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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