The Championship 2019: Lucy Charles-Barclay reflects on a third victory in Samorin

Her breakthrough race in 2017, on Sunday Lucy Charles-Barclay maintained her unbeaten record at The Championship. We spoke to her shortly afterwards

By John Levison

Chief Correspondent

Last updated -

7 Jan 2023

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Shortly after another great performance on Sunday in Samorin, Slovakia, which saw her finish just 24 seconds outside of the four hour mark, I sat down with Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay to talk about her day, her experience at the race, why the run is currently her favourite discipline and what’s next for the twice IRONMAN World Championship Silver medallist.

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Written by

John Levison

TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.

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