Three Men achieve Olympic Qualification

Britain has three men in the top six at the Triathlon World Cup in Madrid, Spain.

Alistair Brownlee finished third with Tim Don (fourth) and Will Clarke (sixth). All three achieved the Olympic triathlon qualification criteria.

Javier Gomez of Spain won the race in front of his home crowd. With Ivan Vasiliev of Russia clinching the Bronze medal. Christian Prochnow finished fifth to claim the final spot on the German Olympic team ahead of established German triathletes Maik Petzold and Andreas Raelert.

G – Javier Gomez (Spain) 1:56:25
S – Ivan Vasiliev (Russia) 1:56:44
B – Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain) 1:56:53
4 – Tim Don (Great Britain) 1:57:04
5 – Christian Prochnow (Germany) 1:57:13
6 – Will Clarke (Great Britain) 1:57:15
7 – Maik Petzold (Germany) 1:57:23
8 – Laurent Vidal (France) 1:57:39
9 – Steffen Justus (Germany) 1:57:41

Tim Don continues to lead the 2008 World Cup Series

1 – Tim Don (Great Britain) 155
2 – Javier Gomez (Spain) 150
3 – Ivan Vasiliev (Russia) 105

The Men's Olympic Triathlon takes place on 19th August 2008.