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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
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