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Waukesha Woman Secures 2012 Olympics Position
Gwen Jorgensen will compete in the triathlon in London.
Gwen Jorgensen, 25, of Waukesha, will compete in the 2012 Olympics in London after receiving a silver medal at the ITU World Championship Series triathlon, according to various news reports.
USA Today is reporting that Jorgensen completed her first triathlon, which is a combination of swimming, biking and running, in March 2010.
"It's surreal for sure," Jorgensen told USA Today. "It definitely hasn't sunk in."
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Jorgensen, a Waukesha South grad, was recruited to run triathlons while she was completing her time at University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A blog on the Milwaukee newspaper’s website states that Jorgensen finished the triathlon in London in two hours and 41 seconds.
A video of Jorgensen after the triathlon in England is posted on YouTube.
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“I think we are all thinking medals, so that is the ultimate goal,” she said in the interview.
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