The men’s season finale was always going to be one for the ages as Vasco Vilaça looked to unseat Matt Hauser, Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde returned to the fray, and a cast of the best triathletes on the planet went into battle in Pontevedra, Spain. Let’s just say they didn’t disappoint…
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46 Comments
Hauser fez batota! Não respeitou a linha de corrida e esbracejou, dificultando a corrida de Vasco Vilaça
Australiani Hauser é batoteiro
points are a bit lame to win, vasco didn't beat hauser once this year head to head
CONGRATS VASCO!!! great race 🔥🔥
Great finish! Yee should not have left triathlon for a year.
Dirty tactics from Matt Hauser on the finish!…. He closed the door… should have at least had the class to make it fair! Win, but not at all costs! NO CLASS
DQ Hauser!!!! Unreal you did nothing here. Running vasco into the barrier. There's even a white line on the ground for reference of how dirty this all was. Crossing over, then crossing OVER the line, THEN keeps pushing over MORE after already crossing over the line. What the actual eff! drifting, drifting, drifting AND making contact. There was NO squeeze point. Nothing. Absolutely no reason for Hauser to NOT hold a FAIR straight line the entire sprint. He just ran vasco into the finish line tower which impeded his finish momentum. Made unnecessary contact too. Vasco sees this barrier coming the whole time too. WTF would you be thinking? The gap at the end was so close, this cost the win for vasco. Vasco even put his arms up at the line, like WTF are you doing mate?! But he’s too much of a gentlemen to talk about it in the post race interview. And AUSSIE McCloy (who I love), who is so quick to question possible penalties on everything and everyone SAID NOTHING during the broadcast. Two aussie commentators part of the 'Hollywood Hauser' cult. Hauser did the same thing to Taylor Reid at Super League Malibu but that situation was tight and contact unavoidable so fair play. This scenario was NOT. And expected with super leagues tight racing but this is dirty WTS racing in the sport of triathlon which we do not tolerate when it’s this blatant and completely unnecessary. WAYYYYYY out of context for WTS racing. Ugly stuff, World Triathlon. Absolute garbage. This grand final is stained with the complicity of silence.
What a month has been for Hayden!
Not a real triathlon, with drafting allowed on the bike. It’s sad to see how the sport that I helped pioneer, has evolved.
Yee gonna be ❤ too good next year ❤ hope no injuries would happen to him and hayden wilde is wild to race back to back and still came 4th this guy is insane ❤
Remove the paywall!!✊
Awesome to see Alex Yee back on the podium!! Lead up to the Olympics and Olympics promises to be exciting…
So many crying Portuguese fans here. GO ON HAUSER LADDDDDD
Yes Yee caught them but Hauser and the two.Portugeuse ran unbelievably outsprinted Yee at his own game.Vilaca and Hauser weren't even worried about Yee when he caught absolute supreme athletes.
Yee is compensating.
Grande campeão Vasco Vilaça, um orgulho de Portugal. Hauser foi trafulha, nos ultimos 100 metros fechou a linha de corrida do Vasco Vilaça e ainda esbracejou!
Australian man didn't hold his racing line, the portuguse had to move to his left and avoid a collision.
28:46 Yee's run is unbelievable, quicker than 2025 WCH 10,000m
That final part wasn't pretty to watch, was it? Especially with Hauser blocking Vilaça's line…
LA 2028 is going to be incredible …
The hauser boy is a scumbag. He played dirty, pushing Vasco toward the edge of the track and sticking his arms out in front of him at the end of the race.
Parabéns, Vasco!
Came here to see the chaos on the Aussie Exit. And it wasnt included 😢
With the race decided in the tens of a second, I’d be curious to see who’d win had Hauser kept his line
We give cyclists penalties for line deviation. How about introducing that to running where they sprint at 25km/h where a twist of the ankle can easily happen in these carbon shoes.
The officials should definitely have a look at that finish. He admitted it himself.
Running in a straight line is very difficult for the aussies! Next year with the rules changing is going to be a good year for Hauser he can gon on all of the finish lines running like that…is going to win all !
i think he pushed vilaca off line at the sprint finish
Matt Hauser had the whole road and chose to crowd and physically impede Vasco. That is not fair play it's cheating and clearly visible on the video. I'm surprised they let that slide. If Vasco did that to Hauser I'm sure there would have been a complaint filed. Vasco is the winner in my eyes.
Great race Alex Yee!
great commentary on a great race
Vasco is pure class
I would have expected a bit more sportsmanship from the Aussie, I suspect if he kept his lane he might have not won, a dishonorable way to win.
Hayden Wilde had a great month, but Alex "Yeeed" him in this one! Thank you Will McClog for all the "gems" in your stellar commentary.
For a championship you would expect are robust swim exit… Not a cheap ramp that collapses with three people on it.
Hauser making the 20% convicts tranported from England to Australia the 1800's really proud. What a cheat
8:54 I did not just hear that come out of the commentators mouth
Kaindl not only Belindas favorite 🙂
Hauser did not stay in his "lane" he drifted over. Bullshit win.
@10.32 seagull starts squawing
This is plain ridiculous 😜😜😜 expand the series to Central and South America and Africa and India. It's time to take triathlon to the world 🌍🌍🌍 there is too much focus on Europe and not 🚫🚫🚫👎👎👎 enough of the rest of the world 🌍🌍🌍
who's watching at this child's circus in 2026 ? where are you, Mark Allen, Dave Scott, Scott Tinley ?
Impressive effort from Yee and the chase packs! They did an incredible job holding the gap on the bike with the moto draft in play. While the drafting seemed less pronounced than in past races, it was still a massive factor. I’m a big fan of short-course tri, but this season's races are getting genuinely hard to watch with the ridiculous moto interference. Here’s hoping World Triathlon finally takes definitive action for the 2027 season.
Everyone is picking on Hauser. This is my opinion. This is racing, it’s never going to be 100% clean. That late into a triathlon, you’re not thinking. Your only thought is to get to the finish. Both athletes were happy with the result, and that is what matters. Instead of putting Hauser down, celebrate with him and the other athletes.
Does VAR not exist here? Is it because he's Australian that he can do whatever he pleases?
Portugal caralho!! aussie guy wtf!!!
It’s ridiculous!! Why bother with the swim? What is it, 17 minutes out of a 1:41 race?
The top three finishers don't even seem tired. For 99.99% of the people you would have to carry them off on a stretcher after a race like that. Wow, how the internal organs of these people are truly built different.
Vamos Vasco!!!
The squeak of excitement from BG