Javier Gomez finished in in one hour 42 minutes eight seconds.Javier Gomez finished in in one hour 42 minutes eight seconds. (Alastair Grant/Associated Press)

Spain's Javier Gomez timed his final sprint to win the Hyde Park Triathlon in London on Sunday, finishing ahead of Britain's Jonathan Brownlee and overall leader Jan Frodeno of Germany in the fifth race of the world championship.

Canada's Simon Whitfield finished 14th on the 2012 Olympic course, which consisted of a 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre bike course, and 10-kilometre run.

The men raced one day after Edmonton's Paula Findlay turned heads by winning the women's event.

Gomez, the 2008 world champion, pulled away from Frodeno, Brownlee and his brother Alistair Brownlee in the closing stages of the 10-kilometre run to win by six seconds in one hour 42 minutes eight seconds.

"I felt like I was flying today," Gomez said

Frodeno, the defending Olympic champion, finished 22 seconds behind Gomez.

Frodeno leads the overall standings with 2,766 points. Gomez is next with 2,573. There are two races left.

Defending world champion Alistair Brownlee was taken to a medical tent after finishing 10th.

Whitfield finished in 1:43:24.

'Fast race'

"It was definitely a fast race and a good result as I continue to say that I'm looking for consistency," said the 35-year-old from Victoria, who has just one top-10 finish this season. "I want to be in the game every week because I am competitive -- that is my nature. But it is what it is.

"The journey is filled with ups and downs, and if this is my down time then things are actually going pretty good."

Kyle Jones of Oakville, Ont., finished 31st in 1:44:23 while Jordan Bryden, of Airdrie, Alta., was 56th at 1:51:28.

The Canadians were still talking about the 21-year-old Findlay's win.

"Paula was just absolutely incredible," said Whitfield, a winner of 12 major international race victories. "She is such an example of someone who puts their head down and is focused, is pragmatic, keeps things simple and does the hard work.

"To do what she did at that age, and show such maturity is really incredible."