{"id":21986,"date":"2025-11-04T01:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ollie-turner-jersey-triathlete-gets-first-ironman-70-3-podium\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T01:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:54:56","slug":"ollie-turner-jersey-triathlete-gets-first-ironman-70-3-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ollie-turner-jersey-triathlete-gets-first-ironman-70-3-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"Ollie Turner: Jersey triathlete gets first Ironman 70.3 podium"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Turner has raced at the last two Commonwealth Games for Jersey – finishing 26th as a teenager in the 2018 Games<\/a> on Australia’s Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

But with the sport having been dropped from the slimmed-down programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, his dedication will be on longer-distance events for the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n

“At the moment I’ll be focusing on the long course triathlon and I can represent Jersey there, which is kind of unique and cool,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So I want to make it to the world champs and my aim is to kind of put Jersey on the map in that way.<\/p>\n

“If I could get a top 10 at a world champs that would be absolutely amazing.<\/p>\n

“I’ve represented Great Britain 30-plus times over the last five years, and I would choose to represent Jersey any day of the week,” he added.<\/p>\n

“That’s where I’m from, I’m proud to be from Jersey and to put those colours on – there’s nothing more special to me.<\/p>\n

“I’m always trying to get the commentator to say I’m from Jersey, not Great Britain.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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