Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee marked his return from injury to win the ITU World Triathlon Series race in Cape Town on Sunday after recovering from a fall early in the run.
Brownlee caught up with the leading group of Javier Gomez Noya, Vincent Luis and Richard Murray, before pulling away over the final 1,500 metres.
Brownlee, also the current world and European champion, made it a British double in South Africa after Vicky Holland won Saturday's women's race.
Brownlee had missed the first three races of the season with an ankle injury but returned to claim his 18th series win, extending his record as its most successful athlete.
Holland took her first career win, also with a strong finish in the run to beat women's series leader Katie Zaferes of the United States into second.
Brownlee led through the second transition from bike to run but stumbled after what he said was a collision with Spain's Gomez Noya. He had to fight his way back and kicked away from the trio near the end to return to the series in style.
"I knew I wasn't that fit and I didn't have good legs in that first lap, to be honest," Brownlee said. "The whole thing was tough but I'm so glad to have the win."
Gomez Noya was second, Frenchman Luis third and South African Murray fourth. Gomez Noya leads the series standings from fellow Spaniards Mario Mola and Fernando Alarza after four of 10 races.
Zaferes led the women's race after the swim, which was shortened for both women's and men's events because of cold water temperatures off Cape Town's Atlantic coast.
Holland, also returning from injury, attacked from down in the field during the run and timed her final kick perfectly. Olympic champion Nicola Spirig of Switzerland came home third.
"This day was an experiment to see how fit I was," Holland said.
While Holland won her first series race, the winning streak of American Gwen Jorgensen finally came to an end after she sat out in South Africa. Before Saturday, Jorgensen had claimed eight straight victories, the longest winning run for an elite woman in series history.
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