Bart de Jong
Long time International BMXer, Laëtitia Le Corguillé has announced her retirement from BMX Racing and won't get a chance to participate to her third Olympic games... and retires from the sport... Laëtitia suffered a serious foot injury, Sunday at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester, UK while making a run at her third Olympics and has ended what has been one of the longest and most successful Elite Women's BMX careers in the sport.
In her own words "I took a while to give news of my ankle because yesterday afternoon was hard to take ... after all, I have a broken calcaneus (heel bone): 2 large fracture above. This is very bad news because even if all goes well, my foot must remain immobilized for 3 months without contact of the heel on the floor ... three months on crutches. It is the end of season for me. I hoped also to finish my career on a high note at the Olympic Games (even if the qualification was not certain yet ). This will not be the case. So you can understand that this injury also announces
BRAINTREE BMX NO CLIP WORLDS
*Fun BMX racing for everyone*
Track open from 10am with gates from 10.30
Registration between 10:30 and 11:30
Racing Starts at 12.30 (ish).
Cost: Club members £5 and Guest £10
Following formulas to be raced:
F5: 7 under (mixed),
F4: 8-9 (males),
F3: 10-12 (males),
F2: 13-15 (males),
Braintree Elite: 16+ (includes random pay back)
Seniors (25+),
Female 12 and under,
Female 13+
Female 12 & under normally race in with F4 with the results then
It's slated to be one of the biggest days for BMX in 2016: On Saturday night, June 11th in Chula Vista, Ca., the National Hall of Fame will induct six new legends of the sport into the famed hall. All of this will take place just hours after the U.S. BMX Olympic Trials where the second U.S. Athlete to represent the United States will be decided! Please join us in welcoming the following six inductees in to the BMX HoF Class of 2016:
PIONEER RACER: LEE MEDLIN
Known to the BMX world as Pedalin' Lee Medlin, this year's Pioneer
It's time to get the calendars out and save the date of 4 June 2016 for the 040 Invitational Spine Ramp contest to be held in the city centre of Eindhoven, Netherlands. Europe's better pro miniramp riders have been invited to come ride on the brand new 22m x 10m x 2m spine mini built by 040BMXPARK. The double coping spine ramp will have a sub box and a wall also and will be set up on the 18 Septemberplein in the city centre during the E-Moves Urban Culture Festival.
The one-day contest will kick off with an open qualifier at 10:30hr followed by practice till 13:00hr. With € 5000,= prize money up for grabs to be divided by the top seven riders, it will be an interesting spectacle in front of a big crowd. The competition starts at 13:00hr and is free to attend. Around 18:00hr the first winner of the 040 Invitational Spine Ramp contest will be announced. Nearby 040BMXPARK will be open after the contest. With so many good
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.