 Brownlee won more than half the races in this year's series
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Britain's Alistair Brownlee took the 2009 ITU triathlon World Championship Series, after winning the Grand Final on Australia's Gold Coast on Saturday.
The 21-year-old from Leeds, who went into the final with a 351-point lead over Spain's Javier Gomez, sprinted the final 500 metres of the run leg.
The final was worth 1,200 points, and Brownlee needed only a top-five finish to clinch the championship.
"It's absolutely amazing. I couldn't have asked for anything more," he said.
"Every athlete in every race wants to win and I really wanted to win the world title.
"I was going to give it everything and I was delighted with how the race went."
Brownlee, the former junior and under-23 world champion, finished in an official time of 1 hour, 44 minutes, 51 seconds.
Gomez was six seconds behind in second, while Beijing Olympic gold medallist Jan Frodeno of Germany finished third.
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"That run leg nearly killed me," said Brownlee, who has won four of the seven world championship series events this year.
"I just went on and on and at the end went for it."
The race - held in perfect temperatures of about 20C (68F) on the tourist resort strip - included a 1.5-kilometre swim leg in the Nerang River, a 40-kilometre cycle route and a 10-kilometre run.
Brownlee clinched the overall title with 4,400 points - 800 from each of his previous series wins and the 1,200 for the grand final.
Gomez was second overall with 3,959, followed by Saturday's fourth-place finisher, Maik Petzold of Germany, with 3,442 and Frodeno in fourth overall with 3,162.
Brownlee's fellow Britons Will Clarke and Tim Don finished the race in 11th and 16th respectively.
Australian Emma Moffatt, the Beijing Olympic bronze medalist and winner of ITU world championship series events in Washington, Kitzbuhel and Hamburg, is one of the favourites in the elite women's race on Sunday.
Britain's Helen Jenkins starts the women's race sixth in the standings.
Australian Emma Snowsill, the Beijing Olympics gold medallist, is not competing as she continues her recovery from hip surgery.
Moffatt has 3,140 points in the standings with Sweden's Lisa Norden second with 3,020. Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand has 2,766 in third.
However, there are four others with an outside chance of winning the world title - Daniela Ryf of Switzerland, American Sarah Haskins, reigning world champion Jenkins and Japan's Juri Ide.
Beijing Olympic silver medallist Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal, who has several injuries this season, is also entered.
ITU World Championship Series rankings
Men's 2009 Overall Title:
1st Alistair Brownlee (GB) 4,400 pts
2nd Javier Gomez (ESP) 3,959
3rd Maik Petzold (GER) 3,442
4th Jan Frodeno (GER) 3,162
5th S Justus (GER) 3,139
Women:
1st Emma Moffatt (AUS) 3,140 pts
2nd Lisa Norden (SWE) 3,020
3rd Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2,766
4th Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2,374
5th Sarah Haskins (USA) 2,189
Selected others:
6th Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2,146
21st Liz Blatchford (GBR) 1,327
39th Jodie Swallow (GBR) 763
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