Findlay shows turn of speed to win in Kitzbuehel

IN less than a month, 21-year-old Canadian Paula Findlay has gone from a relative unknown to one of the top triathletes in the world. 

RED ALERT: Paula Findlay's impressive turn of pace secured her a second consecutive World Championship Series triathlon win (Delly Carr)

Findlay won her second Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race in a row today in Kitzbuehel, Austria, running away from Sweden's Lisa Norden and New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt to follow up on her surprise win in London's Hyde Park.

Great Britain's Helen Jenkins finished just outside the medals in two hours, four minutes and six seconds, although she was some way behind Hewitt.

"It was a really hard race for me today-much harder than the win in London," said Findlay. "Those were two really strong girls that I was running with and it made things really tough.

"I ran a little bit of track back in high school, so I knew I had a little speed in my legs, but I also knew that Andrea and Lisa have great sprints, so I didn't know if I'd be able to pull it out."

Norden, who is known for having one of the best finishing sprints in the women's field, was unable to hang with Findlay in the final 300 metres and settled for second.

"I knew from watching the race in London that Paula would be really strong in the end," she said.

"I was hoping that I would have a strong kick at the end today, but when Paula went, I couldn't go with her."