Alistair Brownlee’s Tokyo bid dashed after the two time Olympic champion is disqualified for pushing rival under the water during swimming leg of triathlon in his home city of Leeds as Britain’s Alex Yee takes victory
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee was disqualified as Britain’s Alex Yee won the men’s race at the World Triathlon Series event in Leeds on Sunday.
Brownlee was seen pushing America’s Chase McQueen under the water in the swimming leg of the event in Roundhay Park. Maya Kingma of the Netherlands won the women’s race ahead of Britain’s Jess Learmonth.
The disqualification would seem to end Alistair’s hopes of being named in Team GB’s Olympics squad. The 33-year-old has been struggling with an ankle injury.
Alistair Brownlee was disqualified from the World Triathlon Series event in his home city
It was a better day for Britain’s Alex Yee who took victory in the men’s race of the triathlon
Meanwhile, Dina Asher-Smith maintained her unbeaten run in 2021 with a dominant performance in the 100m at the FBK Games.
The Brit delivered a season’s best of 10.92sec to crush a decent field, with Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare in second ahead of Britain’s Daryll Neita, who was third in a personal best of 11.04sec.
Jemma Reekie won the women’s 800m in a time of 2:00.77sec, ahead of stablemate Laura Muir, who was second in 2:00.95. Jake Wightman was impressive in taking the 1500m in 3:34.67.