Anna Sheldon wins Silver at European Champs!

Friday, 1 September 2006

After a long campaign in Europe Anna Sheldon has swapped her shoes for the bike type and had a resounding come-back to MTBO by winning the Silver medal in the sprint distance at the European MTBO Champs.   Anna was 2nd to Switzerland's world champion, Christina Schaeffner and ahead of Russia's world champion Nadia Mikriukova.  An impressive ride saw local Warsaw girl Dagmara Panas place 4th.  We're now waiting eagerly for full results.

The European MTBO Champs is being held about 15 km east of Poland in forested sand dune terrain.  It is technically very difficult with many tracks and paths and some difficult riding where the trails are very sandy.  Full details are not yet released but will come up on Polish MTBO web site.

 This evening our time will be the ultra long distance followed by  the middle distance and a relay over the weekend.