Matt Hauser finished second in the rescheduled Abu Dhabi leg of the World Triathlon Championship Series.
Fellow Australian Luke Willian finished fifth, earning valuable points in quest to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Next year, the World Triathlon Championship Series will be rebranded to create the Triathlon World Tour.
Australia's leading triathlete Matt Hauser has claimed a silver medal in the season-ending World Triathlon Championship Series race in Abu Dhabi.
Gold Coast-based Hauser finished 18 seconds behind Brazil's Miguel Hidalgo, with New Zealand's Paris Olympics silver medallist Hayden Wilde in third.
The result confirms Hauser's second place finish in the overall season standings, with newly crowned world champion, Vasco Vilaça of Portugal, not racing in Abu Dhabi.
"I could really feel the legs in the back end of that race, I think I could feel the whole year in the back end of that race to be honest," said Hauser, who won four golds this season, as well as the Noosa Tri earlier this month.
"Miguel had too much out there today, you could tell he was really locked in and credit to him he did a lot of work on the bike as well.
"So all round a really great race and good to see him back on top as well."
