▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁she ▁won ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁X TER RA ▁Tri ath lon ▁World ▁Championships . ▁Jones ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁further ▁expand ▁her ▁tri ath lon ▁rés um é ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁IT U ▁Tri ath lon ▁World ▁Cup ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁Jones ▁took ▁the ▁Silver ▁Medal ▁in ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁tri ath lon ▁event ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁time ▁of ▁ 2 : 0 0 : 4 2 . 5 5 , ▁only ▁two ▁seconds ▁behind ▁Gold ▁Medal ist ▁Brig itte ▁Mc M ah on . ▁Her ▁split ▁times ▁were ▁ 1 9 : 4 3 . 8 8 ▁for ▁the ▁sw im , ▁ 1 : 0 5 : 3 2 . 9 0 ▁for ▁the ▁cy cling ▁and ▁ 0 : 3 5 : 2 5 . 7 7 ▁for ▁the ▁run . ▁ ▁After ▁recently ▁expand ing ▁into ▁Iron ▁distance ▁competition , ▁Jones ▁took ▁second ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Iron man ▁World ▁Championship , ▁losing ▁the ▁lead ▁during ▁the ▁run ▁to ▁Nat as cha ▁Bad mann . ▁This ▁was ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁that ▁she ▁competed ▁in ▁an ▁iron ▁distance ▁tri ath lon . ▁Later ▁she ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Iron man ▁Arizona ▁Tri ath lon , ▁finishing ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 9 : 1 2 : 5 3 , ▁and ▁the ▁Iron man ▁Tri ath lon ▁in