Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk wins bronze medal at World Triathlon Championship Series

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk captured a bronze medal at the World Triathlon Championship Series event in Weihai, China, on Saturday.

The 32-year-old from Oak Bluff, Man., crossed the line in one hour 41 minutes and 25 seconds.

Switzerland's Max Studer won gold in 1:41:08, while Spain's David Campero Del Campo finished seven seconds ahead of Mislawchuk to claim silver.

The Canadian finished the 1.5-kilometre swim in 18:39 before completing the 38.6-kilometre bike course in 51:53. Mislawchuk crossed the line after the final leg, a 10km run, in 29:35.

“It been seven years with a lot of close calls, but there is nothing like being on the WTCS podium while going up against the best guys in the world,” Mislawchuk said in a release. “I saw an opportunity today, and three kilometres into the run I went for it.

"The whole last five kilometres, I kept saying this is what you train for every day. It feels good to do it at the top level.”

Fellow Canadian Liam Donnelly did not finish.

In the women's event, Canada’s Desirae Ridenour matched her career-best eighth-place finish for the second-straight season.

The 26-year-old from Cowichan Bay, B.C., completed all three legs in a time of 1:50:58.

France's Cassandre Beaugrand won gold medal with a time of 1:49:20. Beth Potter, of Great Britain, was second at 1:49:26 while Germany’ s Lisa Tertsch rounded out the podium in 1:49:44.

Emy Legault, of L’Île Perrot, Que., was 30th at 1:55:54.