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Name: Harry Bartter
Age: 19
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Monster Skatepark

Name: Trent Jones
Number in Rio: 279
Country: New Zealand   
Result: 13th

What kind of preparation did you do with the National Olympic team before you took off to Brasil?
Trent Jones: Not a lot, seeing I employ a private coach, Sean Dwight. In which we had a plan to train in Chula Vista prior to the games. In which Connor Fields came back on board with training under Sean so we spent 8 solid weeks together knocking out the work that needed to be done to prepare.

Name: Cory Coffey
Age: Old enough to be your mom, literally
Hometown: Ojai, California
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Troy Lee Designs, My Baby Daddy

Name: Joris Daudet
Number in Rio: 33
Country: France
Result: Quarter final

How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Joris Daudet: It was not a big struggle for me, I had a good season with no injuries, so I knew a little bit before that I would be in the team.

Scotty Cranmer (and many others) enjoy riding BMX race bikes. Intended for use on a variety of challenging surfaces, both on-road and off-road, this equipment does not always withstand accidents well. Scotty Cranmer recently posted a video online discussing his recovery from life- threatening injuries he sustained while riding.

His account reveals both the unbridled enthusiasm of dedicated BMX hobbyists and the potential hazards involved in biking over randomly selected and potentially unsuitable off-road locations.

Name: Simone Christensen
Number in Rio: 210
Country: Denmark
Result: out of the semi final

How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Simone Christensen: I think I was pretty good to not worry too much about points during the races the year towards the Olympics.. so just did my best every time and tried to archive goals for every specific race.. but when I crashed and broke my collarbone in Papendal it started to get pretty exciting, as I couldn't go to the world championship and therefore lost a lot of world ranking points from the worlds 2015, where I had a lot! But luckily my good result during the year kept me in the spot for an Olympic place!

What were your personal goals two weeks before the Olympic race?
Simone Christensen: It was to make the final! Couldn't dream of anything bigger than standing in an Olympic final!

Name: Pete Olsen
Age: 29
Hometown: Saskatoon, Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: S&M Bikes, Brink Distro, Buoyancy, 7Grounds, Visitor Co.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: The Ex
-BMX video: Intrikat's Blend
-Website: FlatMattersOnline.com
-Web video: Rich Forne DIG BMX
-Food: Korean Sweet n Spicy Fried Chicken
-Twitter to follow: Flying Lotus
-Person on Instagram: @sandmbmx
-Travel destination: Kauai for vacation, Japan for BMX
-Riders to ride with: Brandon Derbowka, Trevor Oleniuk, Cory

Name: Toni Syarifudin
Number in Rio: 45
Country: Indonesia
Result: Quater final

When was the point for you that you thought you had a good chance of going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio?

Name: Stephan Lampitt
Age: 20
Hometown: Roxborough, Colorado
Sponsors: Summit bmx, Dark Millennium tattoo

Name: Ben Gordon
Age: 16
Hometown: Halifax, UK
Hook-Ups/Sponsors: None

Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Any long rail or weird rail set up.
-BMX Video: Chocolate truck.
-Travel destination: Spain.
-Riders to Ride with: The @bngbngmcr crew, Lewis Cunningham way too many others to mention!