As an official event on the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) calendar, the BMX competition attracted the world’s top male and female athletes.
After the last day of competitions experienced delays due to rainfall, the final podium in Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park was determined by results from the semifinals.
Sandoval secured his top score with a perfect run: Putting together huge barspin transfer over the quarter pipe channel, 360 downside double tailwhip revert over the box, flair on the quarterpipe, 360 barspin to downside tailwhip the box, flair double tailwhip the quarter pipe, 360 downside tailwhip the spine, big no-hander, front flip the box, alley-oop flair into bank, decade the box, 720 corked barspin the box, and 540 the quarter pipe earned Sandoval 95.50 points and the victory in Brussels amid an all-American podium.
The team’s winning streak continued in the Women’s BMX Best Trick competition. In a high-energy session scored on most progressive tricks, Mueller took the win with a technical banger: A perfectly executed backflip can-can over the tall spine obstacle earned Mueller the victory in front of a stoked festival crowd.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.