Georgia Taylor-Brown sends 'perfect message' after triathlon gold at Commonwealth Games

Triathlons aren't meant to be a walk in the park but England still strolled to Commonwealth Games team gold in the sunshine.

With men's champion Alex Yee and Manchester’s women's silver medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown in the line-up, this was the host team's race to lose and along with Sophie Coldwell and Sam Dickinson they were faultless from gun to tape for a 46 second victory.

No controversies here, just a slight post-race disagreement between Yee and girlfriend Olivia Matthias, who won silver for Wales. She believed that medal meant they could get a dog, Yee wasn't so sure.

"We never shook on that, perhaps after Paris," he joked.

Birmingham's leafy Sutton Park has not seen scenes like this since the World Scout Jamboree of 1957. Fans were several deep, their roar rolling around the undulating course as England took the lead and turned the screw on rivals.

"The team set me up perfectly for that final leg," said Taylor-Brown.

"I've enjoyed doing that final leg because everyone in front of me are so strong, they do all the hard work. It's a lot of pressure after they've done everything right. I tried to enjoy it and I was smiling the whole way around.

"I put my head down on the bike because my running hasn't been great, especially on Friday. I was taking all the noise in on the run, once I got over the hill, I knew we'd got it, so I smiled my way to the finish line."

Yee's showdown with New Zealand's Haydn Wilde went to the wire in the men's race on Friday, with talks of protests and legal letters.

However, he dominated him here, handing over to team-mate Coldwell with a massive 20-second gap.

She extended that by seven seconds as Wales, Scotland and New Zealand gave chase to Sam Dickinson on the third leg.

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