54 WORLD TRIATHLON 2017 I WORLD TRIATHLON SERIES
Despite dedicating his season to longer distances, Great
Britain's Alistair Brownlee returned to the World Triathlon
Series to reclaim his hometown race at the 2017
Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds. For the
second year in a row, the two-time Olympic Gold Medallist
wowed the crowd and put forth an incredible performance
and remain undefeated on the Leeds course.
Alistair commented on his return win, "Obviously races
like that take a bit of circumstance to help you out. It was
the little bits I didn't know – I didn't know what I'd be like
in the swim start and I didn't know if I'd struggle that first
part of the bike because I hadn't done a lot of training for
that kind of thing. Obviously little bits like that make the
race and they did on the day, fortunately I felt good."
Finishing right behind Alistair was his younger brother
Jonathan Brownlee, who earned the silver medal and
allowed the repeat of the Brownlees going 1-2 in the WTS
Leeds event for another year.
The bronze medal went to Spain's Fernando Alarza, who
collected his third straight WTS podium and temporarily
took top-spot in the overall rankings.
HOME-TURF HERO ALISTAIR
BROWNLEE DELIVERS IN LEEDS
BROTHERS PRODUCE MEMORABLE ONE-TWO FOR
THE YORKSHIRE CROWDS
