COLORADO SPRINGS — Seventeen-year-old American bicycle owner Magnus White, who was scheduled to race on the upcoming world championships in Scotland, was killed Saturday when he was struck by a automobile on a coaching journey close to his dwelling in Boulder, Colorado.
USA Biking introduced his dying in a press release Sunday.
White was a rising multidisciplinary star, successful a junior nationwide championship in cyclocross in 2021 and incomes a spot on the U.S. nationwide group. He competed with the group in Europe forward of final yr’s cyclocross world championships, and he was picked to symbolize the U.S. once more at this yr’s cyclocross worlds within the Netherlands.
White started to dabble in street biking and mountain biking this season. He was on one in all his last coaching rides earlier than the junior world mountain bike championships in Glasgow, Scotland, when the accident occurred.
He’s survived by his mother and father, Michael and Jill, and his brother, Eero.
“He was a rising star within the off-road biking scene and his ardour for biking was evident by his racing and camaraderie along with his teammates and area people,” USA Biking mentioned in a press release. “We provide our heartfelt condolences to the White household, his teammates, associates, and the Boulder group throughout this extremely tough time.”