From complete command in Colorado to superiority in Switzerland, this year’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB winners Kate Courtney and Keegan Swenson replicated dominant mountain bike performances on Saturday to earn elite cross-country marathon titles at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
The duo recorded the first-ever titles in the marathon MTB discipline for Team USA. It was the second mountain bike rainbow jersey for Courtney, who won the cross-country Olympic (XCO) in Switzerland in 2018. Swenson, who has competed at World Championships for Team USA in three disciplines – MTB, road and gravel – won his first rainbow jersey. He earned a silver medal in the XCO team relay at 2019 Mountain Bike Worlds in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, where he was on a five-rider team with Courtney.
“But as time went on, I realized I wasn’t done with mountain biking and that this year’s marathon MTB course was one that suited my strengths; a long day, long climbs, and a bit of oxygen deprivation. So I turned that sadness and frustration over Epic into fuel to lock in, get to work and chase that lifelong dream of winning a world title on the mountain bike. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible.”
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