NORTH Shore native Macayla Gatto won gold at the 2013 Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships held July 13-14 at Panorama Mountain resort in Panorama, B.C. Gatto clocked a time of 2:48.43 on the downhill course to finish first by more than three seconds and claim her third national title.
"It was a good day, a good competition," Gatto said in a release. "The track was really challenging.. .. All the top Canadian girls were here today. It was a very tight race, all the girls killed it."
Gatto gave a shoutout to her home trails for helping prepare her for the course.
"(They) added a bit more technical sections, which I am used to riding on the North Shore," she said. "I like the fast, technical courses."
