Lauren Steadman put the disappointment of Rio behind her to secure a brilliant triathlon gold. Steadman came home 41 seconds ahead of American Grace Norman in the women’s PTS5 category, while ParalympicsGB team-mate Claire Cashmore, another former swimmer turned triathlete, completed the podium in bronze. In the men’s PTS5 race, George Peasgood took silver behind
Alison Peasgood narrowly missed out on a second Paralympics medal as triathlon made its Tokyo 2020 bow at the Odaiba Marine Park. Peasgood and guide Nikki Bartlett were catching France’s Annouck Curzillat and her guide Celine Bousrez down the final straight but ran out of track and finished two seconds behind the eventual bronze medallist
Alex Yee led home a brilliant performance from Team GB to claim the first Olympic gold medal ever contested in mixed relay triathlon. The Olympic silver medallist in the men’s triathlon was put into the perfect position by teammates Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown, who also won silver in the women’s triathlon at
Georgia Taylor-Brown recovers from pre-Games injury and in-race puncture to win Olympic triathlon silver The Mancunian lost 22 seconds after a mechanical failure on the final lap, leaving her fifth. But she bridged the gap to bronze in little more than a kilometre and caught USA’s Katie Zaferes with a lap to go to claim
University of Bath-based triathlete Vicky Holland says she is “shooting for the top” as she goes into the third and final Olympic Games of her stellar career. After making her debut on home soil during the unforgettable London 2012 Games, Holland made history four years later when she became the first British woman to win
A talented squad of Para triathletes have been selected for ParalympicsGB and will travel to Tokyo for the 2020 Paralympic Games. Rio silver medallists Lauren Steadman (PTS5) and Alison Peasgood (PTVI) are returning to Paralympic action while Paralympic bronze medallist Melissa Reid (PTVI), who is guided by Hazel Smith, has also been announced on the
There are exactly 100 days to go until the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games finally begin and triathlete Vicky Holland believes she is on the right track after a very different but productive winter of training in Bath. The Rio 2016 bronze-medallist, who has already been named in the Team GB squad for this summer’s Games,
Vicky Holland today became the first University of Bath-based sportsperson to be officially selected for Tokyo 2020 after being named in the Team GB triathlon squad for next summer’s rescheduled Olympic Games. It will be a third Games for the 34-year-old, who made history at Rio 2016 when she bagged a brilliant bronze to become
Vicky Holland will return to the UK as triathlon’s overall 2018 World Champion after a gutsy performance on Australia’s Gold Coast. The 32 year-old, who trains at the University of Bath as part of the national triathlon centre, finished well clear of USA’s Katie Zaferes, her only rival for the title after a season-long battle
University of Bath-based Vicky Holland won her second ITU World Triathlon Series gold of the season as she recorded an excellent victory in the Elite Women’s race in Edmonton, Canada. The Rio 2016 Olympic medallist, coached by Rhys Davey at the Sports Training Village, made the best transition from the bike ride to the run
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