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Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX Freestyle
The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of the event, with freestyle BMX added to the programme for the first time (BMX racing was added in 2008). The reigning (2021) World Champion is Logan Martin of Australia, who was also the 2017 winner and 2019 silver medalist. A preview by Olympics.com noted the favourites as Brandon Loupos of Australia (the 2019 World Champion), Daniel Dhers of Venezuela, and Rim Nakamura of Japan. Australia had hoped to have both Martin and Loupos compete. The final rankings, however, put the United States as the #1-ranked nation. This meant that the United States was the only nation able to send two cyclists in the event; Australia, as the #2-ranked nation, could send only one. Further, Loupos was seriously injured during the 2021 World Championship less than two months before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariake Urban Sports Park
is an outdoor sports facility located in the Ariake district of Kōtō, Tokyo and built for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The venue covers a total area of 97,000 m². The BMX, freestyle BMX and skateboard facility has a maximum capacity of 6,600, 5,000, and 7,000 spectators respectively. See also *Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics References External links Skateboarding spots Sports venues in Tokyo Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic skateboarding venues Sports venues completed in 2021 2021 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo {{Tokyo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. National Olympic Committees As of 2020, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include each of the 193 member states of the United Nations, one UN observer state (Palestine) and two states with limited recognition (Kosovo and Taiwan). There are also ten dependent territories with recognized NOCs: four territories of the United States (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands), three British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMX At The Summer Olympics
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2021. Prior to the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.), all events were speed races, but the 2020 programme featured BMX freestyle for the first time. Women's road events were introduced to the Olympic programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women's track events were added in 1988, and both types of events have been featured since then. The 2012 Summer Olympics were the first at which men and women competed in the same number of events in all cycling disciplines, including track cycling, which previously had more men's and fewer women's events than the 2008 programme. However, women have shorter distances for some events. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 22 events in five disciplines. Cycling competitions had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming. Since the 1896 contests which featured five track events and an 87 km road race from Athens to Marathon and back, Olympic cycling had gradually evolved to include women's competitions, mountain bike and BMX to arrive at the current 22 events. The cycling program for this edition was expanded with 4 more events than those held in 2016. BMX freestyle was added in the program for the first time and there will also be a return of Madison events on the track that had been removed from the Olympic program in 2008. The award of the extra events was widely seen as a reward for the agreement of the UCI that the track cycling and mountain bike events be taken out of Tokyo and held in Izu, Shizuoka, allowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships was the fourth edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, and was held from 4 to 8 June 2021 in Montpellier, France. The 2021 championships comprised events in freestyle BMX only. Previous editions had included events in cross-country eliminator and trials. Medal summary Freestyle BMX Flatland Park Medal table See also * 2021 UCI BMX World Championships * 2021 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships * 2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships * Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX freestyle * Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX freestyle References External links UCI [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skateboarding At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Park
The 2020 Summer Olympics men's park skateboarding competitions took place on August 5, 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan. Competition format The twenty participating skateboarders were sorted into four heats of five skaters each for the semifinals (prelims). During the semifinals, each skater did three 45-second runs in their designated heat. The best run score of each skater's three runs built a ranking. The eight top-ranked skaters from the combined ranking of the heats qualified for the final. Results Semifinals The top 8 skateboarders of 20 advanced to the final. Final The results of the final were: See also * Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's street *Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX freestyle The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX Racing
The men's BMX racing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 29 and 30 July 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 24 cyclists from 17 nations competed in the event. Background This was the 4th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since BMX racing was added to the programme in 2008. The reigning Olympic champion was Connor Fields of the United States, and the reigning (2019) World Champion was Twan van Gendt of the Netherlands. A preview by Olympics.com noted the favourites as Fields, van Gendt, Niek Kimmann (also of the Netherlands), Joris Daudet of France, and Carlos Ramírez of Colombia. Fields suffered a horrific crash in his semi-final heat and was unable to continue racing. He was hospitalized. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three qualified cyclists in the BMX race. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 24 quota places available, allocated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX Freestyle
The women's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of the event, with freestyle BMX added to the programme for the first time (BMX racing was added in 2008). The reigning (2021) World Champion is teenager Hannah Roberts of the United States, who was also the 2017 and 2019 winner and 2018 bronze medalist. A preview by Olympics.com noted Roberts as favourite, with Macarena Perez of Chile and Charlotte Worthington of Great Britain (the 2021 World Championships bronze medalist) as other contenders. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the BMX freestyle. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. There were 9 quota places available, allocated as follows: * UCI nation ranking (6 places): Top NOC earns 2 places. NOCs ranked 2nd to 5th each ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Tencio
Kenneth Tencio Esquivel (born 6 December 1993) is a Costa Rican freestyle or freestyle BMX cyclist. He is an athlete known in Costa Rica for participating in BMX freestyle competitions in the X-Knights, winning the silver medal in the 2018 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships and for qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Biography Kenneth Tencio returned to Costa Rica after a trip to the United States and Mexico where he made multiple sporting appearances and formally joined the Red Bull team, for 2014 he was designated as one of the fastest growing and most complete Riders of the moment, closing that year in position 9 of the world ranking. He was runner-up in the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championships held in Chengdu, China, with the American Justin Dowell remaining champion. He also won third place in the BMX Freestyle: Simple Session Tallinn in Estonia 2018 and also participates in 2019 obtaining the same position. In 2019 he managed to win first place in the BMX champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irek Rizaev
Irek Yevgenyvich Rizaev (Russian: Ирек Евгеньевич Ризаев: born October 1, 1997, in Kazan) is a Russian BMX rider. He's a regular participant in Russian as well as international BMX freestyle competitions. He's already won multiple titles and medals in his career. He's is also part of the Russian national BMX freestyle-team. He's 2016, 2017 and 2019 Russian Champion in BMX freestyle. He's the first Russian athlete to take part 1/sup> in the 2017 BMX Nitro World Games organized by Nitro Circus. Biography Rizaev was born on October 1, 1997, in Kazan, Russia and is of Tatar descent. He started riding BMX in 2009 at the age of 12. The first time he took part in a BMX competition was in 2010, in Kazan, when he received a prize for being the best talent. In 2011, Irek began to participate in Russian races and took part in his first official Russian BMX Championship in Krasnoyarsk. Since 2014, he participates in international competitions like Simple Session, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Jeanjean
Anthony Jeanjean (born 13 May 1998) is a French cyclist who competes in the Freestyle BMX. Jeanjean began riding BMX in Montpellier, aged 10. He won the inaugural European freestyle BMX Championship as well as French national BMX freestyle gold in 2020. In June 2021, he was selected for the French team to compete at the delayed 2020 Summer Games. He again became the French national champion at the event held at the Olympic Park in Montpellier in October 2022. In November 2022 he won the bronze medal at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in the Freestyle BMX held in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. .... References External links * * * * * 1998 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) French male cyclists BMX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships was the third edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, and was held in Chengdu, China for the third consecutive year. The 2019 championships comprised events in freestyle BMX and trials In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. One form of tribunal is a court. The tribunal, w ... Medal summary Freestyle BMX Flatland Park Mountain bike trials 20 inch 26 inch Team Medal table References External links UCI {{World championships in 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships UCI Urban Cycling World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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