The British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup

Welcome to Nottingham, where we are about to witness something very

special indeed. For the first time ever, British Triathlon are staging

the Mixed Relay Cup, a showcase of the best triathletes in the UK, with

a sprinkling of international top talent. So, the athletes are pumped,

they are ready to go. The crowds of Nottingham have lined the streets.

All you have to do is sit back, relax and, for the next two hours or

so, enjoy the sport of triathlon like you have never seen it before.

They are ready to go. He's down! That's going to hurt! And explosive

start. Spectacular! Alistair Brownlee,

rounding it off in style. Well, it is certainly going to be a

bit different, but very exciting indeed. How about you, Nottingham?

Looking absolutely resplendent this afternoon. Welcome, everybody, to

live coverage of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup. If you

are new to triathlon, you are in for an absolute treat. For those of you

familiar with the sport, you will know exactly how eventful mixed

relay can be. Oh and Matt Gill who better to enjoy it with a familiar

face, and also the double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee. This is

new. Good to see you on this side, as far as we're concerned. But he

would love to be out here, you had an operation recently? It is great

to be here, I would love to be racing. But I had an operation on my

hip, to reattach the hamstring. I have been on crutches and in a leg

brace for the last month. It is nice to be walking a little bit. It is

just one small step on a long road to recovery. Long journey for

recovery. Unfortunately for the organisers your brother Johnny has

had to pull out as well, ill? He has had a bit of a nightmare year. He

pulled out of a view different races through illness and injury. It is

tough. You have to realise that a ten year career catches up on you,

all of those years can't be perfect. I'm not saying I'm getting old, I am

saying Johnny is! If he is at home watching, hi. Annie, the sun is out,

we can see the crowd and the athletes getting ready. It's good to

be a great day? A really exciting day. The format, it is so fast, it

happened so quickly. It's great, we have a phenomenal mix of some

top-class athletes, but really young athletes coming through. The

international teams have arrived because they don't want to miss out

because it is an Olympic sport now. Absolutely. There are 68 athletes

taking to the course, four per team. 13 other teams are dotted around the

various UK triathlon centres around the country. No Jonny Brownlee,

which has meant a bit of rejigging of the teams. However, there are

still a number of faces you will recognise. Today they have stripped

away their national colours, it is all about representing their region.

You can expect it to get a little bit competitive.

It's great having a race like this so close to home. We got a really

strong team, looking forward to all of the action. A very young and

rapid team. For a relay, it puts me in good stead. We have a game for

you, you've got to guess who wrote these tweets.

That was you! It was a picture of you watching TV! I told you it was

you! We are a pretty strong team all around. You know, we have strength

in the run. I think, having that in mind, we are one of the teams to

watch. I think we are looking forward to an opportunity to take

down everybody this weekend. Winter riding is great for the pause.

95 likes, quite low? I think this is Matthew. I think so!

You had to step into Johnny's shoes, pressure on you to do well? Well, a

little bit. You don't want to mess up? No. I've never done one before.

Johnny has already let us down, so... Who knows? You mates to go

guys were really good mates with team II. This weekend, we aren't.

When you go to the fancy dress party as yourself. Your dad went as you?

That's really good, as well. You are going to be racing against your

girlfriend in Team II, are you out to beat her? Of course! We have an

empty seat. Aaron has been moved up to the first team. We now have Mark,

my boyfriend. He has flown in from Canada. It would be really good for

Team II to beat Team I. I think we are far more evenly matched. We're

not talking to Aaron at the. Judas! I had no idea that International

Cast A was a thing. So easy! It's going to make me look like a mad cat

lady. So the athletes are lining up, they

are so close we can almost touch them. By complete affiliation, you

have to go with the Leeds team. Without Johnny, it has levelled the

playing field? Definitely. On one hand, it is a shame, it makes it

less likely they will win. On the other hand, it will make for more

interesting racing. I think the Leeds team I and II are going to be

quite close. The Australian team and Loughborough are going to be close.

I think it is going to hinge on what happens in the earlier legs. It will

be interesting watching. We have a full range of British athletes from

the juniors, up to the elite. Annie Emmerson, you are picking

Loughborough? I am. Having chatted with the athletes come I think they

are dark horses. Well, not dark horses because they are right up

with the Leeds team. I think Jodie Williams rally them. Ben Dijkstra is

a phenomenal athlete. -- Jodie is going to really rally them. These

guys have their own opinions, but it won't just be me firing questions at

them. Get involved. If you have a question for double Olympic champion

Alistair Brownlee, use the hashtag and we will fire those questions at

him. If you are still wondering about the details to come about

British Triathlon and the Mixed Relay Cup, here is everything you

need to know. Each mixed relay team is made up of

four people, two women and two men. The women take the first and third

legs. They are ready to go! The men take the second and fourth. Every

team member must do their own mini triathlon. In Nottingham they will

do a 300 metres swim, a 7.5 kilometre bike and finish off with a

1500 metre run. Emphatic victory! At the end of each leg, the triathletes

waiting to start the next like queue up in the relay exchange zone, as

they prepared to make contact with the incoming team-mate. If it

happens outside the zone, the team risked disqualification. The next

team member gets on his way with a short sprint down the river and a

running dive into the water. Spectacle and a bit of showboating!

The shorter course and faster racing means small margins for error.

Penalty box awaits the Germans. There is no such thing as a dead

cert in this event. It is all over for Great Britain. The winning team

is the one whose final member crosses the finish line at the

bottom of the red carpet first. Expect plenty of thrills and spills

before they get there. The Australians are the champions of the

world in 2017! So, that is all the details, everything you need to

know. With a hop, skip and a jumper, I have made it into the commentary

box with Vicky Holland, bronze-medallist from Rio last year.

Not competing, another injury, but on the mend. Let's get to strategy,

it's very different competing individually, compared to competing

with 18. How does it work? A lot of the team tactics will have been

decided before the race begins. You often end up putting your strongest

swimmer for the girls on the first leg, the stronger bikers on the

third leg. A lot of teams with young athletes involved will try to

front-load the race. They will put the strongest athletes on legs one

and two, hoping to stay in as long as possible. There is going to be

pressure as well. You don't want to let your team down? Especially from

the more established teams. We have really good youngsters, especially

the GB Junior team. They have no pressure, they are ready to go and

take some scalps. Vicky, we are looking forward to hearing from you

during the race. I will let you get into position. Matt Chilton is

getting ready to take things away. Thank you, good afternoon. It is the

inaugural British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, on a beautiful day in

Nottingham. The mixed relay is now part of the Olympic programme and

will make the Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. So, the interest and passion

surrounding the mixed relay is increasing, year on year. Leeds II.

Big names, Non Stanford, Gordon Benson, Lucy Hall and Mark Buckley

stepping in at the last minute. The last team that will be presented is

Leeds I. Georgia Taylor-Brown, Aaron Royle, Jess Learmonth and Tom

Bishop. They are very much alongside the Canadians and the prerace

favourites. An Olympic event now, mixed Olympic events have been rare

in the past. In Rio there were only nine mixed events. In Tokyo there

will be double that, with new events to include swimming, and athletics.

And triathlon, of course, which is why we are here today. The Olympic

bronze-medallist Vicky Holland is alongside me. I am sure you would

rather be racing, but great to have you here. This could be very good? I

love the relay, very disappointed not to be out there racing.

Unfortunately it is the story of my year. You hit the nail on the head,

it will be Fast and Furious. In my opinion it is the best event there

is for spectator watching. Individual, mixed with a bit of guys

and girls thrown in together, such a good event to watch. Things change

so quickly. I think people are in for a real treat, and hopefully

those at home watching as well. Nottingham provides this fantastic

natural venue for the event. The swim is 300 metres, starting near

the Suspension Bridge, a rectangular course in the water. The bike is a

7.5 kilometre race, two laps of 3.75 kilometres each, entirely on the

Victoria Embankment. The run is a 300-metre affair, crossing the Trent

Bridge and the Suspension Bridge. The course is flat and fast, with a

sharp climb over the Suspension Bridge at the end of the run. A

300-metre swim, a 7.5 kilometre bike, a 1500 metre run. Swimmer,

bike, run for all four members of the team. It will be female, male,

female, male. It is all shaping up with some of the biggest names in

World Triathlon present here in Nottingham. Annie Emmerson has made

her way to the commentary position. You have been down with the athletes

as the atmosphere rose in the teams? It is fantastic, they are buzzing.

Of course, we love the individual racing but there is something really

special about the mixed relays. The boys and girls are racing together,

but there is a real team thing, camaraderie is fantastic to see.

There is a really tribal sort of elements to this, the same way you

get with football fans supporting their own team, behind their own

team. I think there is something special about racing for the team of

the place where Ukraine, where you live or where you are from, as the

majority of these athletes are doing. -- the place you train. It

adds something unique. This is known as the Nottingham

thunderclap, it's the noise that accompanies the introduction of the

athletes to begin the race, and the first competitors from each of the

17 teams presented individually down onto the starting pontoon. It will

be a deepwater start for the first leg. After that they will make the

handover and there will be a running dive start for legs two, three and

four but it is a deepwater start which provides its own difficulties

and technical requirements, Vicky Holland. In elite racing we really

do a deepwater start, so this is something that a lot of the

experienced athletes will not have done much of and would have done

much of this for many years. It is a different type of start, you

obviously don't get the propulsion half the pontoon that we normally

see. Instead they will line up with a rope in front of them and they

won't be able to move beyond that rope until the gun goes and they

will do a breaststroke eggbeater, leg kick up as it is called waiting

for the gun to go and it's about who has the fastest kick off the start

to get themselves ahead of their rivals.

Now they are swimming in the River Trent, which has some strong

currents which need to be considered to. It's the third longest river in

the UK, 185 miles. The source is high up in Staffordshire and flows

through Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Burton on Trent, Newark on Trent

before it joins the river Oose and flows into the Humber Estuary. The

swimmers are having to fight against it ready for the start now. It is a

four leg mixed triathlon relay, 300 metres swim, 7.5 kilometres on the

bike, 15 kilometre run to conclude. The first-ever Accenture triathlon

Mixed Relay Cup is under way in Nottingham. On the first leg you

need to look out for Sophie Coldwell, she is our likely leader,

a very strong swimmer. A good all-round athlete now, she has done

very well to step into the U23 and senior ranks with a fourth place

this year already at the World Triathlon Series. Her swim pedigree

is of such a high standard that I think she is our likely natural

leader. It's interesting the Leeds I and Team II putting Georgia

Taylor-Brown and Non Stanford putting out their swimmers as the

first swimmers. It's been an interesting choice. You have to look

at the Loughborough team won between Dummett versus Leeds Team I and Team

II, they have put in opposite tactics, Loughborough put in their

strongest swimmer on the first leg, whereas Leeds have their strongest

swimmers on the third leg. I guess they have done that because those

girls are stronger on the bike as well, so they are hoping that if the

race has started to spread out, or if they find themselves a little bit

behind they will be able to use those girls and their strength on

the bike to get back into the race. We must mention Non Stanford, who

has been out for the best part of the year. The first time back

racing. This is going to be really tough for her, because it's almost

like a different engine system needed for this short style of

racing. Non Stanford is a bit nervous about starting back in,

getting back in there. With a lot of the Juniors who will be out for some

blood. It is a really good opportunity for the youngsters to

mix it with the senior girls, the more established girls, and she

knows they will be after her. This is a really good race to try and

sharpen those skills. She is going to be in Rotterdam in two weeks'

time at the grand final, so just get the little things right, the

transition skills, technical stuff on the bike, being in a group on the

bike in the pack, all of those things will be good for her. It is

Sophie Coldwell who is out at the front swimming the first leg for a

Loughborough I, she will be joined in the team by Chris Perham, Jodie

Stimpson, her regular on the World Triathlon Series, and Ben Dijkstra

from Loughborough. He is a very talented all-rounder. They are

approaching the end of the first swim. There will be four of these,

remember, they will exit the water and pick up their bikes for the two

laps to conclude the 7.5 kilometre bike and 1500 metre run and then the

changeover. It's going to be action packed here this afternoon. Team

Japan, 18 years of age, giving Coldwell a run for her money in the

first leg. She certainly is, she recently won the Asian

championships, she is a young athlete, only 18 years of age. This

is probably going to be the best part of the triathlon, the swim,

she's going to have a hard time on the bike, staying with the likes of

Sophie Coldwell. The let's wait and see what happens as they begin to

exit the water. The first swim is just about done. They have to get

out of the wet suits and get everything done neatly and tidily in

transition. Sega of Japan, Coldwell of Great Britain, up they come to

their bikes. All of the bikes are parked there. There are 17 groups of

four bikes parked together, Japan Loughborough I, GB U23 with Sian

Rainsley in good shape, kind of going well, Jenny Manners swimming

and biking and running the first leg for Cardiff, Leeds II, leads one in

ninth, it is a 7.5 kilometre bike for the first triathletes in this

Accenture British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, they are on their way.

Sophie Coldwell must work hard in the early stages of the bike to

manage to stay away from Leeds I and Leeds II, Georgia Taylor-Brown and

Non Stanford. She went away with the world number one, so she's capable

of going alone if she wants to. Absolutely, she is in second

position on the bike so she hasn't had a fantastic transition, still

has time to make upon our leader. What I noticed through transition

that was interesting is both the Leeds I and Leeds II swimmers didn't

have the greatest of swims, Taylor-Brown and Non Stanford are

distinctly mid-pack, so they have work to do. Felucca Sega from Japan,

the 18-year-old, glancing over her shoulder, she's had a sensational

start to her leg in the triathlon but there is a group forming behind

trying to close her down -- Lukas Hejda. Coldwell has taken Sega in

her own position, right in front of the grandstand she overtook her,

beneath the magnificent war memorial, hence the war of -- of

approval from those in the grandstand. The difficulty for the

likes of Sophie Coldwell is the athletes she is riding with, she may

not be that familiar with them. For that reason she doesn't know how

they will go, should she work with them try and go it alone. We can see

the chase pack looking ominous in the background. Sophie is a

phenomenal rider. What I know of Fuka Sega is we all raced against

her in Chengdu in a World Cup race earlier this year and she made the

front group as a phenomenal swimmer and she demonstrated today but

didn't do any work on the bike, she sat at the back and her run is not

up to scratch, compared to a lot of the girls in the race. Tricky turn,

we saw one or two of them going down on the bike, familiarisation, so

they have learned their lessons. The course is dry, there is no water on

the track and they have come through the first out and back safely and

up, the first group numbering about a dozen. The next pack is

approaching the turn. The athletes have talked about the fact that this

bike circuit is tricky, it's very technical, and it's going to be very

hard work for some of the less experienced athletes, that's for

sure. The second pack has joined with different pack. A reasonably

sized pack, around half the field there. More and more of those girls

made it into the pack now. That was a joining of the group that includes

Non Stanford and Georgia Taylor-Brown, so Leeds Team I and

Team II have made it into the group with Loughborough and it plays into

the hands of Leeds, they have obviously saved their swim- bike

specialists for the third leg. That said, Loughborough I have Jodie

Stimpson and we saw what she's capable of last weekend in

Stockholm, especially on the bike that she has so worked so hard on

the summer. I fancy the Canadian team to do well, they are full of

confidence as well, as you may have seen in the interview prerace. John

Brown has moved into leadership of the contest, joined by match-up,

Paula Findlay and Jeremy Briand, four established World Triathlon

Series races and the Canadians could be a force to be reckoned with this

afternoon. They certainly could be, Joanna Brown is really coming to

Heron. In the last two races on the World Triathlon Series, Montreal and

Edmondson, she finished fourth in both races, massive step up for her,

so Joanna Brown is a great threat, she is a great runner, she comes

from a running background and in this pack she is well placed to do

well in a first leg on the mixed relay is. I think you are right,

Canada are a to definitely watch. Joanna Brown is strongest athlete in

that team at the moment with the two fourth-place is recently on the

World Series. She has also had a couple of podiums on the World Cup

series this year already as well. She is definitely somebody to watch.

Sophia Green of sterling has picked up a ten second penalty, no word as

to what that is for but SN second penalty for her. If you have

questions for Alistair Brownlee command Vicky Holland, get the

questions in using #BBC triathlon and we will try and get through as

many of them as we can with Ore Oduba Bowe after the race. Some of

the athletes asking for some of the other athletes to come through. They

don't want to be caught from behind by the chasing pack. This looks like

it is Non Stanford, great to see her racing. We talked about the fact she

has not raced all year but this will be hard work for her but she is such

a champion, 2012 U23 champion, 2013 senior champion and fourth in the

Olympics, great athlete, great to see her back racing. Non Stanford

will not be afraid to work this hard, won't be afraid to take her

turns and make it as hard as she wants to come it won't matter that

it is sapping her own legs, she needs to get the cobwebs blown out

ahead of the race in two weeks' time in Rotterdam. 11 teams together at

the front, Georgia Taylor-Brown representing Leeds I, Non Stanford

for Leeds II Sophie Coldwell from Loughborough, one of the big names.

Somebody else taking it up now and injecting pace into the race. That

is Team Bath at the front that I'm excited to see, that's my team these

days. If I was able to race I would be in there now so I'm excited to

see them mixing it up. Megan McDonald from team that from

Leamington spa, at the front in the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup.

We have talked about the fact the mixed relays is now in the Olympics,

it will be in Tokyo 2020, such exciting news fools of the great

thing about Nottingham and the mixed relay is here are it is giving the

athletes a great chance to race with some of their heroes. It is a great

thing they are coming at a race with some of the senior athletes and as

we have said before, some of them fancy themselves over the shorter

distances. They do race these shorter differences more often and

frequently than the senior athletes, so I think there will be some strong

performances from the youngsters. Serious move happening from Joanna

Brown, the 24-year-old Canadian has moved into the front, past the war

memorial and the packed grandstands. 11 teams together. Eyesore Non

Stanford really take it on around the U-turn. She accelerated. It was

her and Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sophie Coldwell that really started

to make a bit of a gap before the Canadian Joanna Brown brought the

rest of the pack back on. We heard about the penalty for Sofia Green,

it was for kit outside the box. When you come into transition at the end

of the swim you must make sure your wet suit and goggles go into the box

and that didn't happen for the team and hence the penalty, that's the

reason why they have that stop-go penalty which they will take later

but I don't think they were ever going to be in serious contention.

The difficulty for some of the younger athletes is their brains

will be working so fast and some of them will be out of their depths and

they are not used to be strict rules that the ITU set and we know that

you need all of your comment inside the box on the bikes and we have

seen it quite often on the series. It happens to the best of us in the

senior ranks and Sofia is one of the younger athletes so she won't be as

used to doing that as some of the more experienced athletes. I'm sure

she will not make that mistake to many more times. Joanna Brown

forcing the pace for Canada, shall handover after her run to mash up

who will hand onto multiple triathlon series winner Paula

Findlay. Jimmy Briand will be running the anchor leg for Canada,

the most dumb least experienced of the four, so their weakest athlete

is going last. We will see if that gamble pays off or comes back to

bite. What we know about Chris Perham who is going to take over

from Sophie Coldwell? He is the young athlete who will be coming

through when Sophie hangs up her bike. We know he is a strong run

about what we know about him? He is a pretty good all-round athlete,

Chris. Somebody who has developed well over the last couple of years.

He was in the World Junior Championships in Edmonton in 2014

when he came 15th, sorry, 2015 where he came 14th, in Chicago he raced as

an U23, 2015 and he was 20th. He has some good results behind him now,

becoming a more established senior athlete, so he will round off what

is already a strong team for Loughborough.

So, the brakes on for the next turn. One or two of them got a little

close to the Nottingham banners and the metal railings. It is a little

bit wider wrap that turn than at the other end of the course, which is

much tighter. Now they start to think about the conclusion of the

run, 7.5 kilometres. The last leg will be a 1500 metre run, a single

lap which takes them to both sides of the river. They cross the

Suspension Bridge and the River Trent. There is a really tough climb

to concluded. Going really nicely, Joanna Brown from Canada. She just

gave a nudge to say, come on, Non, come through. But she said, I'm OK,

thanks! I think it is a good position for Non. You can see the

straps on her shoes are already and am. Being in second position when

you want to take off your shoes is a good position, it means you can

search through and get into the best possible position for transition. It

has been overcast for the first 12 minutes of the triathlon, but the

sun is beating down. They are happy to be under the shade of the trees

in the Victoria Embankment Park area in Nottingham. Coming towards the

end of the bike. Joanna Brown, number four, swimming, biting and

running the first leg for Canada. Non Stanford, Georgia Taylor-Brown,

Fuka Sega, first out of the water for Japan. Sophie Coldwell, a lot of

established triathlon names in there as they prepare for the arrival.

Brown, glancing over her shoulder. You need to be clear of trouble, but

not too far away, everything is deficient in transition. They call

the transition the fourth discipline because it is practised and again.

Brown, resting on top of her shoes. That gives Non Stanford opportunity

to burst through. She wants to be first at the best man. Non Stanford

for Leeds. She is first into transition, former world champion.

She hands over to Gordon Benson, Brown needs to get into transition.

She can't let Stanford make the most of that lead. Fuka Sega, struggling.

Non Stanford is joined by Georgia Taylor-Brown on the way out of

transition. Our two favourites for the race, Leeds II and Leeds I are

doing really well. Nice to see Non so smooth. She hasn't had the

opportunity to race and do the speedy transitions. I would give

that 110 out of ten. She did it with a lot of pressure, a lot of people

around her. There is no room for slip-ups at this level, this fast

and the is. She had to do every thing smoothly and she did that. The

only girl in front of her is Kate Waugh, the current European junior

champion. Renowned for her running strength. Yes, she is 18 years of

age and from Gateshead and she is running shoulder to shoulder with

the former world champion, Non Stanford. These two has stolen two

or three seconds over the next best. It will be adjusting to see, even

though Non does not have race fitness, how happy she is to sit

with a young junior athlete. We can see her starting to pump the arms

and pull forward. Non is renowned as being a front runner, she likes to

be in the front, with a pack or off the front of the race. Not surprised

to see her stepping in front of Kate Waugh. It will be great experience

for her. She needs to stick onto her shoulder as well she can, it will

really help her development, running with the stars. Both Loughborough

teams are involved Olivia Matthaus is a local girl from

Nottinghamshire. The River Trent flows through her hometown. She

feels very much at home a Stanford tries to stretch their lead. There

are four others within striking distance as they cross the bridge.

That his Georgia Taylor-Brown, running on the outside of the

chasing pack. I would not be surprised to see her bridging onto

those front two, maybe even bringing the front two with her. She is

probably the strongest in the race of pure run pedigree. I am not too

surprised to see her closing the gap down. Joanna Brown, this is usually

her strength, the run. But she was in Stockholm just six days ago. The

Canadian athlete struggling a little bit on the run, which is usually her

strength. Non Stanford pushing on and breaking away. As you rightly

said, I can just see Georgia Taylor-Brown, I think I can take her

out. She is coming through into second place. The 23-year-old from

Manchester moving past Kate Waugh and into second position. She has

her eyes on Non Stanford ahead of her. Coldwell is about to go past

past Kate Waugh of. Georgia is renowned for her ability

to pick up the pace as she goes through the race. She doesn't start

too fast and he is but she seems to wind it up. We are seeing that

again, with her stretching that lead as they come towards the end of the

run. It always requires a bit of discipline. It is easy to go hell

for leather out of transition. Georgia is really pulling away, a

big Apple forming. Georgia Taylor-Brown will come ironically,

hand over to Non Stanford's boyfriend, Aaron Royle. Georgia

Taylor-Brown will hand over to Aaron Royle, Non Stanford will hand over

to Gordon Benson for Leeds II. That will happen shortly. After 19 and a

quarter minutes of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, the first

event of its kind to be held in the country, the first leg will conclude

shortly. They have a stiff climb, almost when you thought you were out

of energy. Uphill across the Suspension Bridge. These are

spectacular pictures from on high. Beautiful scenery that we have

today, a really good setting. The course as well, for spectators here,

they can say virtually all of it. You never really lose sight of the

athletes for too long. Not only is it a great spectator event at home

on television, you can see the athletes virtually the whole time.

It makes such good viewing. It really does. A 1500 metre runner

coming to a conclusion just now. Georgia Taylor-Brown is going to

hand over to Aaron Royle. They are lined up in their wet suits ready

for stage two. Taylor-Brown, Aaron Royle on his way, down the steep

ramp and ready for the flying start. Let's pick him up, the Australian,

out into the Trent. Not the best dive he has never performed! He will

not want to see that again in the replay, but he has a decent lead.

Aaron Royle on his way for Leeds I. Being a strong swimmer, he will

probably take this out so they can't get to them. Let's go down to

Riverside and join Ore with Alistair Brownlee.

Thank you, yes, we have just taken our position by the changeover. It

is frenetic, isn't it? For the guys here waiting, they have got to wait

a patient game, they can't go before they are tagged. Yes, you have to

make sure you handover between two lines, bits of tape on the ground.

You can get disqualified for handing over at the wrong time. Like in an

athletics really. I have that in the Commonwealth is. It's important to

get that right. Looking for Georgia Taylor-Brown and Non Stanford. You

just said to Gordon Benson as he was lining up, race clever. Why? Georgia

had a great leg. Physically, she is really talented. We have a position

now where the Leeds Team I, with Aaron who is a great swimmer, and

Gordon, behind a Canadian, he could work to bring him back, but he could

also be in a powerful position on his own, allowing other people to do

the work and then trying to get to Aaron to push the race on. If that

happens, and Leeds I and II are on their own at the front, that is the

perfect scenario, which you can do with some clever tactics. Still

Leeds through and through! More strategy to watch.

Thank you, Ore. Aaron Royle leads for Leeds I. Gordon Benson for Leeds

II is further down the course. Chris Perham has been given a decent

position. Adam Bowden, the 35-year-old veteran, he is doing the

second leg for Cardiff. Marc Austin for Stirling I is in the water

somewhere, having been given a changeover from Iona Miller. The

17-year-old from Glasgow. Marc Austin with work to do. We are

alongside the race leader, it is Leeds I, with Aaron Royle swimming

towards the conclusion of his 300-metre stretch. We got a couple

of splits with the bottom team, never 17, it is Team Stirling II.

Lost quite a bit of time. The top seven teams are within 27 seconds of

each other. With the mixed relays, what we have learned previously is

that a lot can happen. You think a team has broken away, but Aaron

Royle is out there on his owner doesn't have anyone to work with.

There is a little group of talented athletes ten seconds behind him now.

The Stirling time is affected by the fact they has to take the penalty,

Sofia Green did not get her equipment into the box at the end of

the first transition. Aaron Royle, the Australian, swimming, biking and

running for Leeds I. Approaching transition now. He has kept his lead

intact. The next couple are not too far behind. Those were the four

Leeds bikes. He has to get out of his wet suit and get all of his

equipment in the box. Leeds I, followed by Canada. GB under 23 are

having a great race. They are with Calum Johnson, swimming, biking and

running the second leg. Leeds I with Aaron Royle, leading them out of

transition. He begins his 7.5 kilometre bike ride. I just saw the

GB Juniors, just a little bit off the pack. He is a really talented

athlete, but I think this front group might be too strong for him.

Aaron Royle, happy to be on his own, making the first tight turn, as he

tries to stretch his lead. He had a little look down the road to see

where the next placed triathletes are. It is either the Canadian or

Japan. Ryousuke Maeda for Japan, doing the second leg for the

Japanese team. Roaring now, heading to the war memorial for Australia's

Aaron Royle. Taking position for Team Leeds I. We saw him coming

through the commentary box and he is absolutely flying. He's not taking

any prisoners and has stolen a march through transition. He is used to

doing that thing, having been in many breakaway packs with Alistair

and Johnny over the years, he's very used to coming out of the swimming

and getting straight into the riding without holding up waiting for

anybody. The other three lads seem to have taken a moment to get into

the riding. Like this, so fast and the time. Of course, 7.5

kilometres, he can hang on for that. He's not thinking I've got 40, he's

only got 7.5 minutes. What are we looking at for 7.5 kilometres? About

ten. So we have Gordon Benson, the other Leeds athlete. Mash-up, and

that is Chris Perham. We have our favourites.

Out of the saddle, trying to get extra acceleration, as Aaron Royle

heads back to the start finish line. This has been a sensational

performance so far. He was given a narrow lead, but he stretched it

magnificently, Vicky Holland? On the swimmer, it wasn't that much of a

surprise. Matthew Sharpe, who led the rest of them through, he

recently won the World Championships, he is a very strong

swimmer and runner. Not surprised to see him maintaining that gap through

the swim. Aaron has really gone for it, he is not waiting for those guys

to catch up. There is no Leeds tactics, it is Leeds I for

themselves. I'm not too impressed with the way they are working with

each other. They should literally be pulling through and then the next

athlete pulling through to keep the train really rolling. They are not

really working together. Even getting the visual on Arran, he is

definitely moving faster than they are at a three, and they should be

able to bring him back a little bit. If they do, they will gain that

ground back. He could see the distance he has gathered. The others

are heading in the opposite direction. He can add a couple of

more seconds to the official lead. Aaron Royle, in sensational form.

Swimming, biking and running for Leeds I. Set up well by Georgia

Taylor-Brown, absolutely shattered after the end of her effort. The

23-year-old from Manchester was lying on her back, gulping in lungs

of oxygen. Aaron Brown is capitalising on the lead and going

further and further away. I think Aaron is starting to feel quite at

home. He has been spending a lot of time in Leeds with his girlfriend,

Non Stanford. He moved at the beginning of the year, they spent

some time in Australia as well. Best of both worlds, having a home on the

Gold Coast, and then also having a home in Leeds. They make the most of

having both environments. Match-up in the middle, the

Canadian, he is an established triathlon World Series competitor.

Alongside the Brownlee Brothers, a very decent triathlete, the utility

rider to help the Brownlee Brothers. They got gold and silver in Rio. The

man who we know less about is Chris Perham, just 22 years of age, he is

from Portland in Dorset and he is currently in a share of second

position. It is this man, Aaron Royle, who leads. Really impressed

with his performance, a former world U23 champion, he won in the same

year as Non Stanford, don't know if that is connected to what happened

subsequently. He is also a phenomenal swim bike and has a

decent run. He had a few injuries this season so started the season

late but he's looking in fantastic form. Aaron has been improving race

on race, he started the season late, injury knocked him back. Also with

the change of environment and training setup, it takes time to get

used to that, to train a different way, and he's doing a lot more

volume. I'm not surprised to see him getting a little more used to it

now. He was neither in Stockholm last week. Ore Oduba is with former

world champion Non Stanford. Non Stanford, fresh from your super

Sprint, how does it feel running down the bank? The swim and the bike

was fine, I went off on the ride and felt controlled but I haven't done

much running so it definitely caught up with me, and Georgia came past

and I had to hang on with what I had. It was really good fun and it

is over within the blink of an eye sown -- no time to think. Non

Stanford catching her breath, back with her boyfriend Aaron Royle who

leads this competition. The pace he is putting in on the bike was

quicker than we have seen from Gordon Benson, match-up and Chris

Perham. I caught a glimpse of the chasing group of three, Benson is

cruising in without putting in too much effort -- Matt Sharp. Royle has

done all of this work on his own and still has a 1500 metre runner to

come, Vicky Holland, can he maintain the lead during the run? Aaron is a

classy runner and I think he can. As I said, he is improving week, his

form is getting better and better, these guys may have conserved a bit

more energy if they were more savvy. Maybeme I have that bit extra when

it comes to the run. Aaron has a decent gap now so I think he will

hold on. Looking down the list to see who he has got in his team, he

has John Bishop, the runner-up to Javier Gomez. Leeds I have given

themselves a massive lead halfway through this leg and it is courtesy

of a superb effort from Aaron Royle. Georgia Taylor-Brown had a fantastic

leg as well but this Leeds I team that were the favourites going into

this race are really holding their own and showing they are just a

little bit better than the rest. It is no coincidence they were ranked

number one. They were the number one because of the calibre of the

athletes in the team. It is shelling already. I look at it as if Aaron

can hold onto this gap, passing on to Jess Learmonth, she is the best

swim bike are possibly in the whole sport so handing over to her I don't

think she will get caught, especially after that silver in

Stockholm last weekend. I have spoken to her in the last day or so

and she is tired and finds that the race hit her harder than she

expected, and also coming down from altitude can put you into a slump,

just being really heavy and tired. She's not

feeling at her best but you know she is going to get up for this and be

excited because it is the relay. She said at the beginning she has never

done a relay before so it is something she has been keen to do

and being out front I think she will deliver for the team. It might be a

shock to the system for Jess who got second place in Stockholm just under

a week ago, on a very tough course so we expect jest to be a little

tired but the racing is really short and it is as much to do with your

body as it is with your mind over this short distance today. Yeah,

when you have to back up into the relay sometimes your body feels a

bit tired but you find something else. It's for the team. There is a

sort of tribal aspect to it where you really want to perform for your

team-mates, the people you train with and live with on a day-to-day

basis. I think even the athletes who are a bit tired, some of them raced

in Stockholm and some of the Juniors raised on Monday at the World Junior

Championships qualifying so some of them Havret raced even more recently

than the guys in Stockholm. With the chasing group under the shade of the

trees alongside the River Trent, everything looks splendid in

Nottingham city centre this afternoon. Aaron Royle is heading in

the opposite direction. He had a chance to see the guys sharing

second position, the team members of Leeds II and Loughborough I, and

Canada but it is Royle who will shortly hang up his bike and set

sail on his 1500 metre run to conclude. A single lap takes him to

both sides of the River Trent over the two bridges, and he is preparing

for the arrival in transition now. He doesn't have to rush, his lead is

significant, it's been strengthened ever since he set out on his 7.5

kilometre bike. He arrives at the dismount line now, steps off,

perfect timing for Aaron Royle command of the soft carpet

underfoot, looks for his position in transition, the next three are at

the dismount line in the background of that shot now but there is no

need for Aaron Royle to panic. He can get his shoes on, leave his

helmet behind, while the others have yet to park their bikes he is away,

Aaron Royle strikes out on his 1500 metre single lap on the run to

conclude the second leg for Leeds I. Leeds I, 34 minutes and 20 seconds.

Leeds II 12 seconds down, Canada and Loughborough in the same timing

sequence, leaving transition with GB Juniors next in line. Well, I was

going to say that I think Aaron may have lost a couple of seconds in the

closing kilometre or so, those final three have maybe brought him back in

a little and they do have quality runners, Matthew Sharpe is a good

runner, Chris Perham raced for GB U23 and Junior and Gordon Benson,

who is an Olympian, all three of those guys can run. Chris Perham has

a good running pedigree, he races really well over cross-country, he

has an fast times over five kilometres and three kilometres,

young athlete, very inexperienced but finds himself in a really good

position, and Aaron Royle striding out, hasn't quite found his running

lakes this year but I think he should hold his own over the 1500

metres, pretty short, what are we looking at? Around four minutes. 4.5

seconds is the lead for Aaron Royle. Ore Oduba has found himself at a

wedding. I really am going to crash this

wedding. It is not what you expect at a triathlon race, some of the

best runners and riders in the world going along the River Trent, and

then we find Lauren and John. First things first, congratulations. Thank

you. Thank you. I am glad you didn't leave a glass of champagne for me!

What a lovely day for a wedding. It is beautiful. Stunning. Did you

expect BBC sport? Did you expect a triathlon racing past year on the

day? Not so much, a nice shock and a logistical nightmare but it's great.

And when they told you that BBC sport would come and crash your

wedding, John, you said? I love it. That is the right answer, we have

kept you for too long. Your family is here taking every single selfie.

Let's get a good one, shall we? There we go. That's the official

one. Back to you. We have a party to enjoy... I mean a race.

Congratulations from the commentary box to the new Mr and Mrs McCann it.

The race has changed complexion because Gordon Benson has struck the

front of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, Aaron Royle's leap

disintegrated in the early stages of the 1.5 kilometre run, Matthew

Sharpe of Canada and Perin is not far behind. Chris Perham from

Portland in Dorset where it, racing for Loughborough I giving a really

good account of himself, and now it is Gordon Benson leading the way.

Great to see Gordon running really well now as they approach the

changeover Park. Next in line we have Lucy Hall, so that's going to

be interesting on the swim because we know she is a great swimmer and

has a great bike leg. Matthew Sharpe from Canada hanging onto the heels

of Gordon Benson. I am looking forward to Jess Learmonth versus

Lucy Hall over the swim, that could be good. As it looks it will be Jess

chasing down Lucy. For a while it looked like it would be the other

way around, as Gordon has had such a great run and Aaron has struggled a

little. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the effort he put in to go

solo on the bike, whereas these three boys were working together,

Aaron was on his own. Gordon has capitalised on that and taking

advantage. Milliwatt Alistair was saying, some good tactics from him.

Let's not forget that Chris Perham from Loughborough I will hand over

to Nono Boban Jodie Stimpson, the 28-year-old regular on the World

Triathlon Series, just recently returning from injury and she loves

triathlon and competing. We will have Learmonth, Hall, Paula Findlay,

multiple World Triathlon Series winner for Canada and Jodie Stimpson

going head-to-head in the next stage. Aaron Royle has lost a little

bit of time, which is a little dangerous for Leeds I, we didn't

expect him to lose so much time as we approach transition now. Here we

go, hands raised, Lucy Hall raising her hand, she is tagged by Gordon

Benson and it is a sprint finish down the pontoon towards the water.

Lucy Hall is on her way, chased along the carpet by Paula Findlay,

who will stop and dive. Lucy Hall wanted to make sure that was clean

and she is on her way. Jess Learmonth goes into the water. We

wait for Jodie Stimpson who I think will be the fourth in, Jodie

Stimpson away. It was the other way round, it was Stimpson and then

Learmonth. Paula Findlay will try and hang onto Lucy's coat-tails,

Lucy being such a classy swimmer, she had just the best in the sport,

so she needs to keep on her coat tails. Joe Dean is making inroads

here onto Paula Findlay's feet. Not surprised, Jody Swan phenomenally

well in Stockholm and has worked hard on that this year throughout

her injury and it is paying off, she is caught at the Canadian already --

Jodie Swan. What is it about Lucy Hall's struck? There is lots of

flapping going on but she is just cruising through the water. You

watch it and think she is not just trying but she has very good

technique and good shoulder range, shoulder mobility, without getting

too technical. Into something she means she can catch hold of more

water with every stroke and she uses it to such great ability. She really

does stretch out on the swings. Loss of the other swimmers you see with a

higher cadence who have what we consider more of a triathlon open

water style stroke where you are not letting too much wave come in to

disrupt what you are doing. But Lucy doesn't seem to need to do that

because her stroke is so efficient and shoulder mobility so good. 41

minutes since this British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup began. We have Jess

Learmonth, Lucy Hall, Paula Findlay, Jodie Stimpson battling it out for

the top four places. They will exit the water and head towards their

bikes with two lapse of 7.5 kilometres each. It looks like the

three behind have grouped together and that will make it a little bit

hard for Lucy Hall, I think. Jodie Stimpson in there, Jess Learmonth,

no surprise she has caught back-up, we know she is such a strong

swimmer. Paula Findlay as well from Canada. You mentioned back there she

has won five World Triathlon Series events but in the last couple of

years suffered lots of injuries. She is not quite the athlete she was but

she is improving as the months go by. Lucy Hall was an Olympian in

London 2012, she raced as part of the British team. Known as one of

the strong list swimmers on the World Series. She is stretching her

lead. The others are battling it out for second position. That group of

three could work well on the bike when they pick them up shortly.

Vicky Holland has gone down Riverside to join Ore Oduba, and I

am delighted to say she has been replaced in the commentary booth by

the double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee. Good afternoon and well,

long. Good afternoon, how are you doing? Good. What you make of the

relay so far? Fantastic action packed, unpredictable, we are seeing

real action and I don't think anyone would have predicted the teams to be

winning at this point. It is a great position. For the fans watching to

be so uncertain I don't think you could ask for more. What did you

make of Aaron Royle's tactics on the bike? He did what he had to do and

Leeds's tactic was great, I listen to the commentary and Aaron did

exactly the right thing, he had to go for it. Gordon did the right

thing, had to sit at the back of the group and do no work, that was a

specific Leeds tactic between the teams and this is Lucy out of the

water but Ike spec to catch her in the first few kilometres on the

bike. Lucy Hall multitasking on her way up the carpet. She will arrive

at her bike shortly. We could see an interesting by Klich developer with

some of the big names in world triathlon taking part. Lucy Hall

arrives at her bike, Jess Learmonth will not be too far behind, Jodie

Stimpson and Paula Findlay in the group as well. They might not be too

far apart by the time they leave transition. Leeds II and Leeds I,

Canada and Loughborough I. The four main contenders as it stands, in

search of the three available medals this afternoon. Lucy Hall getting

her feet on her pedals and away she goes on lap one. This part of the

race is so crucial and it is what you and your brother do so well.

Looking at the girls, they've got to start working hard, you cannot lose

any time. Especially when the field is this small, only talking about

two or three in a grip, there is a real opportunity to split. What I

was looking for, in the case of Leeds they want a gap going into the

last leg to give them the best chance of winning the race so they

are not racing against Loughborough's athlete. Jess had a

great opportunity to do it there and they were spread out coming over the

transition with Lucy coming up the road and because she didn't have the

clean transition she lost the opportunity. She is still a greater

really athlete and strong across all three sports but that five seconds

in transition potentially could have been a turning point.

Interesting, Lucy Hall still hasn't bothered to complete putting her

shoes on. She is trying to get some speed up and maintain and

consolidate the lead. The other three micro behind her are working

together, with Stimson drafting at the back. Then it is Jess Learmonth,

and then another experienced athlete in the shape of Paula Findlay. How

quickly do you expect them to catch her? It's interesting, the smart

thing would be for Jess to do nothing, said that the back of these

three, let them tire out and then have a go at catching Lucy, so there

are two micro elite athletes in front. But there is no benefit for

Jess to do any work and catch Lucy, if you are looking at the big

picture of a Leeds team winning. What I noticed in the men's race,

with the three athletes trying to chase down Aaron, they did not

connect well, there were not working well. Three athletes like that, you

should be on the front for no more than five seconds. When it is only

three, you'd need to do 20 or 30 seconds at least, if you are only

doing five at a time, you are resting for ten seconds. The reason

they were not connecting was because Adam Bowden was doing the right

thing, he was sitting at the last of the three men and not coming

through, which disrupts the line. You see Johnny and me yelling at

people in races, try to get people to consistently do the same thing,

so you know where you are, try to go as fast as you can. The three girls

behind should be working 20 seconds or 30 seconds maximum, then dropping

back? I would say so, then a minute or so of rest to give yourself time

to recover. Lucy Hall, leading the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup,

for Leeds II. Then a group of three closing her down quickly. Slowing,

allowing Findlay, Jess Learmonth to come through. It would have been a

great opportunity. A textbook opportunity to split the field.

Another really small thing that could be a turning point in the

whole race. But now there is no real reason for any of these four to

work. You know, the guys behind are the best part of a minute behind

these four, a decent amount of time. The threats are all in this group of

four. It's an interesting stand off. The chase group includes GB Juniors,

they were the next best, with Lizzie Hood, the 19-year-old from Dorset,

swimming, biking and riding stage 34 GB Juniors. We will keep an eye on

her progress. Now this group, as Alistair Brownlee has pointed out,

they don't really need to do much. Just keep together as a quartet

prepare for the 1500 metre run, where we might see some fireworks.

Definitely. I think the clear best runner is Jodie, we don't know what

kind of shape she is in. Running over 1500 metres can be different to

running over ten kilometres. That's one of the things about the relay,

always unpredictable. The other point is that Jess has been on great

form. Like I said before, as an all-round athlete, she is one of the

best out there. Over a short run, I really would not put much money on

there being much difference between Jodie and Jess. These four athletes

were racing in Stockholm last weekend, only six days ago. There's

a good chance that Jess is tired, because it was a big race for her.

Jodie, the fact she has been out for a long time, she could be tired.

Jodi probably go slightly better in the first part of the ten kilometres

than in the second part, especially when she is not very fit. We will

see, I am not sure the Stockholm factor is that much of a factor. Six

or seven days, I found that I raced better the second weekend, you have

effectively had five days of proper rest and you don't normally do that.

It affects different athletes differently. We will see. But it was

a big race for Jess. She could be really tired from it or she could be

really positive and upbeat, have sky-high confidence. Looking ahead,

Jess Learmonth, that we have just been talking about, will hand over

to Tom Bishop, the 26-year-old from Derby. He will swim, bike and run

the final stage for Leeds I. Lucy Hall, passing to Mark Buckingham, a

late entry into the race. Highly experienced, he has been doing some

long-distance triathlon. He will swim, bike and run the final stage

for Leeds I. Passing on to Ben Dijkstra, 18 years of age, he has

lots of talent. We are excited about seeing him the last mind for -- we

are excited about seeing him. The last man for Canada, we will see

what he has to offer. These four have still got to finish their

biking and run their 1500 metres before we can start thinking about

that. Is there any point on this course where you think it might be

worthwhile trying to have a go and give yourself ten seconds coming

into the swim or handing over? Or is it not worth losing the energy? We

saw the effect of having to ride on your own in terms of Aaron, he had

to commit completely to that and it cost him his run. There is always

positives and negatives. For me, it is probably too late. You have three

kilometres to go. The girls behind have pretty much stopped pedalling.

The energy used is not worth the reward. It is either that first

kilometre out of transition when you have the opportunity, or when there

is something that happens in the race, where the group comes

together, there is a catch up. If you were going to do it, you do a

corner or a turn, but for me it would be too late. Do you ever look

at some of the races and think, it is frustrating, what they are doing

coming out of transition. You and Johnny do it so well. You see people

fumbling, do you think, do you not practice this? I don't watch a love

of racing, but it is frustrating. What I tell people is that it is

swimming, cycling, running and transitions. It is the whole thing.

It is worth practising and tried to be as good as you come across that.

Good tactics, Jess having a go and Lucy sitting up to try to create the

gap. That is the kind of thing they should be doing, with the advantage

of having two people in the group. If you have questions for Alistair

Brownlee or Vicky Holland, get them in using the hashtag #bbctriathlon.

We will catch up with them and Ore after the race. Almost 52 minutes

since the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup began in Nottingham. No

real change. The quartet of Leeds I, Leeds II, Loughborough I and Canada

remaining intact at the front of the field. They were the four teams that

we thought would be up there and they are very tightly bunched at the

moment. This is the chase group, I don't know if you are picking

anybody out? Looking at the splits, even see the gap back from the four

at the front, to the chasing group, 50 odd seconds with Japan, and then

a minute with a few of them catching up. The gaps are opening up, as you

would expect at this point in a relay. So, you can fairly

confidently say that outside of the first four the rest of the teams out

of the race for the moment. GB Juniors with Lizzie Hood, the GB

under 23s with Sarah Hodgson, 22-year-old, swimming, biking and

running the third leg. But the medals look likely to be going the

way of this group of four. The lead group, well into their second lap on

the bike with a 1500 metre run to come. This is legs three of the

inaugural Accenture British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup. We have

had lots to enjoy so far. We still have the final leg from Tom Bishop,

Mark Buckingham, Jeremy Bremont. Paula Findlay thinks the pace might

be sluggish, so try to move it along. It is about getting into the

right position now. It is. One of the real old school things is being

in the front of transition. Over Olympic distance, I'm not sure how

important that is. You are running ten kilometres, wasting a bit of

energy, it is not worth it. As long as you catch that five seconds up

slowly, and don't try to do it in the first 400 metres, it does not

cost you too much. Relay is very different. 1500 metres, five seconds

makes a great deal of difference. But there are only four of you, so

the split to be one two seconds maximum, between the first and

second athlete. Jostling for position. Some are starting to

remove their feet from their shoes and resting them on top. You don't

want to be getting tangled up with the other triathletes coming at this

stage, as Alistair pointed out. It is all about swim, bike, run and

transitions. We all know how important it can be. Leeds I, Leeds

II, Loughborough I and Canada, locked together. Who is going to be

first to ride? A stumble for Lucy Hall. Findlay arrives at her parking

position first. No panic from Jodie Stimson, and she is away? Yes, great

transitions, very solid, composed competitor. She proved it there.

Lucy stumbling has cost her a bit. I would expect Jess and Jodie to run

here. You are never quite sure what you're going to get. She was a

fantastic athlete, going back a few years ago now. 2010, 20 11. We

haven't quite seeing the same since then. She seems to be slowly getting

back to where she was. Jess this on fantastically. She knows it is only

one mile. If there is anything Jess is good that it is going all in, and

that is what she's doing. No sign of fatigue from Jessica Lee a month,

from Tadcaster. What an athlete she has been. Find a way of seeing her

interview, she is full of humour, concern and success. It was a great

interview after her second position in Stockholm. Jodie Stimpson is in

third position. Lucy Hall has lost four five seconds and she is further

down the embankment fourth position. Jess Learmonth stretches her lead.

Susie dot Lucy Hall has lost a bit of time? She went quite hard. She

would say as much of anybody that the running is not a strong point.

Jess, similar. Great swimmer and biker, but has improved her run.

Good on her. She is doing well. All Findlay seems to be hanging in well.

On top of the bridge, one of the rises. Lets go Riverside and join

Ore with Vicky Holland. We are enjoying the race alongside

some of the friends and family. If you want to find these guys, the

family Stimpson here. We have just seen Jess Learmonth leading things

out. Second place in Stockholm, she said to you before this race... I'm

tired, I feel heavy, dealing with coming back from altitude. She was

put out that she would have to lay it on the line today. The way we

have seen this race so far, taking them on on the swim, catching up to

the pack. Not only catching up to them, she is running in the front.

This is an athlete informed. What does that do for you, when you are

on a roll like that? That was a record-breaking moment for her, her

first World Series medal. It really does pick you up, the confidence

goes through the roof? Absolutely, she has been improving all year, in

fact for the last couple of years. She won the European title earlier

this year. To win that and then come back to compete so well in

Stockholm, she is on a roll. We can see her shoulder to shoulder. Paula

Findlay is not to be sniffed at, she won five world titles. Not for

several years now, but she is an incredible athlete in her right. The

last frantic and furious leg is still to come. Is it shaping up how

you saw it. Loughborough and Canada leaving? Leeds and Canada. That is

Learmonth, I was confused. I think Canada was always a strong

contender. The last leg is potentially the weakest. That might

be where Leeds can overcome them. Loughborough have a strong final leg

in Ben Dijkstra. I was going to ask you, are you surprised that up until

this point we had not seen a breakaway? Do you think from this

point it will be hard for anyone to catch up? The boys have got some

serious running in them. They have got some serious running

in them and they will have to be smart about working together. Canada

and Leeds I are likely to go away together. I find it hard to see

Loughborough bringing them back in. It would take a phenomenal effort

from Ben Dijkstra at the beginning of the swim leg to bring them back

into the race and even fourth Leeds II, we have seen them dropped a

little on this run and for them to come back into the race would be a

tough ask, especially Mark Buckingham doing the last leg has

just come back from racing in Canada twice over the last week and only

landed in the UK on Wednesday. It is a hard ask for them to get back in.

It is and they are just coming in behind us into the trees, it's time

to change over, Matt Chilton. The final changeover. Here they

come, brilliant run from Jessica Learmonth, handing over to Tom

Bishop, Paula Findlay has run well as well, Jeremy Briand is on his way

on the shoulder of Tom Bishop. Here they go into the River Trent. The

last leg of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, Tom Bishop

swimming, biking and running for Leeds I, Jeremy Briand for Canada,

Mark Buckingham on his way for Leeds II and Ben Dijkstra from

Loughborough I will be swimming, biking and running their final leg.

Alistair Brownlee, Tom Bishop is on his way. Can he do enough to win

this for Leeds? It is a tough position Tom is in. It is a 50-50

choice whether he goes for it with a neck second gap on Ben Dijkstra, or

sits and waits and conserves energy for the run. Ben has pretty much

caught them already. -- eight second gap. One of the things about the

relay is you can be exposed in the relay in a way that you don't in

normal racing. Ben is a fantastic swimmer, especially over this kind

of distance. Eight seconds closed in probably not even 200 metres and he

is on him and going past him already. Probably 150, so he's made

about massive gap going straight past him, and at this point I think

Tom must make the decision to sit and conserve and wait for an

opportunity, does it occur through the transition, the bike, or can it

occur on the run? We will wait and see. But basically it is back to the

status quo again. I can't remember the last time I saw a mixed relay

when they were so close at the start of the final leg. Three guys

together. Tom Bishop from Leeds I, then Ben Dijkstra from Loughborough

and Jeremy Briand from Canada and Mark Buckingham is the one who has

got 30 seconds deficit to try and claw back as these three go shoulder

to shoulder towards the end of their 300 metre swim. What a start to the

final leg, spectacular action from Nottingham this afternoon. Really

tough for Leeds II, wasn't it? Mark Buckingham stepped in and had to

take over from Jonny who is at home and a bit poorly with the flu. Mark

is a great biker and run but he doesn't quite have it on the swim.

PE is a great all-round athlete and improving all the time but that is a

little bit too long of a stretch for him and he will spend the rest of

the race in no man's land, unless these guys slow up and it becomes

tactical and he gets back into the race. A similar thing happened in

the watch championship a couple of weeks ago and the Australian cutback

into the race and won. These guys are still shoulder to shoulder and

slugging each other down, which is not intelligent racing. Tom is

having to do the work of one and a half people dragging Ben with him,

Ben is doing the right thing sitting out on his own. Where should they

positioned in the water, the three of them like that? The minute you

are even ten centimetres, swimming behind the guy next to you you are

giving them a massive drag and making it harder. Ben is sitting 20

centimetres back and getting a really big advantage swimming off

Tom's hips, swimming ten or 20% easy and at this effort level that makes

an incredible difference. If I was in Tom's position I would literally

stop swimming because I'm doing so much work. Perfect tactics for Ben,

just needs to be there now. There is no point in him doing anything, he

will be near the front coming out of the water and there on the first

part of the bike and he knows he will back himself towards the back

end of the run. It will be a bit of a local race, Tom Bishop is from

Derby, the two city is not far apart. Tom Bishop is the first to

climb out of the water. He charges up the steps towards transition.

Jeremy Briand and Ben Dijkstra not too far behind. Leeds I, Canada,

Loughborough I, the three main contenders now. I must admit I don't

know a lot about Jeremy Briand but he could be a dark horse, I have not

seen him race an awful lot, so who knows? It could be that he is a

great 1500 metre runner. I did check him out and I've got to be honest I

don't think he will be a threat to Bishop and Ben Dijkstra. Bishop

having a really good transition. He's got going, bit slow getting

going, looked like he was in the wrong gear. Ben has really messed it

up, it cost him two or three seconds and that could give Tom the chance

to get an advantage coming onto the bike here, but that's part of racing

and you use it if it is there. Ben is struggling. Again, one of these

really small parts of the relay that can have big consequences. Yeah,

he's probably ten seconds. He shouldn't be trying to get his feet

in, he should pedal on top until he can get his feet on. Ben Dijkstra

has the turn coming up now, the 18-year-old. Your heart goes out to

him, he was in such a strong position and MSc exit from

transition is allowed Tom Bishop to break away and Tom Bishop is going

away with Jimmy Briand two or three seconds behind, Leeds I,

Loughborough I, Canada and a captive Leeds II. What have you made of Tom

Bishop this year, he had a fantastic race in Abu Dhabi. He ran pretty

much neck and neck with Javier Gomez for about seven kilometres and he

got a fifth place in another race. What do you think of Tom Bishop? He

is fulfilling his potential, he is a good athlete, very good all round,

he's a good runner when he is completely fit, his biking is solid

and he is fulfilling his potential. He's had a few years when he has not

been doing that, and he should have done it three or four years ago but

he's doing it now, and good on him. There is a few races left in the

year but he's already had a good year. We will see what he can do

here. This is the perfect opportunity, it is man on man. There

is a gap that is big enough that Ben is not getting a drag so it is

basically a drag race to see if he can get back on. He looks like he's

doing a fairly decent job. Like we were talking about in the swim, at

that point Tom had to wait for an opportunity. Ben is not getting his

feet in about percent of the opportunity and he is taking it,

that's what you have to do in triathlon, take advantage of the

opportunities you are given. Tom doesn't want to wait for Jeremy,

probably doesn't know much about him, he knows a lot about Ben

Dijkstra, who is only 18 so we can perhaps forgive him for the mishap

he had coming out of transition. He's only 18 but he has good

experience, he has a bronze medal. We can look now at Mark Buckingham.

He forgot to put on his helmet, basic error, it's happened to me

before. I can't be too scathing on him. Ben is one of those great

athletes. He's a fantastic runner, he has had fantastic running

results, done well in triathlon and he is just a great racer. Some

people are great racers and Ben is one of them. We will see her what he

is made. Tom is on his own without the Canadian, he is back with Ben.

To be honest, at this point, even if Ben catches up Tom knows that he is

swinging the race in his favour if then has to work hard on the bike

and that is to Tom's advantage. Anything that turns this into a 20

minute race rather than a three-minute race at the end of the

run is to Tom's advantage so he's doing the right thing. So, Tom

Bishop as a similarly to that enjoyed by Aaron Royle. He swam,

biked and ran stage to four Leeds I and had a huge advantage which he

let slip in the early stages of the run. Looking further down the road,

Jimmy Briand and Ben Dijkstra are now further and further removed from

Tom Bishop out in front. Ship needs to do what went he hits the 1500

metre run, Alistair -- Bishop needs to do what? He needs to control a

really good race of 1500 metres, he has four minutes to run, how can I

run as fast as possible? Rather than on a normal triathlon, breaking it

up over the first two or three minutes and put people into issues.

You need to go, dizzy time trial effectively, that's the difference.

I'm not sure what we are seeing behind, I think that is Ben on his

own, not sure what happened to the Canadian guy Briand, unless they are

stretched out on the road and we cannot see them because of the

cameras. Tom is on his own getting a little bit of help from the camera

bike, but part of racing, if it is there. Ben is still chasing him

down. If this goes over ten seconds either start of the run it is race

over. For Ben, it could already be, he's having to put in a massive

effort to stay anywhere near Tom and I will definitely cost his running

legs but we will see. Watching this race unfold and knowing the mixed

relay will be part of the Olympic programme in Tokyo in 2020, how

tempted are you to be focusing on that and be part of potentially a

British team at the next Olympics? With the announcement of the mixed

relay when it was going to be in the Olympics a few months ago it

definitely changed my opinion on trying to go to another Olympic

Games. The Olympics is fantastic but I kind of felt I'm not 100% sure if

I want to do it again. I've been lucky enough to go twice and it

might be pushing my luck but the fact this is in, it is a fantastic

and exciting event and the fact it gives you a chance to win two

medals, it is brilliant and it definitely became a much more

tenting prospect. And for your younger brother Jonny it would give

him the chance to get the full set, he has a bronze and silver so far.

Maybe along with you and two others he could grab a gold. Yeah, it would

give him a chance to have the full set and like I said, just win

another medal, which I think he would be more than happy to do. One

of the big things about the mixed relay is what we're doing now,

people are enjoying learning about it, doing it, learning about the

tactical nuances. I think there is much that no one quite understands

yet and it's interesting. This gap has opened right up now, 15 seconds

I would say. I think that was a lapse athlete behind, one of the

Stirling teams. Ben has just gone past, 15 seconds, he has motorbikes

behind him which is unfortunate for him. But I think that is a big gap,

still not coming up on the splits. But that is a decent gap. To be

honest, I think all the money is on Tom to win this for the Leeds team

because not only is the gap big, but Ben has really had to work on the

bike and that will cost him on the run compared to Tom. Deep in lap

two, the final leg of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup and it is

Leeds I in the hands of Tom Bishop leading the race, El-Abd athlete

coming through. The gap is considerable now. Chip is in the

wrong direction as far as he's concerned. -- Bishop is going in the

wrong direction. -- a lapped athlete. Ben is looking in control

on the bike and like he has had to fight it hard and that's costing him

on the second half of the bike leg and on the run. No idea what

happened to the Canadian guy, we're not seeing that at all. Like we were

just talking about earlier, with Tom, sometimes it's easy to get

exposed if you have a weak leg on the relay, it's easy to make the

most of it if you have a strong leg and Tom is making the most of his

opportunity on the bike. Ben is being exposed because his biking

isn't quite as strong as he'd like it to be, and that wouldn't happen

in an individual race because it's much more difficult to expose

athletes. That's one of the great things about the relay, it can

become a real test of an all-round triathlete. Ben has kind of kept it

together because he could have lost the plot slightly coming out of

chance issue. I was there with Tom. He is more or less holding his own.

Tom Tumi looks like he is riding really well. I think Tom is riding

really well. He has done exactly the right thing here. -- Tom Tumi looks

like he is riding really well. He could have done more to get across

the gap. We are talking about a very high level Phil. On a world-class

level racing Tom I think it has cost him. We have seen that. We're not

sure what happened to Jeremy Briand who was the anchor leg member of the

Canadian team. But if he struggled it may have given a chance for Leeds

II to get back into contention. Mark Buckingham swimming, biking and

running the final leg for Leeds II, 30 seconds off the pace in the water

that he may well be up towards a medal position now. We will find out

once they house their bikes at the end of the final leg of the

inaugural Accenture British relay cup, a tremendous contest so far.

The lead is a monumental 24 seconds over Ben Dijkstra. He is doing well,

he is lapping athletes, I think the lapped athletes should stay to the

side of the course just for safety and so people can clearly view what

is going on. This is perfect for Tom, 24 seconds at this level over

this distance. That is among the mental gap. There is pretty much no

chance of him getting caught. Leeds I to win this, I would expect then,

whatever has happened, to hold onto second place, and we have no idea

what is going on with Canada and Leeds II the third and fourth. It

will not happen because Ben is way back. What would have happened if

they had gone off on the bike together? That is the million-dollar

question it depends very much. If they both hit this fresh and have

basically done no work and with fresh coming into the second

transition after stomach for a mile run I think you would have been

close, I think Ben would have had it, Ben is good over this sort of

distance. If he'd caught Tom three quarters of the way through after

working hard and Tom not working quite so hard, I think Tom would

have still had it, and obviously in this case Tom is going to have it.

Tom Bishop in and out of transition in a flash, no stumbles, no

problems, he has a 1500 metre run ahead of him now as he attempts to

bring home the gold. For Leeds I. We are still waiting for the arrival of

Ben Dijkstra who should be second, representing Loughborough I, should

be seconded to transition. Tom Bishop on his way, following the

arrows out full support is beginning to arrive, the leaves falling from

the trees, and he is going to run on both sides of the River Trent now.

Loughborough with Ben Dijkstra. He had another dodgy transition and now

playing around with the back of his suit, get on, four minutes to run.

We are seeing 33 seconds gap coming out onto the run over 1.5 K, that is

a massive amount, 20 seconds per kilometre, so

I think you will have to come and hang out with you in Leeds a little

bit, get a few tips from you. I think he would have to hang out with

Mo Farah to close that gap! Pretty straightforward at the moment.

Anything can happen. But Tom Bishop looks comfortable as he makes the

first climb. At the top of the climb he will cross Trent Bridge, the

other end who will cross the Suspension Bridge and then he will

be on his way. 33 seconds, the gap between Leeds I and Loughborough I.

Canada, still in third position, a further 36 seconds down. The task

for Leeds two is to close the gap to Canada over the 1500 metre run. It

will be a foot race between Buckingham of Leeds II and Jeremy

Briand of Canada. It is pretty much an unsurmountable gap, I would have

thought. We don't quite know how good a run amok to is, but it is a

massive gap to close by any standards. I expect that to stay the

same. Mark has not been training for this. But as an ex-steeplechaser he

could have been really class. I would expect the positions to stay

as they are now. We have had a lot of experience at the mixed relay

championships. You were part of the Commonwealth Games team that won

gold. A lot of people might be looking and thinking it is a lot

shorter, so it must be easier. Actually, it is pretty hard, the

short distance racing. We have just seen him go past the bridge, and

maybe he has decided that the places are how they are and what will be

will be. Absolutely, it is kind of irrelevant, sometimes, how long

things are. A massive amount of energy and effort into a short

distance, and that could make it harder. Some of the mixed relay is

we have done over the past, short and intense, you're trying to do

everything you can. Also, you are racing for your team. You don't want

to let your team-mates down. It can be some of the hardest races I have

done as well. Jeremy Briand, holding onto bronze position for Canada.

Joanna Brown, Matt Sharpe and Paula Findlay are his team-mates. But they

are stretched out, with great distances between them. Look at the

crowds around Victoria Embankment in Nottingham. This event in the city,

the first-ever running of the British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup

has been very well received. They have come out in their thousands to

watch the triathlon unfold this afternoon. It will be a man from

Derby, from not too far away, Tom Bishop, who should bring home the

gold for the team from Leeds I. It started with Georgia Taylor-Brown,

in sensational form. She passed on to the Australian, Aaron Royle, who

rode his bike brilliantly, giving himself a solid lead. Jess Learmonth

took up the challenge in stage three for Leeds I, and the advantage to

Tom Bishop, who took that on, strengthened it and will shortly

bring it home for a gold medal for Leeds I. He crosses the Suspension

Bridge, having climbed to the top. He will run down to the other side.

Then it is almost done. This is a fantastic site, isn't it? Great

venue for triathlon. Almost like a natural amphitheatre on both sides

of the river. The last few hundred metres now, fantastic crowds and he

has a chance to enjoy it. What a momentous occasion. First mixed

relay champions, Leeds. Who else would it be? Leeds I will become the

British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup champions for 2017, Tom Bishop, with

his team-mates, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Aaron Royle and Jess

Learmonth. Tom Bishop is the champion. The battle continues for

silver and bronze. The silver should be awarded the team from

Loughborough I, Ben Dijkstra was 30 seconds behind last time we checked

the clock. Then Jodie Stimpson, crisp heron and Sophie Coldwell, the

team from Loughborough I. They will be collecting silver medals this

afternoon. Ben Dijkstra with some problems coming out transition both

occasions, but he has held on. The 18-year-old from Loughborough,

representing Loughborough I, bringing home the silver medal. And

we are expecting that it will be Jeremy Briand, who looked to be

running quite nicely when we caught a glimpse of him going across the

Suspension Bridge, we think it will be Jeremy Briand bringing home the

bronze for Canada. His team-mates, Paula Findlay, Matthew Sharpe and

Joanna Brown, they came here with high hopes of upsetting the racers

from the home nation. They were ambitious and confident in their

prerace interviews. But it looks like the Canadian team, who will be

welcomed home shortly, will have to settle for bronze this afternoon.

They left it to Jeremy Briand, the youngest member of the quartet, to

swim, bike and run the anchor leg. He takes home the bronze for Canada.

Lifted up by Matthew Sharpe. Great performance by the Canadians. I

don't pick anybody was predicting them to get onto the podium. They've

done really well, and good for them. We would expect to have seen Mark by

now, I thought he got a bit of time into the Canadian guys. Here he is.

Fourth place. Rounding out for the second Leeds team. Leeds II, Non

Stanford, Gordon Benson, Lucy Hall and Mark Buckingham, a late entry

into the race, bringing home fourth position. Such a late entry that he

is wearing Joanna's suit. He has literally been drafted in at the

last minute. One of the things we did not see on the last leg was that

once it starts splitting up, these relays can blow apart. Not only

athletes are on their own, they get exposed, people with stronger stuff

make the most of it, people get exposed and lose time. This relay

has completely blown apart. We haven't even seen the fifth team

yet. Really interesting, and this is a completely new event that will be

deciding Olympic medals. Interesting to watch. Victory for Leeds I, with

Loughborough taking the silver. Canada took the bronze, and the

Canadian team are at the Riverside with Ore.

Congratulations, Team Canada! Thank you! You had a really fast race run,

so you don't have to speak too quickly. Tell us how things kicked

off. This is a brand-new event, you must have been pumped to get out

there? I love relays, it is probably my favourite type of racing. Racing

for a team and with a team is probably the most exciting thing you

can do, you are racing for somebody other than yourself. It was absolute

chaos in the day in the water, at the start, with the teams lining up.

But the race played out the way we wanted it to you and I think the

whole team did well. I'm really proud of all of my team-mates. You

were coming here to spoil the British party, you have done just

that, Canada on the podium? Yeah, we're pretty excited. We are a

strong team, we were expecting to get on the podium. To come and

execute that, it is important. We are stoked and happy. It was great

to see you back racing. Tell us about where this could go, because

we have an important couple of years to come for triathlon and mixed

triathlon, where are we going to see Canada? I think Canada is really

putting a big focus on the relay leading into the Commonwealth Games

and the Olympics. We have a really young team of people, everybody is

under 27, under 25. This short, fast racing really suits us. It's

exciting that Canada are showing we are good at it and hopefully we can

continue on that trajectory, competing with the Brits and the

rest of the world. You're definitely heading in the right direction.

Jeremy, it was an EU to finish things strong. But you had clear

carpet in front and behind you. You must have enjoyed getting the bronze

medal? It is hard, chasing and being chased. It is more fun, the mix of

things. You have to be prepared for every scenario. Well done to all of

you. You have got some time on the podium to make sure you enjoy, so

Team Canada out, and income Team Loughborough. Come on in. Good to

see you, Ben, Jody, Chris and Sophie. Let's talk to you, Ben.

First things first, Loughborough, we were expecting big things and you

have delivered? Well done. We have to be really happy with the result.

Leeds were phenomenally strong, credit to them for a great

performance. We are all happy. It's a shame on the last leg, Tom was

immensely strong and I couldn't get across to him on the bike. Small

mistakes I emphasised in such short racing. Unfortunately that is what

happened today. I think we all performed fantastically. We will be

going home with smiles on our faces. Tom Bishop did have a perfectly

finished leg. You put down in a really good position, how did you

enjoy it? The pressure was definitely on. We had a shot at

taking it. We knew today that it was going to be a gamble to go for the

win and that is the order we went in because we were going for the win.

We came pretty close against a really strong team of Leeds.

Congratulations to them. These guys did awesome today. Well done, let's

talk to your team-mate Chris. You guys are coming together in a very

different climate here. It is your trading partners, it is not quite an

international. But you guys, Loughborough have already been on

-- Loughborough have already been on the map, but great to racing team

colours consumer Yes, we know each other, strengths and weaknesses, we

know how to put a team together. It was good to be racing with the guys

that you train with, just because we are all good friends. It makes it

more enjoyable, a good team atmosphere. It also gives a bit back

to the centre, the coaches, showing them how much it actually means, all

of the support, the things that they offer, they do go a long way in

training, and hopefully racing, which was good. Silver medal, more

than a reward. Sophie, just as you finished your legs, is rooted out of

you. You run a really good wanted a bike, tell us, how tough was it? It

was hard. We had a bit of running over the last couple of weeks, it

made it even harder. As if it wasn't hard enough. Like you say, you have

to work together as a team and hopefully that the guys in a good

position to set up the rest of the race, really. Well done to all of

you. I will let you shift left and I will come in this side and say

congratulations to Loughborough. Loughborough in second, Canada in

third. Leeds taking things at the top. A really fantastic effort all

around. I think it might be time for the medal ceremony.

Yes, well, this has been a brilliant event. This was the problem suffered

by Jeremy Briand at the start of the bike. He seemed to have a mechanical

issue. That really cost him a chance to battle on behalf of Canada for

the silver medal. Canada had to accept the bronze in the end, with

the silver going to Loughborough I. The champions, Leeds I, we haven't

heard from them yet but I think we will. We will watch the medal

ceremony first, that we will hopefully hear from Georgia

Taylor-Brown, Aaron Royle, and Tom Bishop. Above the magnificent war

memorial, that commemorates the men of Nottingham who fell in both world

wars. This is how Bishop won it, finally, for Leeds I. Having been

given a solid lead at the start, from Jess Learmonth. Have a really

good swim. -- had a really good swim. We can go back down to the

river side and Ore has the team with him.

We have with us the winners, Nottingham. A very generous round of

applause for you, Team Leeds. Fantastic effort. Georgia, tell us

how the race run for you? Really good, I didn't have a great swim.

But then we just got a group together on the bike, worked

altogether. On the run, it is a super fast run, so I was a bit

behind at the start. Just kept it going and managed to pull it back.

You seems to have extra energy coming down the bank? I think every

body went out a lot harder than me and then we settled into the same

pace. I started coming back on people. It was really good over

there, lots of crowds, really fun. It must have been, as I was saying

to Vicky, you are telling her how shattered you were after Stockholm,

you had no energy left in your battery, and there you were, pushing

to the end and leading out? I know, I am such a liar! I didn't

think I had it in me so I'm quite surprised. It was good fun and the

crowd helped. You just have to go and max out, nothing much else you

can do, so you try and go flat out and try and not get penalties, that

was my aim. No penalties and gold medal, seems like a good day. You

set out to win, you had Leeds I on your shirt, and Tom, when you came

out of the water there was no doubt in your mind what you would do. I

knew I needed to get a gap on Ben, he's such a good runner, such a

bright spot, I cannot live it down to the sprint finish, so I will see

what I can get and came off the bike, but I still had to run hard. I

enjoyed the last bit, the crowds were amazing. Did you expect to see

him behind you after being so quick? I didn't look behind me on the out

and back section, and I thought I've got a bit of a gap and keep on going

and get a bit more and by the end, it was still not 100% sure of the

bike but I made sure by the end it was a good one. Very quickly,

because you were the last man standing on the carpet, describe

what it was like for you to be able to take in the time, take in the

applause and laid it out and take gold medal for Leeds I. It was

great, from the start of my leg I was nervous and by the end I was so

excited and proud to compete for Leeds. We don't compete for Leeds

very often, this is the first time, usually the GB flag but this is the

time we are representing where we train and spent most of our time.

Well done to you. Honorary Brit today, Aaron. Like Tom said you are

representing a region, and you were substituted to this team at the last