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Triathlon's Brownlees deliver winning display of brotherly sportsmanship

Triathlon's Brownlees deliver winning display of brotherly sportsmanship

A world triathlon title was up for grabs in Cozumel on Sunday, but sometimes there are more important things to take care of: like your brother.

So it went for the Brownlees of Britain, when Jonny headed into the final kilometre in the lead at the Triathlon World Series and on the verge of the 2016 WTS championship but suddenly in trouble, weaving and bonking in the hot and humid conditions.

His brother in third place Alistair Brownlee, the two-time Olympic champion, coming up from behind, helped Jonny up and the two made their way to the finish while South African Henri Schoeman ran by for the victory. Jonny, meantime, propped up by his brother, made it one step over the finish line before collapsing to the track. A win would have won him the world title, but the result in Mexico meant he finished second in the world championship race to Spain's Mario Mola.

"Normally when you have had too much to drink. This time it was the opposite," explained Jonny, Olympic silver medalist in Rio and bronze-medal winner at London 2012, in a tweet from his hospital bed where he was apparently recovering fine and offered a heartfelt thumbs-up to his bro.