{"id":7829,"date":"2021-03-15T02:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2021-03-15T02:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T02:14:29","slug":"brownlees-rio-olympics-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7829","title":{"rendered":"Brownlees’ Rio Olympics quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having obliterated the field at the Rio Olympic Games triathlon, the Brownlee brothers pulled off another fine performance in the press conference at the Forte Copacabana as well.\u00a0Here Yorkshire\u2019s finest open up on the Rio experience, sibling support and the lure of racing Ironman\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ON ENJOYING IT<\/p>\n

ALI: The odds are that it won\u2019t happen again. Four years is a long time until the Tokyo Olympics and we shouldn\u2019t be thinking about it too much. We should be enjoying what we\u2019ve managed to pull off today and be appreciative that the last three months of hard training paid off. When we crossed the line we looked at each other and said \u2018We\u2019ve done it\u2019.<\/p>\n

ON MAKING THE BREAK<\/p>\n

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ALI: Our plan was to get out of the swim as fast as we could and push it hard on the bike quickly. And we got a gap between us and the chasers, so it worked. We pushed on to drop Vincent Luis as we knew he was starting to struggle. I\u2019ve spent my life racing so I know what to look for when an athlete is starting to struggle.<\/p>\n

ON MILKING COWS<\/p>\n

JONNY: Our mum and dad are here but our brother Ed didn\u2019t bother coming and stayed at home. He\u2019s training to be a vet so he\u2019s probably milking cows right now, something far more interesting than watching us! We saw our parents in the stand holding a Great Britain and a Yorkshire flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ON RETAINING THE OLYMPIC TITLE<\/p>\n

ALI: It\u2019s very special but the important thing is I showed up today after training as hard as I could and executed it on the day. The record isn\u2019t the big thing for me. It\u2019s turning up on this day and winning the race. Maybe the enormity of it will sink in over the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

ON KILLING IT IN TRAINING<\/p>\n

ALI: I had ankle surgery in August 2015 and didn\u2019t run pain-free until the new year. But once I started training, which is something that I love, Jonny helped push me on. We were doing sessions that were harder than races a few times a week and absolutely killing ourselves, I was waking up unable to walk. And it\u2019s been like that for the past six months.<\/p>\n

ON ALISTAIR RACING IRONMAN<\/p>\n

ALI: Tokyo is a possibility that I need to think about. Triathlon is what I love doing and I want to do Ironman one day. Whether that\u2019s before Tokyo in the next four years I don\u2019t know. Or I do Ironman and then have a crack at Tokyo. But triathlon for me has always been about the Olympics, starting from watching Sydney in 2000.<\/p>\n

ON THE RIO SETTING<\/p>\n

ALI: The setting is fantastic and the sport of triathlon really showcases locations. We really noticed the British support out on the course; the fans outnumbered every other nation on the course.<\/p>\n

JONNY: The water quality was absolutely fine. Our friends have all swam in it and are fine. The only difference we made this time was not swimming in it the day before the race. The bike course made for an interesting and proper triathlon, instead of just a run race. Although being from Yorkshire, we wanted even more hills!<\/p>\n

ON JONNY\u2019S FUTURE<\/p>\n

JONNY: I thought Alistair was waiting for me at one point, and I thought I could do him at the end! But if any athlete is going to beat me then I\u2019m happy it\u2019s Alistair. I\u2019m 26 now and still have hopefully a few years in me to get a gold medal. Maybe I\u2019ll start to feel jealous of Alistair if I\u2019m still chasing that medal at the end of my career.<\/p>\n

ON SIBLING EMOTIONS\n<\/p><\/div>\n

JONNY: Rio was the most emotional moment that I\u2019ve had racing. I\u2019m not usually an emotional racer but maybe after the tough year we\u2019ve had where we\u2019ve gone through a lot more together, it made it more special than ever before me. We\u2019ve been written off so getting gold and silver couldn\u2019t have gone any better.<\/p>\n

ON QUITTING TRI<\/p>\n

JONNY: If I didn\u2019t have Alistair then I don\u2019t think I would be sat here. There was a time when I was about 14 when I wasn\u2019t sure of doing the sport any longer, but Alistair made it really easy to come back to. He\u2019s a great training partner and would get me out of bed in the morning. We\u2019d cycle to school together and he\u2019d show me great run routes. It\u2019s all about trust and knowing someone has your best interests at heart.<\/p>\n

ON HENRI SCHOEMAN\u2019S BRONZE<\/p>\n

ALI: Today was about being an all-round triathlete. We said to Henri at the starting line that we\u2019re going to swim hard and take it on. Triathlon at the Olympics is all about doing it on the day, and Henri did that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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ON UK SPORT<\/p>\n

ALI: We\u2019re a sport-mad nation and the funding and input from UK Sport is phenomenal. There are cycling and running routes all around Britain, and the ITU races in Leeds and London have the biggest crowds on the circuit. We\u2019ve got the attitude that the Olympics is everything, and the access to the doctors, physios, coaches and more means that I\u2019ve got all I need. And Yorkshire has a massive sporting heritage, which is crucial. And long may that continue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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