She went into the 2025 Championship Finals as the Series leader, knowing that victory would bring her a second world title in just three years and establish herself as an all-time great of British triathlon.

What transpired in Wollongong was hard to believe.

From the flying form of two wins in two leading to the Grand Final, to facing down an injury she knew was serious enough that her team might even advise her not to race, the story of those torrid four weeks in September and October 2025 is told by one of the toughest in the business.