Welsh triathlete Helen Jenkins clinched her second World Triathlon title after finishing runner-up in the season-ending Grand Final in Beijing.Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand won the event and finished second overall, while American Sarah Groff was third in the last of the seven-race series.
It was a third second place in the series for Jenkins, who won in London over the Olympic course at Hyde Park.
Her victory comes a day after Alistair Brownlee claimed the men's title.
FINAL STANDINGS
1: Helen Jenkins (GB) 4,032 pts
2: Andrea Hewitt (NZ) 3,836
3: Sarah Groff (US) 2,783
4: Emma Jackson (Aus) 2,760
5: Barbara Riveros-D (Chi) 2,712
Jenkins made a quiet start to the series, finishing 33rd after a bike crash in the opening competition in Sydney, but claimed successive second places in the next two events.
After her London victory, a fourth place in Lausanne took her above Chile's Barbara Riveros Dias to the top of the rankings and ensured that a top-three finish in Beijing would be enough to secure the overall title.
Hewitt won only her second series race title with a time of one hour 58 minutes and 26 seconds, a second inside the time recorded by Emma Snowsill to win the 2008 Olympics in the same city.
Paula Findlay pulled out on the first lap of the bike race, while Riveros Dias faded to 44th after the run, which was dominated by Hewitt and Jenkins.
The pair broke away on the second lap and though Jenkins could not catch the New Zealander, the 27-year-old calmly finished in 1:58.40 and added the title to her victory in 2008, which was under her maiden name of Helen Tucker.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport
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