Tom Bishop<\/a><\/strong> for the support around the course, after Bishop had been forced out of his own race the previous afternoon due to a mechanical issue on the bike.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHe was definitely helpful to keep me going,\u201d she explained. \u201cI could feel my hip a little bit but they kept cheering me on so it definitely helped.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nByram was 10th out of the water in 29:06 before laying siege on the 80km bike leg, clocking 1:55:31 and beginning to close down the gap to breakaway leader Knibb in the final kilometres. Post-race, she was even thanked by Findlay for the late surge that helped the Canadian grab a time buffer on the rest of the field, and eventual podium.<\/span><\/p>\nIt was the latest result in a busy and impressive year for the emerging talent, who has already won three races, Clash Miami, Challenge Puerto Varas in Chile and Challenge Wales in Swansea \u2013 a title she defended from 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHaving climbed the PTO rankings to No 36 heading into the race, it also earned her $15,000 and put the disappointment of a DNF in the PTO European Open in Ibiza behind her.<\/span><\/p>\nByram\u2019s coach, Jacob Tipper, said the result was a bonus although it didn\u2019t wholly exceed expectations. \u201cWe\u2019ve put loads of hard work in and I think it\u2019s been coming,\u201d Tipper said. \u201cIt was a matter of time. The numbers looked really strong over the winter, when training in Spain and aero testing afterwards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe game plan was just to start getting used to PTO events and the environment for next year. It was a chance to be aggressive on the swim and the bike, and if she blew up it didn\u2019t really matter. Anything more was a bonus, but I had a suspicion we could also see a big result.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn [the Challenge Championship] in Samorin [where Byram finished sixth] she probably should have had a better result but was not quite aggressive enough. This was a nice opportunity to show herself that she could get stuck into these races.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nTipper said they will decide on the rest of the season depending how her hip feels, although Byram won\u2019t be heading to the PTO Asian Open in Singapore and will also miss the Ironman 70.3 World Championship because it\u2019s her brother\u2019s wedding.<\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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