World Triathlon Championship Series 2023: BBC coverage as Jonny Brownlee starts bid for fourth Olympics
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Jonny Brownlee (second left) won Olympic mixed relay gold alongside Jessica Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee in Tokyo
World Triathlon Championship Series |
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Venue: Cagliari, Sardinia Date: Saturday 27 May |
Coverage: Watch the women's race from 09:30 BST and the men's race from 13:45 BST on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website and mobile app. |
Jonny Brownlee says he can do more than "go to Paris just to get the kit" as he looks to win a fourth Olympic triathlon medal at next summer's Games in Paris.
Brownlee, 33, will compete in his first World Triathlon Championship Series race this year in Cagliari on Saturday.
Brownlee won relay gold at the Tokyo Olympics to add to his bronze and silver medals in 2012 and 2016.
"I thought I was going to stop the Olympics stuff after Tokyo," he said.
"I didn't expect to be in this position. I thought I was going into the long-distance stuff, but I really think I can be competitive.
"My training has gone well in the last few weeks and I only want to go to Paris if I genuinely can be a medal contender. I don't want to go to Paris just to get the kit."
Brownlee, the 2012 world champion, has overcome challenging injuries to return to full fitness as he seeks vital points in his bid to qualify for next summer's Games.
A broken elbow was followed by a fractured wrist from a bike crash during a World Triathlon Championship Series event in his home city of Leeds last summer, ruling him out of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
"My body is all good now," he said. "I have had a couple of niggles over the winter, but they are healed now and I am ready to go."
Who else is competing for Great Britain?
GB's Potter and Coldwell take top two in world triathlon opener
Fellow Britons Georgia Taylor-Brown, Beth Potter, Alex Yee and Barclay Izzard are also competing in Italy.
So far, Britain have won three of the four races this season.
Sophie Coldwell claimed a maiden championship win in Yokohama to follow up Potter and Yee's victories in Abu Dhabi in the season-opening race.
Last year in Sardinia, Taylor-Brown and Yee won on their way to finishing second overall in the series.
Athletes must tackle a 1500 swim in two laps, followed by a 38km flat bike course over 10 laps and then a flat 10k run.
World Triathlon Championship Series: Events and coverage
All times BST. Coverage can be subject to late schedule changes, so details may differ from this page.
Further coverage times will be announced once confirmed.
May
Saturday, 27 May - Cagliari, Italy
09:30-12:10 - Women's race
13:45-16:15 - Men's race
June
Saturday, 24 - Sunday, 25 June - Montreal, Canada
July
Thursday, 13 - Sunday, 16 July - Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, 29 - Sunday, 30 July - Sunderland, Great Britain
September
Friday, 22 - Sunday, 24 September - Championship Finals - Pontevedra, Spain
National and regional variations
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