:19:23. > :19:26.counts. If you can galvanise the group interactivity it will not take

:19:27. > :19:30.many of them to pull an odd turn here and that group will come down

:19:31. > :19:35.by ten or 15 seconds. Then that makes it even easier for them to

:19:36. > :19:40.achieve these top ten positions, potentially to run into top five,

:19:41. > :19:47.maybe even a podium. So I think Kristian has the right idea, he

:19:48. > :19:53.needs to keep this group going. He will be motivated and will be trying

:19:54. > :19:57.to encourage as gently as possible, or maybe more forcefully, some of

:19:58. > :20:02.these other athletes to do some work. We can see the core and Bishop

:20:03. > :20:09.having a discussion there. Tom won't be willing to do much work here with

:20:10. > :20:14.a team-mate up the road. Le Corre will be keener to see the pack move

:20:15. > :20:17.along together. He was 30 last year so one has good form on the scores

:20:18. > :20:22.and will want to see the Packers close to the lead group as possible.

:20:23. > :20:26.There was French body language going on there. It was clear that Le Corre

:20:27. > :20:30.was unhappy with the way Bishop was hanging about in the middle of the

:20:31. > :20:34.pack, but it is not in Bishop or the British team's interest for him to

:20:35. > :20:39.force the pace and close the gap to Jonny Brownlee, out in front with

:20:40. > :20:42.this group as Aaron O'Brien takes them to the bell. The bell will

:20:43. > :20:47.sound and there will be one lap around the streets of Stockholm on

:20:48. > :20:52.their bikes before the ten K run. The group of six, strong work so

:20:53. > :20:57.far. 58 seconds at the end of lap seven, 56 seconds by the end of lap

:20:58. > :21:03.eight, has the chase group managed to get it down to a more manageable

:21:04. > :21:07.52, 51 seconds or thereabouts? There seems to be a bit of urgency

:21:08. > :21:11.particularly from Kristian Blummenfelt. I think he might have

:21:12. > :21:16.done a bit of damage to the Brownlee group's lead. Blummenfelt makes the

:21:17. > :21:20.turn. It will be in the 40s, I think, so good work from

:21:21. > :21:25.Blummenfelt, down to 46 seconds, another ten seconds taken out of the

:21:26. > :21:31.Brownlee group's lead, and a word or two between Mola and Blummenfelt up

:21:32. > :21:44.Bay Hill. This gives Mola a fighting chance of a place on the podium. --

:21:45. > :21:47.up the hill. So, here we go, the arrival at T2, the dismount line

:21:48. > :21:51.marked across the road, and they make the left-hand turn and try to

:21:52. > :21:59.get save space between each other as they make the climb to their places

:22:00. > :22:04.on the hill in transition. Same-sex, Brownlee, Aaron Royle, Nieschlag,

:22:05. > :22:10.Coninx, Schomburg and Salvisberg together. Brownlee, a bit of pace in

:22:11. > :22:14.those legs as he arrives at the top of transition. Sweet, fast and

:22:15. > :22:21.quick. But he is not the first to leave. Coninx got out first, no,

:22:22. > :22:24.Nieschlag, the German, he was first to strike, but Jonny has him in his

:22:25. > :22:32.sights and leaves transition in second place. The Irishman Russell

:22:33. > :22:37.White has done what he set out to do. He has arrived in transition and

:22:38. > :22:40.42 seconds behind the leaders, opening up a gap to the Mola pack,

:22:41. > :22:48.who have arrived at the bottom of Bay Hill en masse now. -- bottom of

:22:49. > :22:53.the hill. This is where we will find out what Mola is made up this

:22:54. > :23:00.afternoon. He is in this group. Russell White ahead of the rest of

:23:01. > :23:05.the pack, Mola at the top right of your screen heading towards his

:23:06. > :23:09.position. We will pick up Mola here. Normally one of the best in and out

:23:10. > :23:15.of transition, wastes no time, gets it done, in and out in a flash, Mola

:23:16. > :23:20.on his way, Blummenfelt not quite so quick and leaves himself three or

:23:21. > :23:25.four seconds behind Mario Mola. So the chase group spread themselves

:23:26. > :23:29.out, the familiar White visor on the head of Mario Mola, starts to pick

:23:30. > :23:35.them off one the buy one, he has already taken out a couple.

:23:36. > :23:39.Nieschlag caught by Brownlee, and the British triathlete and the

:23:40. > :23:45.German are on their way. Lap one under way.

:23:46. > :23:50.Brownlee looks relaxed and confident. Perhaps a little bit warm

:23:51. > :23:56.but I think he has put some water on his head and drank some which will

:23:57. > :24:00.make Matt happy because he pointed out he was not drinking water. We

:24:01. > :24:05.know he didn't drink enough because we know what happened in Montreal.

:24:06. > :24:10.Great to see Bishop alongside Le Corre and Mola, who is leading this

:24:11. > :24:17.chase pack. Tom Bishop in a strong position. He may have got a mouthful

:24:18. > :24:21.from Le Corre during the bike leg about his staying mid-pack and not

:24:22. > :24:27.sharing the workload, but he won't care about that now. He is running

:24:28. > :24:36.with Mola out in front. Brownlee cruising through this opening lap.

:24:37. > :24:41.Mola was about 40 seconds down at T2. I think the greatest margin Mola

:24:42. > :24:48.has overcome over Olympic distance after the bike is about 41 seconds,

:24:49. > :24:51.so it's not beyond the realms of possibility for Mola to win this

:24:52. > :24:56.today but with Jonny in this form, assuming he stays healthy and on his

:24:57. > :25:03.feet, it looks like he is in good shape, and he could be on his way to

:25:04. > :25:10.his first victory of the season. If Jonny Brownlee goes on to win to

:25:11. > :25:15.date he will have won a World Series event every year since 2011. That is

:25:16. > :25:21.some record for Jonny Brownlee, one of the French athletes, I think,

:25:22. > :25:28.limping off in the opposite direction may be in need of

:25:29. > :25:31.attention shortly. Looking at that little crossover point back there

:25:32. > :25:35.with the athletes get a look at one another, it looked to me like Jonny

:25:36. > :25:41.Brownlee was running away with it, further ahead than we saw him on the

:25:42. > :25:45.last lap from that group containing Bishop and Mola, Nieschlag and Aaron

:25:46. > :25:52.Royle. Running well together and I think it is important they stay

:25:53. > :25:58.together. Don't look back! You are doing great. With every step, every

:25:59. > :26:02.need to Jonny covers now, he will be more and more confident and putting

:26:03. > :26:06.to bed some of the Demons of the last year hopefully, and I am

:26:07. > :26:12.thinking we will see him striding away to a victory to day. Let's keep

:26:13. > :26:17.our fingers crossed. At some point I guess Brownlee can lean back off a

:26:18. > :26:22.little bit. When he comes through halfway and sees the time difference

:26:23. > :26:24.still growing, he might get into comfortable zone. That is ridiculous

:26:25. > :26:28.but he will keep pushing but from our point of you watching, we think,

:26:29. > :26:32.don't do anything stupid because we have seen it happen before. It is

:26:33. > :26:38.great to see him back to his winning ways. There is the Tom Bishop group,

:26:39. > :26:49.Mola at the front now, Kristian Blummenfelt just shadowing him, Tom

:26:50. > :26:51.Bishop in that group as well, Henry Schoeman, the Olympic

:26:52. > :26:53.bronze-medallist, a little further down, and he has picked up a 15

:26:54. > :26:56.second stop-go penalty as well at T1, so he is in good shape

:26:57. > :26:59.considering he has had to stand still and take his punishment.

:27:00. > :27:05.Schomburg was with the leaders and is about to be caught and will be

:27:06. > :27:10.going backwards from here on in. With the leaders through the 40 K

:27:11. > :27:14.bike but Schomburg now overtaken by Mola, and there is only one way

:27:15. > :27:19.Schomburg is going as Mola kicks forward, injects some pace. Seems to

:27:20. > :27:22.have found his legs, found his rhythm in the last couple of

:27:23. > :27:27.kilometres. Not that surprised to see that. He hasn't completely

:27:28. > :27:31.shaken the company he has got but he has decimated that group a little.

:27:32. > :27:43.That group of nine athletes is now down to five with four hanging off

:27:44. > :27:45.the back, so he is down to five and I wouldn't be surprised to see him

:27:46. > :27:48.push on from here. Jonny Brownlee almost halfway through this run

:27:49. > :27:53.stage now, 5.52 kilometres left to run. No signs of any issues so far,

:27:54. > :28:00.touch wood, for Jonny Brownlee. Looks to be in control of this one.

:28:01. > :28:07.Jonny Wilkinson shortly complete the second lap. One hour 32 minutes,

:28:08. > :28:11.almost 33 minutes, since he dived into the Stockholm water and began

:28:12. > :28:19.this triathlon. Up egos, up this hill, ended a lap, you have to grit

:28:20. > :28:25.your teeth and climb. Now, this is half distance on the run. At the end

:28:26. > :28:30.of the first lap he was 12 seconds ahead of the next best placed man,

:28:31. > :28:38.Aaron Royle. I think he would have extended their lead considerably

:28:39. > :28:44.now. A lot of noise. It has been all about the Brownlee brothers in these

:28:45. > :28:50.parts. And the lead will be closer to 30 seconds now between Brownlee

:28:51. > :28:57.and R Royal. 31 seconds. Jonny has made a move in the right direction.

:28:58. > :29:03.-- between Brownlee and Aaron Royal. Who is next to appear on the climb,

:29:04. > :29:09.will it be Mola? I think so, Mola with Blummenfelt and Bishop. Things

:29:10. > :29:14.starting to warm up here as RM Royal moves into clear second position.

:29:15. > :29:21.Mola leads this chase pack up the climb. -- Aaron Royal moves into

:29:22. > :29:24.clear second position. Mola is cruising along now, taking

:29:25. > :29:30.Blummenfelt, Bishop, one two others with him. That little pack of five

:29:31. > :29:34.will shortly be joining Aaron Royal and Nieschlag, who currently share

:29:35. > :29:38.second and third position, with Jonny Brownlee way out in front, and

:29:39. > :29:43.Brownlee wins again today he will be the first man to win three times

:29:44. > :29:45.here in Stockholm. He and Alistair have won twice on this course over

:29:46. > :29:53.various distances but Jonny looking to be the first to win it three

:29:54. > :29:56.times in the city. Nieschlag and Royle still away from the pack but

:29:57. > :30:03.Mola threatening now, and Mola seems to be getting quicker with every

:30:04. > :30:06.stride. Jonny has company. I don't think that is allowed, pacing the

:30:07. > :30:11.athletes, I don't know if there is too much danger of him carrying on.

:30:12. > :30:19.Lap and a bit to go, shortly to take the bell on the climb for the

:30:20. > :30:23.ultimate time. The next time he comes up here, he will be, barring

:30:24. > :30:32.an accident, he will be the champion of Stockholm, winning his first race

:30:33. > :30:36.in just over one year. One hour, 41 minutes and seven seconds since his

:30:37. > :30:42.triathlon began. Taking the bell at the top of the hill in front of the

:30:43. > :30:47.Royal Palace. Mario Mola, Blummenfelt, Bishop, they have

:30:48. > :30:55.joined in. Second and third will come from two of these men here. He

:30:56. > :31:00.has not given up. He was caught, but he is pushing on. I'm interested to

:31:01. > :31:03.see how much of these two have given. Whether they can just give

:31:04. > :31:11.everything to hold onto that group now. Blummenfelt is an outright

:31:12. > :31:15.second. Bishop in third. Then the core alongside Mario Mola. If he was

:31:16. > :31:19.to finish second here today, he would only need to finish ninth in

:31:20. > :31:27.Rotterdam to secure the World Title for the second year in a row at the

:31:28. > :31:31.grand final. Second is by no means a foregone conclusion. Blummenfelt is

:31:32. > :31:36.the closest they've got to a local lad here in Stockholm and he has got

:31:37. > :31:39.lots of support. Here is another burst of speed from Kristian

:31:40. > :31:44.Blummenfelt. He wants second position. He was matching him here?

:31:45. > :31:49.It looks as if Tom Bishop can't go with him. Pierre Le Corre is the

:31:50. > :31:55.only one who has responded seriously. Mario looks a little

:31:56. > :31:58.fragile in that position. We have heard Blummenfelt talk about how he

:31:59. > :32:02.wanted to make it a one-mile race, the last mile was where he was

:32:03. > :32:05.looking to push on. Some of the athletes have not burned through all

:32:06. > :32:12.of their candles, they can really come through in the end. The threat

:32:13. > :32:18.posed by Blummenfelt here, Mario Mola is losing out. He has lost

:32:19. > :32:25.another place. With one kilometre left to run, Jonathan Brownlee is in

:32:26. > :32:29.total control. Well, he certainly is, and hopefully he can just enjoy

:32:30. > :32:35.this last kilometre little bit. It's been a tough year from him, since

:32:36. > :32:38.Rio, really, it's been very, very tough for Johnny Brownlee. It's

:32:39. > :32:43.great to see him back to his winning ways. Le Corre is not giving up,

:32:44. > :32:47.that's for sure. Sissons from New Zealand, Bishop dropped off the pace

:32:48. > :32:51.a little bit. Mola if the casualty here, though. He was on the podium

:32:52. > :32:54.here in Stockholm one year ago in the race that was won by Alistair

:32:55. > :32:59.Brownlee with Johnny Brownlee second. Le Corre joined the brothers

:33:00. > :33:03.on the podium. He is currently in third position, with Blummenfelt

:33:04. > :33:07.leading the Scandinavian charge here. Sissons is up into fourth

:33:08. > :33:14.position. Bishop down to fifth. It looks as if Mola's race has run. The

:33:15. > :33:19.Spaniard seems to have run out of steam, and he's languishing down the

:33:20. > :33:22.field. That are elastic is just beginning to go between Ryan Sissons

:33:23. > :33:28.and Tom Bishop. We're willing him back on. Women4Tech is really gone

:33:29. > :33:31.for this early. It will be interesting to see if he has used up

:33:32. > :33:37.all of his energy here -- Blummenfelt has really gone for it

:33:38. > :33:41.early. The Frenchman has stolen second place from Kristian

:33:42. > :33:45.Blummenfelt. Pierre Le Corre up into outright second. Can Blummenfelt

:33:46. > :33:49.respond? More energy from Blummenfelt. He hasn't left it all

:33:50. > :33:54.behind on the streets of Stockholm. What a response from the Norwegian.

:33:55. > :33:59.Out into second. It looks like there may be a sprint finish between two,

:34:00. > :34:05.maybe three guys. In position here. They're glancing back. Bishop is of

:34:06. > :34:11.contention now. Mola is getting further and further removed as

:34:12. > :34:14.Blummenfelt grits his teeth and goes for second place. Meanwhile, Johnny

:34:15. > :34:19.Brownlee is about to take the win. All of the action going on behind

:34:20. > :34:26.him, but he is cruising up the hill for the final time. He will win a

:34:27. > :34:32.world triathlon series race again, as he has done every year since

:34:33. > :34:37.2011. His first victory of the year. And he's savouring every second of

:34:38. > :34:42.it. A terrific day for the British team, with Jessica Lee and first

:34:43. > :34:46.podium. But this is the highlight, Jonathan Brownlee, back to his

:34:47. > :34:51.brilliant best. About to win the World Series in Stockholm. And he

:34:52. > :34:57.does so in style. One hour 49 minutes and ten seconds. Brownlee is

:34:58. > :35:02.the champion. The battle goes on for second. Blummenfelt is clear. Will

:35:03. > :35:09.there be some Scandinavian success? Le Corre desperately trying, but

:35:10. > :35:14.Blummenfelt holds on for second. What a run, what a race for Kristian

:35:15. > :35:22.Blummenfelt. With Pierre Le Corre into third. Ryan Sissons is for. For

:35:23. > :35:27.New Zealand, another good result for Tom Bishop in six. An unfamiliar

:35:28. > :35:32.position, seven. And an absolutely shattered Mario Mola. He collapses

:35:33. > :35:39.across the line. There is our champion. It's been a while. It's

:35:40. > :35:44.been a long wait, but the wait is over. Johnny Brownlee has won a

:35:45. > :35:49.world triathlon series event again. Jonathan Brownlee takes the gold in

:35:50. > :35:53.the Stockholm world triathlon series event, with the silver to Kristian

:35:54. > :36:00.Blummenfelt of Norway. And France's Pierre Le Corre taking the bronze.

:36:01. > :36:06.Adam Bowden was 13, and Mark Austin failed to finish. With one round to

:36:07. > :36:08.go, Mario Mola leads the way, with Javier Colomo is in second and

:36:09. > :36:13.Richard Murray third. Jonathan Brownlee is in six was issued. It

:36:14. > :36:19.will all be decided in Rotterdam on the 16th of September. Johnny,

:36:20. > :36:24.massive congratulations, you must be chuffed. I'm really happy. It's been

:36:25. > :36:29.a tough few months, I'm not sure what's going on with my body. But

:36:30. > :36:33.finally I felt normal. I guess that's what it feels like to feel

:36:34. > :36:37.normal and feel good. To be honest, I was waiting for it to start

:36:38. > :36:40.hurting. I was thinking, it's not been hurting yet. That was

:36:41. > :36:47.brilliant, you know, I felt really good. In the end, it only started to

:36:48. > :36:55.hurt with two paid to go. I had a hard swim -- two K. Then finished it

:36:56. > :36:58.off on the run. When you have bad races, you dream of running on the

:36:59. > :37:03.finish line about to celebrate. I took it in today. A great time to do

:37:04. > :37:06.that. You don't often have races where you have time to take it in

:37:07. > :37:10.down the finishing straight, but I did that today. What about the grand

:37:11. > :37:15.final? It's just another race, really. I'm out of the series is for

:37:16. > :37:22.us winning it goes, but I've never won a grand final. I was very close

:37:23. > :37:27.last year. I just hope it's not hot. I got a podium again, I'm pleased

:37:28. > :37:31.with that. I'm super happy with my run, I guess, maybe the fastest run

:37:32. > :37:36.of the day. I should have been in the first group. But it's so hard to

:37:37. > :37:41.catch Johnny. If you even have ten seconds, he's usually gone. Out of

:37:42. > :37:47.the run, you were a good pack in the run, you had Mola in the pack with

:37:48. > :37:51.you. It's hard, know, we were five or six guys into the last mile of

:37:52. > :37:56.spring. To finish second or seventh, that's a huge difference at the end

:37:57. > :38:00.of the day. I'm just super pleased to win that kind of spread. How

:38:01. > :38:10.would the crowd for you? You almost a local lad, and Cuba? They were

:38:11. > :38:13.awesome. -- aren't you. Johnny here was so strong today. The podium was

:38:14. > :38:22.there, just about. The final maybe 400 metres, I couldn't quite get on

:38:23. > :38:26.the podium. But I'm fairly happy with six. It solidifies my top ten

:38:27. > :38:33.ranking. It's great to see. Johnny on the podium. Where did it go wrong

:38:34. > :38:37.for you? I tried to work as hard as I good for as long as I could, as

:38:38. > :38:42.long as I have the energy I was in the group on the bike. We were

:38:43. > :38:48.working, not everyone worked, but most of us did a decent job and we

:38:49. > :38:54.managed to state 45-50 seconds to the front of the group. They were

:38:55. > :38:59.working very well. In the end, the ended up running with me, we were

:39:00. > :39:04.stronger today and just happy for it. Of course, Donovan did a great

:39:05. > :39:08.race from the start of the end, so I congratulate him. -- Jonathan Byrd.

:39:09. > :39:14.Hopefully we will have a great chance in Rotterdam.

:39:15. > :39:25.And he keeps up the trend of winning at least one WTS race every year

:39:26. > :39:27.since 2011. His first for a while, his first of the season. Jonathan

:39:28. > :39:50.Brownlee is the champion in Stockholm.

:39:51. > :40:31.CHEERING So, at the end of a terrific day's

:40:32. > :40:36.racing, Louise Minchin caught up with British triathlon's head coach,

:40:37. > :40:40.Ben Bright. It has been the Johnny and Jess show. Fantastic result for

:40:41. > :40:47.her, and something you think was coming for a while? Yes, all year

:40:48. > :40:52.she has been in very good shape. She had a bike crash in Yokohama when

:40:53. > :40:55.she injured her knee. That set her back a bit. But a few weeks later

:40:56. > :41:01.she has come back and won a European title. She put together a great

:41:02. > :41:06.race, really pleased. Right from the start, she came out of the swim

:41:07. > :41:09.first. She played to her strengths and she knew what she needed to do

:41:10. > :41:14.and she went out and did it. She knew that she needed to get her grip

:41:15. > :41:18.awake. It must have been great for her to be working with Flora Duffy

:41:19. > :41:22.on the bike, too. Not only for today's outcome but for the future,

:41:23. > :41:26.to understand that that is what it takes. Because the difference on the

:41:27. > :41:30.run that you see is not just the run, it is the amount easier flora

:41:31. > :41:33.is riding that bike. You watch her going around the corner, and she is

:41:34. > :41:38.just doing it easier and technically better. The learning will be

:41:39. > :41:44.massive. Tell us about Jodie Stimpson? She had the 15 second

:41:45. > :41:47.penalty but it was a really good swim for her. The outcome there was

:41:48. > :41:51.quite relevant. Her to get out of the water so close in a really fast

:41:52. > :41:55.swim, a rough swim, it is a massive step forward, really positive. Let's

:41:56. > :42:01.talk about jolly. Fabulous to see him back on form, isn't it? Yes, you

:42:02. > :42:05.know what he's capable of. And I think everyone has seen the last few

:42:06. > :42:09.races and you just think, that's not Johnny. I think from his own, you

:42:10. > :42:15.know, just his perspective, it's good to feel normal. That's all we

:42:16. > :42:20.want. Normal for Johnny is something else but everybody else, isn't it?

:42:21. > :42:25.Tom Bishop also has a good race. When you look at what Tom has done

:42:26. > :42:29.this year, it's phenomenal. You know, the one missing part of the

:42:30. > :42:32.puzzle is just the top end speed on the swim, he was a bit down out of

:42:33. > :42:36.the water which meant that the podium was going to be tough. But he

:42:37. > :42:40.is sixth in the field and he has been very, very consistent all year,

:42:41. > :42:44.that again is how you learn. What are your hopes looking ahead at the

:42:45. > :42:48.grand final in Rotterdam? We just want the athletes to go and race and

:42:49. > :42:54.be committed, race smart, use their heads. For us, it's always build

:42:55. > :42:59.towards the next Olympics. So we tend not to get excited and

:43:00. > :43:02.disappointed in a post-Olympic year. The biggest thing is, are we

:43:03. > :43:06.learning and putting it into practice? I think that cause will

:43:07. > :43:13.suit a lot of our athletes, it's tough. We're just looking forward to

:43:14. > :43:17.some good racing. What an amazing day of racing here in this beautiful

:43:18. > :43:20.city of Stockholm. Fantastic to see two Brits on the podium and to see

:43:21. > :43:25.Johnny back on form again with his first win of the season. And he says

:43:26. > :43:29.that just feels normal. If you want more triathlon, don't forget you can

:43:30. > :43:34.watch the mix relay cup next Saturday at TV DBM on BBC One. The

:43:35. > :43:41.grand final is on Saturday the 16th of September from Rotterdam -- at

:43:42. > :43:44.TPM. The sport this afternoon is all about the equestrian. That's it from

:43:45. > :44:08.us here in Stockholm, I hope you've enjoyed it.

:44:09. > :44:11.Jonathan Brownlee, back to his brilliant best!