GB's Yee claims victory in Weihai as Potter second

Great Britain's Olympic champion Alex Yee took triumph successful nan penultimate title of nan World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS), arsenic Beth Potter vanished 2nd successful nan women's title successful Weihai, China.

Yee, 26, crossed nan statement successful 1 hr 48 minutes 21 seconds to decorativeness 46 seconds clear of France's Leo Bergere, pinch Brazil's Miguel Hidalgo successful third.

Potter, victor of bronze astatine Paris 2024, vanished 17 seconds down Germany's victor Lisa Tertsch, arsenic chap Britons Georgia Taylor-Brown and Kate Waugh vanished 3rd and 5th respectively.

Yee leads nan wide men's rankings earlier adjacent month's title final, while reigning women's champion Potter is 2nd to Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand.

Championship runner-up successful 2022, Yee led nan tally from commencement to decorativeness to declare triumph astatine nan first title held successful Weihai, arsenic New Zealand’s Olympic metallic medallist Hayden Wilde faded to seventh.

Jack Willis was ninth, up of Max Stapley (11th), Connor Bentley (17th) and Harry Leleu (30th).

Potter was incapable to adjacent nan spread arsenic Tertsch besides led passim nan tally to triumph successful 02:04:42, but vanished 41 seconds up of British team-mate Taylor-Brown.

Waugh followed German Tanja Neubert complete nan line, pinch Sian Rainsley successful 20th.

The World Triathlon Championship Series Final takes spot successful Torremolinos-Andalucia successful Spain from 17-20 October.

Yee has taken maximum points from his 3 races counting towards nan bid ranking - astatine nan WTCS Cagliari and Paris Olympics successful summation to Weihai.

Potter reduced nan spread to Beaugrand pinch her first second-placed finish, having vanished 3rd successful her past 3 races.

She is 113.73 points down nan Frenchwoman, pinch 1250 points - compared to 1,000 successful nan different bid races - up for grabs astatine nan WTCS Finals.

Tertsch is adjacent down successful nan standings pursuing her victory, pinch 2020 champion and 2022 runner-up Taylor-Brown 408.74 points disconnected nan podium.