Unlike the men’s competition, the women’s WTCS retained a semblance of order in Pontevedra. There would be no shocks, no upsets, simply an overpowering display of excellence from the new world champion, Beth Potter.
With her win at the WTCS Final, Potter added 1250 points to her total, ending the season with 4559 points. Pontevedra was her fourth win of the year, after victories in Abu Dhabi, Montreal and Paris. A silver medal in Hamburg then completed what had been a near-perfect season.
Having led going into the Final, Cassandre Beaugrand ended up in 2nd place overall after finishing 3rd in the race. She ended her season with 4411 points. Her finish in Pontevedra was incidental; once Potter had won the race, the outcome was sealed. Beaugrand, though, has pushed the Brit throughout the season and comes away with two wins and two further medals to her name. As confident as Potter will be heading into 2024, Beaugrand will be similarly optimistic.
Emma Lombardi then maintained her place on the overall podium with her 6th place. During the run, she threatened to make the race podium although she fell away over the final lap. Lombardi finished with 3793 points in total and enjoyed a comfortable margin over the next athlete, Taylor Spivey.
After finishing 16th in Pontevedra, Spivey ended her season with 3225 points. Early medals in Abu Dhabi and Cagliari hinted that she could take a run at the overall podium, although it did not quite come together for her in Paris or Pontevedra.
A 7th place for Sophie Coldwell in Pontevedra showed signs of her best form returning and helped to boost her 4 places into 6th. She ended her campaign with 2998 points and only just held off Kate Waugh.
Waugh earned 1156 points for her silver medal in Pontevedra which took her total to 2993. She also bounced up the rankings by 8 places in a dramatic late surge.
Another late riser was Lisa Tertsch. After finishing 4th in Pontevedra, the German athlete climbed 6 places into 7th, finishing with 2909 points.
Jeanne Lehair held onto 8th place (2762 points) while Nina Eim moved up 1 place to 9th (2672 points). Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal then rounded out the top-10 overall with 2486 points in what has been a breakthrough season.
Summer Rappaport and Georgia Taylor-Brown fell out of the top-10 after respectively not finishing and not starting the WTCS Final. In 11th and 12th places, respectively, they were the highest finishers without a full quota of races.
Further down the rankings, several athletes made sizeable moves up the rankings.
Rachel Klamer’s stellar 5th place saw her gain 15 places to end the season in 13th. Similarly, Julie Derron’s 8th place boosted her by 10 places. She landed in 20th overall.
Claire Michel climbed 11 places into 25th after an impressive 11th place in Pontevedra. Alice Betto, Noelia Juan and Bianca Seregni all then rose by 14 places.
Betto finished in 34th overall, Juan in 38th and Seregni in 50th.
You can view the final standings here.
