USA Cycling announced the 15-member Downhill Worlds team that will be competing at the upcoming UCI Downhill 4X Mountain Bike World Championships.
The team, comprised of seven automatic and eight discretionary picks, will compete at the six-day event fromSept. 6-11 in Val Di Sole, Italy.
Men’s Elite Downhill
Aaron Gwin (Wildomar, Calif./The YT Mob)*
Charlie Harrison (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Trek Factory R&D)
Eliot Jackson (West Lake Village, Calif.)
Shane Leslie (Birmingham, Mich.)
Neko Mulally (Pisgah Forest, N.C./Gstaad-Scott)
Shawn Neer (Arvada, Colo./Yeti-Enve-Smith)*
Luca Shaw (Hendersonville, N.C./SRAM-Troy Lee Designs)*
Women’s Elite Downhill
Jill Kintner (Bellingham, Wash./Red Bull-Norco Bicycles)*
Men’s Junior Downhill
Sean Bell (Lake Forest, Calif./Santa Cruz Factory Racing)*
Devin Kjaer (Aptos, Calif.)
Quintin Kurtz (Evergreen, Colo.)
Nik Nestoroff (San Marcos, Calif./Intense Cycles)*
Josh Rogers (Clayton, N.C.)
Steven Walton (Corona, Calif.)
Women’s Junior Downhill
Samantha Kingshill (Sacramento, Calif.)*
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