Britain’s Vicky Holland wins overall season triathlon title

Vicky Holland finished a close second to Australian Ashleigh Gentle but it was enough for the British racer to win the World Series Triathlon women’s season title on Saturday.

Katie Zaferes of the U.S. led the women’s overall standings going into the final with 4,418 points ahead of Holland, who was 34 points behind.

But Holland’s second-place finish gave her a total of 5,540 points, ahead of Zaferes’ 5,488, who finished third Saturday.

Gentle finished in 1 hour, 52 seconds. Holland was two seconds behind and Zaferes another 31 seconds behind Holland.