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But where do you start when it comes to changing your sport at the elite level?<\/p>\n
For Potter, it was a case of moving to Leeds to train with double Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee and his brother Jonny, who himself has a medal of each colour from London, Rio and Tokyo.<\/p>\n
The Scot stayed for a spell at Jonny’s house, trained more than she ever had before, while still teaching part time in a secondary school.<\/p>\n
“It is really amazing how far she has come,” Alistair tells BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“I was really impressed by her dedication. She was training for three sports for 20-30 hours a week, while still working, and was new to the sport and maybe making people feel a little bit threatened. <\/p>\n
“But there is one thing you can definitely say about Beth, she is very determined.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nowhere was that more clear in her approach to mastering the cycling leg of triathlon.<\/p>\n
While running and swimming came naturally, Potter was not familar with road bikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a lot of stuff on social media about Beth not having a bike as a child, which isn’t true,” says dad Alex. “She had cycled but she had never owned a road bike.<\/p>\n
“But she is very driven, and woe betide if you suggest doing something that interferes with her training. Once she goes for something, she commits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can’t just be average on the bike – you have to be one of the better ones,” Brownlee adds. “So to get to where she has got is really impressive.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has won loads of races over the last few years, and if she can just do that in Paris she will be the Olympic gold medallist.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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