Hayden Wilde wins Dubai T100 race as New Zealanders dominate

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Hayden Wilde stormed to a third T100 title of the season on a day to savour for New Zealand triathletes in Dubai.

Hayden Wilde stormed to a third T100 title of the season on a day to savour for New Zealand triathletes in Dubai.

Wilde won from compatriot Kyle Smith in the men's race while Nicole van der Kaay was runner-up in the women's race at the event, contested over a 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run.

Twenty-nine-year-old Wilde's performance was made more remarkable by coming a day after he clinched a bronze medal at a world championship series sprint distance race in Abu Dhabi.

Wilde will take an enormous points lead into the T100 Triathlon World Tour grand final in Qatar on 12 December, where he is firmly on track to defend his championship title.

He singled out praise for Smith, who has overcome a lengthy period battling injury and illness.

"He worked really well on the first two laps of the run, and then I made my move, but he was very strong today," Wilde said of Smith, who finished just over a minute behind him.

"It was really cool to see him doing so well. We are spending three weeks in Abu Dhabi now for some hard training, enjoying some sunshine, and getting some indoor snow before racing the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final."

Van der Kaay finished just 10 seconds behind Briton Georgia Taylor Brown in the women's race in one of the best results of her career.

The New Zealander finished strongly and said she wished the race was longer.

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