In the elite field, Great Britain's Will Clarke won the men's race with Australian, Courtney Atkinson (2nd) and the overall British Triathlon Super Series winner, Stuart Hayes, finishing in third place.

Great Britain's current World Champion Helen Jenkins took the honours in the women's elite race with Liz Blatchford (2nd) and Jodie Swallow (3rd) close behind.

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Another familiar face around the course on Saturday was that of ex-England and British Lions winger, Rory Underwood, who completed the Olympic course in a time of three hours, ten minutes and twenty eight seconds.

The former Royal Air Force Pilot was raising money for Help for Heroes and received great support as he completed his first Olympic distance triathlon.

In total, the weekend witnessed nearly ten thousand competitors taking part in the swim-bike-run event, with over fifty percent of those being triathlon first-timers. Starting and finishing at London's ExCeL, the course spanned some of the city's most renowned landmarks including