Gwen Jorgensen is building a new winning streak. The American got her second straight World Triathlon Series win on Sunday when she once again cleared the field and won by almost a minute. With a time of 2:00:33 she held off second place Flora Duffy of Belarus by 51 seconds on this occasion to grab the top spot. Jorgensen wasn’t the only one with a good finish as fellow American Sarah True finished 15th. On the men’s side neither William Huffman and Hunter Lussi were factors in the top spot with Huffman finishing 28th and Lussi in 34th. Both were over five and a half minutes behind the winner.

The next Triathlon World Series event is in Stockholm, Sweden on July 2nd.

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Leeds Preview

Gwen Jorgensen leads a small US field competing in the Leeds Triathlon on Sunday as she goes for her second straight win in the World Series. Jorgensen started a new winning streak in Yokohama last month but for it to be a true streak she’ll need to win a second straight in Leeds. The only other American woman in the field is Sarah True who did not take part in Yokohama but was ninth in her last race in Cape Town.  On the men’s side the only two entrants, William Huffman and Hunter Lussi, are yet to compete in an event so far this season.

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Yokohama Recap

Gwen Jorgensen‘s time outside first place in the ITU World Triathlon Series races didn’t last long. After losing for the first time since April 2014 at the Gold Coast Triathlon earlier this year Jorgensen rebounded to win the Yokohama Triathlon on Saturday and potentially start a new streak. Jorgensen’s time of 1:56:02 was good enough to beat Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle by 1:18 for a resounding win. Jorgensen wasn’t the only American with a good finish as Katie Zaferes was sixth for the second time this year and Kirsten Kasper grabbed a ninth place finish, her third straight top ten finish. In her first race of the year Summer Cook was the fastest swimmer and finished 14th.

On the men’s side things didn’t go quite as well as Joe Malloy was the top American with an 11th place finish, although that was less than fifty seconds behind the winner. The other top American contender, Gregory Billington, did not finish. Eric Lagerstrom (35th), Jarrod Shoemaker (45th), and Ben Kanute (17th) all had season best finishes.

The next IRU World Triathlon Series event will be in Leeds, United Kingdom on June 12th.

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Yokohama Preview

After being defeated for the first time in two years in the Gold Coast Triathlon and not participating in Cape Town Gwen Jorgensen will try to start a new winning streak as she competes in the Yokohama Triathlon on Saturday. Jorgensen isn’t the only American who is a threat to win, Renee Tomlin and Kirsten Kasper both have top five finishes this year (Tomlin in Abu Dhabi, Kasper in Cape Town), while Katie Zaferes was sixth in Gold Coast and Sarah True was ninth in Cape Town.

On the men’s side Joe Malloy, sixth in Gold Coast, and Gregory Billington, tenth in Gold Coast, give the US contenders as well.

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Cape Town Recap

Five of the seven Americans competing in the Cape Town Triathlon on Sunday had their top finishes of the year. That started with Kirsten Kasper who was fifth and 19 seconds behind the winner Non Stanford of Great Britain. Kasper wasn’t the only American in the top ten as Sarah True, 25th in her only previous race, was ninth and 25 seconds behind Kasper. Lindsey Jerdonek made it three Americans in the top 20 with a 16th place finish 15 sconds behind True.

On the men’s side Kevin McDowell was the top American but finished 2:23 behind winner Fernando Alarza of Spain. McDowell was joined in the top 50 by Robby Webster who finished exactly 50th in his first race of the series. Webster was 1:50 behind McDowell.

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Cape Town Preview

Seven Americans will be competing in the Cape Town Triathlon on Sunday though the top American finishers so far this year on both the men’s and women’s side will not be taking part. On the women’s side the top American competing is Kirsten Kasper who was tenth in her only race so far this year, Gold Coast. Two other Americans who finished in the top 25 at the Gold Coast, Lindsey Jerdonek (23rd) and Sarah True (25th) will also be competing.

On the men’s side Kevin McDowell, 19th at the Gold Coast in his only race, is the only one in the field who has competed in other races so far this year. The two new competitors are Robby Webster and Alex Libin.

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Gold Coast Recap

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.

A month ago in Abu Dhabi was the start of the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series. The US had two women and two men finish in the top 50 of the event. Renee Tomlin was the top American finishing in fifth place just 52 seconds behind winner Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain. Tomlin will be one of nine US women competing in Australia. Kaitlin Donner is the other American who was in the top 50 in Abu Dhabi where she finished 21st. Last year in this event Gwen Jorgensen, Sarah True, and Katie Zaferes went 1-2-3 and all are back competing again this year as well. The field is certainly full of US women  who are capable of a top three finish in this event.

On the men’s side the US has only five competitors, Joe Maloy is the top returning finisher from Abu Dhabi where he was 49th and within five minutes of the racer winner. Jarrod Shoemaker is the top returning finisher from last year’s Gold Coast event where he finished 22nd.

The race begins Friday night in America at 7:36 PM ET for the women and 10:36 PM ET for the men.