20 Apr 2013

Jorgensen makes history at home San Diego triathlon

5:58 pm on 20 April 2013

Gwen Jorgensen's made history as the first American woman to win a World Series triathlon race, and it came at the sport's spiritual home in San Diego.

Jorgensen beat Great Britain's Non Stanford and Australia's Emma Moffatt to the line - Christchurch's Andrea Hewitt was sixth.

Hewitt's fifth in the overall rankings - Auckland winner Ann Haug of Germany leads. Jorgensen is sixth overall.