ITU Yokohama

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American Gwen Jorgensen won the ITU World Triathlon Series Yokohama race for the third-straight time Saturday in a time of 1:57:20. With the win, Jorgensen has won nine consecutive races in the ITU series and is the leading again.

Finishing on the podium for the first time ever was Australia's Ashleigh Gentle. Gentle placed second in 1:58:33 and teammate Emma Moffatt claimed bronze in 1:59:03.

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Jorgensen is back in the series lead with the win with 3200 points. She overtook American teammate Katie Zaferes, who now is in second place, with 2905 points.

The men's race in Yokohama, Japan had a very close finish. Spain's Javier Gomez was able to sprint away from Great Britian's Alistar Brownlee close to the finish line to win ITU Yokohama in 1:47:02. Brownlee crossed the line in 1:47:02 to take the silver medal. Gomez's teammate from Spain, Mario Mola finished with the bronze medal in 1:47:20.

Gomez is the leader of the men's series with 3507 points, Mola is in second with 2958 and Brownlee moved up to ninth place with 1540 points.

The next ITU World Triathlon race will take place in London, England on  May 31.

ITU Gold Coast

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The ITU World Triathlon Series stopped in the Gold Coast, Australia Saturday for another race. And, some history was made.

Gwen Jorgensen, USA, won her eight consecutive WTS race. That is the longest-running streak for the elite women since the start of the series. Joining Jorgensen on the podium were fellow Americans Sara True and Katie Zaferes. True claimed silver and Zaferes won bronze.

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Jorgensen came out with the leaders after the swim and stayed in the lead pack on the bike. On the run is where she put distance between her and second place. In transition two, Jorgensen's bike fell over, so she had to serve a 15-second penalty during the run. The penalty didn't hurt her at all.

Jorgensen crossed the finish line in 1:57:00. A minute and 18 seconds behind Jorgensen was True for silver (1:58:18)  and then Zaferes following in 1:58:36.

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The next ITU series race will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on April 25.