Georgia Taylor-Brown dragged a depleted Great Britain to mixed relay silver as the home nation showed off their staggering strength in depth at the AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds. Deprived of Olympic gold medallists Jonny Brownlee and Alex Yee after they crashed out of Saturday's individual race, Taylor-Brown — the only remaining participant from Tokyo — led a quartet that featured Sophie Coldwell, Tom Bishop and Grant Sheldon to second place behind Germany. Ad/> Bishop produced a solid first leg to stay in touch with the leaders before Coldwell fought to the front to give Sheldon a four-second lead over Germany.
TriathlonBritain shows off triathlon strength with relay silver in Leeds4 HOURS AGO But Britain's rivals roared back into contention with Taylor-Brown entering the water 45 seconds down in fourth, however, undeterred she reeled in her second silver in two days. Taylor-Brown, 28, said: «It felt incredible to lead the team home and it's amazing to get on the podium. The crowds around the oval on the run were ridiculous.
It just gives you that little bit extra, you can't hear yourself breathe, so you can push a bit further. »The boys really stepped up, it's hard. We've been preparing for a few weeks knowing that we were going to do the relay.
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