Gwen

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The ITU World Triathlon series was in Chicago's Grant Park over the weekend.

Coming off the bike and heading into the run, American Gwen Jorgensen trailed the leaders by 67 seconds. Jorgensen caught the leaders, Great Britain's Helen Jenkins and Japan's Juri Ide, on the fourth and final lap. Jorgensen surged ahead of Jenkins and Ide with two kilometers to go and ran away with the victory.

Jorgensen won the ITU World Triathlon Chicago in 1:55:33. Her 10K run was the best of the race in 34:14. The win in Chicago makes it Jorgensen's third straight victory and sixth career win in the ITU. She is now the ITU career wins leader in only her fourth year on the circuit.

The ITU series will be in Hamburg, Germany on July 12-13.