By Rob | October 29, 2012
In a race dominated by athletes from New Zealand and Australia, Sphinx AC junior Sophie Edge finished 25th in the World Triathlon Grand Final 16 – 19 Age Group Sprint Race. Sophie was the first athlete home for the Great Britain team.
Official results are here:
http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/2012_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_auckland/7920/
Pos Name Time Swim T1 Bike T2 Run25 Sophie Edge 1:18:22 0:11:32 0:03:34 0:37:49 0:03:07 0:22:18
Official event photos, plus videos of Sophie during the race, can be seen here:
http://www.marathon-photos.com/scripts/event.py?new_search=1&event=Sports%2FGMNZ%2F2012%2FITU%20World%20Series%20Grand%20Final%20-%20Auckland&match=2045&camera=3138&lap=0#video
Sophie was also featured in the Coventry Evening Telegraph:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2012/10/23/wyken-triathlete-sophie-edge-is-top-of-the-brits-in-nz-world-championships-92746-32083468/
Narrative kindly provided by Richard Bagley