Another busy season for the Great Britain Age-Group Team gets underway this weekend in the snow in Andorra.
Seven members of the GB Age-Group Team will run, bike and ski at the Europe Triathlon Winter Championships on Sunday (29 January), the first international age group event of the year.
Athletes will start with a 5.6km run, before a 12.8km bike and then a 9.3km ski, although 70+ age group athletes will cover a shorter distance.
The team heading off to Andorra includes Joanne Wilson, previously known as Pitten, who had a successful 2022 in the snow, winning world titles in her age group in both winter triathlon and winter duathlon.
Also representing the GB Age-Group Team will be Christopher Gouldsmith, Richard Wakeford, Keith Jenns, Frances Hooper, James Mackie and Nicholas Farnell.
Every year, the Age-Group Team provides British Triathlon members with the opportunity to represent Great Britain internationally at World and European Championships in a variety of swim, bike, run disciplines and distances.
Championship racing opportunities are available in triathlon (swim, bike, run), duathlon (run, bike, run), aquathlon (swim, run), aquabike (swim, bike), cross duathlon (cross country run, mountain bike, cross country run) and triathlon (swim, mountain bike, cross country run) and winter duathlon (cross country run, ski, cross country run) and triathlon (cross country ski, mountain bike, run).
Age-Group Qualifiers are being held across the different multisports throughout 2023, giving British Triathlon members the opportunity to qualify to represent the GB Age-Group Team at World and European Championships in 2024.
For multisports without a qualifier, qualification is via submitting a race result which meets the criteria and more information can be found here.
Last year, over 3,000 athletes represented the GB Age-Group Team, winning a total of 530 medals at World and European Championships throughout the year.
This year will see athletes compete at events including in Venice, Ibiza, Madrid, Hamburg and Pontevedra.
Find out more about representing the Great Britain Age-Group Team and competing in British Age Group Championships on the button below for a list of championships and qualifiers.
(Image: Tommy Zaferes / World Triathlon)
