Participants completed a two kilometres swim, a 79.8 kilometres bike and a 17.9km run at the Championships.

Le Corre led alongside Jamie Riddle of South Africa following the swim, before German Florian Angert, who won this race on the same course last year, started strongly on the bike to take the lead.

Angert led going into the run phase of the race, but was passed by Le Corre after four kilometres, with the Frenchman powering away to take victory in 3hrs 11min 15sec, with Angert taking silver in 3:13:29.

Fellow German Frederic Funk completed the podium earning bronze after moving from seventh up to third on the run to finish in 3:15.40.

In the elite women’s race Charles-Barclay led home a one-two for Britain, on her return from injury.

Charles-Barclay was fastest out of the water by more than a minute from her closest rivals, but was a minute slower than the two quickest cyclists.

Charles-Barclay crossed the line in a time of 3:34.17, winning the race by more than three minutes from her compatriot Emma Pallant, who was second in 3:37.29.

Last year’s World Triathlon Long Distance champion Sarissa De Vries of the Netherlands had to settle for third place this time out, crossing the line in 3:39.26.

There were also three Para triathlon categories at the Long Distance World Championships.

The sole athlete in the men’s PTS4 category was Austria’s Martin Falch in 5:26.43.

In the men’s PTVI category the sole athlete was Zhalaldin Abduvaliev of Kyrgyzstan, who completed the course in 5:29.38.

The PTS5 category was contested by three athletes, with Hungary’s Peter Boronkay coming home in first place in 4:11.45.

Tetsuki Kaji of Japan finished in second in 4:16.24, with third place going to Eduardo Oliva Calderon of Spain in 5:02.38.