Alistair and Jonny Brownlee sit at their kitchen table and pause briefly over a dreamy snapshot of the future. In the imagined picture, in the last seconds of a gruelling Olympic triathlon, the brothers are racing towards the finish. The final outcome is in the balance but the current world No1 and 2 will settle the small matter of winning gold and silver medals within the family.
Outside, on a rainy Yorkshire afternoon, the lovely old lady who keeps feeding them lemon drizzle cake has drawn her curtains against the blackness spreading across the village of Bramhope, on the outskirts of Leeds. In their tight little cul-de-sac, and at the bakers down the road where they're also given free treats, the Brownlees are certified celebrities. Yet they would be engulfed by national fame if they could produce a defining Olympic story by finishing first and second or, best of all, in a dead heat in the triathlon next August.
An incredible prospect is not mere fantasy. It is rooted in the reality of their world rankings and the fact that this year they have reached the podium together in five major races where the Olympic standard tests them in a 1.5km swim, a 40km ride and a 10km run. Alistair is the new world champion, for a second time, while Jonny finished just behind him in the world series after the deciding triathlon in Beijing. Over the same course used for the Beijing Games, Alistair's winning time was a minute-and-a-half quicker than that recorded in 2008 by the Olympic champion, Jan Frodeno.
"We have got a good chance," Alistair admits, looking as steely as he is thoughtful. "But everything has to go right for us to finish first and second. In triathlon, there's a 50% chance of something going wrong. So I'd say there is a one in four chance of it happening for both of us. The odds stack up."
NEWS BY:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/05/brownlee-alistair-jonny-triathlon-olympics?newsfeed=true
Outside, on a rainy Yorkshire afternoon, the lovely old lady who keeps feeding them lemon drizzle cake has drawn her curtains against the blackness spreading across the village of Bramhope, on the outskirts of Leeds. In their tight little cul-de-sac, and at the bakers down the road where they're also given free treats, the Brownlees are certified celebrities. Yet they would be engulfed by national fame if they could produce a defining Olympic story by finishing first and second or, best of all, in a dead heat in the triathlon next August.
An incredible prospect is not mere fantasy. It is rooted in the reality of their world rankings and the fact that this year they have reached the podium together in five major races where the Olympic standard tests them in a 1.5km swim, a 40km ride and a 10km run. Alistair is the new world champion, for a second time, while Jonny finished just behind him in the world series after the deciding triathlon in Beijing. Over the same course used for the Beijing Games, Alistair's winning time was a minute-and-a-half quicker than that recorded in 2008 by the Olympic champion, Jan Frodeno.
"We have got a good chance," Alistair admits, looking as steely as he is thoughtful. "But everything has to go right for us to finish first and second. In triathlon, there's a 50% chance of something going wrong. So I'd say there is a one in four chance of it happening for both of us. The odds stack up."
NEWS BY:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/05/brownlee-alistair-jonny-triathlon-olympics?newsfeed=true
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