It was a momentous start to the new season for Britain’s Beth Potter as she hung tough in the heat to win the World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi, while Erica Hawley finished 45th.
After a great swim, Potter was soon riding in a six-deep break on the bike then pulled clear of her rivals along with teammate Sophie Coldwell over the 5km finale. It was on the last climb of the run Potter made her decisive move clocking 57:56, Coldwell finishing with silver with a time of 58:14, ahead of USA’s Taylor Spivey who clocked 58:27.
Hawley clocked a time of 1:01:08, she clocked a time of 10:19 in the Swim, 31:09 on the bike, before clocking 17:52 on the Swim.
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