BMX Freestyle Park Veteran Gary Young Wins First X Games Medal at X Games Barcelona 2013
May 19, 2013
The third day of action continued at X Games Barcelona, airing live on ESPN with the Women’s Skateboard Park, BMX Freestyle Park and Street League Skateboarding competitions. X Games Barcelona 2013 continues through Sunday, May 19 on ESPN and ESPN2. BMX Freestyle Park Final
Gary Young became only the seventh person to ever take home a gold medal in X Games BMX Freestyle Park history after a stellar run that included a smooth 360 whip over the volcano feature to score 75.00 and propel him into first place.
“I’ve been so close a few times and it feels unreal, I’m pumped,”
Monster Energy congratulates team rider Scotty Cranmer on his bronze today in BMX Freestyle Park at X Games Barcelona 2013. It’s the seventh career X Games medal for the 26 year old from New Jersey. Today’s BMX Park final event saw the top riders battling through their heats with the top six riders advancing to the final, which was set up as an 18-minute jam-style format. The top two runs for each rider counted towards their final score. “I had to battle not only other competitors, but also the elements – it started to rain just as I started one of my runs and huge gusts of wind kept me from doing my big tricks,” said Cranmer. “It was an honor to share the podium with those guys who I’ve looked up to, and I’m happy to bring a medal home for Monster Energy.”
After he progressed strong through his heat, Cranmer went to work in the final. After sketching out on his first run he improved consistently from there, needing strong runs near the end to lock down a podium spot. His top runs were full of smooth and
BMX Park was on the program today in Barcelona at the X-Games. It was all about Gary Young. The Dirtbrother finally grabbed the gold that he'd been hunting for so long. Ryan Nyquist once again grabbed a medal (silver) with last year's LA X-Games gold medalist Scotty Cranmer in third. BMX PARK X-Games BCN results:
1 Gary Young R38.00 37.00 37.00 13.00 - 75.00
2 Ryan Nyquist R37.00 36.00 35.00 34.00 - 73.00
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