True lay claim to her first series victory of the season and second in all with a time of 2 hours 1min 05sec, finishing 14 seconds ahead of compatriot Katie Zaferes in second with New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt taking the bronze medal.

The American duo set the pace from the start with Spaniard Carolina Routier, leading the way out of the water with a 30 second gap.

They managed to break away from Routier in the early part of the nine-lap cycling course, before being joined by Bermuda’s Flora Duffy.

A chasing pack led by London 2012 gold medallist Nicola Spirig of Switzerland had also caught up by the start of lap five.

The 15-strong group stuck together into the second transition but thereafter, True immediately moved to the front of the group, holding her lead throughout and logging the fastest run split of the day in 33:14.

While the field began to string out behind her on the four-lap running course, due in part to a steep hill at the start of each lap, Zaferes moved back into a prime position by the five kilometres mark.

Although she trailed Hewitt at the start of the final lap, she found the speed she needed to move into second spot with the second-fastest run time of 33:23.

"It's a beautiful city, a beautiful place to be," said True, who secured a Rio 2016 Olympic spot earlier this month.

"Obviously I came back here wanting to do last year justice, and I'm pleasantly surprised.

"There were some really strong women today; I have to give them credit for pushing.

"Katie on the swim, she really went for it.

"Flora was so strong on the bike, Nicola put her head down, and obviously Andrea on the bike and the run - they kept it an honest race.

"My goal this year was to make my Olympic team and I'm so proud to do that, because look at Katie getting second.

"It was a high bar to make our team this year."

US star Gwen Jorgensen, who did not compete in Stockholm, remains atop the overall series leaderboard with 4,000 points heading into the final two events of the season, while Zaferes holds on to her number two ranking with 3,700 points, followed by True in third with 3,322 points.

The podium will be decided in Chicago next month, with the elite women scheduled to race on September 18, before which they will compete in Edmonton on September 6.

The elite men will race in Stockholm tomorrow.

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