\u00a0Rio 2016 Olympic medallists Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Vicky Holland remain on the podium programme and are joined by world medallists Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown.<\/p>\n
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The Paratriathlon World Class Programme remains unchanged at the podium level but World Champion Hannah Moore (PTS4) and Michael Taylor (PTS4) have been included at podium potential level after demonstrating their competitiveness with their respective Paralympic classifications.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Athletes selected on to the programmes are also able to access to world-class sports science and medicine services, and support from British Triathlon\u2019s leading performance team.<\/p>\n
British Triathlon Performance Director, Mike Cavendish, said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to announce such strong athletes on to the triathlon and paratriathlon world class programmes for 2020.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThe past 12 months have been great for the sport; we have seen strong results from the Triathlon and Paratriathlon programmes and we know where we can improve ahead of next year\u2019s Games.\u201d<\/p>\n
He concluded: \u201cIt\u2019s important we all recognise UK Sport and the National Lottery as we strive towards success in Tokyo 2020. It\u2019s the 25th\u00a0anniversary of National Lottery and the impact it\u2019s made to Olympic and Paralympic sport has been immeasurable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2020 UK Sport Lottery Funded World Class Performance Programme include:<\/strong><\/p>\n Triathlon:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Podium:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alistair\u00a0Brownlee, 31, from Leeds, trains Leeds<\/p>\n Jonny\u00a0Brownlee, 29, from Leeds, trains Leeds<\/p>\n Vicky Holland, 33, from Gloucester, trains Bath<\/p>\n Jess\u00a0Learmonth, 31, from Leeds, trains Leeds<\/p>\n Non Stanford, 30, from Swansea, training base TBC<\/p>\n Jodie Stimpson, 30, from Oldbury, trains Loughborough<\/p>\n Georgia Taylor-Brown, 25, from Manchester, trains Leeds<\/p>\n Alex Yee, 20, from London, trains Leeds<\/p>\n