August 5-6 in Canada (Montreal) was the stage of the World Series of Triathlon at the Olympic distance. The race turned out spectacular and unpredictable. Women tried not to let Flore Duffy win, and men's struggle for the podium was without the participation of Spaniard Mario Mola.
The first woman to complete the voyage was Katie Zaferes from the United States, who gathered around her a group of leaders from 12 participants. Running was led by Andrea Hewitt from New Zealand, who was replaced by Ashleigh Gentle from Australia. The main favorite race - Flora Duffy from Bermuda stayed in the transit zone, caught up with the group, but lost the leader ten seconds. Ashleigh, inspired by the support of the coach, was able to resist and won the race! Flora Duffy finished second with a lag of 23 seconds from the winner of the race. Third place in Andrea Hewitt, who was ready to fight for the podium of the race. The next three places were taken by the hostess of the competition Joanna Brown, Kirsten Kasper from the USA and Dutchman Rachel Klamer. Taylor Knibb from the US in seventh place, and eighth place in the Japanese Yuko Takahashi. Katie Zaferes, who did everything possible to ensure that as few participants as possible arrived in the transit zone and did not let Flora Duffy go on the bike stage, wasted her energy and could not show fast time on the run. Katie finished the race in ninth place. Closes top-10 final protocol of Charlotte McShane. Along with the leaders in the transit zone came a young Japanese Minami Kubono, who was ready to fight for a place in the top ten, but was disqualified on the run. Well, the one on the bike was so high that some women became circular - Simone Ackermann, Claire Michel, Reni Tomlin, Claudia Rivas and Aoi Kuramoto. Thus, women have tried a recipe not to let Flora Duffy win the race. The calculation for a quick run, after a heavy bicycle did not justify itself. And only Ashleigh Gently, having the advantage of ten seconds, was able to resist the pressure of the leader of the World Series. However, the first attempts to cope with the dominance of Gwen Jorgensen from the US, also ended in failure. Jorgensen fast runner and rivals did everything possible to leave from her as far as possible. And the first person who got it was Flora Duffy!
The men on the swimming lost the Spaniard Mario Mola and the leading group left without him. After the bike pick-up in the group of leaders, there were seven participants who were the first to start running. Among them were Spaniard Javier Gomez, Jonathan Brownlee from Great Britain, Slovak Richard Varga, Norwegian Krishtian Blummenfelt, Australian Aaron Royle and US representatives Seth Rider and Ben Kanute. Already on the second kilometer of the run the leaders were a trio (Gomez, Brownlee and Blummenfelt). Jonathan Brownlee tried his best to escape from his pursuers, but in the second half of the race the initiative was intercepted by the Spaniard, who fled to victory in the race! Support the pace of the winner was able to Krishtian Blummenfelt, who finished second. And Jonathan Brownlee spent a lot of money and could not fight for prizes in the race. Third place in the South African Richard Murray, who began running in a group of pursuers. Jonathan Brownlee is finishing fourth. From the leading group only three participants finished in the top 10. The remaining places were taken by the persecutors - Rafael Montoya from France, Jelle Geens from Belgium, Simon Viain from France, Ryan Sissons from New Zealand, Pierre Le Corre of France and Spaniard Vicente Hernandez. Spaniard Mario Mola finished in 14th place.