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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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