BENDIGO'S Peta Mullens and Tasman Nankervis will represent Australia at the 2016 World Mountain Bike Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.
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Mullens will represent her country in the elite women's category, while Nankervis has been chosen in the men's under 23 team.
Twenty-year-old Nankervis and his older brother Russell are currently competing in the World Cup in Europe,
Competing in the weekend's Swiss Cup, Tasman, after five crashes, finished seventh in a field of 65 in the under 23 event.
Twenty-three-year-old Russell placed 39th in the elite men's field bolstered by the inclusion of world champions Julian Absolon and Nino Schurter.
It has been a busy month for the Nankervis brothers, who have contested World Cup events in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Mullens and Tasman Nankervis earlier this year took the honours in the Bendigo Mountain Bike Club’s flagship event, the Golden Triangle Epic.
It followed success by Mullens the previous week in Derby, Tasmania at the XCM national championships.
