Britain's Helen Jenkins took fourth place at the New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup in New Zealand last weekend, her first race since the London 2012 Olympics.
Despite a two-year absence from the sport due to injury, Jenkins covered the sprint distance course in under an hour (57:54mins), saying afterwards that the result was better than she had expected. Her next race will be the opening round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Auckland on 6 April.
Katie Hursey (USA) secured the win in 57:27mins for her third ITU World Cup victory in a career that covers just 12 races. Home favourite Andrea Hewitt (NZL) outsprinted Britain's Jodie Stimpson to silver. Other British women to finish included Vicky Holland (17th) and Lucy Hall (25th).
The men's race was dominated by Iberians, with Spain's Mario Mola narrowly beating compatriot (and reigning ITU world champ) Javier Gomez with a time of 52:30mins, while João Silva (POR) took bronze. Top-placing British male was Matt Sharp (12th).
Women's results
1.
Katie Hursey
USA
00:57:27
2.
Andrea Hewitt
NZL
00:57:38
3.
Jodie Stimpson
GBR
00:57:39
4.
Helen Jenkins
GBR
00:57:54
5.
Kirsten Sweetland
CAN
00:58:02
6.
Nicky Samuels
NZL
00:58:17
7.
Sarah Groff
USA
00:58:33
8.
Pamela Oliveira
BRA
00:58:40
9.
Paula Findlay
CAN
00:58:44
10.
Yuka Sato
JPN
00:58:55
ArrayMen's results
1.
Mario Mola
ESP
00:52:30
2.
Javier Gomez
ESP
00:52:33
3.
Joao Silva
POR
00:52:56
4.
Fernando Alarza
ESP
00:53:03
5.
Brendan Sexton
AUS
00:53:08
6.
Ryan Sissons
NZL
00:53:10
7.
David Hauss
FRA
00:53:11
8.
Kyle Jones
CAN
00:53:13
9.
Dan Wilson
AUS
00:53:22
10.
Laurent Vidal
FRA
00:53:26
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