Mountain Biking

Aaron Bleakley is back. He overcame two big hurdles to get back on his mountain bike after a major crash 13 years ago.

Mary Gray has been impressed by the elite names she has read each day on the Otago Girls' High School sport honours board and it inspired her to retain her national mountain bike title.

Dunedin's riders were among the gold medals at the national championships in Nelson at the weekend.

Offroad specialist Dougal Thorburn proved a class above his rivals when he dominated the 23km running section of the Peninsula Challenge yesterday.

North Canterbury mountain biker Anton Cooper (17) moved up to a new level in Dunedin yesterday.

Napier rider Brook MacDonald handled the slippery conditions well to win the elite men's downhill in the Dunedin round of the national series on Saturday.

Sarah Atkin (Lower Hutt) continued her domination of New Zealand women's downhill mountain biking in Dunedin on Saturday.

A new era will start for Dunedin mountain biking this weekend with the downhill and cross-country events being held at the same venue on Signal Hill for the first time.

Australian Jared Graves has turned his back on the Olympics and is now concentrating on being a professional downhill mountain biker.

Professional mountain biker Justin Leov has had a busy few weeks and the world series is yet to start.