The long-awaited first showdown of 2026 between the Paris Olympics one-two of Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde will finally happen at the Supertri Pro Series Final in Jersey on 6 September.
British star Yee produced a miraculous closing kick to overhaul Wilde for gold at the 2024 Games to ignite what has become one of triathlon’s great rivalries.
They had been scheduled to meet at the recent WTCS race in London but Wilde missed out due to inflammation around his lungs.
But now triathlon’s biggest prize purse of $800,000 has brought them together – and both men will also have to reckon with Matt Hauser, the Australian who was crowned world champion last year.
Can Yee bounce back?
Yee and Wilde have not shared a start line since WTCS French Riviera on August 31, 2025, which was their only meeting after the Supertri Grand Final in NEOM on November 3, 2024, where Yee outsprinted Wilde by a single second in a classic finish, though Wilde clinched the overall 2024 Supertri series crown.
That was the closing chapter of a golden year for the pairing that also produced the unforgettable Paris 2024 Olympic final, where Yee reeled in a 14-second deficit over the closing kilometres to overhaul the long-time leader and win gold by just six seconds, with Wilde taking silver.
What followed sent the two of them down very different roads. Yee stepped away from swim-bike-run for much of 2025 to chase a long-held running ambition, clocking 2:11:08 on his marathon debut in London before setting the second-fastest time ever by a Brit with 2:06:38 in Valencia.
This year he has returned to short-course action – along with a Diamond League appearance in Monaco – but things so far have been a struggle, with a fifth in Yokohama followed by two DNFs and then 14th at WTCS London.
Wilde meanwhile has largely focussed on longer distance racing, being crowned T100 champion last year and favourite to repeat that feat this season.
‘Pinnacle of short-course racing’
In the rivals’ absence, Hauser seized his moment, the Australian being crowned 2025 WTCS Champion on home soil in Wollongong.
He was already confirmed for Jersey; with Wilde now on the list, the Pro Series Final brings together the reigning Olympic champion, the reigning world champion and the man who has pushed Yee closer than anyone, all racing head-to-head over Supertri’s relentless format.
“This is a huge year for Supertri as we truly unify professional and amateur racing,” said Michael D’hulst, CEO and Co-Founder of Supertri.
“Our new Pro Series is the very pinnacle of short-course racing, and we cannot think of a better stage for the Final than Supertri’s spiritual home of Jersey. The stakes have never been higher, and the field reflects that.”
The Pro Series Final will be raced over the iconic Supertri format — three back-to-back rounds of swim, bike and run. It is the culmination of a revamped season in which athletes compete as individuals across three qualifying events, with the top three finishers per gender at each qualifier earning their place on the Jersey start line alongside Supertri’s all-star line-up. The winners will take the lion’s share of the $800,000 purse, the largest single-day prize fund in triathlon this season.
The women’s race is headlined by Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) and features the sport’s most decorated Olympian and Supertri’s most successful athlete, Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR), alongside reigning Supertri champion Jeanne Lehair (LUX) and former European champion Jolien Vermeylen (BEL).
Jersey holds a special place in Supertri’s story. The Channel Island hosted the format’s first-ever full outing back in 2017 and has since staged races in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2025, its technical course and passionate crowds making it a firm favourite among athletes.
