British triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown held her nerve to win the penultimate round of the women’s T100 series in Dubai, propelling herself to the top of the overall standings.
The 2020 Olympic silver medallist secured her second victory of the season at the fourth event of the campaign, setting up a decisive showdown at December’s Grand Final in Qatar.
Taylor-Brown will carry a six-point advantage over Switzerland’s Julie Derron into that final contest.
The 32-year-old from Manchester, a former world champion at the standard Olympic distance who finished third in this season’s World Triathlon Series, is now targeting her maiden T100 world title.
Taylor-Brown opened her T100 account with a win in Spain last May and followed it with a third-place finish in Vancouver in August. In Dubai, she seized the lead roughly 4km into the 18km run, building a 30-second buffer before fending off New Zealand’s Nicole van der Kaay to win by 10 seconds in a time of three hours, 35 minutes, and 19 seconds.
Derron, who had moved into the series lead with her victory in Vancouver, finished third in Dubai, two minutes and seven seconds behind Taylor-Brown.
Britain’s Kate Waugh, the 2025 champion, placed ninth, just ahead of team-mate Lizzie Rayner. Having missed the opening two events due to a calf injury, Waugh sits eighth overall heading into next month’s Grand Final in Doha.
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