CANADA’S MISLAWCHUK NOTCHES WORLD TRIATHLON VICTORY I N MEXICO

HUATULCO, MEXICO Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk raced to victory at the World Triathlon Cup on Sunday, the final men’s race of the Olympic qualifying period. The 26-year-old from Oak Bluff, Man., who’d won the same race two years earlier, withstood the heat on a steamy morning to finish the sprint distance event in 53 minutes 9 seconds for his third World Cup victory. Mislawchuk’s victory two years earlier in Huatulco was part of a breakthrough season that saw him climb his first World Triathlon Series podium with a bronze in Montreal, then winning the Olympic test event in Tokyo before the international sports world shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Manoel Messias was second in 53:21, while fellow Brazilian Miguel Hidalgo crossed third in 53:22.