JONNY Brownlee backed up his win in Auckland a fortnight ago by taking the Gold Coast Triathlon in the ITU World Series on Saturday.

The Bingley Harriers Athletics Club member moved amongst the leaders on the swim, remained at the front during the cycle and then broke clear in the run, seeing off Mario Mola by 19 seconds with a winning time of 1:46:53.

"I think it's down to confidence," he said of his victory.

"After the start of the season, I had an awful race. I said I didn't want to make mistakes again. Today it started really well. I saw the four of us and thought, 'let's be aggressive'.

"On the run I knew they would take time out of me on the first lap, then I thought 'be steady, and if I run 30:30 it's going to take a great run for them to catch me', and fortunately they didn't."

World champion Javier Gomez took third.

The series next moves to South Africa and Cape Town, where Alistair Brownlee is expected to start while brother Jonathan will not.

In the women's race, Gwen Jorgensen racked up an eighth series victory in a row, leading a clean sweep of Americans on the podium, with Sarah True second and Katie Zaferes third. Britain's Lucy Hall was 25th.