{"id":22303,"date":"2013-09-02T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/golden-success-for-atherton-at-uci-mountain-biking-champs\/"},"modified":"2013-09-02T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:01:48","slug":"golden-success-for-atherton-at-uci-mountain-biking-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golden-success-for-atherton-at-uci-mountain-biking-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden success for Atherton at UCI Mountain Biking Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rachel Atherton (Great Britain) raced to victory in the elite women\u2019s downhill at the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships 2013 at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Photo: Darren Goddard \/ Gameplan Media<\/p>\n

World number one Rachel Atherton of Great Britain proved precisely why she has been the one the rest of the globe\u2019s top elite women downhillers have been chasing all year as she destroyed the competition en route to her gold medal and world title at the UCI MTB Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

As the year\u2019s form competitor launched herself out the blocks, the last of the female starter, thousands packed around the course soaking up the spectacle watched her as she blitzed her way to victory by over eight seconds, a massive margin on the international stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just so happy right now,\u201d exclaimed Atherton shortly after crossing the finish line. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming with me having won my last title in 2008 and so I was starting to wonder if it would ever come again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to these rainbow stripes so I\u2019m just really stoked to have done it today!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really tough but I heard all the people screaming and yelling on the pedally section and I was just like \u2018Dig, dig dig!\u2019 the whole way to the finish! I was in absolute agony and I think I\u2019ll need a whole seas of salt to recover but that was wild!\u201d<\/p>\n

Summary of results \u2013 UCI MTB and Trials World Championships<\/p>\n

Womens elite downhill<\/p>\n

1.Rachel Atherton (GBR) 4:28.043
\n2.Emmeline Ragot (FRA) 4:36.675
\n3.Tracey Hannah (AUS) 4:40.438
\n4.Jill Kintner (USA) 4:41.468
\n5.Caroline Buchanan (AUS) 4:41.655
\n6.Morgane Charre (FRA) 4:43.680
\n7.Emilie Siegenthaler (SUI) 4:46.312
\n8.Casey Brown (CAN) 4:46.568
\n9.Floriane Pugin (FRA) 4:48.812
\n10.Micayla Gatto (CAN) 4:48.949<\/p>\n

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