Charles-Barclay to miss race due to Brexit-related visa issues

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Lucy Charles-Barclay moving  astatine  the Ironman 70.3 World Championship successful  Utah 2022Lucy Charles-Barclay is simply a four-time metallic medallist astatine the Ironman World Championships

Britain's Lucy Charles-Barclay volition not contention astatine Sunday's Ironman 70.3 lawsuit successful Germany due to the fact that of Brexit-related visa issues.

Since the UK near the European Union successful 2020, UK nationals tin lone question to countries successful the Schengen country - which includes Germany - for up to 90 days successful a rolling 180-day period.

Charles-Barclay, the 2021 fractional Ironman satellite champion, says she has utilized 88 days of her allowance and arsenic a effect has been incapable to get a visa contempt ineligible assistance.

Writing connected Instagram,external-link the 29-year-old said: "Unfortunately I volition not beryllium racing successful 70.3 Kraichgau adjacent weekend.

"I person been moving with apical British and German migration lawyers to effort and get a visa to question to Germany.

"So for present I volition beryllium grooming hard astatine location and my adjacent contention volition astir apt beryllium UK based truthful ticker this space."

Earlier successful May, Charles-Barclay opened her play with a third-place decorativeness astatine the PTO European Open successful Ibiza.

She is simply a four-time metallic medallist astatine the Ironman World Championships.

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