Date
Date(s) - 29 Aug 2012 until 9 Sep 2012
Location
Saalfelden
Categories
Details: The Great Britain team travelling to Austria for the Cross Country event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will include three Olympians in Annie Last, Liam Killeen and Oliver Beckingsale.
Annie Last, 21, ranked sixth in the world will compete in the under-23 category, where she has won two silver medals in the last two years.
Kenta Gallagher, 20, is also having a career-best season with a second national title and two top-10 finishes in World Cups.
Junior Beth Crumpton has had three top 15 finishes in World Cups and also won her second national title last week.
National Mountain Bike Coach, Phil Dixon, said:“The team has established international quality at the Elite and Under-23 level and will be represented in all categories which is an indication of the strength of Mountain Biking in Great Britain.
“We have a healthy number of boys and girls in the junior categories which is encouraging for the future.”
Elite Men
Liam Killeen, David Fletcher, Oliver Beckingsale
Elite Women
Lee Craigy
U23 Men
Grant Ferguson, Kenta Gallagher, Sebastian Bachelor, Steve James
U23 Women
Annie Last
Junior Men
Iain Paton, Michael Thompson, Samuel Stean
Junior Women
Alice Barnes, Beth Crumpton, Rebecca Preece
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