The pair will also be joined by Georgia Taylor-Brown, Kate Waugh and Sam Dickinson but there are glaring omissions ahead of Paris 2024
Alex Yee and Beth Potter already knew they would be selected for Team GB in the triathlon but now three other athletes have learnt they will make the trip the French capital as well.
Georgia Taylor-Brown, Kate Waugh and Sam Dickinson will join both Yee and Potter, who were announced in November, at the Olympics.
Each of the five athletes have strong athletics connections. Yee boasts a personal 10,000m best of 27:51.94 from 2018, Potter ran an unofficial world 5km record of 14:41 in 2021 and Taylor-Brown – a former cover star at AW – represented Great Britain at the European Cross Country Championships in 2013.
Waugh and Dickinson have also competed at the British Cross Challenge at various stages of their careers.
The five-athlete triathlon team will have a lot to live up to, given Great Britain has won more triathlon medals than any other nation since the sport was introduced to the Olympics at Sydney 2000.
Alex Yee celebrates with GB team-mates (Getty)
There is no place for Jonathan Brownlee in the Olympic triathlon team, meaning that one of the Brownlee brothers won’t be taking part at the Games for the first time since Athens 2004.
“I have not been selected for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” Brownlee stated on Instagram. “The Tokyo mixed team relay was one of the many highlights of my career and I still believe I could have helped Team GB win another medal in Paris. I will be supporting the team in whatever way I can and really hope they go on to defend the title!
“I have achieved more than I could ever have imagined in my Olympic career. After 99 world triathlon starts, 52 podiums and three Olympic medals, it’s not the fairytale ending that I’d wished for but Paris was always a bonus and it can be the unwritten chapter of an incredible book! I have a great summer to look forward to and some exciting racing ahead.”
Another glaring omission is that of Sophie Coldwell, who was part of the England mixed relay team that won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Alex Yee, Sophie Coldwell, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sam Dickinson (Getty)
Coldwell, who finished seventh and ahead of Waugh at the WTCS Cagliari in May – a race that British Triathlon designated as “priority” for Olympic qualification – has stated “she’s angry” at her federation.
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