The British age-group duathlon team was represented across the board in Adelaide at the weekend, with medals for GB athletes from the 25-29 category right up to the 80-84 age-group. <\/p>\n
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80-year-old Maurice Young beat his only rival in the category by 8mins to become World Champion in the sprint distance. The sprint team also topped the podium on both occasions in the 25-29 age-group, with\u00a0Carl Avery\u00a0retaining the men\u2019s title in 56:07, the fastest Age-Group time overall. The women\u2019s 25-29 podium featured a British trio, with a win for\u00a0Claire Steels\u00a0in 1:06:21.\u00a0Harriet Enoch\u00a0was second in 1:07:54, and\u00a0Rebecca York\u00a0picked up bronze with her 1:08:24 clocking. \u00a0
Andrea Sanders Reece won the women\u2019s\u00a060-64 category in 1:16:46.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The standard distance team celebrated two age-group wins in the form of\u00a0Gill Fullen\u00a0(W50-54) in 2:08:49 and\u00a0Elspeth Knott\u00a0(W65-69) in 2:33:13.\u00a0Chris Nicoll\u00a0(M45-49) was the quickest of the British men; his 1:56:08 good enough to pick up the silver medal.<\/p>\n
The age-group medals added to the two gold and one bronze picked up by the elite team the day previous.\u00a0Emma Pallant\u00a0and\u00a0Ben Dijkstra\u00a0respectively won the elite women\u2019s and junior men\u2019s titles, with Mark Buckingham coming thirdin the elite men\u2019s race.<\/p>\n
ITU Duathlon World Championships \u2013 British age-group medallists<\/strong>
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Sprint Distance<\/strong><\/p>\n
GOLD<\/strong>
Claire Steels (W25-29) \u2013 1:06:21
Carl Avery (M25-29) \u2013 56:07
Paul Abeledo (M45-49) \u2013 59:34
Andrea Sanders Reece (W60-64) \u2013 1:16:46
Maurice Young (M80-84) \u2013 1:53:49<\/p>\n
SILVER<\/strong>
Harriet Enoch (M25-29) \u2013 1:07:54
Iain Gillan (M25-29) \u2013 56:51
Michael Rix (M45-49) \u2013 1:00:29<\/p>\n