Bay of Plenty triathlete Hayden Wilde is having his Commonwealth Games appeal dismissed by World Triathlon.

The Whakatāne raised athlete filed his appeal after being issued a 10 second penalty during his men's Brimingham Commonwealth Games individual men's race on July 29.

Wilde was issued the penalty after "allegedly unclipping his helmet before he had racked his bike in the bike-to-run transition area," according to a Tri NZ spokesperson.

They say the penalty "cost the Kiwi No.1 the chance" to sprint for the gold medal with British rival Alex Yee after having led the race up to that point.

"Tri NZ is disappointed with the result as it considers alleged.

"Indeed, Tri NZ and Wilde contend that the evidence available supported Wilde's position that he did not unclip his helmet but rather prepared to unclip it once his bike was racked."

The World Triathlon Tribunal "did not agree" and determined that in the absence of evidence of the penalty being imposed in "bad faith" they would defer to the judgement of the officials on the ground, giving deference to a decision that was made on the 'field of play'.

Tri NZ and Wilde both considered a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but ultimately decided to "not to take the matter further".

Wilde says he is refocusing his energy into the upcoming World Triathlon Championship Series held in Abu Dhabi on November 26. Photo: TriathlonLive.tv.

Reflecting on the situation, Wilde says he knows what he did in Birmingham "wasn't wrong".

"But, at the end of the day you kind of can't dwell on the past, you've just got to look to the future and think that is what I'm doing currently," says Wilde.

'I've got my eyes set on a different goal now, as much as I wanted that gold medal in Birmingham. I've got my eyes set on being crowned a world champ which I think is a huge opportunity for me and for New Zealand.

'It's been a long time since we've had a world champ, the last time was Bevan Docherty [in 2004]. My goals are to look forward and try and get this world title and bring it back home to New Zealand.”

After victories in Leeds and Hamburg and a pair of second placings in Yokohama and Montreal, Wilde will enter the WTCS decider in the UAE capital in the No.1 bib.

The Whakatane 25-year-old ironically finds himself racing Yee for the world title after Yee notched wins in Yokohama, Montreal and Cagliari, the latter a race Wilde bypassed, in addition to the final regular season event in Bermuda, opting instead to spend an entire month prepping in Abu Dhabi.

Wilde's ‘Monk Mode' training block in Abu Dhabi comes after he was crowned Super League Triathlon champion in Neom, Saudi Arabia on Oct. 29 after three wins and two third placings in the separate five-event series.

Wilde adds he is in a good head space for the upcoming race.

I think I was a little bit dark on it but I just had to use that anger and frustration through Super League which I came home with [courtesy of] three wins and two podiums. So [I'll] definitelyuse that bit of frustration to build on heading into world champs,” he says.

'I always look forward to a good battle with Alex . He's been in some fine form and my form has been pretty good too so I'm really looking forward to this race.”

Tri NZ chief executive officer Pete de Wet said the governing body were 'extremely proud” of Wilde's silver medal in Birmingham and the 'sportsmanship Hayden showed to the gold medal winner, Alex Yee, when he decided to take the penalty, knowing that this meant he was likely givingaway his chance for gold.

'At the time Hayden did not know why he was being penalised but he showed respect to the decision issued on the field of play and to his fellow competitor. In doing so, he represented both New Zealand, and himself, with a high degree of integrity and sportsmanship,” says De Wet.

De Wet adds now the matter has been resolved with World Triathlon, Tri NZ "do not promise" to make any further comment regarding the penalty or the process which has followed.

Instead, de Wet said the sport looked forward to celebrating 'Hayden's, and our other triathletes', challenges and successes moving forward.”

'We are proud of the way Hayden has put the disappointment of the penalty in Birmingham behind him, showing us all the resilience and determination that makes him one of the best triathletes in the world."