ALISTAIR Brownlee has revealed a diet of Yorkshire puddings and pies helped him become the men’s Olympic triathlon champion.

Dewsbury-born Brownlee had time to walk across the finish line draped in a Union flag as he easily won gold in one of the Olympics’ most gruelling sports in Hyde Park on Tuesday.

With his brother Jonny not far behind in third they became the first British siblings to stand on the same Olympic podium for more than a century.

A day later the Yorkshire born-and-bred brothers, who have shared a house in Bramhope near Leeds for the past three years, revealed one of the more unlikely recipes to their record-breaking success.

“I’ll eat all sorts of stodgy food like pies, Yorkshire puddings, fish and chips – all of that,” Alistair said.

“I don’t mind a pizza also.”

Jonny, added: “Normally after a race I have a bit of pizza. With our diet we can pretty much eat anything and lots of it because we train 35 hours each week so we burn it all off.”

The Brownlees’ success continued a run of medals by athletes from Yorkshire, where there has been much mirth in pointing out they had, after the triathlon, won more gold medals than Australia.

The county has scooped five golds, and 10 medals in all.

With tongue firmly in cheek Alistair claimed he would prefer to represent the White Rose, rather than Great Britain, at an Olympics!

“It would be fantastic to compete for Yorkshire,” the 24-year-old said.