Nice Britain have named their closing three triathletes to finish their group for this summer season’s Paris Olympic Video games.
Double Olympic medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown is joined by Kate Waugh and Sam Dickinson in Staff GB’s five-athlete triathlon group.
Beth Potter and Alex Yee had been the primary two triathletes chosen for the group in November.
It means there isn’t any place for Jonny Brownlee – the 34-year-old had been aiming to show his health for Paris when showing on the World Triathlon Sequence in Yokohama in Could however might solely end thirty eighth.
He received particular person bronze at London 2012 and silver in Rio 4 years later.
He was additionally a part of the group which received combined relay gold at Tokyo 2020, whereas older brother Alistair received gold at London and Rio earlier than stepping away from Olympic distance triathlons in 2021.
It is going to be the primary British Olympic triathlon group and not using a Brownlee because the Athens Video games in 2004.
“All through the method, reasonable potential for successful medals was on the fore, and it’s with this in thoughts we welcome Georgia, Kate and Sam to hitch the already introduced Beth Potter and Alex Yee,” stated British Triathlon Efficiency Director and Staff GB Triathlon Lead, Mike Cavendish.
“This was an extremely laborious choice course of”
GB have received extra triathlon medals than another nation because the sport was launched to the Olympics at Sydney 2000.
The Paris Olympics begins with the opening ceremony on 26 July.
