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BMX A Thriller, And Passes Olympic Test
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 22, 2008 (AFP) - It was fast, spectacular and had plenty of thrills and spills.
And despite some big medal favourites failing to live up to expectations, an historic first BMX competition of the Games appeared to pass the Olympic test.
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- USA Wins Three Medals In Olympic Debut Of BMX
August 22nd, 2008Day, Robinson Claim Silver, Bronze in Men’s Event; Kintner Takes Bronze in Women’s Race
Beijing, China (August 22, 2008)-The United States collected three more medals in the sport of cycling on Friday when Americans Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) were among the first athletes to grace [...] - Heavy Rain Slams Olympic BMX Cycling Competition
August 20th, 2008BEIJING, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy rain has forced the postponment of Thursday’s semi-finals in the BMX bicycle competition until Friday.
Action in the men’s and women’s events had been due to start at 11:00 am (0300 GMT) but the bad weather saw this intitially put back to 3:00 [...] - Reade Recovers From Crash In BMX Olympic Debut
August 19th, 2008BEIJING, Aug 20, 2008 (AFP) - British BMX star Shanaze Reade brushed off a first run crash here Wednesday to qualify for the sport’s inaugural Olympic semi-finals.
After crashing on a bend early on the first run, Reade - the defending two-time world champion in bicycle motor cross -completed her second [...] - Strombergs and Reade To Face BMX Gold Bandits
August 19th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) - Latvia’s Maris Strombergs goes into the Olympic Games’ first ever BMX competition looking to fight his way to an historic first gold on Wednesday.
However the European champion knows that he will be one of the most targeted riders [...]
