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BMX star Caroline Buchanan says the wild weather that she and Australia’s other riders faced at the weekend’s world championships in Zolder, Belgium may be the perfect preparation for next year’s Rio Olympic Games. The world championships’ final day at the outdoor track, set within the confines of the former F1 circuit in Zolder, was marred by a serious weather warning that led officials to make major changes to the format and schedule of competition.

Those changes included bringing the racing forward almost five hours and the decision to start all events from the 5m start hill used by the age group challenge classes instead of the elite 8m supercross start hill.

The altered schedule saw competitors hit the wet track in a condensed helter skelter program that put immense pressure on the riders, something Buchanan says is a possibility in Rio or at several of the important lead up events that are at the mercy of the weather over the next 12 months.

Elite Men:
1  KIMMANN Niek     NED19960520         33.386                 
2  VAN GORKOM Jelle     NED19910105         33.753                 
3  GRAF David     SUI19890908         33.817                 
4  OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos Mario  COL19871116   34.082          
5  PHILLIPS Liam     GBR19890311         34.535                 
6  VAN DER BIEZEN Raymon     NED19870114         34.749           
7  WILLOUGHBY Sam     AUS19910815         DNF                 
8  DEAN Anthony     AUS19910422         DNF       
 
Elite Women:
1  HERNANDEZ Stefany     VEN19910615         37.530                 
2  BUCHANAN Caroline     AUS19901024         38.745                 
3  CHRISTENSEN Simone     DEN19940210         39.068               
4  CRAIN Brooke     USA19930429         39.102                 
5  SMULDERS Laura     NED19931209         39.643                 
6  HLADIKOVA Aneta     CZE19840830         39.696 
7  STANCIL Felicia     USA19950518         44.400                 
8  POST Alise     USA19910117         1:19.599   

Elite Men:
1. Joris Daudet (FRA)
2. Niek Kimmann (NED)
3. Connor Fields (USA)

Elite Women:
1. Mariana Pajon (COL)
2. Alise Post (USA)
3. Sarah Walker (AUS)

Junior Men:
1. Shane Rosa (AUS)
2. Brandon Te Hiko (AUS)
3. Collin Hudson (USA)

Junior Women:

Elite Men Time Trials qualification results. 2015 UCI BMX World Championships. Top 16 riders make it to the finals later on today. See who made it in.....
1 P 313 KIMMANN Niek NED 31.383 Q
2 1 WILLOUGHBY Sam AUS 31.511 +0.128 Q
3 P 65 PHILLIPS Liam GBR 31.677 +0.294 Q
4 P 11 FIELDS Connor USA 31.711 +0.328 Q
5 P 33 DAUDET Joris FRA 31.759 +0.376 Q
6 P 566 OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos COL 31.843 +0.460 Q
7 P 127 TREIMANIS Edzus LAT 31.845 +0.462 Q
8 P 279 JONES Trent NZL 31.845 +0.462 Q
9 P 85 GARCIA Jared USA 31.875 +0.492 Q
10 P 24 SHARRAH Corben USA 31.876 +0.493 Q
11 P 39 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 31.917 +0.534 Q
12 P 121 VAN DER BIEZEN Raymon NED 31.930 +0.547 Q
13 P 14 CALEYRON Quentin FRA 31.942 +0.559 Q
14 P 921 HARMSEN Joris NED 32.076 +0.693 Q
15 P 747 TURNER Bodi AUS 32.083 +0.700 Q
16 P 81 STROMBERGS Maris LAT 32.092 +0.709 Q

Time Trials qualification results Elite Women. 2015 UCI WORLD Championships. Top 16 to the Superfinals later today.
1 P 100 PAJON Mariana COL 35.741 Q
2 P 68 BUCHANAN Caroline AUS 36.238 +0.497 Q
3 P 11 POST Alise USA 36.544 +0.803 Q
4 P 75 VAN BENTHEM Merle NED 36.587 +0.846 Q
5 P 96 WALKER Sarah NZL 36.627 +0.886 Q
6 4 CHRISTENSEN Simone DEN 36.731 +0.990 Q
7 P 23 STANCIL Felicia USA 36.839 +1.098 Q
8 P 469 HERNANDEZ Stefany VEN 36.853 +1.112 Q
9 P 110 SMULDERS Laura NED 37.224 +1.483 Q
10 P 91 VANHOOF Elke BEL 37.230 +1.489 Q
11 P 33 GEORGE Danielle USA 37.444 +1.703 Q
12 P 52 HLADIKOVA Aneta CZE 37.691 +1.950 Q
13 P 53 PRIES Nadja GER 37.839 +2.098 Q
14 P 41 SUVOROVA Natalia RUS 37.845 +2.104 Q
15 P 32 CRAIN Brooke USA 37.910 +2.169 Q

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If you think you know who will win the titles, you should enter to win a cold six pack on Saturday evening. If you don't drink, your mechanic or coach will drink it. What we need is your top 5 in Elite Men, your top 3 in Elite women plus Junior Men and Junior Women world champions.

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