Alex Yee vs Hayden Wilde: What their EPIC Olympics duel at Paris 2024 means for triathlon's world rankings

Alex Yee vs Hayden Wilde continues to be a triathlon rivalry for the ages.

Twelve days ago at Paris 2024 these two superstars of the sport had their greatest duel yet in the baking hot French sun as they battled in epic fashion to claim Olympic Games gold.

Wilde appeared to have finally shaken off his great rival with a surge to the front on the run, and Yee appeared to have no answers. That is until the British star conjured up one final mighty effort to catch and pass his Kiwi nemesis.

It was spectacular stuff and it made headlines around the world, as did their touching show of sportsmanship immediately afterwards as they sat together on the blue carpet.

Now the dust has settled, and the Paris 2024 Games are sadly over, but there are still big prizes to be won this WTCS season. We do have one regular season event left this year, Weihai in China on September 27, followed by those October Championship Finals in Torremolinos.

So how did what we saw in Paris last month impact the latest World Rankings? Time to find out, triathlon fans.

Latest WTCS Rankings

The first thing to note is that neither Yee nor Wilde actually tops the men’s rankings, and there’s a simple reason for that – neither has raced three times in WTCS competition yet this year.

Yee has two victories from two starts in 2024 – at WTCS Cagliari and then that golden moment in Paris – good for 2000 points and third place in the post-Olympics world. Wilde mean – second both times to his great rival – is fifth on 1850.

Assuming all goes to plan – and that means the big guns featuring in the top five in China – the status quo should be changed late next month.

Top of the pile right now is Australian Matt Hauser, who followed up second in Yokohama and victory in Hamburg with seventh place in the big dance in France. Second is Frenchman Pierre Le Corre after his fourth in Paris, while compatriot Leo Bergere is fourth in the standings behind Yee after claiming Olympic bronze.

Here are the latest men’s WTCS standings after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Races	Pts
1	Matthew Hauser	AUS	3	2301.40
2	Pierre Le Corre	FRA	3	2110.36
3	Alex Yee	GBR	2	2000.00
4	Leo Bergere	FRA	3	1957.63
5	Hayden Wilde	NZL	2	1850.00
6	Luke Willian	AUS	3	1778.99
7	Charles Paquet	CAN	3	1750.86
8	Morgan Pearson	USA	3	1719.95
9	Csongor Lehmann	HUN	3	1677.16
10	Vincent Luis	FRA	3	1579.81
11	Vasco Vilaca	POR	3	1557.57
12	Kenji Nener	JPN	3	1507.13
13	Vetle Bergsvik Thorn	NOR	3	1502.90
14	Ricardo Batista	POR	3	1498.49
15	Alberto Gonzalez Garcia	ESP	3	1472.56
16	Marten Van Riel	BEL	3	1295.91
17	Miguel Hidalgo	BRA	2	1075.18
18	Kristian Blummenfelt	NOR	3	1016.39
19	Tayler Reid	NZL	3	1014.53
20	Jelle Geens	BEL	3	970.23