Georgia Taylor-Brown wins in Dubai to take lead in T100 standings
Georgia Taylor-Brown won the penultimate women's T100 race in Dubai on 14 November 2026 and moved to the top of the overall standings. The 32-year-old claimed her second victory of the season and will carry a six-point lead over Switzerland's Julie Derron into December's grand final in Qatar.
Taylor-Brown has finished on the podium in all three of her T100 races this season, recording first places in Dubai and Pamplona and a third in Vancouver. The T100 format features a 2km swim, an 80km bike leg and an 18km run. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medallist, a former world champion at the shorter Olympic distance and finished third in this season's World Triathlon Series. Taylor-Brown is seeking her first T100 world title.
In Dubai she moved into the lead just under 4km into the run, then opened a 30-second advantage before being challenged late in the race. She held off New Zealand's Nicole van der Kaay to win by 10 seconds, finishing in three hours 35 minutes and 19 seconds. Van der Kaay took second place in the event.
Switzerland's Julie Derron, who had taken the overall lead with victory in Vancouver, finished third in Dubai, 2 minutes 7 seconds behind Taylor-Brown. Derron's Vancouver triumph had briefly put her atop the standings before the Dubai result shifted the lead. The outcome in Dubai therefore hands Taylor-Brown a six-point cushion over Derron heading into the season finale.
The Dubai victory was Taylor-Brown's second of the campaign and came in the fourth event of the season. Her first T100 win occurred in Spain in May and she placed third in Vancouver in August. Those results mean she has been on the podium in each of her T100 appearances this year.
Britain's Kate Waugh, the 2025 champion, finished ninth in Dubai, just ahead of team-mate Lizzie Rayner. Waugh missed the opening two events of the season with a calf injury and is eighth overall heading into next month's Grand Final in Doha.
Taylor-Brown will carry the six-point advantage over Derron into December's grand final in Qatar, with the Doha event scheduled for next month and the title to be decided there.