| Format | Rank | Total points |
|---|---|---|
DHI | 12 | 291 |
Nina has been passionate about sports since childhood, competing in swimming for many years and taking part in countless track and field events. As a teenager, she specialized in javelin and even competed at the national level, until an injury ended her career in 2015. That setback sparked a new passion—downhill mountain biking—and she’s been chasing thrills ever since.
Nina describes herself as ambitious—signing up for her first race the same year an injury ended her javelin career. Since then, she has dedicated every free moment to mountain biking, reaching her first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup podium in 2019 and founding her own team in 2020. That same year, she claimed her first UCI World Cup victory in Maribor. Riding for the Santa Cruz Syndicate since 2022, Nina celebrated her greatest success that year placing 2nd as the UCI World Champion and finished the 2023 season ranked second overall. Alongside her athletic achievements, Nina earned a Master of Science in Psychology from Friedrich Schiller University in Jena in 2023.
| Pos. | Athlete / Event | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lenzerheide Lenzerheide UCI DHI World Cup Lenzerheide: Downhill Women Elite: DHI Qualifiers 1 | 03:18.975 |
| 5 | Lake Placid Lake Placid UCI DHI World Cup Lake Placid: Downhill Women Elite: DHI Qualifiers 1 | 03:39.857 |
| 15 | Lake Placid Lake Placid UCI DHI World Cup Lake Placid: Downhill Women Elite: DHI Finals | 04:05.354 |
| 4 | Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne UCI DHI World Cup Mont-Sainte-Anne: Downhill Women Elite: DHI Qualifiers 1 | 04:12.194 |
| 2 | Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne UCI DHI World Cup Mont-Sainte-Anne: Downhill Women Elite: DHI Finals | 04:02.333 |
| DNF | Mona Yongpyong South Korea Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 13:12.795 |
| 6 | Loudenvielle - Peyragudes Loudenvielle Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 4:02.172 |
| 10 | Loudenvielle - Peyragudes Loudenvielle Women Elite - DHI Finals | 4:00.287 |
| 23 | Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland Leogang Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 4:44.916 |
| 9 | Lenzerheide Lenzerheide Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 3:19.613 |
| 8 | Lenzerheide Lenzerheide Women Elite - DHI Finals | 3:17.256 |
| 3 | La Thuile - Valle d'Aosta La Thuile Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 4:07.166 |
| 5 | La Thuile - Valle d'Aosta La Thuile Women Elite - DHI Finals | 4:00.682 |
| 11 | Pal Arinsal - Andorra Pal Arinsal Women Elite - DHI Qualifiers 1 | 3:20.080 |
| 12 | Pal Arinsal - Andorra Pal Arinsal Women Elite - DHI Finals | 3:19.497 |
At the highest-altitude stop of the 2026 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, Adrien Boichis (Specialized Factory Racing), Jenny Rissveds (Canyon XC Racing), Paul Schehl (Lexware Mountainbike Team) and Valentina Corvi (Canyon XC Racing) capped off an intense block of racing with commanding victories at Pal Arinsal – Andorra. While Rissveds, Schehl and Corvi completed impressive XCC-XCO doubles to strengthen their overall leads, Boichis delivered a masterclass performance on home trails as riders battled for crucial points before the cross-country season heads into its six-week summer break.
Jordan Williams (Specialized Gravity) and Valentina Höll (Commencal Schwalbe by Les Orres) strengthened their grip on the 2026 UCI Downhill World Cup season with commanding victories in Pal Arinsal – Andorra, as both riders extended their winning streaks and headed into the summer break as overall series leaders.
At the highest-altitude stop of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, Jenny Rissveds (Canyon XC Racing) continued her dominant run with a second consecutive UCI XCC World Cup victory, while Bjorn Riley (Scott-SRAM MTB Race Team) claimed a breakthrough first UCI World Cup win with a perfectly timed late attack in the Men’s Elite race. Meanwhile, U23 series leaders Valentina Corvi (Canyon XC Racing) and Paul Schehl (Lexware Mountainbike Team) further strengthened their grip on the overall standings, delivering another commanding display in Pal Arinsal ahead of Sunday’s UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup.
