Mountain Bike Cycling UCI World Championships 2019

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Mountain Bike Cycling UCI World Championships 2019

 

Mont-Sainte-Anne (CAN) - 28 August 2019 - 1 September 2019

 

 

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[JoshMartini007 2,771]

Whose idea was it to make the U23 race a qualification event? What is this, men's football?

[NearPup 3,563]

2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Whose idea was it to make the U23 race a qualification event? What is this, men's football?

Not as bad as when that same IF made the ‘B’ World Championships an Olympic qualifying event...

[phelps 8,341]

4 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Whose idea was it to make the U23 race a qualification event? What is this, men's football?

 

it's because at the world champs many young regulars of the world cup senior races would eventually come back to their age class to try and get some medals (which they're unlikely to get among the senior ranks)...

 

it's to make it fair for them in terms of OQR (not forcing them to take a painful decision...going for youth medals or for a few -but maybe decisive- points in the OQR?) and for UCI to have the best possible U-23 race (with all the best riders in that age class)...

[heywoodu 16,081]

Fossesholm

 

She ended up competing in the wrong cross-country apparently, since she's one of the world's biggest talents in cross-country skiing instead of cross-country mountainbiking...I thought  

 

[phelps 8,341]

34 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Fossesholm

 

She ended up competing in the wrong cross-country apparently, since she's one of the world's biggest talents in cross-country skiing instead of cross-country mountainbiking...I thought  

 

 

waiting for her to try also some athletics...maybe she's just as good as Johaug in the 10,000m...

 

or why not some Triathlon?

 

and we're here wasting all of our time following Pita and his adventures...

[phelps 8,341]

Cross-Country Mixed Team Relay

Gold: Switzerland

Silver: United States

Bronze: France

 

 

Cross-Country Junior Women's Race

Gold: Jacqueline Schneebeli

Silver: Mona Mitterwallner

Bronze: Helene Marie Fossesholm

 

 

Cross-Country Junior Men's Race

Gold: Charlie Aldridge

Silver: Luca Martin

Bronze: Andreas Emanuele Vittone

[Grassmarket 4,085]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

 

waiting for her to try also some athletics...maybe she's just as good as Johaug in the 10,000m...

 

or why not some Triathlon?

 

and we're here wasting all of our time following Pita and his adventures...

 

She needs to try cross-country running, then she will have medals in all three...

 

She would not be the first dual CC Ski/Bike Olympian, though: one of the Czech girls has done both, can’t remember her name. Never near the medals in either, though.

 

Most common solo double is speed-skating / cycling, quite a few have done that.  (I’m not counting athletics / bobsleigh crew, extremely common.)

Edited August 30, 2019 by Grassmarket

[hckošice 15,667]

Just now, Grassmarket said:

She would not be the first dual CC Ski/Bike Olympian, though: one of the Czech girls has done both, can’t remember her name. Never near the medals in either, though.

 

Kateřina Nash. She competed at 5 OG (2x Winter in CC Skiing 1998 and 2002 and 3x Summer in MTB Cycling 1996, 2012 and 2016)

 

Another Czech famous for competing at both games is Eva Vrabcová Nývltová (3x Winter in CC Skiing 2006, 2010 and 2014 and Marathon in Rio 2016)

[heywoodu 16,081]

20 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

 

She needs to try cross-country running, then she will have medals in all three...

 

She would not be the first dual CC Ski/Bike Olympian, though: one of the Czech girls has done both, can’t remember her name. Never near the medals in either, though.

 

Most common solo double is speed-skating / cycling, quite a few have done that.  (I’m not counting athletics / bobsleigh crew, extremely common.)

Yeah a certain Brazilian has done the same (Olympics in MTB and XC)