Agger 1,294 Posted December 31, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 10,518 Posted January 23, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Reigning world champion Twan van Gendt suffered a bad hand injury during the last big strength session in the gym. He's had surgery and will be out for 8-12 weeks, which he hopes will be in time to qualify and prepare for the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 3,839 Posted February 12, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 12, 2020 This doesn’t sound good at all. I know his crash last week was bad, but this is just https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090440/kai-sakakibara-medical-coma-bmx-crash Worth noting that this could be the second male Australian BMX rider to suffer a career ending, and life threatening injury during a race in in this Olympic cycle (of course the other one occurred at the Rio 2016 Olympics) “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 10,518 Posted February 13, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 13, 2020 10 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: This doesn’t sound good at all. I know his crash last week was bad, but this is just https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090440/kai-sakakibara-medical-coma-bmx-crash Worth noting that this could be the second male Australian BMX rider to suffer a career ending, and life threatening injury during a race in in this Olympic cycle (of course the other one occurred at the Rio 2016 Olympics) Sam Willoughby crashed at the Chula Vista track in September, after the Olympics. His successor as Olympic silver medalist, Jelle van Gorkom, has already retired as well after a bad training crash early in 2018, which left him in critical condition and in coma for a good while. Luckily he's at least able to live life again, albeit with simple things like getting a cup of coffee going significantly slower. Hopefully Sakakibara gets out of it relatively well too, at least good enough to lead a semi-normal life. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 3,839 Posted February 13, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) We see Great Britain’s Sky Brown, and we raise you one BMX kid. Some seriously ignorant people in the comments talking about how his parents are endangering him, being dangerous, etc. It’s kinda sad really, but it’s the US so I expect a massive amount ignorance. Edited February 13, 2020 by Olympian1010 Laraja 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 425 Posted February 14, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 14, 2020 The dance at the end is the best part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 3,839 Posted February 14, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Laraja said: The dance at the end is the best part Literally everyone’s reaction to the video Edited February 14, 2020 by Olympian1010 Laraja 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 10,518 Posted June 13, 2020 #8 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Obviously I searched first, but since I can't find it: no word yet on the Supercross events for this season? Manchester, Papendal and Rock Hill were still supposed to happen, I know Papendal is pretty much cancelled, but no idea about the other two. Meanwhile the world championships are still postponed instead of cancelled I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 10,518 Posted June 28, 2020 #9 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Couple of months later, Kai Sakakibara hasn't been in a coma for a good while anymore. There's still a big chance of permanent damage, but he is definitely making progress. A while ago, he apparently ordered coffee by himself. The fact that that's a performance to be proud of (which it is!) makes you think about how serious his condition was and still is. https://www.instagram.com/sakakibarakai/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 10,518 Posted July 4, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 13/06/2020 at 20:22, heywoodu said: Obviously I searched first, but since I can't find it: no word yet on the Supercross events for this season? Manchester, Papendal and Rock Hill were still supposed to happen, I know Papendal is pretty much cancelled, but no idea about the other two. Meanwhile the world championships are still postponed instead of cancelled I think. Weeks later and still no word on this. UCI is doing a rather terrible job in keeping people updated. Weirdly, that mostly goes for BMX, since in MTB they do give some updates every now and then. This list seems rather outdated as well, since Papendal for example has already been cancelled a pretty long time ago. https://www.uci.org/news/2020/covid-19-pandemic-publication-of-lists-of-postponed-or-cancelled-uci-events Also nothing yet on the Houston worlds? bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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