Gold medalist Alex Yee of Great Britain picked up where he left off at the Paris Olympics, holding off rival Hayden Wilde to win the opening supertri League Series race of the year at the 16th annual Boston Triathlon on Sunday at Carson Beach.
Jeanne Lehair, who crashed while representing Luxenburg at the Summer Games, won the women’s supertri in 1:05:52, finishing four seconds ahead of Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown, whose Crown Racing teammate and fellow Brit Kate Waugh took third.
“We were thrilled to have the opportunity to host 11 Paris Olympians during the supertri Boston race,” said Boston Triathlon president Michael O’Neil. “We are always honored to partner with the City of Boston and the state of Massachusetts, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Amazon, and Meet Boston to host this swim/bike/run event for the community.”
Joining in Sunday’s fun was Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman, who hopped on a bike and took part in the team relay race, helping Team Human Powered Health place second. Former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown finished second in the men’s sprint 65-plus age group.
Joanna Coker, of Providence and the Boston Triathlon team, won the women’s Olympic triathlon on Sunday in 38 minutes 15 seconds, more than two seconds ahead of former Boston University triathlete Anna Shveshkeyev (40:23) in second.
Roee Zoarets, a professional triathlete from Norway who races on the Israeli triathlon national team, cruised to a commanding win in the men’s Olympic triathlon in 31:16. China’s Aaronn Gu followed in second (33:25) and Colin Cook (33:28), who grew up in Pepperell and now lives in Brookline, N.H., was third.
In the sprint tri, Boston’s Santana Silver won the women’s race in 20:34, just two seconds ahead of Abigail Oneil (20:36). Beverly’s Kevin Kelsey was the men’s champ in 17:34, nearly a minute ahead of second-place Vicente Cortes of the Full Throttle team.
In the first supertri Boston, Yee was vying for the lead from the end of the first lot — supertri races use the enduro format with three rounds, each featuring a 300-meter swim, 4-kilometer bike, and 1.6-kilometer run — along with countryman Wilde, the Paris silver medalist, and reigning world champion Dorian Coninx of France.
Coninx, Wilde, and Luis were battling for the lead coming out of the third swim, but Coninx was assessed a five-second equipment penalty and dropped to fifth.
Wilde held the lead late, but Yee chased him down in the final sprint and won by one second in 49:02. Behind Wilde was Coninx in third (49:08).
In the women’s supertri, Lehair was six seconds back of Vittoria Lopes after the first lot and was still in fifth after two. During the third round of swimming, the lead pack was whittled down to Waugh, Lehair, and Taylor-Brown. Lehair pulled away in the final run, building her four-second advantage to open the 2024 supertri series atop the podium.
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