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A late afternoon start in London allowed the athletes to casually get to the transition area.
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Simon Whitfield even found time to clean some debris of the course.
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A very jovial Tim Don before the start.
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Time to set up the feed zones.
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Delly Carr in action in London.
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After the warm-up swim Manny Huerta gets back to the start area.
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The focused eyes of Javier Gomez look past Alexander Brukhankov.
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Last week in Hamburg Frodeno was 2nd, today in London the Beijing Olympic Champion wanted to step up higher.
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It is time to go.
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The swim is like a big washing machine at that level too.
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A dizzying vision if you were not in that pack.
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Ouch, that hurt for sure.
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Interesting facial expressions in the front pack.
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A lat attempt by Stuart Hayes to get away from the super speedy runners.
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With a couple kilometers to go it was down to Jonathan Brownlee, Javier Gomez and Alistair Brownlee.
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A bit further back a serious fight for position.
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The pain now shows on Alistair Brownlee's face.
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Alistair Brownlee was on the verge of collapsing before the finish line.
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Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez congratulate each other while on the ground.
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Alistair Brownlee is getting medical attention.