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World No 1 Matt Hauser has won the triathlon\u2019s world championship series in Wollongong, ending a 15-year drought for Australia.<\/p>\n
Two-time Olympian Hauser never relented across Sunday\u2019s 1.5km swim, 40km cycle, and 10km run event and won gold by a monster 34 seconds on home soil.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old was cheered home by a raucous crowd and finished the gruelling Wollongong course in one hour 42.42 minutes.<\/p>\n Spain\u2019s David Cantero Del Campo claimed silver, while Italian Alessio Crociani was a further seven seconds behind in third.<\/p>\n Hauser, in tears at the finish line, joins Emma Moffatt as the only Australians to win an Olympic-distance world title since the championship became a series in 2009.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old is the first Australian man to win the world series, after Pete Robertson won in 2005 when the world title was decided by a one-off race.<\/p>\n Luke Willian was Australia\u2019s next best male on Sunday, finishing 16th out of the 52 athletes.<\/p>\n Hauser\u2019s biggest threat Miguel Hidalgo, ranked second in the series, was fourth.<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Lisa Tertsch triumphed in the women\u2019s final as reigning Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand failed to finish.<\/p>\n Tertsch finished the race in one hour 56.50 minutes to win her maiden crown.<\/p>\n