T100 Triathlon: India Lee, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Holly Lawrence fill podium

It was a British top three at the start of the T100 triathlon series as India Lee won the women's race ahead of Lucy Charles-Barclay and Holly Lawrence.

The season opener at the Homestead-Miami Speedway included a 2km swim in a man-made lake, an 80km bike leg and a 18km run on the racetrack oval.Denmark's Magnus Ditlev was the men's winner on Saturday. Britain's two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee, 35, led in the run but lost pace and finished fifth, with American Sam Long taking second and Mathis Margirier of France coming third."I knew I had it in me," said Lee. "In my head it was just a matter of time. to be consistent and sensible in the swim and on the bike, and today was the first time I've done a run that I am proud of."Ditlev, 26, added: " great start of the season, I'm super happy.

Lee and Ditlev won $25,000 from a total race prize fund of $250,000, with the new long distance series boasting more than $7m in prize funds and contracts. Launched in January by the Professional Triathletes Organisation and governing body World Triathlon, the T100 has shorter races than Ironman's 3.5km swim, 180km bike and 42km run, but longer than the Olympic distances of 1500m, 40km, and 10km.

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