American riders earned three podium results over the weekend at round two of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester. Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA) won the women’s Time Trial Superfinal on Saturday and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Hara Bikes/Dans Comp) was third in the Supercross final on Sunday. Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Dalight Cycle Co) earned silver for the USA in the men’s Time Trial Superfinal.
On Saturday, Post clocked 31.884 to take her first Time Trial Superfinal gold medal while Crain was sixth in the time trial. Then on Sunday, Post and Crain both won their semifinal rounds to advance to the main where Caroline Buchanan (AUS) took the win ahead of silver medalist Simone Christensen (DEN). Crain finished third for the bronze with Post right behind her in fourth.
Sharrah’s time of 28.871 earned him the silver medal in the
men’s Time Trial Superfinal on Saturday behind winner Tory Nyhaug (CAN) who posted 28.830. Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp) also contested the time trial event, placing 13th. On Sunday, after placing first and second respectively in their semifinal rounds, Sharrah and Long went on to the men’s main where Long placed fourth and Sharrah eighth after Liam Phillips of Great Britain won the event.
The BMX Supercross World Cup will continue with round three in the Netherlands, May 7-8.