Jonny finally has his own golden moment
Jonny Brownlee finally joined the family gold rush in his last Olympic race as he helped Great Britain to victory in the inaugural triathlon mixed relay.
Having claimed bronze in London nine years ago and silver in Rio behind his brother Alistair, Brownlee finished fifth in the individual race on Monday but he played a key role in Britain’s third triathlon medal of the week.
After an excellent first leg from Jess Learmonth, Brownlee broke away from his rivals, and individual silver medallists Georgia Taylor-brown and Alex Yee maintained the advantage to claim Britain’s seventh gold of the Games.
“The Olympics, I’ve completed it,” said an excited Brownlee to the BBC immediately afterwards.
Having been in the shadow of his brother for his entire career, Brownlee now finally has his gold – the third for the Yorkshire siblings in a remarkable family haul.
The 31-year-old said: “It’s about time. I keep on trying to get gold medals, Alistair’s won two so far, and to go home with one and get towards matching him is super special.
“And it’s also the first ever Olympic mixed team relay in triathlon so we’ve made history in that. I feel like I’ve been a part of a lot of history in my career and that’s just another one. It’s capped off my Olympic career amazingly.”
Emma Wilson grabbed a windsurfing bronze medal for Great Britain in Enoshima.
After an impressive campaign in which she only once finished outside the top five in 12 preliminary races, the 22-year-old had the luxury of starting the final doublepoints race secure in the knowledge that the elusive place on the podium was in the bag.
Team GB’S Karriss Artingstall also took bronze in boxing after losing her featherweight semi-final against Japan’s Sena Irie.