Race Coverage

Controling What She Can Control...

Saturday, 16 May 2015 06:10

By Liz Hichens (triathlon.competitor.com)

After sitting out last month’s World Triathlon Series Cape Town event to focus on training, American Gwen Jorgensen again showed her dominance with a win Saturday at the World Triathlon Series Yokohama race. The victory was her ninth straight in the WTS, 12th overall in the WTS and her third straight at this Yokohama race. It also propelled her back to the top of the WTS rankings.

Jorgensen kicked off her day as part of the lead group out of the swim. From there, she remained in the front pack throughout the entire 40K bike ride with all athletes riding cautiously through wet, rainy conditions. As soon as the women hit the run...

course it became apparent Jorgensen would be celebrating atop the podium once again. The American capped off her day with a 32:36 10K run to claim the 1:57:20 victory. Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle turned in the top performance of her career, finishing in second. Fellow Australian Emma Moffatt rounded out the top three.

Gwen Jorgensen Post-Race Quotes
“It was wet out there and I knew I had to be careful so rode at the front a little more to stay away from any crashes. I heard something behind me, I wasn’t sure if anyone went down or not but it is better to be safe.”

“I came here knowing this is the last 10k before the Rio test event so I really wanted to get a good 10k in and push myself and really go hard.”

On her nine WTS wins in a row:
“No, you guys count for me, I don’t need to. It is weird still when people say that and when I actually think about it so I stay focused on what I do, swim, bike and run and can’t control what everyone else is doing so I just control what I can control. READ MORE