Beth Potter claimed the triathlon world title with a stunning performance in Pontevedra, Spain, just six years after she took up the sport.
The Brit started the day second in the championship standings behind rival Cassandre Beaugrand, and needed to beat the French star as she did at the Olympic Games Test Event in Paris just last month to claim the title.She exited the 1,500m swim behind Beaugrand but alongside British team-mate Kate Waugh, who went onto win silver in the race.
Potter pushed the pace with Waugh alongside her, pulling further ahead of her main title challenger. By the final laps, she was all alone as she left the field in her wake to win the world championship crown by 18 seconds.Waugh was able to claim the silver medal, her first at a World Triathlon Championship Series event, as Beaugrand finished a distant third. Coldwell ended the day seventh with Mathias 32nd on her return from injury.
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