London 2012 Olympic medal-winning brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee have revealed they both received letters from an 89-year-old pensioner following their successes ? including a ?10 note for each of them. Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee won gold and bronze respectively at London 2012 (Picture: PA) The triathletes, who won gold and bronze respectively at their home Games, were received by a crowd of tens of thousands of fans when they returned home to Leeds earlier in the week. But the brothers said the letters have touched them the most. ?He wrote that he had watched us and that it was one of the best things he had seen in his life,? Alistair said. ?He also included a tenner for both of us and said that he wasn?t putting his name or address on it so that we couldn?t send it back! ?I don?t know what I?m going to do with it yet. I?ve been so busy with media and everything else since that I haven?t had a chance to do anything with it. ?I?ve had the letter in one pocket and my gold medal in the other.? Alistair Brownlee took triathlon gold ahead of Spain?s Gomez, but a 15second penalty put paid to Jonny?s silver hopes (Picture: Getty) Fans have celebrated the Brownlees? success in different ways, with one of their neighbours in Leeds ? Peter Moran ? painting the postbox outside his house gold in their honour, before Royal Mail quickly returned it to traditional red. But Alistair and Jonny won?t have long to take in their Olympic achievements, with Jonny competing in Stockholm next week and Alistair flying to America for a triathlon next month. ?It?s been pretty hectic since [the Olympics]. We?ve only had a brief chance to see our parents,? Alistair added. ?I?ve started training again and initially it is quite easy because you get back into a bit of normality.? Alistair and Jonny Brownlee wasted no time getting back to training (Picture: Getty) The brothers had even returned to training before the Olympics had finished. Last Sunday, as the Games were coming to an end and preparing for the closing ceremony, BBC presenter Mark Chapman tweeted: ?Want to know what makes a medallist? ?In the sun, on a party day, the Brownlee brothers have just gone past me on a training run.?
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