Off Topic World Triathlon final race

Alistair just dragged brother, Jonathan, across the line. Surely that's not allowed.

 

Making Yorkshire and Britain proud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/37402716

Jonny Brownlee: Alistair helps brother over finish line in dramatic World Series finale

Exhausted Briton Jonny Brownlee needed to be helped over the finish line by brother Alistair in a dramatic end to the Triathlon World Series in Mexico.

Leading with 700m left, Jonny, 26, began to weave over the road in hot and humid conditions in Cozumel.

Third-placed Alistair, 28, caught his brother, propping him up for the final couple of hundred metres before pushing him over the line in second place.

They were overtaken by South African Henri Schoeman, the eventual winner.

Victory in Mexico would have given Jonny the world title, but second place left him just four points behind Mario Mola.

The Spaniard was fifth on Sunday to top the overall standings.

Jonny, Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and a bronze medallist at London 2012, collapsed to the ground the moment he crossed the finish line.

He required treatment but later tweeted he was OK, with a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed on a drip.

Alongside a video clip of the finish of the race, the 2012 world champion also wrote: "Normally when you have had too much to drink. This time it was the opposite #ouch"

Alistair said it was "a natural human reaction" to come to the aid of his brother, adding: "I'd have done the same thing for anyone in that position."

He added: "I wish the flippin' idiot had paced it right and crossed the finish line first.

"He could have jogged that last two kilometres and won the race.

"You have to race the conditions. I was comfortable in third. I raced the conditions, I took the water on, made myself cool and I was all right."

'This was not how I wanted to win'
New champion Mola said the dramatic finale had overshadowed his success.

"First of all this was not how I wanted to win the world championship," the Spaniard said in an interview on the International Triathlon Union (ITU) website.

"I was already considering that the role of Alistair was to help Jonny. Considering that, I thought, 'I'm going to be second again, but at least I will fight to the end'.

"And when I heard Jonny isn't feeling well, I thought, 'I need to fight to the end'. We want everyone to be safe after the finish line."

Schoeman, who finished fourth in the overall standings, won the race - consisting of a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run - in one hour 46 minutes 50 seconds, with both Brownlees 18 seconds behind. Mola was 46 seconds back in fifth.

The ITU dismissed the Spanish Triathlon Federation's appeal to disqualify Jonny, because "athletes can receive help from another athlete".

 

Should have been disqualified.

 

****ing hell, give it a rest.

 

What triathlon rules did they break?

Unless you're trying to be contrarian and sarcastic. In that case, it's only mildly amusing when Mr. Hat does it, you just look like a tool.

 

Eh?

You posted it to get peoples opinion.
My opinion is you cant help someone in a race. It goes against the whole spirit of the competition. Harsh but true.

But if you dont want to hear that and as it didnt break the rules of Triathlon ask the mods to delete the thread.

 

If that's your genuine opinion then fair enough.

 

I know Chazz is posting his opinion, but ****, you're opinions haven't half become ****ing ****e recently.

 

And I thought I was the only **** who wasn't impressed. It shows a lack of competitive spirit in my eyes, if I'm in a race with 100 other people and my brother, the first I want to beat is him.

I wouldn't though, he's a good runner and I'm ****.

 

If they were lower down the placings it wouldn't of mattered competitively and would have been seen as a kind spirited gesture as happened in the Olympics ( in some women's race ) however this was the season finale, if he had won this race he would have won the world title, and that would have been cheating.

 

It was quite clear he wasn't going to win this race at that point. So to complain is just being arsey for no reason.

 

These two are vermin fans.

Should come as no surprise they have been trying to bend the rules.

 

At least the vermin are their local team.

 

I thought Bratfud were?

 

I thought they were from Horsforth?

 

One was born in Dewsbury, one in Bramhope.

 

Depends where in Horsforth but chances are they'd live nearer Valley Parade (old school name) than Bellend Road.

 

Fair enough, still, they're pretty local to Leeds.

 

To be fair, if they are from there the norm would be for them to be Rhiiiiiiiinos fans.