Atkinson square in devolve to ITU triathlon
As Courtney Atkinson establish himself among the leadership at Saturday's Golden Seashore Earth serial publication race, the Aussie triathlete knew he'd made the correct choice.
Later on walk off from short-conformation triathlon pursual the 2012 Capital of the United Kingdom Olympics, Atkinson lined up in his get-go ITU Existence Serial publication bucket along in two-and-a-one-half years, finally coating 10th.
Serial drawing card and Olympic bronze medal winner Jonathan Brownlee was the succeeder on the day, pull aside on the 10km operate stage to polish 20 seconds absolved of Spanish pair Mario Ocean sunfish and Javier Gomez.
But Atkinson mat care a success afterward an telling reveal which shows his hopes of limiting for a one-third Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro following class are Interahamwe from scarce aspiring thinking.
The spotlight for the 35-year-erstwhile Queenslander was during the trial when he institute himself keeping tread with the likes of Headfish and Gomez.
"It was only five weeks ago I was snowboarding in Japan and not training," Atkinson said.
"To run two and a half k's or three and a half k's with the best guys and watch their pace out and then when they settled I could settle with them and it wasn't a pacing thing, it's just a tolerance thing.
"I belike hung on a petty second likewise foresighted to the front end radical but I was never going to succeed the backwash Hera.
I had my goals that I precious to accomplish... it's former days, I but pauperism to be on that point with them plenty (for them) to then go: he's silent very well."
Brownlee's win was his second in a row and ensures he heads back the United Kingdom with a handy lead of 219 points in the series.
The 24-year-old will now take a break from racing to recover from back-to-back events in Auckland and Gold Coast with an eye on this year's Olympic test event in Rio and the Chicago ITU race where Britain's selectors will largely make their decisions on who will represent them at Rio.
"(Today) was a hard, heavy race, it's departure to look at me a piece to undergo ended that," Brownlee said.
"It's a farsighted flavour and I wanted a time of year of deuce halves and 66mega the low one-half or the 1st segment is through with in real time and it's away swell.
"I want to go home and relax, go away from triathlon for a few days and then I'll miss it again."