TRIATHLON 2016 I GOLD COAST 54
JENKINS BREAKS FOR OLYMPICS
JORGENSEN 12-RACE STREAK COMES TO END
Some of the biggest wins of Helen Jenkins career
have come off the back of bike breakaways, and during
Australia's Gold Coast race her uncanny knack of knowing
when to push helped her return to the top of the World
Triathlon Series podium for the first time since 2012.
After a strong swim, Jenkins, Flora Duffy (BER) and
Andrea Hewitt (NZL), made a break just after the halfway
mark of the 40km bike leg. They then made the most of
a technical bike course to take an impressive 90-second
lead into the second transition. From there, Jenkins
pulled away at the front of the run to take the WTS win.
"I couldn't quite believe it," said Jenkins on her Gold Coast
victory. "I did not have the best swim and then on the
bike, because it was so technical it was just as hard even
if you were at the front, so I sat in and me, Flora and
Andrea were able to get a gap."
Jenkins' win also broke Gwen Jorgensen's record of
12 straight World Triathlon Series wins. But the
American didn't let that happen easily, despite starting
from T2 almost two minutes behind the leaders, she
still ran herself on the podium. In a thrilling sprint
with Hewitt down the finish line, Jorgensen stormed
ahead in the final few metres to claim silver, ahead of
Hewitt in bronze.
