It was the second Canadian sweep at the ITU World Cup, following the victories for Simon Whitfield and Carol Montgomery in Florida 11 years ago.

Jones (pictured top, in red and white) led a Canadian one-two with Alexander Hinton runner-up while Jarrod Shoemaker of the United States was third.

Another Canadian, Andrew McCartney, led Germany's Nils Frommhold after the swim, but the battle became more heated in the bike leg with a group of 24 racing together.

Briton Tim Don, the 2006 ITU world champion, managed to edge himself into the lead and Jones pursued him as the run began.

The latter soon took the lead, with American Manuel Huerta pursuing him closely, but the Canadian ultimately proved too fast and claimed the title in a time of 57min 33sec.

"To pick up my first World Cup win and national title this weekend is awesome," said Jones.

"I came into this race with four weeks of big training under my belt.

"I did not know how I would react, whether I would be tired, but regardless I wanted to push hard and I am very pleased."


Campbell (pictured above) made her World Cup debut in Edmonton 10 years ago and was unchallenged as she claimed her first title in the competition.

The race, which doubled as the Canadian Championships, saw Campbell's compatriot Sarah-Anne Brault finish second with Flora Duffy, of Bermuda, breaking home domination with bronze.

It was Duffy who had led out of the water and she extended her lead at the start of the bike leg before seeing the chasing pack close in on her.

A group of 12 led as Campbell stepped up the pressure during the run to eventually join Duffy at the front of the field.

Campbell surged ahead towards the end to claim victory in a time of 1hour 4min 42sec.

"I'm shocked, I'm absolutely shocked," said Campbell afterwards.

"I did not have any expectations for this race, I really did not think I was going to win.

"I did not have ideal preparation and I came here hoping for a top 10 [finish] and some prize money, but when I saw myself in the lead I went for it.

"I love it here – it was [the scene of] my first World Cup in 2002 so it's fun to return 10 years later and win."

Brault was on the podium for the second time this year after also finishing as runner-up in Ishigaki, Japan, to another Canadian, Kathy Tremblay.

In all seven Canadians finished in the top 10 of the women's race.

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