Lawrence gets revenge and banishes crash demons in Team Europe's defence of Collins Cup title

Holly Lawrence revealed she was stoked after claiming personal revenge and banishing her crash demons to help Team Europe retain triathlon's Collins Cup. The slippery Slovakian conditions in 2021 saw Lawrence hit the deck on the bike, allowing Team International's Ellie Salthouse to get the win but on Saturday the Brit avenged that result by finishing the 100km course four-and-a-half minutes faster than her Australian nemesis.

Ad Lawrence, 32, and Salthouse were neck and neck after the swim before Team USA's Jocelyn McCauley showed her class on two wheels to move to the front but Lawrence stayed in touch and went into the 18km run holding a lead that she never relinquished. TriathlonMatthews eats humble pie before celebrating Team Europe's defence of Collins Cup title4 MINUTES AGO «It feels good especially since last year I crashed and just finished and chucked it in,» said Lawrence, who contributed 5.5 points to Europe's total of 53 ahead of Team International's 38 and winless USA's 22.5 in triathlon's version of golf's Ryder Cup.

«I'm happy to get almost maximum points for the team and I'm stoked that I was useful. »I got quite lucky actually because Jocelyn passed just at halfway on the bike and then it was into the headwind.

«She's super strong so I stayed 20 metres behind the whole way back and got a toe in. Before the technical section I surged up and came into Transition 2 first.