MCCONNELL TAKES ANOTHER BRONZE!
In a crazy year for everyone, it’s wild to think that it was still possible for a Mountain Bike World Championships to go ahead. With restrictions in place, Leogang in Austria hosted all the Mountain Bike World Championship events, from eMTB, to Team Relay, Downhill and Cross-Country.
While Bec McConnell was set to ride the wave of success from 2019 into 2020, of course her season was not what anyone would expect – but she really delivered in the shortened World Cup and World Championships, riding in a medal position for the majority of the race, and finishing with a Bronze medal after a sprint with Italy’s Eva Lechner. If you saw the coverage, the course was intense, and the wild weather created some epic carnage.
“Third at Worlds was crazy. Everyone was in shock to get a bronze medal last year. It’s quite amazing how quickly people get used to good results, but I would never have expected to get a bronze medal at World Championships two years in a row,” said McConnell in an interview with Mountain Bike Australia.
With another top finish for the year, fingers crossed that 2021 has a return to a bigger global racing calendar for Bec McConnell and Australia’s other Elite, U23 and Junior athletes.
ADVENTURE ABOUNDS ON THE SUNSHINE COAST
It’s undeniable that Queensland has fared very well through this weird time, with races opening up earlier than other states: albeit with a decidedly local feel. For event organiser In2Adventure, the Sunshine Coast Festival of mountain biking reflected their return to racing with the festival featuring a 9km, 28km and 48km event on the scenic foreshore of the Ewan Maddock Dam, Sunshine Coast.
In2Adventure are no strangers to off-road racing, hosting well known events like the Snowies Mountain Bike Festival, as well as multisport and trail running events. Because of their variety of events, the feel of the Sunshine Coast Mountain bike event is
