Mountain Biking News August 2006

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THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST 2006
	Long Places 4th In Ontario Cup Mountain Bike Race
	Devon Long places fourth in this year’s Ontario Provincial Finals at Camp Fortune, Quebec. The eighteen year old admitted that he had a couple of bad races at the beginning of the season. Long got into competitive biking after visiting a London bike shop and for three years he has been involved in downhill biking, two of which he has competed in Ontario and Canadian competitions. He bro Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 AUGUST 2006
	Zink - First Place In A Mountain Biking Contest
	Cameron’s Zink from Reno took the first place at the Crankworx Kokanee Slopestyle in Whistler, B.C. It is the biggest event in the sport of free ride mountain biking. His run included a back flip X-up-one footer on the course’s massive step-up. Zink has been riding for ten years. According to Zink Mountain bike is similar to BMX freestyle, the only difference is it’s a little bit bigger Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 AUGUST 2006
	TRAVIS TO RACE IN ROTORUA MB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
	Eighteen-year-old Travis Duff Livermon will display his skill with the Junior Expert’s Men’s Cross Country World Team in the Mountain Bike World Championship race in Rotorua, New Zealand. Travis, a Winterville native won the Sugar Mountain Cross Country event, Sugar Mountain Cross Track race in Banner Elk as well as the Quebec Cup race at Mount St. Anne in Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. Travi Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 25 AUGUST 2006
	Australian Mountain Biker Junga Faces Surgery
	Australian cyclist Renee Junga faces surgery in Auckland Hospital after suffering a serious spinal injuries at the world mountain biking championships Tuesday. Junga who was named Australian BMX rider of the year in 2005 is expected to have an operation lasting between four to six hours. The 20-year-old Queenslander crashed during her training for the four cross BMX-style event after mis Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 2006
	Zakelj Wins Junior World Mountain Biking Event
	The 17 year old Slovenian teenager Tanja Zakelj won the gold medal in the junior women’s cross country in Rotorua. Zakelj who weighs 48kg, completed three laps of grueling course in one hour 18 minutes 23 seconds. Among the contenders are French rider Julie Krasniak, Nadja Roschi of Switzerland, New Zealand’s top rider Monique Avery and Katherine O’Neil. Zakelj began mountain biking four Read Full Story