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19 th Cheakamus Challenge drawing the big names and young riders The annual Celebration of Pain mountain bike weekend is just two weeks away, and the number of entries in the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race – billed as "

Local racers holding fund-raiser Sept. 7 The Canadian Cycling Association has released the final list of 49 cross country, downhill and dual slalom competitors heading to Vail, Colorado to take part in the Mountain Bike World Championships from Sept.

If you haven’t already marked it on your calendars, the ninth annual Westside Wheel Up is this Saturday (Sept. 8). Registration starts at 11 a.m. and the race starts at 1 p.m.

Members of the Squamish Pirates swim team, which includes Whistler swimmers, posted more than a few personal bests on their way to the provincial championships in Vancouver last weekend, and they managed to do even better when they got there.

As of Aug. 31, here are the standings for the Whistler Soccer League.

The Samurai of Singletrack race has been sold out for a month, with 100 riders attempting to tackle 19 different Whistler bike trails on a single day, Sept. 15.

Two fixtures on Whistler’s bike scene took part in the Union Cycliste Internationale Masters mountain bike World Championships in Bromont, Quebec, last weekend, racing competitors from as far away as Australia and Russia.

The three-race Whistler Downhill Series wrapped up on Aug. 4 with some breakneck descents from Olympic Station – breakneck being a figure of speech. "It was a great series," said race organizer Paul Fournier.

Pierre-Yves Leblanc of Pemberton returned home from Down Under this weekend with significantly more than his dirty laundry and spent rolls of film – a gold medal for winning the overall title at the World Heli Challenge in New Zealand.

Shinseikai Karate, Whistler?s full-time Katate dojo, is hosting an international training camp this weekend, Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, called the 2001 Whistler Summer Session.