Inspired by both the Brownlees and his own parents racing in Hyde Park, Crewe-horn, Shropshire-raised, Loughhorough-hased Connor Bentley did his first triathlon aged ll. Fast-forward another ll years and he’s on British Triathlon’s World Class Programme with a world title to his name, studying maths and economics and training with some of the best triathletes on the planet. We caught up with him at home shortly after his return from a training camp Down Under to talk the financial balancing act of going pro, Olympic ambitions and his thoughts on the Norwegians…
220: So how was the Aussie camp?
Yeah, it was really good, a great environment. We were on the Gold Coast, a place called Burleigh Heads,seems to have moved on all sorts, like my physiology and skills. It was just areally solid camp. There was Ben [Dijkstra],Alex[Yee], Sophie [Coldwell], Liv [Mathias], Sophie Alden and Harry Leleu and Sophia Green [the latter two are part of the Loughborough performance programme].
