He's claimed victory at the season finale in Spain by more than a minute.

Wilde had finished second or third on five occasions - including the Paris Olympics - since his last triumph on the circuit.

Alex Yee placed third to be crowned world champion for the season.

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28 Jan: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton claims he's under quality supervision looking towards the 2028 Olympics

26 Jan: Sprinter Tiaan Whelpton has pointed to a new training regime as the key behind breaking a 30-year-old Athletics New Zealand national record

01 Jan: Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet has beaten the women's 5-kilometre world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at a road race in Barcelona

18 Dec: High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support

16 Dec: Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold

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