Jonathan Brownlee backed up his win in Auckland a fortnight ago by taking the Gold Coast Triathlon in the ITU World Series on Saturday . The Yorkshireman moved amongst the leaders on the swim , remained at the front during the cycle and then broke clear in the run , seeing off Mario Mola by 19 seconds with a winning time of 1:46:53 . ' I think it 's down to confidence , ' he said of his victory . Jonathan Brownlee poses with his gold medal on the podium having won the Gold Coast ITU race . 'After the start of the season I had an awful race , I said I did n't want to make mistakes again . Today it started really well . I saw the four of us and thought lets be aggressive . 'On the run I knew they would take time out of me on the first lap , then I thought 'be steady , and if I run 30:30 it 's going to take a great run for them to catch me ' , and fortunately they did n't . ' World champion Javier Gomez took third . As a result Brownlee leads the rankings with 2,186 points from Gomez , who is 219 points behind . Brownlee broke clear of the field during the running section of the Gold Coast triathlon in Australia . In the women 's race , Gwen Jorgensen racked up an eighth series victory in a row , leading a clean sweep of Americans on the podium with Sarah True second and Katie Zaferes third . Britain 's Lucy Hall was 25th . The series next moves to South Africa and Cape Town , where Alistair Brownlee is expected to start while brother Jonathan will not . Brownlee , during the cycling section of the Gold Coast triathlon , has won consecutive races in the ITU series . The exhausted 24-year-old crosses the line 19 seconds clear of the chasing field in Australia on Saturday .
Jonathan Brownlee won the second race of April 25 in Auckland . Brownlee also prevailed in Australia , seeing off Mario Mola by 19 seconds . His brother Alistair is expected back from injury in Cape Town on the ITU season .