August 23/13 11:24 am - Masters MTB World Championships: Zeglinski takes gold

Posted by Editoress on 08/23/13
 

Pietermaritzburg South Africa will host the Mountain Bike World Championships starting next Wednesday, but is also host to the Masters Mountain Bike World Championships that began today.  While very few Canucks have made the long, long journey, a couple have and today Whistler's Cathryn Zeglinski's trip has proven worthwhile as she took the gold in the women's 45-49 category, beating 2nd place Maria de Bernardi (Argentina) by over one and a half minutes.

right: Cathryn Zeglinski is all focus as she races her way to victory in the women's 45-49 XC - photo Darren Goddard/Gameplan Media

Women, 45-49 (2 laps)
1 Cathryn Zeglinski (Canada) 1:06:53
2 Maria de Bernardi (Argentina) 1:08:25
3 Ann Harrison (South Africa) 1:11:10
4 Nataschka Mowat (South Africa) 1:13:29
5 Monique Beattie (South Africa) 1:19:38

Women, 30-34 (3 laps)
1 Nedene Cahill (South Africa) 1:32:02
2 Eszter Erdelyi (Hungary) 1:33:35
3 Jeannie Dryer (South Africa) 1:35:48
4 Graciela Vargas (Argentina) 1:41:04
5 Mariela Scott (CHI) 1:50:19

Women, 35-35 (3 laps)
1 Genevieve Weber (South Africa) 1:43:20
2 Marcia Barrios Carrasquel (Venezuela) 1:44:40
3 Marie Walsh (USA) 1:45:19
4 Fabiola Tucci Ron (Venezuela) 1:48:24
5 Nicky Booysens (South Africa) 1:51:50

Women, 40-44 (3 laps)
1 Natalie Bergstrom (South Africa) 1:39:57
2 Lyn van Breda (South Africa) 1:41:46
3 Anna Persson (Sweden) 1:42:37
4 Andrea van Holdt (South Africa) 1:47:14
5 Anne Murray (Great Britain) 1:50:21

Women 50-59 (2 laps)
1 Gjertrud Bø (Norway) 1:10:00
2 Fran Ferreira (South Africa) 1:17:40
3 Helen Gibbings (South Africa) 1:19:00
4 Sharon Heap (New Zealand) 1:20:07
5 Pauline Cound (South Africa) 1:31:34

Below: Linus van Onselen (men 60-64), Gjertrud Bø (women 50-59), Cathryn Zeglinski (45-49), Christian Jupillat (men 65+), Paul Furbank (men 55-59), Nedene Cahill (women 30-34), Genevieve Weber (women 35-39) and Natalie Bergstrom (women 40-44) sporting their world champion rainbow striped jerseys at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships

- photo Darren Goddard/Gameplan Media

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