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Men\u2019s race<\/p>\n
Arena Games Montreal winner Chase McQueen started strongly by being first out of the water but it was Strada who showed his form by taking out Stage 1 ahead of New Zealand\u2019s Kyle Smith with Schoeman handily placed in third.<\/p>\n
The second stage started with the run and ended on the swim, which gave Iden the chance to push to the front on the 4km bike leg before Schoeman and Strada again took over in the water to finish almost together.<\/p>\n
As Stage 3 developed, Strada – who finished fourth in Switzerland – needed another athlete to come between himself and Schoeman to claim the world title. It wasn\u2019t to be, as Smith finished third ahead of Switzerland\u2019s Simon Westermann who clinched the final spot on the overall podium.<\/p>\n
Iden\u2019s weekend was not short of drama either, as the two-time Ironman 70.3 winner served a 5sec penalty in the heats for missing the race briefing, then fought his way through the afternoon\u2019s repechage, before picking up another penalty for a transition transgression in the final.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s race<\/p>\n
It was the Potter and Beaugrand show as the British athlete clinched her fourth victory in six Arena Games Triathlon appearances, but was unable to defend her world title having not competed in the earlier rounds of Montreal or Sursee.<\/p>\n
Not that it was in any way going to dent her motivation, as she won the opening stage from Beaugrand by 10sec despite her rival completing the 200m swim in 2:11 – just 1sec off her Arena Games record from the previous day.<\/p>\n
Beaugrand could only claw back 3sec on Stage 2, but Linn was starting to put herself in prime position to win the overall by finishing third and putting time into her rivals.<\/p>\n
The final stage reverted to the traditional swim-bike-run format and it was Potter again who led from the front extending her winning advantage to more than 22sec from Beaugrand as Linn was third ahead of the Netherlands\u2019 Rani Skrabanja.<\/p>\n
In the final reckoning it meant that Skrabanja – who came through the repechage – moved up to second, with USA\u2019s Gina Sereno, who won in Montreal, in third.<\/p>\n
Potter said: \u201cI like this kind of racing as I do it a lot in my training, but I\u2019ve also never actually beaten Cassandre at this and she was really tough competition today, so that\u2019s the biggest win for me. I held tight, stuck in and gave it everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Szalai showed she was an athlete for the present as well as the future by placing eighth in the final after being forced to come through the repechage, leaving her sixth in the overall standings.<\/p>\n
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS<\/p>\n
1. Sophie Linn – 659
\n2. Gina Sereno – 589
\n3. Rani Skrabanja – 579
\n4. Emma Jackson – 564
\n5. Olivia Mathias – 544<\/p>\n
1. Henri Schoeman – 713
\n2. Nicolo Strada – 698
\n3. Simon Westermann – 610
\n4. Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger – 544
\n5. Chase McQueen – 498<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"