UCI MTB World Championships: Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds earns first world title going solo in women’s elite XCO contest

2016 Olympic games XCO champion Jenny Rissveds (Sweden) won her first world title in the cross-country discipline on Saturday at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland.

Samara Maxwell (New Zealand) finished 18 seconds back for sliver, while Switzerland’s Alessandra Keller recovered from a crash on a descent just before the mid-point of the race and fought back for third, 56 seconds down.