BMX makes its debut at Olympics in Beijing
source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/20/content_9538549.htm
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BMX (Bicycle Motocross) made its debut in Olympics at the Bejing Games on Wednesday as 16 women and men cruised into Thursday's semifinals apiece.
Americans dominated the men's race with all three riders qualified for the semifinals, which boosted their confidence to win the gold.
"I don't want to just make it in the semifinals, I want to win. " three-time world champion Donny Robinson said.
Mike Day topped the table after winning all three runs with his best time of 36.080 seconds, followed by Robison who placed third in the first heat. Kyle Bennett also made a spot in tomorrow's semifinals, even he had a crash in the second run.
Americans dominated the men's race with all three riders qualified for the semifinals, which boosted their confidence to win the gold.
"I don't want to just make it in the semifinals, I want to win. " three-time world champion Donny Robinson said.
Mike Day topped the table after winning all three runs with his best time of 36.080 seconds, followed by Robison who placed third in the first heat. Kyle Bennett also made a spot in tomorrow's semifinals, even he had a crash in the second run.
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Team GB's young-hopeful, Shanaze Reade stacked it in the first seeding run (qualifier run) but managed to recover and get second place just off her follow-up run.
She spoke to media after the race and laughed off the crash: “Never be afraid.” she said. “That's BMX, it can be unpredictable, I don't know exactly what happened, we'll have to look at the videos.”
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Check out the VC2 pod on Donny Robinson's journey to the Olympics.
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