TRIATHLON 2015 ยท YOKOHAMA 60
A SPRINT TO THE END
GOMEZ GETS BROWNLEE IN YOKOHAMA
Leaving it all down to the blue carpet, Spain's
Javier Gomez won a thrilling sprint over Brit Alistair
Brownlee to claim his first gold medal of the season
in Yokohama. After the rain and slippery conditions
of the women's race had largely abated, the men
enjoyed clear skies to cap off the fifth stop in the
WTS circuit. With massive crowds lining the run
course, Gomez, Brownlee and Spaniard Mario Mola
broke clear early and took turns pushing the pace.
After dropping Mola in the final kilometer, Brownlee
and Gomez battled the last few hundred metres.
In a final surge, Gomez gunned past his rival on the
blue carpet for the win. Gomez was delighted to pick
up his first win of the season and consolidate his
number one position on the Columbia Threadneedle
rankings.
"I was probably running against the best runners in
the sport in Mario and Alistair, I was feeling good
and had something left, I tried with two 'K' to go and
dropped Mario but Alistair stayed and then surged.
It reminded me a little of Cape Town but this time I
kept up," Gomez said.
