Subj : BMX News July 22, 2021
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From : BMX News
Date : Thu Jul 22 2021 09:30 pm
Road to Tokyo: BMX Olympic preview
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The long awaited and one-year delayed Olympic games are coming up fast.
This will be the fourth Olympiad for the sport of BMX Racing, and
American riders are highly favored to bring home the Gold.
After years of racing for Country points to qualify the maximum of
three riders, and individual riders competing for the most UCI points
to earn a spot on their countries Olympic team, the final 48 riders (24
men / 24 women) have been decided. Let's take a look at your 2021 BMX
Olympians:
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ELITE MEN: (24 Riders)
FRANCE (3 men)
Joris Daudet – FRANCE
Sylvain Andre – FRANCE
Romain Mahieu – FRANCE
NETHERLANDS (3 men)
Niek Kimmann – NETHERLANDS
Twan van Gendt – NETHERLANDS
Joris Harmsen – NETHERLANDS
USA (2 men)
Connor Fields – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Corben Sharrah – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SWITZERLAND (2 men)
David Graf – SWITZERLAND
Simon Marquart – SWITZERLAND
COLOMBIA (2 men)
Carlos Ramirez – COLOMBIA
Vincent Pelluard – COLOMBIA
COUNTRIES (who qualified 1 spot)
Anthony Dean – AUSTRALIA
Kye Whyte – GREAT BRITAIN
Exequiel Torres – ARGENTINA
Renato Rezende – BRAZIL
Alfredo Campo – ECUADOR
Alex Limberg – SOUTH AFRICA
Tore Navrestad – NORWAY
James Palmer – CANADA
Evgeny Kleshchenko – RUSSIA
Giacomo Fantoni – ITALY
Helvijs Babris – LATVIA
Yoshi Nagasako – JAPAN
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