Bohemian Rhapsody – Grant Sheldon takes Silver at Karlovy Vary World Cup
In the Bohemia region of Czech Republic Grant Sheldon was in rhapsody as he crossed the line to take silver and a podium spot at the challenging Karlovy Vary World Cup.
Sixty-Six athletes took to the Rolava Lake waters at the Karlovy Vary Triathlon World Cup in the Czech Republic, taking on a hilly and technical bike course featuring steep grades, tight turns and cobbled streets finishing with a gruelling run through the enchanting city streets to the blue carpet.
In the men’s race, Germany’s Lasse Nygaard-Priester produced an electrify run in the Czech town to win his first World Triathlon Cup medal and command the victory in 01:53:31. Great Britian’s Grant Sheldon recaptured the form that gained him bronze at the very race circuit in 2019, going one better to take silver in a time of 01:54:04. Hungary’s recent U23 World Champion Csongor Lehmann rounded out the podium places with third spot in a time of 01:54:11.
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Over the Olympic distance and on a hugely demanding course, gold really never looked in doubt from the moment Lasse Nygaard-Priester powered out onto the run section with his blistering pace. There was simply to be no catching the German as he neared the finishing line to take gold but Sheldon medalling in a World Cup delivered a strong statement of intent to Team Scotland for a place in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, by crushing the demanding course to grab World Cup silver in fine style.
For the rest of the British contingent there was a top ten place for Barclay Izzard on his return of international racing finish 9th whilst ever consistent Jack Willis took 14th place. Whilst Harry Leleu and Cameron Main will have learnt plenty from their inaugural world triathlon racing experience finishing 33rd and 39th respectively.
