Vasco Vilaça finished in third place in the triathlon World Cup, after finishing fifth this Sunday in the very final, in Wollongong, Australia, where Portugal placed three representatives in the ‘top 15’.
The Portuguese Olympian, who entered the final stage in third place in the world rankings, confirmed his achievement of bronze, with a total of 3,690.12 points.
Vilaça, 25 years old, closed his account with a fifth place in the very final of the World Championships that took place in Wollongong, being just over a minute behind the recently crowned World Champion, the Australian Matthew Hauser, today the winner in 1:42.42 hours.
The podium for the final was completed by Spaniard David Cantero, second with a time of 1:43.15 hours, and Italian Alessio Crociani, third in 1:43.22.
After entering the race segment late, the Portuguese triathlete recovered several positions and was 22 seconds away from the podium, totaling 915.12 points, which allowed him to maintain his third place in the World Championship, ‘boosted’ by the silver medals in the Yokohama, Hamburg and French Riviera stages.
Two places after the fifth place finisher in Paris2024 arrived Miguel Tiago Silva, who completed his race in 1:43.54 hours.
Olympian Ricardo Batista, sixth in Paris2024, was 15th, with a time of 1:44.45 hours, completing a positive performance from Portugal, the only country to place three triathletes in the ‘top 15’.
In the final calculations, Ricardo Batista occupied 12th place in the ranking, with 2,089.91 points, and Miguel Tiago Silva rose to 18th, with 1,689.57.
Great dominator of the season, Matthew Hauser confirmed the world title at home, imposing himself with 4,250 points. Brazilian Miguel Hidalgo took silver, with 3,769.95.
In the female elite, Maria Tomé was 20th today in the very final, after completing her race in 1:59.28 hours, and concluded the Triathlon World Cup in 18th position, with 1,638.66 points.
The German Lisa Tertsch became World Champion, with 3,886.26 points, followed by the French Leonie Periault (3,577.04) and the British Beth Potter (3,313.18).
In the World Championships that ended in Wollongong today, the elite finals, which were worth double the points, were the only competitions to be decided by ranking, while in the under-23, junior and paratriathlon the podiums directly reflect performance in the race.