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Irish Cross Country Championships
Union Wood, Sligo - 6th August 2000
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The Elite Men Race Start ( 8 Laps)
The Elite Women Race Start
Robin Seymour went straight into the lead
Richie McCauley, Colm Mullen and Don Travers were in a race for 2nd place
Then came Niall Quinlan and Matt Dempsey
Tarja Owens and Sadie Parker from New Zealand battle for the women's medals
Beth McCluskey in 3rd place
Seymour started laping the field
Past the half way point and the trio are still together
Niall Quinlan puts the pressure on lap 5
Matt Slattery never got into it - having a bad day!
Returning to competition Paul Hicks did enough to climb to 10th place
Beth McCluskey
Only 2 laps to go now almost 10 minutes gap to 2nd
Going for 2nd place it's now between Travers and Mullen
For the leading ladies, they would battle to the line - Parker taking the race
by 4 seconds
Seymour coming to take his 7th Irish MTB Championship Title
Colm Mullen took 2nd and Don Travers 3rd
4th Niall Quinlan & 5th Simon Loughlin
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