Catharine Pendrel from Canada, crosses the finish line to win the Women Elite Cross-country classof the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Hafjell, Norway on Sept. 6.Geir Olsen/The Associated Press
Canada's Catharine Pendrel raced to gold at the world mountain bike championships Saturday for her second career title.
The 33-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., crossed in a time of one hour 31 minutes 30 seconds, 21 seconds ahead of former world champion Irina Kalentieva of Russia.
American Lea Davidson won the bronze. Emily Batty of Brooklyn, Ont., finished sixth.
Pendrel was coming off a dominant victory at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She had climbed onto the World Cup medal podium three times this season. She won the world title in 2011 in Champery, Switzerland.
Canada finished as the top country in the nations ranking in the elite women's race.