Student Profile - Amaya Shaw 2024 National Cross Country Mountain Bike Series U/17s Women Champion
Congratulations on becoming the National Series Cross Country Mountain Bike U17’s Women Champion! How does it feel to achieve such a significant accomplishment in your sport? I feel extremely proud of my achievements, especially in a sport that I is relatively new to me. I have always loved riding mountain bikes with my family, but never dreamed I would be an Australian Champion! This achievement has developed over the last 9 months where I realised I could be very competitive in the sport. Can you walk us through your journey to becoming the National Series Champion? What were some of the challenges you faced along the way, and how did you overcome them? This time last year, I was racing, in the All Schools Mountain Bike Series here in Newcastle and at various tracks on the North Coast of NSW and as far west at Tamworth. My parents asked me if I wanted to complete in the NSW state titles in Nowra. It was a very successful weekend where I found myself on the podium both days of racing in the XCC (short course) and XCO (long course) disciplines with two silver medals. After this, I travelled to the ACT Sate Titles in Majura, Canberra. Again I found myself wearing Gold and Bronze medals for two days of racing. This time last year, I was racing, in the All Schools Mountain Bike series here in Newcastle and at various tracks on the North Coast of NSW. After the Australian Championships in March, I then started the National
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