Britain's Ben Dijkstra won the Youth Olympic triathlon title after a photo finish with New Zealand's Daniel Hoy in Nanjing, China. Yesterday Sian Rainsley finished eighth in the women’s race.

After a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run in wet conditions at Nanjing's Xuanwu Lake, Dijkstra and Hoy battled down the blue carpet of the finishing chute. Dijkstra who just reached the finish first, claiming gold for TeamGB.

"I gave it everything and I'm so glad this is the result, it's amazing," he said. "I just had to keep on going, none of us were going to give up when there is an Olympic gold medal at stake. So I just had to keep on going and going, and know that the hard work I put in would just pay off."

Dijkstra was initially 25 seconds down after the swim, but bridged up to the lead group along with 16 others on the first lap of the bike. He then had to fight back to the leaders in the run after a slow transition.

Out of the second transition, it was Belgium's Romain Loop who surged to the front on the run but then dropped down after taking his 10-second penalty for an earlier infringement. After one lap on the run, Djikstra had taken the lead with a group of four, including Hoy. Heading down the blue carpet to the finish tape, it was Dijkstra and Hoy who found another gear.

"The swim was so aggressive and my swim isn't the strongest, but I just had to bridge across on the bike. The run was really tough because I had bad transition... (after the race) I was just on the floor I was just exhausted, and now I'm just over the moon."

In the women’s race Australia's Brittany Dutton rode a gutsy solo bike breakaway to claim gold. Britain’s Sian Rainsley was placed highly after the swim and was part of a break away group of six on the bike.

As Dutton rode away from the group, the chase group caught, but Raisley ran well to finish inside the top ten.  

Youth Men's Results

1. Ben Dijkstra, GBR, 54:43
2. Daniel Hoy, NZL, 54:43
3. Emil Deleuran Hansen, DEN, 54:49

Youth Women's Results

1. Brittany Dutton, AUS, 59:56
2. Stephanie Jenks, USA, 1:00:33
3. Emilie Morier, FRA, 1:00:55
8. Sian Rainsley, GBR, 1:01:53