As the sport of triathlon enters the final 10 months before Tokyo 2020, British Triathlon has announced athletes selected for the UK Sport Lottery Funded World Class Performance Programme for 2020.
The 30 athletes have been selected in recognition of their potential for achieving success at the Tokyo 2020 or Paris 2024 Olympic or Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016 Olympic medallists Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Vicky Holland remain on the podium programme and are joined by world medallists Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown.
The Paratriathlon World Class Programme remains unchanged at the podium level but World Champion Hannah Moore (PTS4) and Michael Taylor (PTS4) have been included at podium potential level after demonstrating their competitiveness with their respective Paralympic classifications.
Four guides have also been included to support them as they prepare for working alongside visually impaired athletes Dave Ellis, Alison Peasgood and Melissa Reid.
Athletes selected on to the programmes are also able to have access to ‘world-class sports science and medicine services, and support from British Triathlon’s leading performance team.’
British Triathlon Performance Director, Mike Cavendish, said “It’s great to announce such strong athletes on to the triathlon and paratriathlon world class programmes for 2020.
“The past 12 months have been great for the sport; we have seen strong results from the Triathlon and Paratriathlon programmes and we know where we can improve ahead of next year’s Games.”
He concluded “It’s important we all recognise UK Sport and the National Lottery as we strive towards success in Tokyo 2020. It’s the 25th anniversary of National Lottery and the impact it’s made to Olympic and Paralympic sport has been immeasurable.”
The 2020 UK Sport Lottery Funded World Class Performance Programme include:
Triathlon
Podium
- Alistair Brownlee, 31, from Leeds, trains Leeds
- Jonny Brownlee, 29, from Leeds, trains Leeds
- Vicky Holland, 33, from Gloucester, trains Bath
- Jess Learmonth, 31, from Leeds, trains Leeds
- Non Stanford, 30, from Swansea, training base TBC
- Jodie Stimpson, 30, from Oldbury, trains Loughborough
- Georgia Taylor-Brown, 25, from Manchester, trains Leeds
- Alex Yee, 20, from London, trains Leeds
Podium Potential
- Marc Austin, 24, from Glasgow, trains Glasgow
- Gordon Benson, 24, from Leeds, trains Leeds
- Tom Bishop, 27, from Derby, trains Leeds
- Sam Dickinson, 21, from York, trains Leeds
- Ben Dijkstra, 20, from Loughborough, trains Loughborough
- Grant Sheldon, 24, from Hamilton, trains Stirling
- Sophie Coldwell, 23, from Nottingham, trains Loughborough
- Olivia Mathias, 20, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, trains Loughborough
- Sian Rainsley, 21, from Coventry, trains Leeds
- Kate Waugh, 19, from Gateshead, trains Leeds
Paratriathlon:
Podium
- Fran Brown, 35, from London, trains London
- Claire Cashmore, 31, from Kidderminster, trains London
- Dave Ellis, 33, from Heanor, train Loughborough
- Melissa Reid, 29, from Truro, trains Cornwall
- Alison Peasgood, 32, from Dunfermline, trains Stirling
- George Peasgood, 24, from Saffron Walden, trains Loughborough
- Lauren Steadman, 26, from Peterborough, trains Portsmouth/Lanzarote
- Joe Townsend, 31, from Eastbourne, trains Eastbourne
Podium Potential
- Steven Crowley, 42, from Exeter, trains Exeter
- Jade Jones-Hall, 23, from Middlesbrough, trains Leeds
- Hannah Moore, 23, from Stalbridge, trains Loughborough
- Michael Taylor, 23, from Cornwall, trains Loughborough
Paratriathlon Guides
- Rosie Lindsay, 22, trains Loughborough
- Jordan Hull, 22, trains Loughborough
- Nikki Bartlett, 32, trains Loughborough
- Luke Pollard, 28, RAF – trains Loughborough
www.britishtriathlon.org/gb-teams/elite-team/athletes
