TRIATHLON 2015 · CAPE TOWN 48
ALISTAIR BROWNLEE IS BACK
CAPE TOWN TREATED TO THRILLING RACE
Not even a stumble on the run could stop Alistair
Brownlee's return to the top of the World Triathlon
Series podium in Cape Town. As the most successful
athlete in the Series' history, he secured a win that
took his total number of titles to 18. Early on the run,
four men broke away from the pack that included
Brownlee, Javier Gomez, Richard Murray and
Vincent Luis. The men were running comfortably
together when Brownlee took a tumble that
temporarily gave his competitors an advantage.
But he quickly made his way back up to the group
before blowing them away in the final 1500m in his
first WTS race after returning from injury.
"Of course you never know, all you can do is train as
hard as you can and put everything in that you can
on the day. I knew I wasn't that fit and I didn't have
good legs in that first lap to be honest… The whole
thing was tough, but I'm so glad to have the win,"
Brownlee said.
Behind Brownlee, Gomez finished strongly to
claim Silver, while Luis overtook South Africa's own
Murray to capture bronze.
