Jodie Stimpson won her second race in two weekends at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Mooloolaba, Australia. Racing over the sprint distance, she added a win to the one she achieved at the opening round of the ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi last week.

After a strong 750m sea swim, Stimpson got into a lead group of ten women on the bike, and made a move early in the 5km run to set up the victory.

She said: “It’s great to back to back in Mooloolaba, it’s like a home race, I’ve spent a lot of time here since 2009. It’s a nice feeling to be back here. I got second last time I was here to Annie Haug, so it’s nice to get the win.”

She added: “I swam absolutely shocking in Abu Dhabi and it wasn’t a reflection of how my swimming has gone. To be honest I was probably a little bit behind but I managed to catch a brilliant wave coming in, I got dunked a little bit, but I just caught a cracking wave and it made me come up a little bit…goggles were half off, but it was great fun.”

Olympic bronze medallist, Emma Moffatt was second and USA’s Kirsten Kasper was third. Mario Mola won the men’s race, adding to his Abu Dhabi victory from last weekend.

Stimpson will now train in Australia ahead of the ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast on 9 April.

Results, 2016 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup: 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run

Elite women:
1. Jodie Stimpson, GBR, 58:31
2. Emma Moffatt, AUS, 58:48
3. Kirsten Kasper, USA, 58:56

Elite men:
1. Mario Mola, ESP, 52:55
2. Vicente Hernandez, ESP, 53:00
3. Joao Pereira, POR, 53:12

Full results: http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2016_mooloolaba_itu_triathlon_world_cup/280634