Malcolm Brown, el entrenador de los Bronwlees, habla después de la Grand Final en Beijing sobre el éxito de los ingleses y nombra tres puntos que contribuyen al éxito de Inglaterra.
1. Triathletes using their brains on the course:
"Triathlon demands a substantial number of judgment calls: whether to follow a bike break or not, who are those guys up the road, will I go alone or will people come with me? In the run, what are my strengths and weaknesses and what do my rivals think they are? A lot of it is knowing yourself as an athlete."
2. The governing body using its brain off it.
3. And ensuring that developing athletes get the right coaching at the right time.
Brown habla también de la importancia de la visualización (enfoque) después de lo sucedido a Lucy Smith : "The life of an athlete is full of stray dogs and you have to know how to deal with them when - and if - you see them." Un atleta debe de visualizar todas las posibilidades y esto se hace diariamente, no solamente en el entrenamiento, sino en la forma como vive y organiza su día uno. PRACTICAR LA CONCENTRACIÓN.
Para tener esta formación es necesario crear un medio ambiente (cultura/educación) que permite desarrollar un triatleta inteligente. Malcolm dice:"If you're trying to create a world or Olympic champion, you have to create an environment where the individual athlete weighs up the circumstances, makes calls, and more often than not gets them right. That is what we have tried to do, and you can only do that by seeing them fail occasionally, or stepping back as a coach when you could provide the answer. It comes down to trusting the athlete."
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