Ireland’s O’Callaghan (17) wins big in first race as junior world champion

Oisin O’Callaghan on his way to UCI Downhill World Cup victory in the junior race in Slovenia today. The 17-year-old from Limerick took that victory just five days after being crowned world champion in Austria (Photo: Isac Paddock - The YT Mob)

Jet-setting teenager Oisin O’Callaghan was in action again today after his world title win last weekend and there was no ‘curse of the rainbow bans’ for the Limerick man.

He has scored another huge victory just days after he won
gold at the World Downhill Championships in Austria last Sunday.

The 17-year-old was racing in his word champion’s kit for the first time at the UCI DH World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia, yesterday and today.

Oisin O'Callaghan top of the Worlds podium having won junior gold last Sunday
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He got his campaign underway yesterday in the qualifying
round and was fastest of the 29-strong international field, some two seconds
faster than his nearest rival.

And when he was back in action again today in the final,
Irish rider O’Callaghan was again fastest of the field to take the World Cup
victory in the world champion’s jersey.

He claimed that victory from Dan Slack (Great Britain)
with Nuno Reis (Portugal) rounding out the podium.

O’Callaghan’s fellow Irishman Christopher Cumming also performed very strongly to take 10th place; a great result at this level.

UCI DH World Cup

Maribor, Slovenia

  1. Oisin O'Callaghan (Ireland, The YT Mob) 3:20.292
  2. Dan Slack (Great Britain) +0.091
  3. Nuno Reis (Portugal, Miranda Factory Team) +2.919
  4. Ethan Craik (Britain, GT Factory Racing) +3.220
  5. Luke Williamson (Britain, Propain Factory Racing) +3.274
  6. Chris Grice (USA, Specialized Gravity) +5.221
  7. Guy Johnston (Australia, The YT Mob) +5.907
  8. Louis Gaillet (France, Scott Downhill Factory) +6.666
  9. Johan Garcin (France) +7.853
  10. Christopher Cumming (Ireland, FS Racing) +8.078
  11. Dennis Luffman (Great Britain, Canyon Collective) +8.873
  12. Goncalo Bandeira (Portugal, Miranda Factory) +9.138
  13. Seth Sherlock (Canada, Intense Factory Racing) +9.759
  14. Dante Silva (USA) +10.461
  15. Tyler Ervin (USA) +10.643
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