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Five locals medal at Sun Peaks

More medals, more disappointment for Team Canada

Cyclists preparing for World Mountain Bike Championships in France

Seven Whistler athletes will be on the start line for this year’s race

In last week’s coverage of the Squamish Test of Running Metal – Yeah! race, a 67 km ultra trail run around the Test of Metal course, Pique’s coverage missed a pair of local runners.

EVENTS What: 24 Hours of Adrenalin Where: Base II, Lost Lake trails When: Saturday, Sept. 4 to Sunday Sept. 5 Back for a second year, spots are still open for the 24 Hours of Adrenalin and World Solo Mountain Bike Championships.

There is just one event to go in the Phat Wednesdays Freeride Series, a chainless downhill down A-Line on Aug. 25 – smooth riding and cautious braking will win the day.

Whistler’s triathlete community got even larger after last weekend, with dozens of locals taking part in the annual My First Triathlon and My Next Triathlon races in Harrison Mills.

With just one event remaining in the 2004 Canada Cup Series, the finals at Sun Peaks, the fields are getting bigger and stronger as mountain bikers from across Canada have travelled west to chase national titles.

One medal, one arrest so far