Kiwi's Andrea Hewitt added another World Championship medal to her collection with a third at the ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships in Weihai, China yesterday.
Graham O'Grady performed with distinction finishing just one spot off the podium in the men's race.
Racing was over a 4km swim, 120km bike ride and a 20km run and for Hewitt it was a first foray into the longer form of triathlon racing, coming off the back of a strong finish to her ITU season in which she finished the season ranked number three in the world.
It showed yet another string to the bow of the durable and feisty Cantabrian who raced strongly throughout to finish on the podium behind Camilla Pedersen (Denmark) and Kaisa Lehtonen (Finland).
In the men's race O'Grady, from Kinloch, raced equally strongly to finish in fourth place, behind a trio of Frenchman who dominated proceedings but ahead of long-distance legend Craig Alexander (Australia).
