Mario Mola, Javier Gomez Battle In Chicago

It was an exciting day of racing at Saturday's ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Chicago.

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Spain’s Mario Mola and Javier Gomez ran shoulder-to-shoulder for the majority of the 10K run, with Mola gaining a slight edge in the final meters to take the WTS Grand Final victory in Chicago, Ill. Gomez’s stellar WTS season meant that the second-place finish was enough to give him his fifth ITU World Championship title. Read the race recap.

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