BMX Cycling 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[Agger 1,664]

Edited August 17, 2024 by Sindo

[heywoodu 15,355]

Bad accident for 2016 Olympic silver medalist Jelle van Gorkom (NED) at the training track in Papendal today. He suffered several fractures and is being held in an artificial coma.

http://frontpage.fok.nl/nieuws/784655/1/1/50/bmx-er-van-gorkom-in-coma-na-trainingsongeval.html

[dcro 10,210]

3rd place for our own Marin Rantes at the Freestyle WC last weekend in Montpellier.

 

A bit late to found out, but nevertheless an exciting result.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,355]

On 10-1-2018 at 18:25, heywoodu said:

Bad accident for 2016 Olympic silver medalist Jelle van Gorkom (NED) at the training track in Papendal today. He suffered several fractures and is being held in an artificial coma.

http://frontpage.fok.nl/nieuws/784655/1/1/50/bmx-er-van-gorkom-in-coma-na-trainingsongeval.html

More than nine months later and Van Gorkom today has announced he has officially retired from the sport.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2256735-van-gorkom-zegt-wedstrijdfiets-vaarwel-maar-blijft-lachen.html

 

He had been in a coma for two weeks after his accident, which was caused by a chain still being on the bottom of the starting ramp that nobody had removed yet. When he woke up, he couldn't walk, couldn't talk and only had a confused look in his eyes. Nowadays he can walk without any help if it's not too far and he can do some light work on an indoor bike, so he is definitely on the long, long road to recovery and a 'normal life'. Considering the circumstances, it's mostly good news. 

[bestmen 2,831]

the African champs of  BMX  in Cairo 09-10/11

[dcro 10,210]

Marin Ranteš is a World Cup series champion for 2018.

[heywoodu 15,355]

4 hours ago, dcro said:

Marin Ranteš is a World Cup series champion for 2018.

What? More info please, I've watched quite some BMX but who is Marin Rantes  

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What? More info please, I've watched quite some BMX but who is Marin Rantes  

 

BMX freestyle champion, obviously. 

[heywoodu 15,355]

Just now, dcro said:

 

BMX freestyle champion, obviously. 

Oh  

 

We should make a separate BMX freestyle and BMX racing thread  

[phelps 7,862]

UCI BMX Freestyle Park (and Flatland) World Cup: overall winners crowned in Chengdu

 

 

The fourth and final round of the UCI BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland World Cup saw the overall winners crowned in the Chinese city of Chengdu.

The action came just days before the start of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships which will be held in the same city, and where the BMX Freestyle Park specialists will battle for the rainbow jersey.

 

 

BMX Freestyle Park

 

Top performer in the semi-finals, American Dennis Enarson looked set to win the Chengdu World Cup round after an impressive first run in the finals. However, that was without counting on Australian Jake Wallwork who put in an unbeatable second run to take the victory. Declan Brooks (Great Britain) came third.

 

 

The overall winner of the 2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup is Croatia’s Marin Rantes, who finishes the season in front of Venezuelan Daniel Dhers. Nick Bruce completes the overall podium despite a crash in the qualifications in Chengdu preventing him from going any further in the Chinese round of the series.

 

For the third consecutive year, Hannah Roberts is the overall winner of the women’s UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. The American finished second in the Chengdu round which saw victory go to  Germany’s Lara Lessman, 18, who recently won gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lessman finishes the World Cup season in second place overall. Switzerland’s Nikita Duccarroz was third in Chengdu and third in the overall World Cup ranking.

 

 

 

BMX Freestyle Park qualifications at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships get under way on Friday, November 10^th.

Edited November 5, 2018 by phelps