World Triathlon Series: Vicky Holland wins in Edmonton
Britain's Vicky Holland won the penultimate World Series event of the season in Edmonton, Canada.
The 29-year-old triumphed in 58 minutes and 55 seconds, nine seconds ahead of Bermuda's Flora Duffy, with Australian Gillian Backhouse third.
Holland's team-mates Non Stanford and Helen Jenkins finished sixth and 27th respectively in heavy rain.
Britain's Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, both of whom are injured, will miss the men's event later on Sunday.
Holland remains fifth in the overall standings after victory on a course that comprised of a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run.
The four women ahead of her - Americans Gwen Jorgensen, Katie Zaferes and Sarah True, and New Zealander Andrea Hewitt - did not compete in Edmonton.
Holland and Stanford will qualify for the Olympics with a top-three finish at the World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago on 15-19 September.
Holland emerged from the swim in Edmonton in a leading group of 15 athletes that also included Wales' Jenkins, who was later dropped during the transition from bike to run.
Backhouse and Duffy briefly threatened Holland early in the run, but she pulled clear to claim her second series win of the season.
Wales' Stanford, the 2013 world champion, struggled in the swim and bike disciplines but rallied to finish 49 seconds behind Holland.
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