At the indoor World Cup, British triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown claimed a silver medal in a thrilling sprint finish against Germany’s Laura Lindemann and American Gwen Jorgensen. Despite not feeling completely “run fit” at the moment, Taylor-Brown was happy with her performance and finished with an official time of 10 minutes and 19 seconds after completing a 150m swim, 3km bike, and 1km run.
The unique course in Lievin, France, featured a 25m pool surrounded by a track. Triathletes competed on the outer lanes of the track for the bike leg before switching to the inner lanes for the run. Taylor-Brown, who is the 2020 outdoor world champion, found the experience exciting and described it as particularly intense due to the crowded conditions on the bike and the pace of the run.
Taylor-Brown’s British teammate Jessica Fullager finished 12th in her heat, while Vicky Holland, a 2016 Olympic bronze medallist, was disqualified for not serving a penalty during her heat. On the men’s side, Norway’s Vetle Bergsvik Thorn took home gold with GB’s Sam Dickson placing seventh in his race.
