The Russian was also joined by his younger brother Igor on the podium, and they worked superbly throughout to help each other.

France's Raoul Shaw was the strongest athlete in the swimming leg, leading the field ahead of the Polyanskiy brothers.

By the cycling, a host of others had joined the trio, including Britain's Benjamin Shaw, South Korean's Ju Seok Kim and Akos Vanek of Hungary, as well as a number of Australians including Ryan Bailie, Kenji Nener and Ryan Fisher.

Polyanskiy began to take control during the run and eventually cruised to victory in a time of 1 hour 48min 39sec, with Jaskolka's pace forcing him into medal contention as he bolted towards the finish to take silver.

Dmitry Polyanskiy runs in the lead en route to winning the 2012 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup

"I'm very happy I have the victory again," said Polyanskiy, who finished 21st at the Olympic triathlon in London last month.

"It's a very good swimming course here, fast water and Raoul had the best swim today.

"The bike course is a little hilly so for me it's very good too.

"Today I think I showed a good performance and I feel rested after the Olympic Games.

"I think I will be ready next week in Yokohama."

In the women's race, Nicky Samuels of New Zealand took her second ITU World Cup title after holding off fierce challenges from Maria Cześnik of Poland, Australia's Charlotte McShane and Japan's Yuka Sato.

Nicky Samuels grabs the finish tape after winning the Tongyeong ITU World Cup

There were only 30 women competing, and Samuels led throughout taking control during the swim and exiting the water in front.

She was joined by South Korea's Yun-Jung Jang on the bike leg as they led the rest of the pack by 35 seconds following one lap.

That lead increased further until the start of the run, at which point the New Zealander surged away from Jang, who was soon caught up by Sato and McShane.

They battled hard to catch Samuels, but instead found themselves caught up by Cześnik, who eventually passed both on the last lap to claim a second straight World Cup podium place after her performance in Guatapé, Colombia.

Sato, the winner of the first ever Youth Olympic title in Singapore two years ago, took bronze to claim her first ever podium finish.

"I wanted to have a strong swim, be strong to that first buoy, so once I got there I just set my race up from there really," said Samuels afterwards.

"The race plan never really goes to plan, but I wanted to go on the bike and bring one other with me and it happened from the start, so it was playing out perfectly and a good enough time on the run, I knew I could hang in there."

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