Olympics-Yee and Potter to lead British assault on Paris triathlon

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Triathlon - Mixed Team Relay - Final - Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Alex Yee of Britain in action REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic relay gold medallist Alex Yee and current world champion Beth Potter were confirmed on Thursday as the first triathletes selected for Britain's 2024 Olympic team.

Yee, who brought Britain home in the inaugural Olympic mixed relay in 2021 and also took silver in the individual event and Potter, who raced 10,000 metres on the track in the 2016 Games, won their respective Paris test events on the Olympic course this year.