{"id":7499,"date":"2021-03-13T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T15:36:47","slug":"ali-brownlee-ready-for-beijing-tri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7499","title":{"rendered":"Ali Brownlee ready for Beijing Tri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alistair Brownlee has plenty of history with the Chinese capital of Beijing. He made his breakout elite performance in the city at the 2008 Olympics, where the 20-year-old Yorkshireman bravely took the race to the established field before finishing in 12th as the highest Brit. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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He also secured the 2011 ITU World Triathlon Series with a Grand Final victory in Beijing, before storming to a Beijing International Triathlon victory here in 2016.<\/p>\n

We caught up with the two-time Olympic champ ahead of this weekend\u2019s Beijing International Triathlon to discuss his Chinese tri memories, his \u2018terrible\u2019 year of 2018 and that<\/em>\u00a0Ironman 70.3 Worlds showdown with Jan Frodeno\u2026<\/p>\n

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220: You and Beijing have created some tri moments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alistair: It takes me back to the 2008 Olympics being here in Beijing as that was a really special time for me. Going to your first Olympics is really exciting, but it feels like a long time ago now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s surprised me how many of the age-group field here at the Beijing International Triathlon are domestic triathletes. I even met an athlete earlier who\u2019d come from Taiwan to see you race.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2008, triathlon wasn\u2019t on the radar in China at all so to have 2,000 people racing here tomorrow is testament to the sport. And it\u2019s amazing that some people from the region, some of whom don\u2019t speak any English, know who I am now.<\/p>\n

The Beijing International offers a rare non-drafting Olympic-distance bike course. Is that a draw of racing here?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There used to be a lot of non-drafting Olympic races, back in the Des Moines days, and it\u2019s enjoyable to be able to mix up different kinds of racing. I\u2019ve spent the last couple of seasons not being committed to the World Tri Series and being flexible to mix up my racing.<\/p>\n

That was a stunning race in South Africa at the Ironman 70.3 Worlds (where Ali came second behind Jan\u00a0Frodeno in early September). How do you look back on that experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was really pleased with that race as I\u2019ve had a terrible year with all different kinds of things, but I threw everything at it in the weeks before and on the day I couldn\u2019t have hoped for a better performance. Obviously I wasn\u2019t immensely happy with the result, but knowing there\u2019s nothing more you can do on the day is all you can do. It\u2019s taken me a long time to recover from that race.<\/p>\n

Can you elaborate on what\u2019s been tough this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I had an operation on my hip this time last year and that worked well, but it\u2019s tough to return and get your body going again after that much time out. That was mentally tough to have one thing after another happening when all you want to do is go out and train as hard as you can.<\/p>\n

You have been training and racing hard for a long time now\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I definitely think there\u2019s a degree of wear and tear. I remember saying in interviews about 10 years ago that \u2018I\u2019d prefer to be the best I could ever be and train as hard as I can, even if it shortens my career\u2019. When you say that as a rather confident 20-year-old, you never think it\u2019ll actually shorten your career but I have some perspective on that now.<\/p>\n

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