Shropshire Star

County quartet star Leonie Keeling at World Championships

Leonie Keeling finished 14th in the world as four Shropshire triathletes tackled the World Triathlon Age Group Championships in Rotterdam.

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Oswestry’s Keeling completed the sprint distance of 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run in a time of one hour 19 minutes and 36 seconds to finish just over six minutes off the lead in the 35-39.

Sophie Whittingham, from Shrewsbury, finished the 25-29 age group sprint in a time of 1:24:31 for 35th place from a field of 56.

Katie Edge, from Ellesmere, finished 40th of 50 in the 16-19 age group sprint in a time of 1:26:01.

Sally Goodall was 49th of 82 in the 30-34 age group, completing the full triathlon distance of 1,500m swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in a time of 2:32:46. Bermuda’s Flora Duffy won the elite women’s race in 1:58:39.