The 29-year-old Jorgensen has been in stunning form this season as she stormed to another win which saw her maintain her record-breaking run and also surge to the top of the Columbia Threadneedle Rankings.

She crossed the line in a time of 1hr 57mins 20secs, over a minute quicker than silver medallist Ashleigh Gentle of Australia, who sealed her maiden career podium finish with an excellent performance in the Japanese city.

Fellow Australian Emma Moffatt was third, while American Renee Tomlin narrowly missed out on a medal in fourth.

“I came here knowing this is the last 10km before the Rio test event so I really wanted to get a good 10km in and push myself and really go hard,” Jorgensen said.

“It is weird still when people say that [about the ninth straight win] and when I actually think about it so I stay focused on what I do, swim, bike and run and can’t control what everyone else is doing so I just control what I can control.

“The number one goal for this season is to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games, so I need to be top eight at the Rio test event and first or second American, that is the thought top of mind.”

The men’s race provided a thrilling spectacle for the crowd as Spaniard Gómez pipped Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain in an enthralling sprint finish to clinch his first World Triathlon Series title of the season.

Gómez powered round the course in a time of 1:47, a slender 0.02 seconds in front of his British rival while bronze went to Spaniard Mario Mola.

The victory for Gómez consolidates his number one spot on the world rankings, and he says the overall winner will be hugely tough to call as the series reached its halfway point.

“I was probably running against the best runners in the sport in Mario and Alistair, I was feeling good and had something left," he explained.

"I tried with two kilometres to go and dropped Mario but Alistair stayed and then surged.

“It reminded me a little of Cape Town but this time I kept up and it came to the last 200 meters and at that point anything can happen because we are both very tired and lucky I had a bit more than him and took the win which is great, the first one of the year.

“For my confidence as well to know I can run faster than anyone else, it was a great race and this is a great series, getting very exciting with a few guys with some victories, let’s see what happens.”

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