Huge, Álex García marvels and comes 4th in the Val di Sole mountain bike world championship

ByDavid Mitchell

The Val di Sole ski resort continues to vibrate with the celebration of Mountain bike world championship. After the premiere this past Wednesday, the temperature in Val di Sole It is rising waiting for the weekend to arrive, with the dispute of the elite categories, female and male, downhill (Saturday) and cross country (Sunday).

Alex GarciaRFEC

Today was a busy day in eThe Val di Sole bike parkwith the dispute of the junior events and the turn for the short track, in the Sub23 and Elite categories, both in the men’s and women’s categories.

The big news of the day in Spanish was carried out by the young man Alex Garcia. The Galician started with number 17 and had a great performance, fighting for the bronze medal until the last centimeter with van Manen Rens Teunissein the end the bronze medal went to the Dutch biker, with the silver to the German Paul Schehl and gold for the Swiss Nicolas Halter. The other Spaniard in the running, Thibaut Francois, He finished 10th.

Martha Cano
Martha CanoRFEC

In the rest of the categories, gold for the Swiss Anja Grossmann in the junior category in the Olympic cross country – the best Spanish was Irene Garcia26th- and gold for the Australian Connor Wright also in junior XC, with Iker Pérez the 26th.

If the gold in short track sub23 was for the Swiss Nicolas Halter, In the same category in women, the victory also remained in Switzerland, with the victory of Monique Halter with Martha Cano the 15th.

Jofre Cullell in action
Jofre Cullell in actionRFEC

The highlight of the day comes with the elite short track dispute, where the Austrian Laura Stigger won the gold, ahead of the British Evie Richards and switzerland Sina Freisilver and bronze; Closing the day in the men’s category. The French Adrian Yves Claude is the new short track world champion, the British Charlie Aldridge It was silver and he was also a Gaul Lucas Martin bronze, with Jofre Cullell in 21st place.

Tomorrow, Friday, it’s time for the downhill with the downhill qualifying tests, waiting for the fastest bikers to fight for the medals on Saturday.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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