At the start of the downhill competitions at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Lenzerheide, there is a fall for the favorites in the juniors. Five-time World Cup winner Thibault Daprela from France only finished fourth and had to congratulate Great Britain's Kade Edwards on his rainbow jersey. Silver and bronze went to Kye A'hern from Australia and Elliot Jameson from Canada. The best Swiss rider is Janosch Klaus in 18th place, with Valentina Höll winning the junior women's race.

The Swiss juniors certainly expected more from their World Championship appearance in front of a home crowd. "I put myself under more pressure," admits Janosch Klaus. "Actually" his run was okay, but after two crashes in qualifying he was probably not prepared to take enough risks, says Klaus.
He loses 12.216 seconds to world champion Edwards (3:03.225), who is 4.410 seconds faster than A'hern and 5.438 seconds ahead of Jameson.

Elia Saurer finished 20th (+13.524). "I was totally on the limit and made a big mistake after the start. But that's okay," commented Saurer on his run.
Stefano Moser finishes 53rd (+31.356).

As expected, Austria's Valentina Höll took the rainbow jersey in the junior women's race. Höll won in 3:39.726 minutes, 10.881 seconds ahead of the American Anna Newkirk, who lives in Switzerland, and 16.694 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Mille Johnset. There was no Swiss athlete among the twelve under-19 starters.