Gwen Jorgensen had been on an absolute tear having won every IRU World Triathlon Series event she had entered since coming in third in Cape Town in April 2014. That run finally came to an end as Jorgensen placed second, 41 seconds behind Helen Jenkins of Great Britain. Jorgensen was a second quicker on the swim and 51 seconds quicker on the run but gave up too much time, over a minute and a half, on the bike. Katie Zaferes in sixth, 2:11 back, and Kristin Kasper in tenth, 3:06 back, gave the US three of the top ten. Renee Tomlin, who was fifth at the last race in Abu Dhabi finished 18th here 4:02 behind the winner. Sarah True, runner-up here last year, was 25th, 5:20 behind.

For the US men Joe Maloy improved heavily on his 49th place finish in Abu Dhabi as he was sixth here and just 1:25 behind the winner. Gregory Billington gave the US two top-ten finishers with his tenth place finish 1:48 back of winner Mario Mola of Spain. Kevin McDowell was 19th, still just two and a half minutes behind the winner. Last year’s top American, Jarrod Shoemaker, did not finish.

The next IRU World Triathlon Series event will be April 24th in Cape Town, South Africa.