Jonathan Brownlee’s silver adds to GB medal haul

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Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee took Junior Men’s silver today at the 2009 ITU Junior Triathlon  World Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast.
 
The younger brother of newly-crowned Elite Men’s champion Alistair Brownlee fell agonizingly short of taking the title – and a world “double� for the Brownlee family - when outpaced over the final kilometre of the run by Spain’s Mario Mola.
 
Today’s silver added to the GB’s senior men’s gold of yesterday and the gold and silver won in the women’s U23 race on Friday. The women’s senior race is still to come.
 
Under strikingly blue skies with a 15 knot easterly and 20-plus degree air temperatures, Mola completed the course in a time of 54.35.
 
Brownlee crossed the line in 54.50 to hold off a fast finish from Hungary’s Kristof Kiraly who took bronze.
 
After a swim and bike leg that produced no real breakaways, Brownlee took the initiative in the run, opening up a handy five second lead over a tightly-packed field heading into the final lap.
 
But in a mirror image of yesterday’s Brownlee-Gomez clash in the senior contest, it was the Spaniard Mola who broke away to join the frontrunner with 1500m left to run.
 
With the pair now out alone, Mola produced a telling surge 1000m from the finish line to which Brownlee was unable to respond.
 
The hot temperature and pace of the run took its toll on Brownlee who was distressed and in the hands of the medical staff for some time after the race.
 
Mola paid tribute to the silver medallist.
 
“I knew when I caught Jonny one kilometre from the finish line I had him�, Mola said.
 
“He is a magnificent runner and I know that I didn’t want to look back because he would catch me again, so I just pushed all I could and I’m very happy�, he said.
 
Earlier in the day, University of Birmingham student Vicky Graves finished 26th in a field of 49 [1:04:11] in the Women’s Junior title race after taking a battering in the water.
 
“I had a good start but I just got smashed in the swim, it was like a washing machine.
 
“There was so much water my goggles filled up and I tried to get to the edge [of the field], but I just couldn’t get any space�, she said.
 
Frenchwoman Emmie Charayron took the honours in 1:00:22 while Australian Emma Jackson [1:00:41] and the Netherland’s Rachel Klamer [1:00:57] filled silver and bronze.
 

Results – Junior Men

2009 Gold Coast ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship
 
750m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run Junior Men
Unofficial Results
 
Gold. Mario Mola, ESP. 54:35
Silver. Jonathan Brownlee, GBR. 54:50 +0:15
Bronze. Kristof Kiraly, HUN. 54:55 +0:20
4. Kevin McDowell, USA. 55:07 +0:32
5. Davide Uccellari, ITA. 55:10 +0:36
6. Igor Polyanskiy, RUS. 55:13 +0:39
7. Min Ho Heo, KOR. 55:15 +0:40
8. Andrey Brukhankov, RUS. 55:10 +0:44
9. Matheus Diniz, BRA. 55:25 +0:51
10. Sam Appleton, AUS. 55:28 +0:54
 
2009 Gold Coast ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship

750m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run

Junior Women Unofficial Results
Gold. Emmie Charayron, FRA. 1:00:22
Silver. Emma Jackson, AUS. 1:00:41 +0:20
Bronze. Rachel Klamer, NED. 1:00:57 +0:36
4. Maaike Caelers, NED. 1:01:00 +0:39
5. Alexandra Razarenova, RUS. 1:01:05 +0:44
6. Allison Hooper, CAN. 1:01:10 +0:49
7. Holly Aitkin, AUS. 1:01:27 +1:06
8. Kyla Coates, CAN. 1:01:40 +1:18
9. Carina Brechters, GER. 1:01:41 +1:19
10. Yuka Sato, JPN. 1:01:52 +1:30