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