Isabella Holmgren added one other rainbow stripes jersey to her rising assortment, this one a first-ever girls’s U23 brief observe cross-country title on the 2024 Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
Ella Maclean-Howell took the silver for Great Britain, 22 seconds behind the 19-year-old Canadian, whereas Isabella’s sister Ava Holmgren earned the bronze, edging compatriot Emilly Johnston by 5 seconds for the ultimate podium spot.
Isabella Holmgren gained double world titles in 2023 as a junior in mountain bike cross-country and cyclocross, whereas Ava Holmgren gained the Canadian junior cyclocross nationwide championship the previous two years and earned the silver medal at MTB Worlds in cross-country in 2023.
This was the primary time a U23 XCC world championship occasion had been contested. From the beginning, all of the favourites have been packed collectively on the opening lap, The trio of high Canadians driving with Maclean-Howell, Kira Böhm (Germany) and Madigan Munro (United States).
Maclean-Howell was the primary rider to surge to the entrance with a 4-second hole, then Isabella Holmgren made the cross earlier than the second lap unfolded and rode solo on the entrance till the top. On the ultimate lap, Maclean-Howell introduced again 9 seconds within the chase, however couldn’t get the Canadian in her sights.
A final-lap surge by Ava Holmgren put her on the rostrum, as she distanced Johnston and Bohm from the three-rider chase group.
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Results – Short observe cross nation U23 girls
Results – Short observe cross nation elite girls
