{"id":289796,"date":"2025-11-17T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289796\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:09:10","slug":"harris-field-wrap-up-world-championships-campaign-in-cycling-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289796\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris, Field wrap up World Championships campaign in cycling esports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under bright stage lights in a sweltering arena, Josh Harris and Matilda Field have wrapped up the ARA Australian Cycling Team\u2019s campaign at the 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Harris finished 14th and Field 19th against the world\u2019s best esports riders at the live final in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have mixed feelings about the result,\u201d said Harris, who couldn\u2019t replicate his <a href=\"https:\/\/australiancyclingteam.com\/news\/esports-worlds-final-josh-harris-recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">top-10 place from last year<\/a>. \u201cIt&#8217;s not up to my usual standards, but I am quite satisfied with it given the night. A bit of a hollow feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who hails from Launceston, Tasmania, said he was among several competitors who struggled with the heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew eight minutes into Stage 1 that it was going to be a tough night,\u201d he said. \u201cI was rapidly overheating and couldn&#8217;t push near the power I expect. From here on I shifted my goals to try and be top 15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matilda Tilly Field, Australian cyclist for the ARA Australian Cycling Team during the 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tilly field AW6_4548.jpg\" width=\"2400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Field, who qualified for the finals in 20th position, improved her place by one on the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt very honoured to be there and represent Australia; it was just an incredible feeling. Being there was Josh has been really great,\u201d Field said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for my result, I was disappointed that in the third race I didn\u2019t do what I knew I could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the end of the day, maybe it would have been a few places better, but I think either way I am happy to have improved on my semi-final position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both riders, who are also the <a href=\"https:\/\/auscycling.org.au\/news\/esports-2025-open-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reigning national champions for cycling esports<\/a>, spoke positively about the standard of the event and the opportunity to compete against their rivals in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, it&#8217;s such a great event to be part of. As esports athletes, spending time with these people is by far the greatest experience of the season,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonoured to be part of the action, and hopefully this is one step in a good direction for esports,\u201d Field said.<\/p>\n<p>Results \u2013 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Elite Women<br \/>\ud83e\udd47 Mary Kate McCarthy (NZL) \u2013 597pts<br \/>\ud83e\udd48 Gabriela Guerra (BRA) \u2013 525pts<br \/>\ud83e\udd49 Francesca Tommasi (ITA) \u2013 478pts<br \/>19. Matilda Field (AUS) \u2013 252pts<\/p>\n<p>Elite Men<br \/>\ud83e\udd47 Jason Osborne (GER) \u2013 564pts<br \/>\ud83e\udd48 Michal Kaminski (POL) \u2013 493pts<br \/>\ud83e\udd49 Lennert Teugels (BEL) \u2013 468pts<br \/>14. Josh Harris (AUS) \u2013 308pts<\/p>\n<p>Photos: SWpix.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under bright stage lights in a sweltering arena, Josh Harris and Matilda Field have wrapped up the ARA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-289796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}