Holmgren Repeats as XCO Champion; Punchard Take Silver at MTB Worlds  

At the 2025 MTB World Championships Isabella Homgren continued her dominance in the U23 category, capturing her 2^nd U23 XCO World Championship title in a row [3^rd if you consider her U19 title in 2023].  Fresh off winning the Tour de l’Avenir Femme, Isabella started her week with a gold in the XCC event, 2 days later help Canada with a 4^th place in the relay, before wrapping-up with the gold medal performance in the XCO winning by over 2 minutes.   

On the Men’s U23 side, Cole Punchard had a breakthrough World Championships kicking off with a bronze in the XCC, anchoring Canada’s relay team to 4^th place, and concluding the week with an outstanding performance in the XCO taking home the silver medal. 

Other notable Ontario results include; Jenn Jackson: 3^rd XCC/ (Elite W), Tyler Orschel 25^th XCC/30 XCO (Elite M), Ava Holmgren 9^th XCC/7^th XCO (U23 W), Nicole Bradbury 24^th XCC/41^st XCO (U23 W), Ian Ackert 7^thXCC/19^th XCO (U23 M); Evan Moore 30^th XCO (U19 M).