Donny Robinson wins elite BMX world title; Day second
Adelaide, AUS (July 25, 2009) — The United States collected three medals in the elite events at the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships in Adelaide, Australia on Saturday with Olympic bronze medalist Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) riding to a world title in the elite men’s event.Â
After going one and two in their semifinal round, Robinson and teammate Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.) repeated in the final to score the gold and silver medals ahead of bronze medalist Ramiro Marino of Argentina. Fellow American Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif.) was fifth in the elite men’s contest.
In the elite women’s main, Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah) put forth the bronze medal effort for the USA while New Zealand’s Sarah Walker … Details
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Nearly 100 skate parks from 30 states responded to the survey where 46 percent said they don’t allow BMX riders and 54 percent do.
“We want to improve BMX access at skate parks,†said Tim Blumenthal, executive director of Bikes Belong… DetailsÂ
Team USA continued its dominance of the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships, claiming five of the nine challenge class world titles up for grabs on day two at the Adelaide Showgrounds.
Three of the gold medals were earned by USA Cycling’s Junior Development Program athletes: Rusty Nesgiv (San Diego, Calif.), Paul Wassenaar (San Diego, Calif.), and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.).
Nesgiv rode to his world title in the 15-year-old boy’s contest and he was followed by fellow USA Cycling Junior Development Program athlete Nick Koehler (Tustin, Calif.), who claimed the silver medal. In the next category up, Wassenaar bested all of the 16-year-old boys in Adelaide to score his world championship. Crain earned her title with a victory in the 16-year-old girl’s race and was joined on the podium with another junior development athlete, Taylor Wolcott (Roseville, Calif.), who rode to the bronze medal.
The two other Americans to win world titles were …Â Details
Adelaide, Australia (July 23, 2009) — American riders dominated opening day of the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships on Thursday, taking seven of the 17 world titles up for grabs.Over 2,000 BMX riders from 32 countries have converged on Adelaide to compete for world titles at the Adelaide Showgrounds, and the first day of competition featured Challenge class riders age 14 and younger on a 310 meter indoor track.
The strongest showing by Americans came when the 12-year-old boys took to the track. Americans swept the podium with Brock Hefron (Chandler, Ariz.) claiming the world title. Collin Hudson (Longmont, Colo.) and Damian Ontiveros (Fremont, Calif.) followed for the silver and bronze medals while fellow American Nicolas Wolthers (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) placed seventh.
In the 7-year-old boy’s contest… Details