Dos In a Row: Oakley’s Javier Gomez Tops Podium at Triathlon World Championship London Event
Make it espalda con espalda (back to back).
Spain’s Javier Gomez gazed at the crowd from atop the podium at the Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship Series stop in London the past week – winning the fifth event of the tour after a hard-fought duel with a pair of Brits named Brownlee. The triumph came on the heels of his win in Hamburg just a week before.
Jonathan Brownlee, the younger brother of reigning world champion Alistair, finished a surprising second, as his older brother appeared on the verge of passing out at the finish, crossing the line in tenth place.
Germany’s Jan Frodeno claimed the final spot on the podium and added to his lead in the ITU World Championship Rankings. With the win, Gomez now sits second in the rankings after finishing the day with an amazing 29:30 10K run split.
“I think this weekend I felt even better than last weekend,” Gomez said. “I felt like I was flying today. It was very hard to race the Brownlees today. They pushed it very hard from the beginning of the run. On the final lap I just pushed it as hard as I could and I was able to get away.”
Great job Javier!
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