TRIATHLON 2015 ยท AUCKLAND 24
THIRD TIME'S A CHARM
BROWNLEE TOPS PODIUM FOR FIRST TIME
IN AUCKLAND
Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee was determined
not to take another silver medal in Auckland, as he'd
done twice before. Brownlee turned in a master-class
performance over the tough, hilly course made
even more difficult in wet conditions to beat out the
reigning WTS Auckland champion Javier Gomez,
who took the second-podium spot.
For Frenchman Pierre Le Corre, it was a career
best result of bronze. In the lead pack the entire
race, Brownlee proved his gold-medal worth once
foot hit the pavement and he secured a healthy gap
that brought him into the finish-line first. Adding a
10-second lead after each of the laps on the 10-kilo-
metre run, he took home the top podium position
with a time of 1:55:26.
"It was great to win, the first World Triathlon Series
event that I have won in a while. In Abu Dhabi I made
a lot of mistakes and I had been beating myself up
about it over the last three weeks and training hard
because I did not want to do it again," said Brownlee.
