Woman's Day Magazine NZ

‘Sport Gave Me Strength’

Angie Keen’s triathlon career didn’t begin well. When the now World Triathlon champion turned up to her first endurance multi-sport event, she was the only adult competitor!

“It was just me and a sea of kids,” laughs Angie about the 2012 triathlon in Wellington, where she was living at the time.

“It was a bit embarrassing, especially as some of the kids were quite fast! I kept thinking, ‘This is awful. Why am I doing this?’ But I finished it and had

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