Bradley Weiss from Stellenbosch, South Africa, and Flora Duffy from Devonshire, Bermuda, captured the 22nd Xterra World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, on a warm, sunny day in Kapalua, Maui.

It’s the first Xterra World title for Weiss, and the fourth in a row for Duffy. With the win, Duffy joins Xterra Hall of Famer Conrad Stoltz as the only other elite to win four titles, is the first female to four, and is the only elite to have won four straight.

Weiss and Duffy each earned $20,000 for their respective victories. The total purse was $100,000 and the event was filmed for live viewing as well as international distribution.

Weiss finished in 2:32:10. Runner-up Mauricio Mendez kept attacking the entire race and moved into second place just before running onto the beach near the end of the race, passing three-time Xterra World Champ, Ruben Ruzafa. Mendez finished in 2:33:25 and Ruzafa was third in 2:33:46.

In the women’s race, it was Duffy from wire to wire. By mile 15 on the bike, Flora had almost six minutes on runner-up Barbara Riveros, from Chile. She finished the race in 2:47:48, finishing 13th overall in the entire race, beating many of the elite men. Once again, she posted the fastest swim, bike, and run splits of the day.

More than 800 endurance athletes — including six physically challenged athletes — from 52 countries competed in the event, which started with a one-mile rough water swim at D.T. Fleming Beach, continued with a 20-mile mountain bike ride that traversed the West Maui Mountains, and finished with a tough 6.5-mile trail run in the hot sun.

There was more than 4,000 feet of combined climbing on the technical bike and run courses, which were in excellent condition despite pouring rain on Monday and Tuesday of this week.