Zachary FenellBMX makes its debut at the Beijing Olympics
June 14th 2008 09:24
Australia Qualifys for the BMX Beijing Olympics
The Beijing Olympics BMX Logo
He’s going to fast, he’s losing control, he crashes, he falls...splat! So after having my ritual rant about extreme sports being excluded in Olympic events, today I’ve stumbled on a story that indeed confirms that BMX is officially entered in competition at this year’s Olympiad.
Talk about missing the starting gun. Better to skate than be late, turns out it was announced way back in 2003 that BMX would be included in the international event. The qualifying races were held last week and 3 Australians have made it through to the big game.
From gensbmx.com here are the nations ranked after Qualifying with the number of cyclists who made it.
Men
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 3
AUSTRALIA - 3
LATVIA - 3
NETHERLANDS - 3
COLOMBIA - 3
FRANCE - 2
ARGENTINA -2
NEW ZEALAND - 2
CZECH REPUBLIC - 1
VENEZUELA - 1
ECUADOR - 1
SOUTH AFRICA - 1
ITALY - 1
GREAT BRITIAN - 1
SWITZERLAND - 1
DENMARK - 1
CANADA - 1
* CRITERION No. 1: The rankings by nation are determined by the position of the three best male riders from each nation in the
UCI world BMX ranking for the period from 01/01/06 to 31/05/08. The UCI world BMX ranking is determined by four categories of
events. Category 1: World Championships; Category 2: UCI BMX Supercross World Cup; Category 3: continental events (10 events
per continent); and Category 4: national championships.
Women
FRANCE - 2
NEW ZEALAND - 2
AUSTRALIA - 2
ARGENTINA - 2
CZECH REPUBLIC - 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1
NETHERLANDS -1
CANADA - 1
GREAT BRITAIN - 1
DENMARK -1
SWITZERLAND - 1
Subtotal: 12
Code Country World Championships
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