With Logan Martin and Daniel Sandoval tied in points for the overall of the 2015 FISE World Series, all eyes were on both riders during the semi-finals which just took place on Langkawi island. Logan Martin's consistency in doing hard tricks all over the course got him in first place position with the finals coming up tomorrow. Late arrival Daniel Sandoval ended up getting 4th place right behind Alex Coleborn (3rd) and America's Jake Leiva who once again made a strong impression at the FISE World event. Not making the cut was Brandon Loupos. At the end of his first run the Aussie had a crash on his shoulder which left him out of the top 12 with a broken collarbone. Scooter crasher Daniel Dhers amazingly got on the bike today for the first time after his crash and ripped it up with scab wounds all over his body. His reward was 7th place. Ryan Taylor grabbed 6th and Kostya Andreev, who also had a nasty crash in practice, got 5th. Rounding up the top 12 were Alessandro Barbero in 8th, Bezanson in 9th, Nikulin in 10th, Irek Rizaev (RUS) in 11th and Melnik taking the last final spot.
The Amateur BMX qualification event at the FISE World Series in Malaysia just took place and it was Rylan Kindness from Greenslopes coming out on top. The rider from Australia had the lines and the tricks to end up in first with a two point gap over fellow Australian Matthew Bassingthwaighte who was afraid his tire would blow up mid run but luckily it didn't. Kuala Lumpur's Zafrin Shah brought the tricks to the course to finish third in qualification on a hot day in Langkawi. With 12 riders making the cut tomorrow's finals will be interesting. Will the Panda be able to pull it off? Or is there someone among the finalists who has been holding back. With two runs counting towards an overall score we will know tomorrow who grabs the biggest check in the Am comp at the Fise World Series in Langkawi.
Qualifying results BMX Open Langkawi
Brandon Loupos wins open qualifier at FISE World Series Langkawi. Semi finals tomorrow.
The Open qualifier at the FISE World Series just took place in Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Brandon Loupos (AUS) as well as Kostya Andreev (RUS) killed it on the FISE course in front of a good sized crowd to finish first and second respectively. Italian Alessandro Barbero has been a FISE regular for many years and managed to finish in spot #3 with two solid runs that included wallrides to tailwhips and 360 tuck no-handers the opposite way over the jump box. The 2015 FISE Langkawi stop has a hitching post and a step-up that Barbero barrel rolled on his with to third place. Irek Rizaev (RUS) has been knocking on the door of the pro ranks for a while and used his big jump box tricks to qualify in 4th just ahead of a flair dropping-in Ryan Taylor from the UK. Alex Coleborn made it to the next round as well and is looking forward to do some clean runs to pass absents Mike
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