- Jonny and Alistair Brownlee both miss out
- Three Olympic newcomers join Alex Yee and Beth Potter
Team GB will not feature a Brownlee brother in the triathlon squad for the first time at an Olympics since 2004, as the final lineup was announced for the Paris Games. Jonny Brownlee, who was part of the team that won mixed relay gold in Tokyo three years ago, has not been included despite placing third at a European Cup event in Kielce, Poland earlier this month.
Jonny’s older brother, Alistair, who won gold at London 2012 and in Rio four years later, is now 36 and recently finished 14th in a Triathlon World Tour event in San Francisco. Selectors have opted to give a men’s place to Samuel Dickinson, who won the Kielce event. Dickinson also finished fourth at the world championships in London back in April.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/19/team-gb-triathlon-brownlee-olympic-games
Author : Stuart Goodwin
Publish date : 2024-06-18 23:01:18
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