Katherine Hosking, Isabelle Hosking and Eddie Willis medal at AusCycling Mountain Bike National Championships

Armidale's Katherine Hosking was crowned the Cross Country Short Course (XCC) under-23 women's champion while sister Isabella won silver behind Olympian and eight times elite women's national champion Rebecca McConnell in the e-bike cross country and Tamworth's Eddie Willis added another two medals to his nationals collection.

Stepping up to the under-17s after winning the under-15s XCC title and picking up silver in the Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) last year, the young gun pulled out all the stops to win bronze in both formats.

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In what were some pretty brutal conditions, Willis' training paid off as he produced some consistent lap times. He was impressively only three seconds slower than the winner in the 17-minute XCC and only 19 (on his fastest lap) in the XCO.

[Katherine] Hosking meanwhile blitzed the field to win her second under-23s title, recording the second fastest lap across the whole competition behind McConnell. She also just missed the podium in the Cross-Country Team Relay, the team of four that she was a part of finishing fourth.

Isabella also had a good championships. Along with her silver in the e-bike race she also placed fifth in both the XCC and XCO in the under-23s. The Olympic distance event was held in difficult conditions with a heavy shower five minutes before racing was due to start turning the dusty course into a mud fest.

The siblings were part of a six-strong New England Mountain Bikers' contingent that made the trip across the Bass Straight for the championships.

Olive Tutt took fifth place in the under-19s XCO and Holly Harris eighth in the elite women, while Tumi Thorsteinsson finished 13th in the under-23s men and Toby Inglis 13th in the under-17s boys.

Inglis also placed 13th in the short course event and Thorsteinsson 11th, while Tutt climbed to fourth.

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