Results: 2018 Youth Olympics
Elite BMXers were in Argentina just 10 days ago for the last stop on the 2018 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Tour, in Santiago del Estero. About 650 miles South, the 2018 Youth Olympic Games were preparing to launch, with BMX events taking place on October 7.
The Summer Youth Olympic Games take place every four years, at the mid-point between the Summer Olympic Games.
In the 2018 Games, 16 nations, two athletes each, raced for the Gold. Those nations were:
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Latvia
Mexico
New Zealand
Russian Federation
Switzerland
Slovakia
Thailand
The structure at the Youth Olympics is unique in BMX Racing, in that it is a “Mixed” team event. Meaning that each rider accrues points, which are then combined in a total—male and female—to decide the podium.
Those podium positions (as shown above) are (Last Name First):
GOLD
RUS – Russian Federation
OVCHINNIKOVA Varvara F
BESKROVNYY Ilia MSILVER
SUI – Switzerland
CLAESSENS Zoe F
SCHUNCK Kevin MBRONZE
COL – Colombia
BOLLE CARRILLO Gabriela F
RAMIREZ VALENCIA Juan Camilo M
The BMX Events at Tokyo 2020 are 659 days from today. We may-just see some of these riders on the big hill when the time comes.
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