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Keegan Swenson sets course record, third consecutive win in Leadville 100 MTB
![Keegan Swenson with the win and a new course record in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race.](https://townlift.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/366981804_708389794433524_1297902376605637133_n-1079x675.jpg)
Keegan Swenson with the win and a new course record in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. Photo: courtesy of Keegan Swenson // Facebook.
LEADVILLE, Colo. — For the third year in a row, Keegan Swenson, from Park City, and currently residing in Heber City, won the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike race in Colorado.
This time, on Saturday, August 12 with a time of 5:43.21. It was a new course record.
![Keegan Swenson winning the Leadville 100.](https://townlift.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/366933081_708389791100191_9077259097891455574_n-1024x684.jpg)
With a pace mph of 17.47, he completed the 100 mile course in what organizers call, “one of the most challenging and prestigious mountain bike races in the world.”
![Keegan Swenson winning the Leadville 100.](https://townlift.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/368034917_710694767536360_6232371727806868357_n-1024x683.jpg)
Located between Breckenridge and Aspen, Leadville has hosted this event since 1994. It challenges world-class riders with a 12,000 foot elevation gain, reaching a peak of 12,600 feet above sea level.
Keegan represented the U.S. in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
![Keegan Swenson winning the Leadville 100.](https://townlift.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/367395003_708636504408853_1684704576819734861_n-1024x684.jpg)
No stranger to a podium, in recent years Swenson has held titles in similar races in Telluride, Breckenridge, Pikes Peak. He’s been a stage winner in Switzerland and a 2019 Elite National Champion.
He wrote on Facebook: “Thin air, don’t care.” And, “This one feels good.”
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