Beth Potter is one of the favourites for gold at Paris 2024
For the first time since London 2012 there will not be a Brownlee on the Olympic triathlon podium, but their influence remains.
“I watched them in Rio while sat drinking out of a coconut on the Copacabana. I then met two of their coaches in McDonald’s and spoke about the opportunity of going up to Leeds which is where it sparked. In 2023, she enjoyed a year to remember, winning the Olympic test event ahead of Cassandre Beaugrand and Laura Lindemann and then claiming her first world title in Pontevedra a few weeks later.
"I feel like the pressure is bit off me because she’s won the last two races of the calendar but maybe that’s the plan. I like knowing I’ve got a target on my back, I put more pressure on myself than other people do. I want to prove that I can do it."
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