Bart de Jong
TEARS FLOW AS BUCHANAN CRASHES OUT OF BMX AT RIO. It is more than an hour since Caroline Buchanan' heart was broken out there on the first turn of the final run of the semi-finals of the women's BMX. When you find her here at the back of the stadium on her own, with the victorious chant of "Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!" from delirious Colombian fans fading in the distance, she cuts the loneliest of figures.
I'd interviewed the 25-year-old over lunch in January. A more
Michael Beran qualifies in first in Pro Park in The Hague. Pro Freestyle Park finals tomorrow.
Pro Freestyle BMX Park in The Hague finsihed off on Saturday with Pro Park qualifying. The field was of a high level and we only see top 12 back in tomorrow's finals. Sem Kok just missed out after riding incredibly well with a hurt ankle but it's these twelve dudes that will ride again at Plein in The Hague tomorrow evening. Be there.
Pro Park qualification results:
1. Michael Beran
2. Daniel Sandoval
3. Jack Clark
4. Tom van den Bogaard
5. Marin Rantes
6. Daniel Wedemeijer
7. Cam Peake
8. Kenneth Tancre
9. Tobias Freigang
10. Paul Thoelen
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.