Jonny Brownlee sprinted to victory as he claimed gold in the second round of the World Triathlon Series in Auckland on Sunday . The 24-year-old Olympic bronze medallist maintained a challenging position throughout the race after coming home fifth following a disappointing opening race in Abu Dhabi earlier this month . But , in New Zealand , Brownlee burst out of the second transition and established an immediate lead over world champion Javier Gomez of Spain and Frenchman Pierre Le Corre , while current world number one Mario Mola of Spain was a minute down by this stage . Jonny Brownlee sprinted to victory as he claimed gold in the second round of the World Triathlon Series . Though the final stages of the 10-kilometre run brought with them heavy rain , Brownlee reached the final corner clear of his rivals and celebrated along with the crowd over the final few metres before crossing the line in a sprint finish with a time of one hour 55 minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Gomez and third-placed Le Corre . Jonny 's brother Alistair missed the race because of a minor ankle injury but , with Olympic qualification to be decided in August and September at the test event in Rio and the world series Grand Final in Chicago , none of the leading triathletes will want to peak too soon . Alastair is hopeful of a return in time for the fourth round in Cape Town late next month . Browlee was visibly delighted with victory and said : 'In ( the previous round in ) Abu Dhabi I made many mistakes , and I 've been beating myself up about it for the last few weeks . I 've been training hard because I did n't want to do that again , and I wanted to be able to show how good I was . ' I really enjoyed it , I felt good and I 'm pleased to win . ' The West Yorkshireman added on Twitter : 'Very happy to win # AucklandWTS today . It is a honest triathlon course . Just like the Yorkshire hill 's ! ' Brownlee now takes up the world number one ranking which he carries to the next round on Australia 's Gold Coast in a fortnight . In the women 's race , Lucy Hall came home 17th to finish just under five minutes behind eventual winner Gwen Jorgensen of the United States . Leicestershire 's Hall came home in a time of 2:14.10 but fellow Briton Jessica Learmonth suffered a mechanical issue during the bike ride and was forced to withdraw from the race .
Javier Gomez won the second round of the World Triathlon Series . He finished ahead of Spain 's Jonny Brownlee and France 's Pierre Le Corre . Brownlee takes world No 1 ranking despite disappointing first round .