Just a month after winning the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Taylor Knibb returned to short-course racing with a second-place finish at the World Triathlon Cup Iquique in northern Chile.
In contention throughout the 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and 5-kilometre run, Knibb recorded the fastest run split of the day in 16:03.
The American battled Colombia’s Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto all the way to the finish line, with the pair separated by a photo finish after both clocking a time of 55:47.
From conquering the full IRONMAN distance in Kona to a thrilling sprint finish in Iquique, Knibb once again demonstrated her remarkable versatility and ability to compete at the highest level across all distances of triathlon.
