Local trail riders reach the podium
Posted September 2, 2012 11:07 am.
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LEOGANG, AUSTRIA (NEWS1130) – Sechelt’s Holly Feniak won the junior women’s event and Cassidy’s Steve Smith took third in the elite men’s race in downhill action at the Mountain Bike World Championships.
Feniak was fastest at both time splits of her final run and finished with an eight second lead over the silver medalist.
Feniak was actually worried she hadn’t finished on the podium because of a few mistakes. When the time came up on the board that she had won, her first feeling was relief.
Feniak hasn’t been racing the World Cup races like some of the other girls, so she didn’t know how she would do.
Smith entered his race as one of the favourites after multiple podium appearances on the World Cup stage this season. He finished just over one second behind the winner of South Africa.
