Barbara Riveros Diaz

Chile's Barbara Riveros chats about what it will take to beat two-time Xterra world champion Lesley Paterson.

Germany’s Michael Raelert and Chile’s Barbara Riveros turned in dominating performances at Sunday’s Ironman 70.3 Berlin in Germany.

The tiny Chilean star has no plans to immediately move to another coach.

Barbara Riveros Diaz has claimed her maiden senior ITU world title and second career series win with a thrilling come from behind sprint finish at the ITU Elite Sprint Triathlon World Championships and Dextro Energy Triathlon Series round in Lausanne.

It’s the calm before the storm in what should be the most spectacular two days of short-course racing this year at the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series race in London.

Given that Canada’s Paula Findlay has been the only real consistent figure on the podium over the last season and a half, predicting the medalists for the women at the 2012 London Olympic triathlon is an extremely difficult task.

With one of the deepest fields in the sport, dozens of athletes could cross the line in first this weekend in Madrid.