Archive for the ‘BMX’ Category
Jamie Bestwick has won his seventh gold in BMX Vert, earning the event’s first-ever four-peat in the process. As has been the case so often for much of the last decade, Bestwick was nearly untouchable Friday night, throwing a variety of 540 variations, including alley oop 5s in the 11-foot range, double downside tailwhips and downside tailwhip flairs that soared well above most of his other competitors.Â
Bestwick reflected on his record-setting win after the Final. “Man, what a day. The four-peat is just crazy. I’m happy to have won and made some BMX history.”   … Details
Pietermartizburg, South Africa (July 29, 2010) — The United States celebrated five medals as the UCI BMX World Championships opened at the Royal Showgrounds in South Africa with the 13 and under boys and girls divisions. Julian Dittrick (Phoenix, Ariz.), Michael Gonzales (Watsonville, Calif.) and Collin Hudson (Longmont, Colo.) each earned world titles with wins in their respective divisions.
Amakye Andersen (Tucson, Ariz.) secured the first American medal with a silver in the seven-year-old boys division. He was quickly followed by a dominating American performance in the eight-year-old boys division as Dittrick earned his rainbow stripes with Wyatt Bell (Berthoud, Colo.) grabbing the bronze and Matthew Sterling (Saratoga, Calif.) in fourth.
The U.S. suffered from rare near misses with only one rider in the top eight in the nine-year-old boys division and Max Burhenn (Fortville, Ind.) just missing the podium in fourth for the 10-year-old age group … Details