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>> the biggest trap of on -- triathlon of the year kicks off with a thrilling race. jorgenson wins with 58 minutes and 56 seconds, while in the men's competition they're looking to assert their dominance. to make matters more exciting, the next relay world championship puts the icing on the cake. >> he claims goals are great britain, this will be a massive attempt. >> welcome to hamburg, one of the homes of the most popular races of the season. kicking off on one of the city's foremost boulevard, this is the

seventh of 10 rounds in the series. considered the biggest and perhaps most loved race in sports, the hamburg is also the longest standing venue on the calendar. the presence of the mixed relay world championship for a third consecutive year only further adds to the spectacle. contested on a breathtaking waterfront course along the ,anks of the elbow river they'll be judged on impeccable services. there are 11,000 plus participants registered to take part, showing hamburg primates -- remains as popular as ever. as this is becoming have a tool for the city, both men's and split, elite races were assuring spectators would be treated to a high-octane race from straight beginning to finish. the raise in hamburg was a star-studded event with a star-studded event with the less than eight different medal

winners featuring, including three who have taken the title. 2014 hamburg when our -- oneer gwen jorgenson several in the air in the row. the american couldn't afford to relax in the city she knows and loves. >> i think hamburg is one of the most exciting cities to come to because there are so many fans out there and there are so many people and it is so loud. our member when someone else when it was just the excitement in the crowd that was wonderful. >> she had her compatriot rdas apple to follow, and is the second athlete over the line in .ondon and hamburg, a similar finish for the native would increase her chances of challenging the world title in this year's grand final. considering the place a strong showing in germany seems likely. >> i didn't expect to be on the

podium every race that i've done but it has been a nice surprise. it is helpful to see what they have done and seeing how consistent they can be and i strive to do that myself and they are a great role model and their great to look at how to be dominant in the sport. >> another story to follow was that of home favorite, a remarkably talented german who is the other 23 world champion and a 2015 she has managed to find time not only to place fourth at cape town but also finish a masters degree at oxford university. well, try to quite relax from straining and not think about that much, if training is in going well, you just forget about it and don't worry too much about it. same about races. >> it is time for the elite

lemons sprint race in hamburg, commentary. let's check out the course. just one lap. 700 meters. onto the bikes. total,ride six laps in very flat, we have seen it be physically demanding. numerous changes of direction, tight turns., wet roads to contend with. left, therek, to are a few 180 degree turns. on the flat tarmac service, you can expect quick times. away they go, a reasonably clean start. >> the water temperature is 21 or something like that. >> 21 point seven water, 28 in

the air. just yesterday was 32 or 33 and very humid so the conditions today are perfect for racing. those leads winners are trying to make sure there is a drop in possible, you don't want to come out with 35 or 40 people on this tight course. they will be pushing the pace up front, the helicopter pulling back, we will see another 20 or 30 seconds, the bridge they go underneath. a wall of people all the way around. the leaders are coming out of the dark tunnel while they, the first athletes are going in. >> we have done this for many years, i'm not sure i've seen such a distance of dispersal of athletes. >> there is no question that carolyn rude j -- rouche is

putting the nail down. caldwell upfront. front, when to the jorgenson, probably in six. they have to run upstairs and 82 100 meter run from the blue carpet to the bicycles before they go race in front of the city hall. we will be nine minutes and 30 seconds as she comes to the end of a quick swim. the hardest she can go, maybe dropping off an athlete or two. 9.35.hey,, looks over the shoulder, no big surprise. up those stairs, you don't want to stop your toe. great swim. place, i gotourth a believe you will see in a few seconds.

a little bit further back, still a great position. specialist was the first out of the water followed by -- not far behind however, these top dogs look in shape for the second leg of the competition. is for on.becky, she the rest of those women would be wise to catch on to her. i'm surprised they are letting such a gap happen. we have seen this before, one athlete doing too much work and eventually their legs tire and the entire pack tires so i would be up there with the collective group of women trying to keep feeling that motivated doing maybe 50% of the work but not 100%. theyis the 180 turn and will see each other so they will know a bit of whether they are getting closer or not. that looks like it is getting say, ibut it is hard to

think it is not going too far in the opposite direction. izetti,, ms. eddie -- m in the bunch, i don't see the russian athlete here so she may have fallen back. she knows how to play the game right. >> jody simpson in trouble. doesg disappointment, she not look happy and i can feel the frustration. she is showing a technical problem with her wheel. >> vicki holland, i can see those two women fighting it out, in glenn's 10 wins and the last 18 months, her narrowest victory was right here in hamburg last year when she only won by six second. , the onee a look place, and i jackson was six seconds behind her.

if she's been vulnerable anyplace it has been in hamburg. another german upfront coming through the crowd, should not be a surprise. it is almost mandatory that when you are from home, you go up front and get the crowd riled up. they have been caught up. caught them just coming into the transition zone. gwen jorgenson -- jorgensen knows she is the best. too many people come in because of this narrow transition. her goe surprised to see off in 15th place she never worries about having a fast transition. big he holland is another woman to look out for today. i think she can be another big actor.

>> with many of the favorites involved, gwen jorgensen anther -- answered. holland and icki can see her being a silver medalist. that is a bummer to say she won't win but. gwene have seen so many times. >> stanford in a great position. when in from germany in a great position. these guys come out every year and are remarkable. >> to americans. that is going to be a top four. >> do you want to bet on that?

hopefully math was not your sport. in grade seven for the three times you were there. gwen jorgensen, she should be pulling up and we have a group of war together -- quach wrote together -- four together. wow. somebody who is having a brilliant day will miss the podium. be the top or in whatever order. second and third, anybody's game. we are not seeing gwen jorgensen half the sprint. looking like she is just picking a slightly different line so it is just interesting moving here

but jorgenson trying to make the move. vicki holland looks like she's the only athlete that wants to go with her. 1.3 kilometers to go. holland is speaking to jorgenson. whatever happens from here because previous races, we have seen jorgenson go. she is not done that yet. >> vicki holland in a great position getting herself a podium and just maybe she could be the spring breaker for jorgenson. looking like she is just trying to pull away from stanford, i can either have gone to lindemann. she will end up in probably the fifth spot. there they are. holland has taken the lead. don't discount either of these

women. least one card in their deck to play, holland trying to see if she can break organs and -- jorgenson. aerobic capacity of jorgenson, she will not go away. stanford coming back on through. battle. usa very go, here it comes. jorgenson picking up, i'm incredible job. 10 consecutive wins in a row can she win 11. in her narrowest bakery last year. vicki holland made an incredible gutsy move with 800 readers to go. like she hasking found one more year again, this woman is unbelievable. she will maybe go into chicago undefeated, she did not have to raise here and has enough points to go into the grand final undefeated. but it is gwen jorgensen from

the united states, the former wisconsin badger. vicki holland still coming. jorgenson showing us for the first time that she can also win, jorgenson from the united states of america is going to make it 11 consecutive wins in a row. one, jorgenson, the narrowest victory. vicki holland is showing us she is no question willing to fight it out. here comes the battle for third. rain -- will out sprint. >> i was like what do i kick, what do i do? will she kick first? >> you breeze past this. pastdo not normally breeze but she was right there and i

could feel her on my shoulder and i know it was going to be a fight till the end. >> getting closer maybe that anyone else has this year. i felt like i was working hard to keep up and i cover those relatively easily but i know i was on my limit. i tried to respond one final time. mind, ing through my usa will be the headlines and i thought we need more girls on the podium so that's the ticket in the end. to actually share a podium. >> it was all about gwen jorgensen once again in hamburg with the historic 11 to win in a row. she was pushed to the brink in the final sprint by vicki holland that finished second. sanford's bronze took the lions

share. usa had to settle for fourth while dutch athlete took fifth. it was not the best day at the office for katie while sixth place meant she missed the podium for the first time in 2015. overall, gwen jorgensen remains unchallengeable with 4000 point in total. -- it is a u.s. 123. with only two races to go before the grand finals, the title looks to be gwen jorgensen to lose. ♪ >> hamburg is not just the

oldest event on the schedule, it also host the largest triathlon with over 11,000 athletes signed up to participate. more amateurs competed in the age group events this year than in any other round in the series bringing germany's second-biggest city to a standstill. the individual and relay races which were staged across olympic and sprint distances proved to be a hugely enjoyable experience for all involved.

>> happier gomez -- javier gomez, after skipping london, returned it to hamburg with a goal of staying on top of the to oust, hoping allister bromley. gomez is not taking anything for granted and thinks the title is far from won. >> i'm happy with how things are going, i did not start very well. i was sick before the first couple of races. since the last race i have been good and i hope to keep this until the end, we still have three or four races to go and the grand finals will be important. >> one of his biggest rivals could be fernando lr is a -- e z arza. 's big was alarza

breakthrough giving him the first podium of his career. mola.8 point behind mario the native is throw without 2015 has unfolded. amazingsly for and i'm very happy and motivated think,s race because i -- one man will be keen to take advantage of the accident -- abwssence of the bromley brothers. he thinks it's about time he took gold. >> i am ready.

so this is very good for me. i think everyone in france is waiting for victory. >> away they go for this sprint race and hamburg and there are sprint specialists in the field. gomez has one races before. >> there is no question he will be a factor. he didn't have a great swim in and i'm not sure if he is in a little of a big training block. he is planning to do the 70.3 world championships in austria. last year he was champion in canada and expects do the same thing again, race here, racing in stockholm and next weekend go to austria. two weeks later, edmonton and the grand final in chicago so a busy month for gomez. if anyone is capable he is the

guy. nobody wearing wetsuits today. they are coming out of a black tunnel into the sunlight and to a wall of sound as it is now approaching 6:00 at night so we will get a few shadows but it is not dark here, doesn't get dark until 10:00 p.m. and look at the wereof that crowd, some sitting outside two and a half hours ago to have a chance to get up here and get up close and personal to these incredible men. eight minutes in change so they are having a fast swim. >> eight and a half minutes at this point, and it will be fascinating to see how many make the lead group on the bike. >> i think a lot. >> it will benefit some more than others. >> wow.

we have at least 15 guys all in close contact. then it is a matter of can that big pack stay close? >> out they come. all where we thought they would be. podium,been near the vincent lewis, the big name. waslovakia's richard varga first out of the water. luisjavier gomez and exited but they had gone to make up. >> there are the leaders. he seems to be back there in the third chase. so gomez is really doing some work, trying to hold off that

bunch showing the brilliant bike handling skills. when you are the number one ranked man in the world do you really have to do that much work up front? it just shows why he is a respected and brilliant. they have tossed out to athlete second came out of the water with them. in the form of taiyama and rafael. >> will be enough for them in the chasing pack's? we will see. >> there is the chase group, 34 seconds. but how many times have they put themselves in the right position? would he have been going faster if the bromley brothers were here? murray, haveichard just allowed a bit of a weakness in this one to put them in a tough position. clearly, tommy is here to do his own job and kudos to him. heould be surprised if

finishes in the top 10 so he is hurting the u.s. chances for olympic points and eric lacquers laggerstrom. helping to drive the pack, it was 30 plus second last time that they came through and it grew to 35. just over 28 minutes. >> 37 seconds a gap. >> they are stealing second every time and those guys are sitting back, not saving it for the podium. now start asking yourself who in that lead group of nine are the most feared runners? it.question about >> on paper and what we have

seen over the last year, 18 months, you would think this the two gomez and luis, most likely to fight it out but we will see. >> the interesting thing is two years ago nobody would have called javier gomez a sprinter but we have seen nobody wants the 10 second penalty. spanish, one one of the french athletes in the transition area. there is our spanish athlete. shoes on, and germany is first, he will run courageously and running excitedly, gomez a little slow out of the transition. >> i have not seen sight or sound. lost their of people bands as well. richard murray just in front of us, mola beside him. javier happier gomez --

gomez to commence the gold. then it's up especially if they will make up for lost ground. >> there a go, what we anticipated. gomez, the younger man, vincent luis. this is what france does, for those that don't follow the sport, they don't have many big events like this but they have a dozen of these french grand prix races. but they are all of this exact format and these young guys, 17 or 18-year-olds race this 20 or 30 times before they get on the wts circuit.

brilliant summer and biker showing us he can run with the best of the world. great battle happening out there, schumen in there. in.s like to french sitting varga coming through. our german falling off the pace. one more lap to go, this will be stupid fast. >> do you think gomez will try to break luis at some point? or will he say i will take you in a sprint? >> i think you will try to do uis, and i think vincent l i can't remove or which of the

first races got broken with about three, maybe a kilometer from the finishing line. he is alreadya, dropping richard murray. pretty he get on the podium? >> he can't. but he might have the fastest run of the day despite the fact that this one has let them down one last time. >> there is richard murray. >> brilliant running. this is just superb because the better part of 40 seconds down on these great runners. varga is running well. eating up the field. it is possible you have the fastest run of the day. s there is no way he will let them go.

as we have seen in alaska both acceleration, new leave, new athletes, new tactics, here we go again. from the first break romance, louie wasn't broken. luiswill be vincent first ever >> this is going to be another epic battle. i.t. racing is all about. you could imagine a four-man fight instead of these two incredible warriors. >> it would have been epic. this is epic and of. have two really performed to beat them. you will give you nothing and he's sticking to vincent luis. >>