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Thank you for an excellent day of racing Portugal! It was a big line-up today with some tight racing that went down to the wire. Sabina KOŠÁRKOVÁ current World no 2, cracked the win today in Loureira, securing her spot in Argentina in the Women’s Category in a time of 12.920 against Belgium's Julie HEUSEQUIN time of 12.935 in their final runs. A whole 0.015 seconds on the finish line, making the difference here today.

The young Slovakian rider Tommy MISKOLCI took the no 1 spot on the podium today against France's Thibault DUPONT with a 3rd place for Eddy CLERTÉ. It's really fantastic to see Eddy back out there after his massive crash in Chile at the World Final last year. Tommy secured his ticket to Neuquen

In sunny Shenyang in China, competitors from Japan, Russia, Canada, and China lined up for that ticket to Argentina. The Chinese riders and audience were really welcoming and supportive of the athletes from Japan and Russia, and it was Tetsuya Furuno from Japan, and Boris Ponomarev from Russia battling it out all day long in the Men's category. The Chinese riders put on a great show and showed a huge effort but eventually couldn’t match the two riders from Japan and Russia who would come out as the two finalists.

Tetsuya, finalist in the other qualifier in Deqing earlier this year, put up a fierce battle against Boris in his quest for the winner’s ticket to Argentina, but would play 2nd fiddle once again and miss out on the top spot with Boris setting the fasted time of the day in the final run.

Elite results BMX Indonesia Cup 2023 Round 3 Jakarta, Indonesia 23 July 2023

Elite Men:
1 Fasya Ahsana RIFKI 23 INA 100.00
2 I Gusti Bagus SAPUTRA 30 INA 86.00
3 Rio AKBAR 28 INA 74.00
4 Yussi Wakhidur RIZAL 24 INA 64.00
5 Dean (Nadeem) REEVES (Larhemouchi) 28 MAR 55.00
6 Firman ALIM 28 INA 47.00

Park results Ghetto Games festival Ventspils, Latvia 21 - 23 July 2023

Men Park:
1 Ernests ZEBOLDS 24 LAT 1 200.00
2 Tomass GRINBERGS 26 LAT 2 160.00
3 Martin HABADA 23 CZE 3 130.00
4 Wiktor SAMOJLIK 15 POL 4 110.00
5 Jan BROŽA 20 CZE 5 90.00
6 Marcin OSKIERA 33 POL 6 70.00
7 Jan CIUCHTA 21 POL 7 50.00
8 František BLIŽŇÁK 15 CZE 8 30.00

Flatland results British National Championships Junction 4 Skatepark, Darwen, United Kingdom 22 - 23 July 2023

Men Flatland:
1 Matthew HEMMINGS 36 GBR 200.00
2 Lee MUSSELWHITE 41 GBR 160.00
3 James WHITE 53 GBR 130.00
4 Yinka THOMAS 30 GBR 110.00

With the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships around the corner we fired off some questions to 4-time UCI World Champion Hannah Roberts (USA). Will she be able to make it 5 in Glasgow?

You’ve won the UCI BMX Park World Championships title a few times already, where have you been successful over the years?
Hannah Roberts: I have been successful on and off the bike that have helped tremendously during contest. I have always had goals and an idea of where I wanna be at short term and long term. I might not always hit all the goals but it has kept me focused the last few years and has helped me be successful.

The UCI World Championships have taken you to China, France, and Abu Dhabi. Are you excited to get to Glasgow, Scotland this year?
Hannah Roberts: I’m pumped to go to Scotland! I’ve never been before and my parents are going so we are definitely taking some time to explore and to really enjoy the country!

It’s hard to get to the top, but it’s even harder to stay there. Can you confirm?
Hannah Roberts: It is harder to stay at the top. There’s always people pushing to beat