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Canada’s Isabella Holmgren wins UCI world MTB XC championships

Marin Lowe takes silver, giving Canada a 1-2

Picture by Thomas Maheux/SWpix.com - 10/08/2023 - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - MTB Cross Country - Glentress Forest, Peebles, Scotland - Junior Women Cross-country Olympic - Isabella Holmgren - Canada (L) with teammate Marin Lowe after they finished 1- 2 in the world championships Photo by: Thomas Maheux/SwPix.com
August 10, 2023
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Orillia’s Isabella Holmgren is the new junior world champion in XC. Coming in second was Squamish’s Marin Lowe. “It was crazy, it was very fun, it still doesn’t feel real. I really like the course and the climbing, and because Ava wasn’t able to race, I just raced extra hard for her,” she said after the race.

Holmgren won the world junior CX championships in January, and finished 8th in the road race on Saturday.

Isabella’s sister Ava was unable to race Wednesday due to breaking her clavicle in a crash during training. She finished second at the world CX championships and was also a strong favourite for a medal. Their older brother, Gunnar raced the team relay on Tuesday. The Canadian squad took fourth, missing out on a medal by just a second.