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Canadian Paquet wins bronze at world triathlon championship series
competition

   The Canadian Press | Posted: April 25, 2026 5:11 PM | Last
   Updated: 2 hours ago

   The 29-year-old becomes just 2nd Canadian man to earn WTCS
   medal

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   Caption: Charles Paquet of Team Canada, right, pictured
   competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, claimed bronze on
   Saturday at the world triathlon championship series competition
   in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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   Canada's Charles Paquet captured a bronze medal Saturday at a
   World Triathlon Championship Series competition Saturday in
   Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
   The 29-year-old finished the event in one hour 43 minutes 31
   seconds. Portugal's Vasco Vilaca finished first in 1:43:43 with
   German Henry Graf taking second (1:43:37).
   All three competitors were locked in a battle until the closing
   stage of the 10-kilometre run.
   "It's amazing to start the season like this," said Paquet.
   "Last year I was disappointed not to podium having been close a
   few times, so it's a great feeling."
   Paquet finished the 1.5-kilometre swim in 12th among 13
   competitors before settling into the middle of the pack during
   the opening lap of the five-lap bike course.
     * Veteran Tyler Mislawchuk leads Canada's Olympic triathlon
       team into Paris

   He eventually came out in eighth spot, 27 seconds behind the
   leaders entering the 10-kilometre stage. At the halfway mark,
   Paquet was shoulder-to-shoulder with Vilaca and Graf.
   They remained together until the final 400 metres, when Vilaca
   surged ahead, followed by Graf.
   Paquet becomes just the second Canadian man to earn a WTCS
   medal. Tyler Mislawchuk was third at the Montreal stop in 2019.
   Canadian women have also enjoyed WTCS success. Joanna Brown
   secured a bronze medal in 2019 in Bermuda while Kirsten
   Sweetland was third in Hamburg in 2014. Paula Findlay won five
   races between 2010 and 2011.

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