Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk finishes 8th for career-best result at World Triathlon Championship

Winnipeg's Tyler Mislawchuk achieved his best-ever Olympic distance triathlon result with an eighth-place finish at the World Triathlon Championship on Saturday in Pontevedra, Spain.

The 28-year-old Mislawchuk finished the challenging 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre bike and 10-kilometre run in 1:43:09.

France's Dorian Coninx claimed the World Championship title in a thrilling conclusion edging Germany's Tim Hellwig and France's Pierre Le Corre in a photo finish. Each of the top-three were clocked at 1:42:22 while lurching to the line.

Mislawchuk came out of the water on Saturday following a two-lap swim in 15th spot, 18 seconds back of the front-runners. He headed into the four-lap run course through Pontevedra, just four seconds back of the leader.

"I am really quite pleased with the race today. It is probably the most proud I am of a race this year," Mislawchuk said in a release. "To end up eighth in the deepest race of the year is really exciting. I'm stoked.

"Hopefully it will now move me close to a top-10 in the World Ranking. That was the goal at the beginning of the year."

Fellow Canadians Charles Paquet, of Port Cartier, Que., finished 24th, and Brock Hoel, of West Kelowna, B.C., was 47th.