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Gwen Jorgensen wins 9th straight World Triathlon Series race

Gwen Jorgensen extended her unprecedented World Triathlon Series winning streak to nine races, prevailing by 73 seconds in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday.

The 2012 Olympian notched her 12th career win in 28 World Triathlon Series starts. She hasn’t lost a WTS race since April 26, 2014. She extended the longest men’s or women’s win streak in series history (the series started in 2009), a run that started in Yokohama last year.

“The whole race hurt, it hurt a lot,” Jorgensen said in a finish-area interview on a rainy day in Yokohama. “Every race I get very nervous.