Great Britain’s Jess Fullagar will join some of the world’s best triathletes in London as the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) visits the city this weekend.

The Leeds-based triathlete will be joined by her fellow Britons, including Beth Potter and Georgia Taylor-Brown, as she looks to make her mark at the sixth elite women’s race of the championship.

On the upcoming London race, Jess Fullagar said: “I'm really looking forward to it. When I first moved to Leeds, the World Series was happening through Leeds, and to watch it live was incredible. And I was able to be part of the mixed team relay in Sunderland, but I have never been able to do a World Series individually at home. So it's a big thing. I don't take it for granted. It's not often you get one of the biggest races at home. So I'm really looking forward to it, and I’ve got lots of family and friends coming.”

I think the mixed team relay [in Hamburg] enabled me to get some speed and get my engine going. It’s going to be a really fast, short and sharp kind of course in London, so I'm hoping that's kind of set me up well and given me a tiny bit of confidence to go with it on the run and hopefully break into that top 10 this time, but we’ll see.”

In the 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series so far, Fullagar has finished just outside the top 10 on three previous occasions: 11th in Samarkand, 11th in Yokohama and 12th in Alghero.

These three races, her only events in this championship so far, leave her ranked 19th in the elite women’s category on 1341.35 points.

On her races in the championship so far this year, Fullagar said: “It's been really good. I guess this is the first year I've been able to commit fully to the series; the first time I got to do one, I think I just did one or two races that year, and then I was able to do one or two the following year because I was still doing World Cups and development-kind of races. So, yeah, to be able to commit to a series is really exciting.”

If you had told me I would do that as a kid, I would have been so excited, because that is part of the dream. I think I've been able to kind of figure out where I'm at and hopefully build some momentum, especially as we come to London and then the races towards the back end, which for me personally are more important. But I really enjoyed it; I feel like I've shown like some relative consistency. I just feel like at the moment it's missing a bit of sparkle. So hopefully the momentum that I'm getting is going to help me get a bit more shine to my results.”

All of these results and events come in what has been a whirlwind few years for Fullagar, who, after finishing fifth in the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals in Wollongong, has continued to make waves in the sport, including winning the silver medal at her T100 debut earlier this year.

Alongside her World Triathlon Championship Series events in recent years, she has also competed in other events, which include winning silver medals in the Elite Women’s 2025 World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki and the more recent Mixed Relay event at the 2026 World Triathlon Cup Chengdu.

On her successes in the past few years, Fullagar said: “[It’s been] really cool. I've loved it and I'm really lucky to be part of such a great environment here in Leeds. I've really enjoyed how my coach has taken me on this progressive journey; at times you may feel like you're held back, but we're just building these really healthy and regular training blocks. I think we've really had that journey of going from super series and then to European cups and then back to World Cups. And it's been a really fun journey to be a part of, especially after I lost a bit of enjoyment for racing.”

“I really enjoyed the last few years, and the back end of last year was a complete surprise for most of the season. I'd been left wondering, ‘What am I missing? Because I felt like training was going well, but it wasn't being reflected in my results’. And then suddenly it all kind of aligned in the last few races, and I just loved them, and I thought 'Okay, this is more of a reflection of where I thought I was at,' and when things click and you're kind of surfing the wave, it was cool to be able to show that. I think so many of us work so hard. I don't know any triathlete who doesn't work hard, and for it to be reflected when it goes well with the athlete, it's just such a relief. It's what you work for. So it's great.”

She will also be looking to continue her successes for the next few years, as the Olympic Qualification Window for the LA 2028 games was opened recently, meaning Fullagar, and the rest of the world’s top triathletes, will be looking to earn qualification points over the next two years.

Fullagar and Great Britain just missed out on their first chance to qualify for the LA Games at last week’s World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Hamburg when they finished third as the winners of the race secured automatic qualification for their country.

Fullagar discussed the Olympic qualification window and its implications for the next few years, saying: “It's exciting. It's crazy because two years can feel both very short and very long at the same time. You have to make sure you stay healthy and consistent and you're ready to hit all those big races, and at the same time, it's going to come around really fast. I think it's a privilege to even be thinking about that right now. It's been a dream of mine since watching 2012, to be honest. So I think now that it's here, it's scary.”

“I trust my coach. I'm really happy with where I'm at and I think I'm just going to keep trusting that process, and I think for the moment we haven't done anything specific around that qualification window. I think we're mainly just going to aim for the selection races, which will happen at the test event and World Series next year. So, I think at the moment, we're still very much focused on developing; keep turning up to the races, keep doing the training, stay healthy, and enjoy it. Then next year will probably be the more important time for me, but it's really amazing that I get to do this.”

Her home race this weekend will therefore mean all the more to Fullagar and British Triathlon as they look to showcase the best of the sport as WTCS London makes its return to the calendar for the first time in over ten years.

Both the elite women’s and elite men’s London World Triathlon Championship Series races will take place on Saturday, 25th July, with the women’s race set to start at 2:30pm and the men’s at 4:15pm.

On what her hopes for the London WTCS race are, Fullagar said: “I think it's gonna be an incredible display of British sport and British triathlon. I think for me, these events showcase sport but also so many beautiful human values. I think is so important for young kids to watch live sport and to be inspired because ultimately that's how I started. It was watching some of the people I looked up to do triathlon or whatever sport, and I think British triathlon has got so much talent and amazing personalities as well. So if we can inspire a few kids or just even just provide a good day of entertainment, I think people will really enjoy it. And I hope that means that it can come back next year and the year after and keep that legacy going.”

The event will be covered by the BBC with live coverage on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport Website and app.