Taylor-Brown wins London Supertri League event

Georgia Taylor-Brown won nan London arena of nan Supertri League aft a thrilling sprint decorativeness against Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand.

The British star, 30, held disconnected France's Beaugrand, who launched an onslaught successful nan last fewer metres of nan past moving stage, to timepiece a clip of 49 minutes 59 seconds.

Jeanne Lehair, who won successful London past year, had an awesome title to decorativeness 3rd pursuing an earlier motorcycle crash.

In nan men's event, New Zealand's Hayden Wilde won pinch a clip of 44:54 while GB's Alex Yee vanished 12th.

The triumph for Taylor-Brown, who vanished sixth successful nan individual title astatine nan Paris Olympics, was her 2nd triumph of nan 2024 convention aft she besides claimed golden successful Chicago successful August.

"I looked backmost and I thought I was safe and past I heard nan crowd get louder and I thought 'something is happening here'," Taylor-Brown said. "She [Beaugrand] was correct location truthful I had to get a sprint on.

"That was really, really hard. It gets to a constituent mid-race wherever you deliberation 'I don't deliberation I tin push immoderate more'. Somehow connected that past tally you find a small spot extra."

The consequence intends Taylor-Brown leads nan rankings pinch 2 legs of nan convention to go.

In nan men's event, Australia's Matt Hauser was 2nd and Leo Bergere, of France, came third.

It was Wilde's 3rd triumph successful London aft besides being victorious successful 2021 and 2022.

Yee, who won Olympic golden this summer, applauded nan crowd and high-fived galore supporters arsenic he came crossed nan line.

"Not my day," Yee said. "Today was ne'er astir maine racing well, it was astir maine coming and appreciating everyone who came retired here.

"Racing good would person been a prize and unluckily nan first triathlon I felt bully and nan 2nd tally I had immoderate bosom irregularities I think. I was struggling a small spot - but that is racing.

"I americium mentally tired, I can't lie. I americium enjoying what I americium doing but I americium besides trying to springiness backmost to everyone and effort and title my best. It has been reliable but I americium going to do my champion and support enjoying nan sport."