Holmgren Repeats as XCO Champion; Punchard Take Silver at MTB Worlds  

At the 2025 MTB World Championships Isabella Homgren continued her dominance in the U23 category, capturing her 2nd U23 XCO World Championship title in a row [3rd if you consider her U19 title in 2023].  Fresh off winning the Tour de l’Avenir Femme, Isabella started her week with a gold in the XCC event, 2 days later help Canada with a 4th place in the relay, before wrapping-up with the gold medal performance in the XCO winning by over 2 minutes.   

On the Men’s U23 side, Cole Punchard had a breakthrough World Championships kicking off with a bronze in the XCC, anchoring Canada’s relay team to 4th place, and concluding the week with an outstanding performance in the XCO taking home the silver medal. 

Other notable Ontario results include; Jenn Jackson: 3rd XCC/ (Elite W), Tyler Orschel 25th XCC/30 XCO (Elite M), Ava Holmgren 9th XCC/7th XCO (U23 W), Nicole Bradbury 24th XCC/41st XCO (U23 W), Ian Ackert 7thXCC/19th XCO (U23 M); Evan Moore 30th XCO (U19 M).

Photos by: Alex Whitehead & Ed Sykes 

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