In a bewildering but brilliant few hours, starting and finishing at the glorious Pont Alexandre III, as athletes of various categories chased each other through the river, on the bike and on the road, Great Britain’s triathletes finished with another heady haul – gold for Dave Ellis and Megan Richter, as well as a silver and two bronze medals.
Ellis, whose chances had been derailed mid-race in Tokyo by a dodgy chain on his tandem, won the men’s PTV1, with his guide Luke Pollard, more than a minute faster than the French duo of Thibaut Rigaudeau and Antoine Perel, who battled for silver, roared on by thousands of Parisians.
