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The United States was again the most medal winning nation on day two of competition at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Riders age 15 and up competed for gold in nine different challenge classes with the USA coming away with four world titles.
American riders Sean Gaian (Santee, Calif.), Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.), Stephen Larralde (Riverside, Calif.) and Matt Pohlkamp (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored the four American medals, all in the form of gold, in the older junior and masters categories on Thursday. Those four combined with yesterday’s seven-gold medal performances bring the U.S. total to 11; more than any other nation.
Stancil secured her eighth world title at only age 16 dominating that division on the women’s side. Shayona Glynn (Norco, Calif.) just missed sharing the podium with the Illinois superstar, finishing sixth. In the 15 year-old boys division Sean Gaian (Santee, Calif.) edged Denmark’s Chris Tetche Christensen to earn his rainbow stripes. Meghan Matthews (Manteca, Calif.) nearly added to the U.S medal total but had to settle for fourth in the 17 girls event  … More
The United States was the most prize winning nation on the opening day of competition at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Riders from ages five to 14 contested for the title of world’s best across 17 challenge classes with the U.S. coming away with seven gold medals on Wednesday.
The 8 and 9 year-old boys divisions got things rolling for the U.S. team with Americans taking gold and silver in both. Current USA Cycling BMX national champion Jack Kelly (Salt Lake City, Utah) scored the first world championship of the competition for the U.S. as he and silver-medalist Kohl Piluso (Chico, Calif.) nearly swept the 8 year-old boys podium. Last year’s silver medalist in the 7 boys division Amakye Anderson (Tucson, Ariz.) and Preston Evans (Marietta, Ga.) also finished in the top five of the 8 boys main event. Of three Americans to enter the … More Details