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Shahar Sagiv Achieves Career-Best 7th at World Triathlon Championship

By מערכת אתר ערוץ הספורט

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Israeli Olympic triathlete Shahar Sagiv achieved a career-best seventh place at the World Triathlon Championship sprint distance event in Abu Dhabi. He finished with his personal best time of 49:55 minutes. Sagiv competed against top international athletes, including Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalist Hayden Wilde. The race was won by Brazil's Hildel Hidalgo.

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Shahar Sagiv finished seventh in the Abu Dhabi World Triathlon Championship sprint race.
Sagiv set a new personal best time of 49:55 minutes in the competition.
He was part of a close finish for places four through seven.
The race included Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalist Hayden Wilde.
Brazil's Hildel Hidalgo won the gold medal in Abu Dhabi.

Olympic triathlete Shahar Sagiv concluded his 2026 competition season on Friday with a personal best, finishing seventh at the World Triathlon Championship sprint distance event in Abu Dhabi. Sagiv crossed the finish line in 49 minutes and 55 seconds, his fastest time ever in the World Championship series.

Sagiv completed the 750-meter swim in 9:35 minutes. He then joined a breakaway group of four cyclists, including New Zealand's Hayden Wilde, the silver medalist from the Paris 2024 Olympics, Switzerland's Simon Westermann, and Spain's Siraat Siuana, during the 19.1-kilometer cycling segment, which he finished in 24:04 minutes.

The Israeli athlete finished the 5.08-kilometer run in 15:05 minutes. The battle for fourth through seventh place was extremely close, with the four athletes finishing in very small margins in a dramatic photo finish.

Hildel Hidalgo of Brazil won the race in 49:02 minutes, with Austria's Matthieu Hauser taking second place at 49:20 minutes, and New Zealand's Hayden Wilde completing the podium in 49:43 minutes.

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