Local cyclist Katie Compton is scheduled to compete in the 2008 World Cyclocross Championships this Sunday in Treviso, Italy. Until a couple weeks ago she was favored to win it.
Last year she won the silver medal as a relatively unknown rider. Althouugh she has been winning the National Championships since 2004, she wasn’t doing any UCI races. She had been piloting a tandem for a blind rider for the Paralympics. Racing UCI races would make her ineligible to compete in the Paralympics.
Last winter she made the decision to move on from the Paralympics and do Cyclocross Worlds. Since she didn’t have UCI points she had to start near the back and it took most of the race for her to work her way to the front. This year she became the 2nd US woman to win a World Cup cyclocross race and went of the win a 2nd one. The other woman to win a World Cup cyclocross race is another local cyclist, Alison Dunlap.
Unfortunately the last couple weeks haven’t gone well for Katie. I haven’t been able to find much information but there was a bit on Cycling News earlier this week. She didn’t race last weekend and said she having some musle problems. She’s struggled with leg cramps in longer races but hasn’t seemed to be a problem in the shorter cyclocross races.
Katie is still on the start list that was updated today. I’m hoping that she has a great day on Sunday and pulls off the win.
Our local paper did a good article on her last week if you want to read more about her.
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