On Sunday 29^th July, Joe Lane competed in the European Biathle Championships held in Weiden, Germany. The race consisted of a continuous 1600m run, 200m open water swim, 1600m run and was part of a weekend of Biathle and Triathle events attended by teams from all over Europe.

Joe paced the first run well and entered the water in 6^th place but after a great swim had moved up to 2nd going into the second run. At the end of a very competitive race Joe managed to finish just outside the medals in 4^th place, behind athletes from Russia, GB and Germany. With the top three athletes from each country combining times for the team event the British team finished in 1^st place with Joe picking up a gold medal and becoming European team champion