TEARS FLOW AS BUCHANAN CRASHES OUT OF BMX AT RIO. It is more than an hour since Caroline Buchanan' heart was broken out there on the first turn of the final run of the semi-finals of the women's BMX. When you find her here at the back of the stadium on her own, with the victorious chant of "Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!" from delirious Colombian fans fading in the distance, she cuts the loneliest of figures.
I'd interviewed the 25-year-old over lunch in January. A more
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Men
1) Connor Fields (USA)
2) Jelle van Gorkom (NED)
3) Carlos Ramirez (COL)
Women
1) Mariana Pajon (COL)
2) Alise Post (USA)
RIO Quarterfinal results. Lots of favourites out. Sam, Jelle, Cory and Anthony looking good.
Olympic BMX Centre Quarterfinals MEN Results.
HEAT 1
1 37 van GORKOM Jelle NED 6 35.101 (1) 35.872 (1) 36.680 (4)
2 279 JONES Trent NZL 7 35.455 (3) 36.561 (2) 36.173 (2)
3 64 LONG Nicholas USA 10 35.730 (5) 40.046 (4) 35.331 (1)
4 313 KIMMANN Niek NED 14 35.725 (4) 1:47.485 (7) 36.431 (3)
The heats are made. See who races against who in the quarter finals in Rio today (18:30hr). The four heats are stacked and the Semi final heats for the Women Race have also been made. See below who your favourite rider needs beat.
Men (Thursday 18:30hr)
Heat 1: Joris Daudet (FRA) – Niek Kimmann (LAT) – Nicholas Long
Results Seeding Runs Olympic Games, Rio, Brasil
Results Men:
1 28 33 FRA DAUDET Joris 34.617
2 26 48 SUI GRAF David 34.678 +0.061
3 27 91 AUS WILLOUGHBY Sam 34.714 +0.097
4 20 11 USA FIELDS Connor 34.768 +0.151
It's on! BMX in RIO starts today with the Time Trials. See the order of appearance. Watch today at 18:30hr CET
The Olympic Games for BMX officially start today with the Time Trials. At 18:30hr CET Germany's Nadja Pries has the honour to kick it off with her lap against the clock that will determine her spot in the motos the next day and her spot behind the gate. Getting on the inside is always an advantage so setting a fast time today in the Time Trials will help, at least in the first moto. The girls have a day off tomorrow as they go straight into the semi-finals on Friday. The boys will race quarters on Thursday and Semis and final on Friday just like the girls.
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