Tasmanian riders have been in the thick of the action at the Australian Mountain Bike Championships.
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Izzy Flint claimed two under-23 national titles and Cam Ivory one while Scott Bowden and Daniel Aurik picked up silver medals at Awaba Mountain Bike Park in NSW.
Launceston's defending champion Sam Fox set a ferocious tempo from the start of the short-track events..
As Fox looked to accelerate to keep control of the race, he suffered a collision and slipped back allowing Dan McConnell to hit the front with three laps to go.
Canberra's 38-year-old multiple Olympian staved off all challengers to win his first national championship since 2021, producing a tight sprint finish to edge out Hobart's Rio Olympian Bowden who recorded the same time.
Fox was two seconds back in fourth.
Flint won the under-23 title by 16 seconds and Launceston Mountain Bike Club teammate Aurik came second in the under-23 men, 41 seconds behind Queensland winner Joel Dodds.
Although Fox relinquished his national jersey in the cross-country races, the tiel stayed in Launceston with Ivory taking the win on Sunday. Fox again finished fourth and Bowden was sixth.
Flint backed up with her second under-23 title, winning by a huge margin of 12:46.
Aurik again finished second to Dodds in the under-23 men's race.