Jorgensen will be heading into next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the favourite to win the gold medal in the women’s event.

The American hopes to test her speed in the last World Triathlon Series event before Rio 2016. 

The sprint distance event, which will see the triathletes tackle a one-lap swim, six-lap bike and two-lap run course, has been viewed by Jorgensen as an important way to test her form before pursuing Olympic gold.

“When the schedule came out, we knew the race would be four weeks prior to the Olympics,” the 31-year-old said.

“My coach and I thought it would be a good time to come and do a race to see where the fitness is at and see where we may need to tweak some things.

“Everyone on the start line wants to win but the past three years every race that I have done has been leading towards one goal, one race, which is Rio.”

The reigning world champion will expect to face competition from the Britain’s Jodie Stimpson and Helen Jenkins, the latter having handed Jorgensen her first defeat since 2014 when she won in Gold Coast earlier this year.

A victory for Stimpson would boost her chances to winning the 2016 series, as she currently lies third in the overall standings, behind Bermuda’s Flora Duffy and New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt.

Spain’s Mario Mola will target his fourth victory of the series in the men’s race, having already triumphed in Abu Dhabi, Gold Coast and Yokohama.

He currently lies second in the overall series rankings, where he has finished for the past two years, but will hope to close the gap on Fernando Alarza by beating his fellow Spaniard tomorrow.

The pair will be under closer attention by Spanish fans, following the news that their main Rio 2016 hope and current world champion Javier Gomez has been ruled out of the Olympics after suffering a broken elbow.

After both races take place tomorrow, attention will turn to the Mixed Relay World Championships, which will feature teams of two men and two women from the same country.

They will each complete a 300 metres swim, 6.6 kilometres bike and 1.6km run in an event which the ITU are hoping will be included as a discipline at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

The world governing body claim that almost two million viewers watched the Mixed Relay World Championship on German television last year, achieving more viewers than the Tour de France stage on the same day in the country.

France will be seeking to defend the title they claimed last year at the eight staging of the event.

Britain, meanwhile, be chasing a record fourth victory.