The US expects to clinch all five spots and send five potential medal winners to Two spots for the women are available to the top four nations following the World Championships. A maximum of three Olympic spots for the men are available to the top five nations, according to UCI rankings following the World Championships. Whoever holds the highest individual UCI ranking after the World Championships in Taiyuan, China, at the end of May, will earn USA Cycling’s sole automatic nomination for each men and women.
“I’d like to think she is good from hanging out with me all the time, but it’s ’cause she works hard and is dedicated.” “Arielle and I are separated by only one point in the Olympic points chase, so I am hoping to put a little more of a gap on her,” Kintner said. Now with both of them gunning for the Olympic team, Kintner and Martin have gone head-to-head in race after race, trading victories and rapidly climbing in rank. Martin suffered a torn ACL during 2007, which cost her valuable points. Kintner returned to BMX racing fulltime after successfully defending her World Champion 4X title in September of 2007 and she has been tallying up points ever since. Individual UCI rankings put Bennett, Robinson, Mike Day (GT) and Steven Cisar (Redman) in second, third, sixth and ninth place respectively.įor the women, Jill Kintner (GT) currently holds down third and Arielle Martin (Formula) is tied for eighth place with Australia’s Melissa Manskowski. “There’s no higher event than the Olympics if I do make the team, I won’t settle for nothing less than a gold medal.” Lead ahead of number two, Donny Robinson (Hyper). “It would mean a lot to be able to represent my country at the most prestigious event in the world,” said Kyle Bennett (Free Agent), the top ranked continental racer who holds a 42-point With only a few months to go until BMX’s Olympic debut, there’s a lot at stake at this weekend’s second annual USA Cycling BMX National Championships in DeSoto, Texas.ĭeSoto’s Metroplex BMX, the world’s first covered BMX track, will host the event, which will award national titles in 52 classifications, from the under-12 cruiser class up to masters classes.
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