Silver for Basingstoke' Lily-Mae Evans at British championships

The Sherfield School pupil also won a gold team medal with her club, Leweston Pentathlon Academy, after competing in the multi-discipline event which consists of swimming, fencing and laser-run.

Last year, the 14-year-old won the championships in the U15 category and this year’s event saw her compete in the U17 category against much older athletes.

Lily-Mae held her own across all three events and gained personal bests in both swim and laser-run.

The Basingstoke and Deane Junior Sportswoman of the Year finalist competes in modern pentathlon and is on the prestigious Pentathlon GB Talent Pathway.

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She has won several British titles in various categories and is the current British modern triathlon champion and British laser run champion. 

Last year Lily-Mae became European champion in laser run (mixed relay) after representing Great Britain in Greece.

She also won a gold team medal for the mixed relay laser run.

In the individual European laser run competition, she won a silver medal in the U15 category after narrowly missing out on gold after just being pipped over the line in an extremely close finish.

She also competed at the world laser run championships in Lisbon, Portugal

Lily-Mae was also selected to compete in laser run at the prestigious youth school games in Loughborough University for two consecutive years.

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She has been competing in modern pentathlon since the age of eight and trains regularly with Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Club, Basingstoke Bluefins and Reading Fencing Club.

When she was just nine years old, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the world triathle championships in Egypt.

Lily-Mae said: “This has been a great start to the season and I’m looking forward to the qualifying events for the European and world championships."