Alistair Brownlee wins Cape Town World Triathlon Series event

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Alistair Brownlee wins South Africa triathlon despite fall

Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee returned from injury to win the World Triathlon Series event in Cape Town.

The 27-year-old Olympic champion missed the first three events of the season with an ankle problem.

But he overcame a fall on the second lap of the run to take gold in one hour 39 minutes and 20 seconds.

With brother Jonathan Brownlee missing the round, Spain's Javier Gomez came second to move top of the rankings, while France's Vincent Luis was third.

Men's World Series standings

Points

1

Javier Gomez (Spa)

2,707

2

Mario Mola (Spa)

2,273

3

Fernando Alarza (Spa)

2,221

4

Jonathan Brownlee (GB)

2,186

5

Richard Murray (SA)

1,904

Selected other

16

Alistair Brownlee (GB)

800

Alistair Brownlee said: "I knew I wasn't that fit and I didn't have good legs in that first lap. The whole thing was tough, but I'm so glad to have the win.

"I probably wouldn't have won today if Jonny was there, so at least I've got one back. I should only get fitter from here."

Jonathan Brownlee had led the standings after three races having won in Auckland and the Gold Coast.

With points already on the board, he opted to concentrate on his preparation for the Rio 2016 test event in August rather than fly to South Africa.

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Alistair Brownlee criticises Javier Gomez over trip

Alistair Brownlee was in ninth place after the weather-affected one-lap swim, and replaced Gomez as leader after the bike leg.

As the run developed he was part of the leading pack but collided with reigning champion Gomez and slipped down to fifth.

However, he powered home in the final two kilometres to make it two golds for Britain in Cape Town, after Vicky Holland's win in the women's race on Saturday.

Brownlee was unimpressed by Gomez's manoeuvring that led to the trip.

"It's bad form in terms of running, or on the bike, you could really injure someone doing that," said the older of the Brownlees.

"He cut across me, maybe not on purpose. In the heat of the moment everyone is going hard and it's tough, but you've got to be careful."

World Triathlon Series schedule

Date

Venue

Men's winner

Women's winner

6-7 March

Abu Dhabi

Mario Mola

Gwen Jorgensen

28-29 March

Auckland

Jonathan Brownlee

Gwen Jorgensen

11-12 April

Gold Coast

Jonathan Brownlee

Gwen Jorgensen

25-26 April

Cape Town

Alistair Brownlee

Vicky Holland

16-17 May

Yokohama

30-31 May

London

18-19 July

Hamburg

22-23 August

Stockholm

5-6 September

Edmonton

15-20 September

Chicago - Grand Final

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