Top 10 finish a career best for New Zealand downhill champion Rupert ChapmanRupert Chapman finished 10th place at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in Cairns. New Zealand downhill champion Rupert Chapman has finished 10th at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in Cairns, Australia. The 25-year-old from Christchurch finished 10th out of 68 finalists to lead the Kiwi contingent on a dusty and testing course. "My run wasn't perfect but it was hard to have a perfect run on that course today because it was so loose. New Zealand grabbed a further medal with Tauranga's Shania Rawson finishing second in the junior women's downhill, while there were three Kiwis in the top-20 in the junior men's competition for gravity riders.

Source: Stuff September 10, 2017 08:26 UTC