At the 2009 Junior World Championships in Canberra, New Zealand's Brook Macdonald stormed the hill to take the gold medal and make his first dent in the world of international mountain bike racing.
Racing since 2006, Brook started to make it big on the senior stage in 2011 when he scored two third-place finishes on the UCI World Cup circuit in both Canada and on the famed Fort William track in Scotland. He also took the title at the iXS European Downhill Cup round in Todtnau and was again standing on the podium with a silver at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Downhill category at Fort William, UK, as part of the Trek World Racing Team in 2013. But after a season of promise, Brook had to retire early due to a shoulder injury and undergo surgery. Having made a good recovery and produced solid riding over the following seasons, Brook's sights are still set on bagging the overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup one day.
