Nicknamed the Falcon due to his propensity to come from behind and pick off competitors, Hayden Wilde has seen an equally meteoric rise in his career. His breakout performance was arguably his bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, but since then he's been battling it out with a new wave of talent in short-course competitions, starring in his fair share of sprint finishes with the likes of Alex Yee and Léo Bergere. We caught up with the New Zealander several days after his third-place finish in Sunderland to take a peek into the future…
220: How did you find Sunderland?
All things considered, I was actually really stoked how everything went. I knew coming into the race I was pretty fatigued, so I was just crossing the fingers andup to the race in some sort of shape. It replaced the Abu Dhabi race [points-wise, where Hayden finished 46th after a mechanical].
