Amazing Moment Olympic Hero Helps His Brother Over Finish Line Before He Collapses (Photos)

Dazed with heat stroke and struggling even to stand, Jonny Brownlee had to be helped over the line by brother Alistair in Mexico as the World Triathlon Series came to a dramatic close.

Alistair, who pushed Jonny over the line ahead of him in second, said the condition his brother was in was "as close to death as you can be in sport" had he not received immediate medical attention at the finish line.

Jonny went into the final race of the season in Cozumel, Mexico, in second place in the standings behind Spaniard Mario Mola, with Olympic champion Alistair out of contention having missed earlier races.

Rio silver winner Jonny needed to win the race and for Mola to finish no higher than fourth, and that was exactly what looked set to happen after the brothers had again pushed the pace hard on the swim and bike legs.

South African Henri Schoeman, who won bronze behind the Brownlees in Rio, overtook Jonny to win the race.

Jonny second-place step on the podium was left empty while Alistair and Mola heard the Spanish anthem but World Triathlon said this was a precaution.

"Following the race [Jonny Brownlee] was in recovery and doing a lot better," they said on Twitter. "But just for safety precautions he was sent to the hospital."

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Pictured! Brother Leads Robbery Attack On Sister

A 21-year-old barber, who allegedly led a gang of armed robbers to rob his elder sister and her husband in Ijoko area of Lagos, has claimed that although he knew about the robbery, he was not part of it.

According to John Ige Damilola, who was paraded alongside a car dealer at the state police Command Ikeja, “I was not part of the robbery operation. I am not the gang leader. I operate a barbing saloon in front of my sister’s building.

“One of those who attacked and robbed my sister and in-law is my customer. My barbing shop is in the same building where my sister lives, but I do not live there.

“I could not speak out because they informed me of their intentions. They came around 9p.m. But I closed my barbing saloon at about 7p.m. that day. I was arrested because the people that came to rob my sister and her husband implicated me.”

Vanguard learnt that Ige was at the scene of the operation, but did not go inside the house. His gang members raped the maid and almost raped his elder sister. They left her because she was pregnant.

According to the second suspect, who is a car dealer, “my name is David Chibuike, aged 27. I am from Abia State.

“I did not know the vehicle was stolen. I do not know John. I know Moses, the person who brought the vehicle to my car mart.

“The first time I met John was the day they brought the vehicle to me to sell. It was on that same day that I called the naval personnel to come and buy the vehicle.

“I told him I was going to sell the vehicle, a Lexus 350, for N2.2 million. He  disappeared with  the car without paying me. “After some weeks, policemen arrested one of the robbers. They asked them where the vehicle was. That was when they came and arrested me.

“I explained to the policemen what happened and later the policemen were able to trace the stolen car to a person that bought it from the navy man. They did not give me any money.”

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