Britain’s Alistair Brownlee came to the aid of his exhausted brother Jonny to help him across the line in a dramatic finish to the ITU Triathlon World Series.
Just a few hundred meters out from the finish of Sunday’s event, younger brother Jonny, the Rio Olympic silver medallist, was on course for victory when he began to weave out of control, appearing on the point of collapse.
Alistair, 28, who won gold at the Rio Olympics ahead of Jonny, was in third place and came from behind to the aid of his brother, propping him up and pushing him over the line in second place.
Alistair, who finished the race in third place, said he would have done the same for any other competitor.
“It was a natural human reaction,” he was quoted by the BBC as saying.
