OLYMPIC champion Ed McKeever finished sixth in the A final of the K1 200m at the Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 event in Duisburg, Germany, today.

Drawn out in lane nine McKeever was up against the world’s best and only 0.26 seconds separating the top six paddlers as gold went to Maxime Beaumont. of France

The World Cup series continues in Copenhagen next week and McKeever leads Team GB to Baku for the European Games next month.