TriaThlon 2013 · yoKohama 48 TriaThlon 2013 · yoKohama 48
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Jonathan BroWnLee starts his year
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On paper Jonathan Brownlee's dominant return to
World Triathlon Series racing wasn't surprising, but
the reigning ITU World Champion revealed after his
brilliant Yokohama win just how emotional it had
been. Due to an ankle injury that had kept him out
of racing since the 2012 WTS Grand Final Auckland,
Brownlee had initially thought his season was over
before it started and was low in confidence.
It turns out, just like his brother's return to racing
in San Diego, that he needn't have been concerned.
After finding his regular place in the lead of the swim
Brownlee worked with a small but powerful group of
eight on the technical bike course, including Javier
Gomez and Mario Mola, to put a gap of 90 seconds
into the rest of the chasers from the run.
For a while it seemed another epic battle between
Brownlee and Gomez was on the cards, before
Jonathan left the Spainard in his wake on lap two
of four and went on to beat Gomez by 24 seconds.
Portugal's Joao Silva held on for his third consecu-
tive bronze medal of the year, enough to stay ahead
in the overall World Triathlon Series rankings.
