Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk earns silver at World Triathlon Cup in Morocco

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 29, 2025 2:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk earned the metallic medal astatine the World Triathlon Cup successful Saidia, Morocco, connected Sunday.

The 30-year-old Mislawchuck finished successful 1 hr 45 minutes 58 seconds successful the Olympic region trial for his archetypal World Cup podium successful 3 years. Great Britain's Oliver Conway won successful 1:45:53 and John Reed of the United States finished 3rd astatine 1:46:11.

"I would person liked the win, but I'll instrumentality second," said Mislawchuk, who besides has 1 bronze medal nether his loop connected the World Triathlon Championship Series. "It was a blistery race. Even connected the motorcycle I could consciousness it truthful I knew it was going to beryllium a blistery run."

It was the seventh World Cup podium of the Oak Bluff, Man., resident's storied career.

A three-time Olympian, Mislawchuck came retired of the unsocial 1.5-kilometre aquatics successful sixth spot — conscionable 8 seconds backmost of the front-runner.

After a best-ever ninth spot decorativeness astatine the 2024 Olympics wherever helium was battling for the podium until the last 2 kilometres.

Mislawchuck opened this play with a sixth-place decorativeness astatine the World Triathlon Championship Series successful Yokohama, Japan.

On Sunday, Mislawchuck appeared composed and comfy portion settling successful for the eight-lap pedal with 24 riders done Morocco's northeastern coastal municipality known arsenic the Blue Pearl.

Thriving successful the heat, the lone Canadian successful the tract followed his crippled plan, steadily moving his mode done the battalion successful the archetypal of 5 laps connected the 10-kilometre run. One of 7 athletes retired beforehand astatine the extremity of the 2nd lap, Mislawchuk made his determination and pulled distant from the tract with Reed and Conway, who was making his archetypal World Cup start, going with him.

The trio matched strides implicit the adjacent thigh with the seasoned Mislawchuk and rookie Conway controlling the pace.

As the strength and gait picked up successful the last loop, Reed dropped back, leaving a head-to-head conflict betwixt the Canadian and the Brit until the past 100-metres wherever the 20-year-old Conway snuck up successful the past country and into the finishing stretch.

"My regularisation connected the tally was I was not allowed to propulsion myself until 3 oregon 4 kilometres due to the fact that of the vigor which is erstwhile I went and made the archetypal interruption and we got a fewer away," said Mislawchuk. "He [Conway] got a spread retired of the corner. I knew helium was a bully runner, but I conscionable got stuck successful that gear. Would person been bully to win. Everyone wants to triumph but I'll instrumentality second."