United Leeds Endeavours gets ready to cheer
on local heroes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee in the Olympics triathlon
tomorrow morning.
Wow what a weekend! At United Leeds
Endeavours we’re almost too exhausted after all the excitement of an epic
weekend to keep going for another week. But keep going we shall, with a busy
week ahead at our Leeds headquarters, and even more local heroes to cheer on in
the Olympics we can’t rest yet.
On Tuesday morning local boys Alistair and
Jonathan Brownlee will take to the water in the Serpentine at Hyde Park to
compete in the London 2012 triathlon event. Starting at 11:30 the brothers will
be hoping to build on an incredible couple of years in the sport which has seen
then become ranked numbers one and two in the world. The brothers have
dominated the sport and are fantastic medal hopes for an already spectacular
Team GB. A spokesperson for United Leeds Endeavours summed up the excitement of
the company, “We can’t wait to watch the Brownlee brothers compete, triathlon
is one of the toughest sports out there and we admire the grit they put into
their races. At United Leeds Endeavours we work with a competitive bunch of
people, sales is a competitive environment after all and we love the
competition that Alistair and Jonathan have between each other.”
In an act seen by some as draconian the
brothers have apparently been warned that they will be disqualified if
they attempt to cross the line together. This comes in the wake of the ‘fixing’
scandal that took place at the badminton which saw eight players disqualified.
Jonathan has previously said “To win a joint gold medal with my brother, that’s
the dream.” However Paula Kim, a spokeswoman for the International Triathlon
Union (ITU) has said ‘Intentionally trying or agreeing to cross the line
together, under ITU rules, brings a mandatory penalty of automatic
disqualification.’ United Leeds Endeavours has some sympathy with the ITU,
“Sports is about competition, the Williams sisters have had to play against
each other before and there can only be one winner. It slightly makes a mockery
of the situation if they don’t want to compete with each other. We’re sure that
when it comes down to it, they will compete their hardest and whoever is best
on the day will win.”
United Leeds Endeavours was also delighted
to learn about the dominance of Yorkshire athletes in the Olympics. Athletes
from Yorkshire have won more medals than most participating countries and as of
this morning would have been ranked 7th in the Olympic medals table!
“This is fantastic testament to the strength of sport in this region. We have
fantastic facilities and training programs that are producing the best athletes
in the world right now. We’re incredibly proud.”
