The 2014 UCI BMX World Championships kicked off in the Netherlands on Wednesday with the 17 and over challenge class races. Team USA grabbed a silver medal on opening day, compliments of Carly Dyar (Gilbert, Ariz.) in the women's 17+ event. Dyar won her quarterfinal and placed second in her semifinal round to advance to the main event of the women's 17+ challenge class. Crossing the line behind
Tamar Vedder (NED), she collected the silver (for the second year in a row) ahead of third-place finisher
Ellen Jacobs (NED). Additionally, Dyar will look to defend her title in the women's 17+ cruiser class on Friday.
Two other Americans made it to their finals on day one:
Kalvin Davis (Albuquerque, NM) in the men's 17-24 competition and
Frank Hoskins (Jeffersonville, Ind.) in the men's 30+ race.
Davis finished third in his semifinal round to earn his spot in the men's 17-24 main. The 22-year-old barely missed out on the