Oriol Cuadrat, 15th in the Junior Downhill World Championship

The junior Oriol Cuadrat15th in the junior Downhill final, leaving the most outstanding performance for Spanish National Team on the third day of competition at Pal Arinsal MTB World Championship (Andorra).

Cuadrat, who came to the final with a good feeling offered by a qualifying that ended with the seventh best time, was unable to improve the record of the preliminary round and with his 2:46.153 he reliably closed the Top 15 of the Junior World. Championship in his first year in the category. Another Spaniard on the run, Ignacio Garciastopped the clock at 2:50.465 to finish 37th. In its part, Marta Perxachsalso in his first year in the category, closed the World Championship with 17th place by setting a time of 3:36.357 in the final.

Downhill competition concluded in the afternoon session with the qualifiers for the elite categories, both women and men. In women, Mireia Pi and Kira Zamora He managed to access the final after finishing in 35th (3:35.407) and 38th (3:42.400) positions.

As for the men, the three national riders have good records to easily access the final in a massive qualifier. Angel Suarez He stopped the clock in 2:44.937 to achieve the 16th best overall time. Pau Menoyo For his part, he was 26th with 2:46.659 and the champion of Spain Daniel Castellanos, In his first year in the category, he achieved a creditable 36th place in 2:48.428. The elite finals will be played this Saturday.

Tomorrow the competition program will be built by XCO junior events for men and womenin the presence of Hugo Franco, Álex García, Guillermo Parrado and Lorena Patiño; and for the Short Track races in both the elite category (David Campos, Jofre Cullell and Nuria Bosch) and the female sub23 category (Marta Cano).