Canadian triathlete Paquet wins World Cup gold in Brazil

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Canadian Charles Paquet won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Triathlon Cup event in Brasilia on Sunday.

Paquet, of Port Cartier, Que., secured his first-ever World Cup podium finish with a time of 1:48:36 in the challenging 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre bike and 10-kilometre run.

Brazil’s Miguel Hidalgo won gold in 1:48:01, while Spain’s Antonio Serrat Seoane claimed silver in 1:48:27.

“I had a really good day to be honest,” said Paquet. “I impressed myself with the swim and somehow ended up in the first five I don’t know how, and then the bike was really windy so we were either really slow or really fast, no one really on it, then just running as fast as I can and those guys really made me push and I just managed to keep it going to the end.”