Wilde finally gets his win over Alex Yee, who finished third, while Beaugrand breaks the British gold rush for her second WTCS victory; Beth Potter took silver <\/p>
Hayden Wilde<\/a> notched up win number two of the series today in the fifth-round Hamburg, after an energy-sapping two days of qualifying races and a three-race eliminator-style final.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The New Zealander beat Series leader Vasco Vilaca<\/strong><\/a> (POR) into second and GB\u2019s Alex Yee<\/strong><\/a> into third \u2013 a particularly sweet result as up until now Wilde hadn\u2019t been able to get the better of the Commonwealth champion at the finish line.<\/p>\n France\u2019s Cassandre Beaugrand<\/strong><\/a> meanwhile put in what looked like an almost effortless performance to take her second WTCS victory and her first in 2023.<\/p>\n Beth Potter<\/strong><\/a>, who admitted to not feeling 100% at the finish line, took a solid silver, while home favourite Laura Lindemann<\/strong><\/a> completed the podium with bronze.<\/p>\n With their wins, both Wilde and Beaugrand were also crowned the first-ever super-sprint world champions. Here\u2019s how they did it\u2026<\/p>\n The eliminator format made its Hamburg debut this weekend for a lightening-quick, super-sprint, multi-race extravaganza.<\/p>\n Friday saw the qualifying and repechage rounds, all contested over a 300m swim, 7.5km bike and 1.6km run. Sixty men and 60 women competed across two qualifiers, respectively, with the top 10 from each going forward into today\u2019s qualifiers.<\/p>\n The fastest 10 athletes from each repechage also qualified to provide the final 30-person line-up for each of today\u2019s Finals.<\/p>\n The Finals day saw 30 men and 30 women compete in their respective Race 1 \u2013 again over the 300m swim, 7.5km bike and 1.6km run, with the bottom 10 from each eliminated.<\/p>\n The final 20 men and 20 women then competed in their respective Race 2, where again the bottom 10 from each were eliminated.<\/p>\n This then set it up for a Race 3 10-woman\/10-man showdown.<\/p>\n There were no great surprises after the first day of qualifiers, with the big names of Yee, Wilde, Vilaca, Matt Hauser<\/strong><\/a>, Marten Van Riel<\/strong>,<\/a> Jelle Geens<\/a><\/strong> and Kristian Blummenfelt<\/strong><\/a> cruising through for the men.<\/p>\n For the women, Potter, Taylor Spivey<\/strong><\/a>, Katie Zaferes<\/strong><\/a>, Beaugrand, Lindemann and Kirsten Kasper all made their top 10s to race today\u2019s Finals.<\/p>\n Three big women\u2019s names who had to fall back on the repechage route, though, were Australia\u2019s Emma Jackson and the USA\u2019s Gwen Jorgensen<\/strong> <\/a>and Summer Rappaport<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat is the eliminator format?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What happened in the qualifiers and repechage?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What happened in the Finals Race 1?<\/strong><\/h2>\n