2010 National Championship

0 CommentsWednesday • August 11, 2010 • by DUC

July 18, Super D:

West, Emmett race to US Super D national championships

By:  Sue George, Mountain Bike Editor    Published:  July 18, 15:56,    Updated:  July 18, 22:47

Mike West (Maverick) and Kelli Emmett (Giant) won the elite Super D US national championships on Sunday morning at Sol Vista resort in Granby, Colorado.

Racers started with a lengthy run to their bikes and then began a descent that featured in last year’s cross country course, but was omitted from this year’s. A long uphill broke up the descending, testing the legs and spirits of many.

West, who has finished second four times at nationals but never previously won, was seen sliding his way around turns as he approached the finish on a flat rear tire, on which he’d done the second half of the run. Kevin Soller (Summit Velo) followed soon after in second place and Mitchell Hoke (Tokyo Joes) was third.

“I’m excited. I’ve been doing this forever and ever,” said West. “I’ve had so much bad luck (in the past).”

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