The first action of the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Period saw Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee repeat the feat at the 2022 World Triathlon Cup Arzachena, leading from the early stages of the bike all the way to the tape.

It had been a four-man breakaway on the first of three draining climbs in the 30-degree heat, but only Tom Richard (FRA) could keep the pace up front across the run, eventually finishing third for a first World Cup podium after Brazil’s Manoel Messias had steamrolled his way into second with a lightening 5km. Watch the race on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv