Home Glory For Conway As Vermeylen Reigns Supreme At Supertri Blenheim Palace

June 7, 2026

OXFORD, UK (June 7, 2026) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ –  Ollie Conway and Jolien Vermeylen took victory in the second round of the Supertri Pro Series at Supertri Blenheim Palace, with both winners surging clear on the run to claim their titles at the UK’s largest triathlon.

​For Conway, it was home glory. The 20-year-old, crowned World Triathlon U23 Champion in 2025, grew up minutes from the estate and brought all of his running pedigree to bear on a course he knows well, crossing the line in 55:51 for a statement win on home soil.

​Conway led a ten-deep bike pack into T2 before he, Charles Paquet and Luke Willian surged ahead on the run. Conway proved the fastest, with Canada’s Paquet just four seconds adrift in 55:55 and Australia’s Willian completing the podium in 56:02. Britain’s Harry Leleu and Fynn Batkin were next home, with the Netherlands’ Mitch Kolkman sixth and home favourite Hugo Milner seventh.

​Ollie Conway said:​“I grew up here essentially a couple of minutes away before going to Uni and I used to do my run sessions around here. It’s such a nice location and course, technical and hilly. A really nice course. The run up from the swim mixed it up and I am not the greatest swimmer so I can catch up a few positions there and the hills in the bike and the run suit me well.

​“I really wanted a spot in the (Supertri Pro Series) Final. I raced Jersey last year and it was such a great course, just like this one, so I really wanted a spot. All the big hitters are going there. I know Alex (Yee) is in and Matt (Hauser). So many fast guys so I really want to get stuck in and see where I am.”

​In the women’s race, Vermeylen was in a class of her own. The Belgian — winner of last year’s Supertri Toronto opener and a sweep of the European sprint and Olympic-distance titles in 2025 — sat in a lead bike pack with the big hitters before surging away on the run to win by a commanding 30 seconds in 1:02:18.

​France’s Léonie Périault, the highest-ranked WTCS athlete on the start line, took second in 1:02:48 having started the run 35 seconds down on Jessica Fullagar and Olivia Mathias. Mathias completed the podium in 1:02:59 to send the home crowd wild, with Fullagar fourth, France’s Emma Lombardi fifth, Eve Whitaker sixth and Austin third-place finisher Zuzana Michaličková of Slovakia seventh.

​Jolien Vermeylen said: “The (bike) power for me was the most I have ever done in a sprint distance so I am very happy about that and then I had to see what I had left on the run. I had a pretty good swim and the first transition went very fast and on the bike we were in a group with four. The main horsepower on the bike was from Jess (Fullagar) and Olivia (Mathias) and I tried to take over and do good pulls. I really wanted in this race to bike as hard as I could. I am very excited for Jersey. I love being there and the swim course around the boats is very cool.”

​Supertri Blenheim Palace was the second race of the Supertri Pro Series. The pros competed over a sprint distance, draft-legal format, with the race also doubling as a stage of British Triathlon’s Super Series. The event paid 10 deep, and three athletes per gender qualified for the Supertri Pro Series Final in Jersey on September 6, with its $800,000 prize pool.

​With Jolien Vermeylen, Léonie Périault, Jess Fullagar, Emma Lombardi and Zuzana Michaličková already central Supertri athletes, the women’s qualifiers for the Pro Series Final were Olivia Mathias, Eve Whitaker and Lottie James, while Oliver Conway, Charles Paquet and Luke Willian earned their spots from the men’s race.

​In British Triathlon’s Super Series, decided by the leading home finishers, Conway took top honours ahead of Harry Leleu and Fynn Batkin, while Mathias led Jessica Fullagar and Eve Whitaker on the women’s podium.

​The series continues in Toronto on July 26 before the Supertri Pro Series Final in Jersey on September 6.