Spain’s Mario Mola wins Montreal triathlon; Tyler Meslawschuk top Canadian
MONTREAL — Mario Mola took a big step toward a third straight world title by winning the Montreal Triathlon on Sunday.
The Spaniard, with his fourth win of the year, finished the 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre cycle and 10-kilometre run in one hour, 47 minutes 36 seconds. He came in 16 seconds ahead of Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway and 42 ahead of third-place Jacob Birtwhistle of Australia.
Mola will take an 824-point lead over Birtwhistle into the Grand Final next month in Gold Coast, Australia, where the winner picks up 1,200 points.
“It’s another step forward in the good direction but until you cross the finish line in the last race you don’t know what’s going to happen, so I’ll train the best I can the next three weeks and hopefully be in the best shape possible on the Gold Coast,” said Mola, whose win last month in Edmonton gave him a sweep of the two Canadian races.