TRIATHLON 2012 ยท MADRID
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KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
JONATHAN RETAINS TITLE FOR THE BROWNLEES
Madrid occupies a notable section of the Brownlee
trophy cabinet as for the fourth successive year the
title went to one of the Brownlee brothers.
This time it was Jonathan's turn, as he continued his
incredible start to the Olympic year in Madrid, with
another all-round dominant display to claim his second consecutive ITU Word Triathlon Series win in
2012. Older brother Alistair Brownlee claimed a hat
trick of titles in Madrid in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Brownlee admitted afterwards that it played out
perfectly for him, with a fast swim and a pack of
nine athletes who were all dedicated to working
together on the tough bike course to maintain their
lead.
The breakaway group built a lead of over two minutes on the field coming out of Transition 2, before
he put the hammer down in the first lap of the run.
He surged ahead to win by a comfortable 38-second
margin over Russian pairing of Alexander Bryukhankov and Dmitry Polyanskiy.
