FOUR seconds - that was how close Bathurst triathlete Tamsyn Moana-Veale came to a World Cup podium in Chengdu, China on Sunday.
As the finish line neared and with Moana-Veale hungry for her first podium in an ITU World Cup event since 2013, she summed one final sprint effort.
But in the end she was unable to kick past American Renee Tomlin or Belgium's Valerie Barthelemy and had to settle for fourth position.
Still, Moana-Veale was delighted to have come so close to a medal.