Long time International BMXer, Laëtitia Le Corguillé has announced her retirement from BMX Racing and won't get a chance to participate to her third Olympic games... and retires from the sport... Laëtitia suffered a serious foot injury, Sunday at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester, UK while making a run at her third Olympics and has ended what has been one of the longest and most successful Elite Women's BMX careers in the sport.
In her own words "I took a while to give news of my ankle because yesterday afternoon was hard to take ... after all, I have a broken calcaneus (heel bone): 2 large fracture above. This is very bad news because even if all goes well, my foot must remain immobilized for 3 months without contact of the heel on the floor ... three months on crutches. It is the end of season for me. I hoped also to finish my career on a high note at the Olympic Games (even if the qualification was not certain yet ). This will not be the case. So you can understand that this injury also announces
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*Fun BMX racing for everyone*
Track open from 10am with gates from 10.30
Registration between 10:30 and 11:30
Racing Starts at 12.30 (ish).
Cost: Club members £5 and Guest £10
Following formulas to be raced:
F5: 7 under (mixed),
F4: 8-9 (males),
F3: 10-12 (males),
F2: 13-15 (males),
Braintree Elite: 16+ (includes random pay back)
Seniors (25+),
Female 12 and under,
Female 13+
Female 12 & under normally race in with F4 with the results then