Ghiraldini: Bishop nervous after late Triathlon Championship call-up

Tom Bishop was a bundle of nerves after being called up as a late replacement for the mixed relay but kept his cool to help Great Britain claim silver 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, Bishop and Grant Sheldon — who came 33rd and 40th — were parachuted into the quartet alongside women's individual medallists Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sophie Coldwell.

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. TriathlonGeorgia Taylor-Brown boosts Britain to silver at the AJ Bell World Triathlon Series LeedsYESTERDAY AT 16:16 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 ahead of third-place France.

«I was so nervous starting it off, I just had to step up, didn't I? I did what I could, got in the race and handed over to Sophie just within grasp of the front,» explained Bishop, who matched his result from the mixed relay in Nottingham in 2018. Bishop, 30, admitted he felt the pressure as both he and Sheldon were unexpectedly ushered into the line-up after Brownlee broke his elbow and Yee, who congratulated his compatriots at the finish line, escaped serious injury but was advised to rest.

«The pressure was on. The girls came up with really great results yesterday and me and Grant were slightly disappointed, but we just took the opportunity to step up and do it,» he added.