Under foggy skies and a slight chill in the air, Great Britain's Vicky Holland announced her return from injury in style with her first ever World Triathlon Series win.

The elite men's race will enjoy a power loaded startlist this weekend with eight of the top ten Columbia Threadneedle ranked men lining up, in addition to Alistair Brownlee

Cape Town marks the fourth stop and the third continent in ITU World Triathlon Series. Having just been added to the WTS line up last year, the South African course is a standard distance affair with the women set to start the competition on Saturday followed by the men on Sunday.

As we get ready to approach the next ITU race hosted on the continent of Africa, let's take a look back at the most interesting things we learned from Gold Coast, Queensland.

Welcome to the first Columbia Threadneedle Rankings Report, a new series of ranking analysis which will be posted after each ITU World Triathlon Series event.

Jonathan Brownlee is back, claiming his second consecutive WTS victory on Saturday at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast.

Not even a penalty can slow down Gwen Jorgensen, as she ran away to her eighth consecutive win on the Gold Coast. In a memorable day for the USA women's team, Sarah True and Katie Zaferes rounded out the podium.

The ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast marks the 50th WTS race since the new format began in 2009.

The World Triathlon Series is back on the Gold Coast for the first time in six years. Today some of the top ITU athletes meet the press. Find out what they had to say here.

Gwen Jorgensen is entering rare winning streak territory, and will be the overwhelming favourite to continue that winning streak on the Gold Coast.