OLYMPIC GAMES

21 July - 8 August

 As well as the individual races, this year mixed relay triathlon will make its debut in Tokyo, providing an extra medal opportunity for the team. The individual races competed over the standard distance (swim 1,500m, bike 40km and run 10km), whilst the mixed relay will see two men and two women complete a short swim (300m), a 6.8km bike leg and a 2km run each one after another, until the fourth athlete crosses the line to finish the race. 

Olympic Team

Pulling on the Team GB trisuit in Tokyo will be five athletes with plenty of experience and success between them. The two returning medallists amd three debutants share plenty of medals from across the Olympics, World Championships, World Series and Commonwealth Games.

Jess Learmonth

A double Commonwealth Games silver medallist from 2018, Tokyo will be Jess' Olympic debut. In 2019, she won silver on the World Triathlon Series.

Olympic record: debut
Home town: Leeds
Age: 33
Favourite discipline: bike
Sporting hero: Paula Radcliffe
Olympic memory: London 2012 Super Saturday

Georgia Taylor-Brown

Georgia will be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo having been crowned world champion in 2020.

Olympic record: debut
Home town: Manchester
Age: 27
Favourite discipline: to race, running; to train, cycling 
Sporting hero: All of the people that managed to fit in exercise after a long day at work! They inspire me and motivate 
Olympic memory: watching Gabby Douglas win at the 2012 Olympics 

Vicky Holland

Tokyo will be Vicky's third Olympics having won bronze in Rio five years ago. Following her bronze in Rio, Vicky became world champion in 2018. 

Olympic record: bronze in Rio, 26th in London
Home town: Gloucester
Age: 35
Favourite discipline: the run
Sporting hero: I don't have a specific one but admire many athletes, especially those that had long careers and achieved success later in their career
Olympic memory: seeing Linford Christie win gold

Jonny Brownlee

Jonny is a double Olympic medallist having won bronze in London and silver in Rio four years later. 

Olympic record: silver in Rio, bronze in London
Home town: Leeds
Age: 31
Favourite discipline: the run
Sporting hero: Alistair Brownlee
Olympic memory: Bradley Wiggins working really hard for Mark Cavendish in the 2012 road race, the Tour de France champion sacrificing himself

 

Alex Yee

Making his Olympic debut in Tokyo, Alex tasted World Triathlon Championship Series gold for the first time in Leeds this year.

Olympic record: Debut
Home town: Brockley
Age: 23
Favourite discipline: run
Sporting hero: Eliud Kipchoge
Olympic memory: London 2012 triathlon

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