The 2024 Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships wrapped up on Sunday, August 4. The championships included 4 full days of follow classes, qualifying rounds, and finals in Trip Rock Creek, North Carolina. Occasions included enduro, twin slalom, and downhill competitions. A tragic accident throughout a downhill ultimate left one mountain biker, Scott Huntley, fatally injured.
“On Sunday, August 4, Scott Huntley crashed through the Cat 1 35-39 downhill race on the 2024 Gravity Mountain Bike Nationwide Championships,” stated USA Cycling in a press release. “Occasion medical workers promptly attended to him on the right track, and he was transported to a neighborhood hospital. Mr. Huntley succumbed to his accidents and handed away later that night.”
Huntley was taking part within the Class 1 Professional class downhill race within the 35-39 age class when he reportedly crashed onerous right into a tree.
On social media, Eastern State Cup wrote: “A buddy to all, an at all times optimistic vitality, and without end part of our hearts . . . Scott was the final word competitor, and but nonetheless, he’d make time to assist anybody who wanted it. His smile and perspective have been contagious, his humor at all times on level and his love for the game will all be missed dearly. At present we retire his plate quantity #401 as a tribute to among the finest to ever do it.”
Our condolences to Huntley’s household for this tragic loss.
