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Taylor-Brown on the home strait after Yokohama win

Triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown kicked off her post-Olympic season in style last weekend as she looks ahead to AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds on 11-12 June.Â Â The 28-year-old returned from Tokyo last summer with gold and silver medals to her name in the mixed relay and women's individual respectively.Â Â Ad/> And she was back in Japan to get her 2022 campaign underway, with aÂ World Triathlon Championship SeriesÂ event in Yokohama in similar conditions to the ones in which she claimed that silver last year.Â Â TriathlonTaylor-Brown on the home strait after Yokohama win26 MINUTES AGO This time around, there was no flat tyre to slow her down and Taylor-Brown was able to finish strongly to take victory ahead of France's LÃ©onie Periault and Olympic champion Flora Duffy, a result that was as welcome as it was unexpected.Â Â She said: «I didn't really have a plan going into it because it was the first race of the season so it was just a case of seeing how it went. I really didn't expect to win at all.

Fran Brown backs Swansea Para Series event to boost paratriathlon profile

Former world champion Fran Brown is backing the first ever standalone World Triathlon Para Series event in Swansea to dramatically increase the profile of her sport. The best paratriathletes in the world head to south Wales later this summer and will return to the city through to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Ad/> The event also gives non-elite athletes the chance to take part and PTS2 star Brown, who grabbed global glory in 2019, wants the race on August 6 to push paratriathlon onto a whole new level in this country.

‘I was loving life… and everyone was just miserable’ – Jess Learmonth on why losing doesn’t have to matter

Olympic triathlon relay champion Jess Learmonth says she wishes athletes would be «happier» and stop being so wrapped up in results. Speaking to Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford on the latest episode of Eurosport’s new podcast The Breakdown, Learmonth said her unusual route into triathlon meant she had a different perspective to her rivals. Ad/> Learmonth only got into the sport in her 20s after getting back from travelling, in her own words “a bit porky”, and entering a charity triathlon while working in a supermarket.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Team NI to send biggest number of Para-Sports athletes to Birmingham

Team NI will send its biggest ever representation of Para-Sports athletes to this summer's Commonwealth Games.

Taylor-Brown and Yee grab brilliant World Championship Series wins in Yokohama

Georgia Taylor-Brown admits she battled through the pain barrier to grab a gutsy win and climb to the top of the World Triathlon Championship Series table in Yokohama. The two-time Tokyo 2020 medallist, 28, delivered a searing run to open up a commanding advantage and cross the line ahead of French star Leonie Periault.

Kristian Blummenfelt wins Ironman title after Olympic gold; Daniela Ryf’s 5th world title

Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt became the first triathlete to earn an Olympic gold medal and an Ironman world championship in the same year span, rallying to win the latter in St. George, Utah, on Saturday.

Jonny Brownlee still in pursuit of triathlon perfection ahead of Commonwealth Games tilt

Jonny Brownlee might have ‘completed' the Olympic medal set but is still racing and chasing his lifelong dream: the perfect triathlon. The 32-year-old memorably completed the set of Olympic medals with mixed relay gold in Tokyo having won individual silver and bronze at the previous two Games. Ad/> Brownlee stepped off the blue carpet and announced he was done and dusted over Olympic distance — like brother Alistair, he would step up to long-distance racing.

Triathlon star Holland hails British strength and depth

Vicky Holland hailed the dizzying strength of women's triathlon in Britain ahead of a landmark summer for the sport. The trailblazing three-time Olympian from Gloucester has been a driving force behind the women's side of the sport for a decade, alongside the likes of Helen Jenkins and Non Stanford. Ad/> That generation helped install Britain as the foremost nation in the world to the point where six British women came in the top 20 of the World Triathlon Championship Series rankings.

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Taylor-Brown on the home strait after Yokohama win

Fran Brown backs Swansea Para Series event to boost paratriathlon profile

‘I was loving life… and everyone was just miserable’ – Jess Learmonth on why losing doesn’t have to matter

Commonwealth Games 2022: Team NI to send biggest number of Para-Sports athletes to Birmingham

Taylor-Brown and Yee grab brilliant World Championship Series wins in Yokohama

Kristian Blummenfelt wins Ironman title after Olympic gold; Daniela Ryf’s 5th world title

Jonny Brownlee still in pursuit of triathlon perfection ahead of Commonwealth Games tilt

Triathlon star Holland hails British strength and depth