Leevale AC's Louise Shanahan finishes 6th, with PB, in Youth Olympics 'A' final

                            Nanjing, China, Sat Aug 23rd 2014

Louise, in Lane 8, tucked into 6th place after the lane break. The group went through the bell in 61.09, with Louise still in 6th. She was overtaken with 300m to go, but came back and was briefly in 5th place with 200 to go. Bissah (Ghana) took Gold in 2:04.90, with Negeri (Ethiopia) second, in 2:06.01 and Kalis (Germany) third in 2:06.03. Louise's time was a lifetime best of 2:08.29, bettering her previous PB of 2:08.75