New Zealand's BMX Olympian, Sarah Walker (Rotorua), claimed her first win since competing in Beijing. At the UCI Oceania Round in Canberra today Walker claimed victory despite only two weeks of preparation. Walker took the win in a classy field including one of Australia's Olympians,
Nicole Callisto, and national series leader,
Caroline Buchanan from Canberra. In a close finish Buchanan finished in second with Melbourne's
Ziggy Callan in third.
Walker was pleased to be back competing in BMX.
"We've all had a bit of an off season lately," explained Walker.
"We've all started racing at different times. I only started a couple of weeks ago. I think the others have had a couple of months really." After losing to Buchanan in yesterday's round today Walker had different ideas.
"Today I was feeling a lot better," said Walker.
"I had the advantage of not trying to get out of the gate as hard with the amount of training I've had."