LONDON - Britain's Alistair Brownlee won gold with the fastest Olympic triathlon yet yesterday as his brother Jonny recovered from a time penalty to take bronze — and then dramatically collapsed minutes later.
The elder Brownlee completed the 1.5km swim, 43km bike-ride and 10km run at London's scenic Hyde Park in 1hr 45min 25sec, the quickest since triathlon's Olympic debut in 2000, and 11 seconds ahead of Spain's Javier Gomez.
But his jubilation at walking across the line, draped in a Union Flag to thunderous applause, turned to worry when Jonny, crossing 31 seconds behind, collapsed after his extreme exertions.