Source: FCI
MTB XCO World Championships: Berta: "I was hoping for the podium, but I didn't think about much"
The statements of the new world champion immediately after the world champion success. Pallhuber "she is a tenacious and humble girl who has improved a lot in this last period .."
Martina Berta is visibly moved the one who sits in the press room for the post-race statements: “I am overjoyed for this medal - she says, unable to win a strong emotion -. I came here to try to get on the podium and now I have a gold medal around my neck. "
- When did you have the certainty of success?
"At the beginning of the last lap when the gap on the pursuers became more and more consistent and this gave me even more push."
- A particular dedication?
"I dedicate this victory to Italy, to my family and to all those who contributed and helped me to achieve this exceptional result."
With the junior race starting immediately after the women's race awards ceremony, Hubert Pallhuber made no statements and focused on the second round of the day. But before the departure he had not hidden his moderate optimism: “Martina is a very tenacious and humble girl, who has made great progress in this last period. I am confident for today's race… ”.
A sensation that then materialized in a historic result for the blue mountain bike and that brings us back to a world podium in the Olympic discipline two years after the achievements of Team Relay and Gherard Kerschbaumer.
