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Fantastic opening day for GB at MTBO Championships in Portugal
Posted: 09/06/15
The first event this year was the sprint event. Several hundred MTBO riders descended on the village of Penha Garcia on the Portuguese border with Spain. As with so many of these little villages it was built on a hillside and had a maze of little cobbled streets and sets of steps to be negotiated. Fortunately the start was placed quite high making a net down hill route but as most courses did two loops of the village some climbs were inevitable. //
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//The village had effectively been closed down for a few hours and the residents were often seen cheering and pointing to controls (not always the right one of course!). Even the local school kids spent their break hanging onto the school fence and giving the riders loads of cheers of encouragement. At least that is what I think they were shouting!//
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//A superb performance by the GB team produced no less than 10 medals and one World Champion. Well done to all. Tomorrow is the middle distance race which is situated in the sparse woodlands outside of town. I am sure that there will be more medals to celebrate, but no doubt punctuated by a few tales of 'if only' as well.//
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//European MTBO Championships - Sprint Event//
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//WE - Emily Benham - Silver//
//M20 - Edwyn Oliver Evans - Silver//
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//World Masters MTBO Championships - Sprint Event//
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//W55 - Charlie Somers Cocks - Gold//
//W60 - Caroline Dallimore - Silver//
//W50 - Beth Clayton - Silver//
//M45 - Killian Lomas - Silver//
//M60 - Nick Dallimore - Bronze//
//W65 - Denise Harper - Bronze//
//M45 - Andy Conn - Bronze//
//M40 - Andy Windrum - Bronze//
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//Full results can be seen on http://mtbo15.fpo.pt/images/competition/lists/Sprint_Results_Official.pdf//
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