Beijing Olympian, Jared Graves won his first BMX race since the Olympics today in the third Hog’s Breath Café National Round on the Gold Coast today. The 26 year old found the wet and muddy conditions tough but was determined to avoid a repeat of last night’s round which saw Adelaide’s Brian Kirkham steel the win in a photo finish. “In the run last night I slowed down a bit because I thought I had a bit of a gap,” Graves said about his second place in round two last night. However the professional cyclist knew what he had to do. “Today I just went flat out right from the line I wasn’t leaving any chances today,” Graves declared. “My legs felt better than yesterday.” Graves lead from the start and completed the four straights unchallenged to win his first BMX race since making the final in Beijing where he was unlucky to crash while in medal contention

and finished sixth. For Graves racing in the national series has taken some time to adjust. “It’s a bit of a change of pace after Beijing,” he said. “There was only one jump on the track we can jump today!”

Second was Kirkham with Maitland's Thomas Hubert in third.

The elite women's race was won by Canberra’s Caroline Buchanan after a strong start saw Beijing Olympian, Nicole Callisto from Perth relegated to third place after being passed by Victoria’s Ziggy Callan.

Junior World Champion, Sam Willoughby from Adelaide won the junior men's race today making amends after a disappointing crash in last night’s semi final left him out of the placings. Second was fellow Adelaide rider, Anthony Dean with Victoria’s Joshua Callan in third.

World silver medallist, Bunbury’s Lauren Reynolds won the junior women's race convincingly from Townville’s Rachel Bracken with local rider Cherie Simpson in third.

Bracken, Buchanan, Reynolds, Willoughby and Joshua Callan are the five newly announced members of the BMX Elite Development Squad preparing for the London 2012 Olympics.


Hog’s Breath Café National Series Probikx - Champbikx Round 3 Nerang, Gold Coast 3rd Jan 2009:

Elite MEN:
J Graves (TOO) 1, B Kirkham (PT A) 2, T Hubert (MAIT) 3, A Cameron (LIV) 4, M Willoughby (H.V) 5, B Jolliffe (L.MQ) 6, S Janssen (NER) 7, B Murray (STHD) 8.

Junior MEN: S Willoughby (H.V) 1, A Dean (XKYS) 2, J Callan (LILY) 3, M Dunsworth (KNOX) 4, I Docherty (PEN) 5, H De Vries (H.C) 6, J Nash (CNS) 7, R Henderson (TUG) 8.

Elite WOMEN: C Buchanan (TUG) 1, Z Callan (LILY) 2, N Callisto (WAN) 3, C Hubert (MAIT) 4, C Ward (H.C) 5.

Junior WOMEN: L Reynolds (GWST) 1, R Bracken (TNV) 2, C Simpson (NER) 3, K Dellar (W'SD) 4, T Smith (XKYS) 5, K Fischmann (NER) 6, J Rice (CL VL) 7, C Prestwidge (H.C) 8.

Photo credit: Matthew Setright/Flashshots

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