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<\/a><\/p>\nThe current Australian national champion and defending women’s Pietermaritzburg World Cup Downhill champion Tracey Hannah (Hutchinson UR team) has been ravaged by injury and is hoping that one preparation event ahead of the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships is all she will need to take her first World title.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Photo: Darren Goddard\/Gameplan Media<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Hannah produced a fearless run during the World Cup leg at the Cascades MTB Park last year to pip second place Manon Carpenter by a mere 0.95 seconds at the end to take the victory. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is the third time I have broken my collarbone in the last 11 months so I consider it more of an inconvenience than a serious injury,\u201d the Cairns local said.<\/p>\n \u201cBreaking my femur last year was something that I really did have to get over and I just dealt with the setback by being positive and working as hard as I could to get back to 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n Having such a long-running battle with injury has meant that Hannah has spent a lot of her time on the sidelines this year and it is going to be touch and go as to whether she will be available for the World Champs. Not being able to ride has meant that she has had to compensate for this in other areas.<\/p>\n \u201cAt first I had to do a lot of resting and recovering after the injury and then I started riding on the road a little bit to get my fitness levels up.<\/p>\n \u201cI am back on the bike now but it\u2019s going to be a close one for Worlds unfortunately,\u201d Hannah mentioned nervously.<\/p>\n Hannah missed out on the most recent UCI World Cup leg in Mont-Sainte-Anne in order to make sure that her collar bone has healed enough and will use the Crankworks Festival in Whistler as her final dress rehearsal before she flies out to South Africa for the World Championships so preparation time is at a minimum for the Australian star who, if unfit to compete, will be relegated to watching brother and fellow Hutchinson UR team rider Mick Hannah tear down the Pietermaritzburg course. <\/p>\n \u201cThe plan was always to miss the World Cup in Canada and to see whether the bone had healed enough before I go to Whister because that will be my only preparation for the Worlds.<\/p>\n \u201cI really just hope that I am back on my bike when I get to Whistler and I only have one week to prepare there so I will definitely do my best to get as much preparation in as possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Being the last to win on the Cascades track it seems that the place has a special place in her heart as well as it being a track that highlights her strengths.<\/p>\n \u201cI really love the track; I like the speed of it as well as the berms and the jumps.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a really funny flowing track that works really well for me because there are not many places that you can slow down along the whole track,\u201d the Australian national champion said.<\/p>\n Hannah is under pressure to be ready to race at the World Championships but she has still set herself the highest possible goal for the competition. She has not planned to go there to make up the numbers that is for sure.<\/p>\n \u201cMy first goal is that I will be able to ride there!<\/p>\n \u201cAfter that, I am going there to win \u2013 no one goes to the World Champs for fun!\u201d Hannah exclaimed.<\/p>\n The UCI MTB & Trials World Championships take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August – 1 September and are preceded by the UCI MTB Masters World Championships from 21 – 25 August 2013. Tickets for the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships can be purchased via www.roag.co.za<\/a> and more information can be found at www.mtbworldchamps.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been a rocky road to recovery for Australian downhiller Tracey Hannah who broke her collar bone during a practice run in the Alps just over a month before the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg. 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