Katie Zaferes wins the first duel against Gwen Jorgensen

This weekend has been held in Missouri the American Cup St. Peters where the 2 ITU world champions have met for the first time this season Katie Zaferes y Gwen Jorgesen.

Gwen, gold in Rio and world champion in 2014 and 2015, this 2023 has returned to compete in triathlon after several years focused on running, her goal is to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games.

For her part, Zaferes, bronze in Tokyo and winner of the 2019 World Cup, continues to focus on the World Cup and the games.

In the Missouri test, which was held in a sprint format, the victory was even.to Katie Zaferes with a time of 01: 00: 08 followed by Gwen Jorgesen with 1:00:58. The third place was Amelie Kretz (1: 01: 31)