Parc Bryn Bach in Tredegar, Wales, will host this Saturday’s National Elite Championships which will feature four of Britain’s five triathletes selected for the Beijing Olympic Games.

The National Elite Championships form the second fixture of the Corus Elite Series and fourth race in the British Triathlon Grand Prix.

Tim Don will be looking to retain his national championship for the fifth successive year having remained undefeated since 2004. Don cruised through the run at Bryn Bach last year to hold off Andrew Johns and Stuart Hayes for the win whilst Will Clarke suffered with a crash and a puncture. Alistair Brownlee will make his debut on the course, which includes a tough hill climb on the 40km cycle leg.

Hollie Avil will also make her first appearance in Wales, and indeed, her first senior national championship, which will only be her fifth Olympic distance race. Helen Tucker, Britain’s other Beijing bound female has elected not to compete having raced at the Porthcawl Triathlon last weekend. Following the race

International competitors include Portugal’s rising under 23 athlete, Joao Silva and former junior world champion, Anais Moniz. Mari Rabie from South Africa’s Olympic team will challenge, as will Bermuda’s Flora Duffy who graduated from Kelly College in Devon last month.

The day will kick off at 08:45am with Youth and Junior Aquathlon (swim-run) races before the elite women’s championship starts at 10:45am. The men take to the water at 1:45pm with presentations held at 4:00pm.

Should be worth a visit if you’re in the area, with a few of the big names in the UK racing.

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