Launceston’s Sam Fox came 49th of 65 finishers in the junior cross-country race at the mountain bike world championships.
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The Launceston College and former Riverside High student, who turned 17 in August, was among nine Australians in a field of 76 tackling five laps of the Cairns course with compatriot Cameron Wright claiming the gold medal.
Fox completed the course in 1:17:18, which was 9 minutes 22 seconds behind Wright.
Fox, who won the 2016 Tasmanian all-schools championships, faced a battle to compete as he recovered from the training accident in April that left him nursing a lacerated liver and kidney and facing six months off the bike.
Wyena’s Alex Lack will compete in the under-23 race which is scheduled to start at 2.30pm on Friday.
Both riders are members of Launceston Mountain Bike Club which posted on Facebook: “Race hard and fast lads! We're all very proud of your efforts to get to the world champs!”
Elite cross-country races are on Saturday.
Rob Shaw
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
