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Above - The "highs" and "lows" of BMX Racing. Shanaze Reade goes from IN THE HUNT (Left) to a lonely 8th place finish (Right). Below - The tale is told on the Big Screen. Anne-Caro celebrates, cries and celebrates while Laetitia Le Corguille seems pretty happy with Sliver and a Fighting Kiwi, Sarah Walker is comforted by Olympic Track Builder, Tom Ritz.

If you don't think that the French Team was PSYCHED by going Gold and Silver, then check out Coach Fabrice, "Champ" Allier and The Boys celebrating a BIG 1-2 punch!

MEN'S FINAL

Location - Mid Air/Berm Jump, Second Straight of the Olympic Track.

Latvia's Maris Strombergs is WAY lower on the radar than the pack.

Maris used his low trajectory to move strongly into the lead

that he never relinquished while taking the GOLD at the BMX Olympic Event.

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UCI World Champion, Maris Strombergs of Latvia leads a pack of hungry riders thru the Second Straight. Maris went on to win three

strong quarter finals, and along with Team USA's Mike Day were the only two men's riders to turn in a perfect score, with t

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WEDNESDAY TIME TRIALS - August 20, 2008
	Class	Event	# Of Riders	Time	Start	Finish
	Men	Warm Up	32	30 Minutes	7:50 AM	8:20 AM
	Women	Warm Up	16	30 Minutes	8:20 AM	8:50 AM
		Break		10 Minutes	8:50 AM	9:00 AM
	Men	Time Trial Run 1	32	45 Minutes	9:00 AM	9:45 AM
	Women	Time Trial Run 1	16	24 Minutes	9:45 AM	10:09 AM
		Break		6 Minutes	10:09 AM	10:15 AM
	Men	Time Trial Run 2	32	45 Minutes	10:15 AM	11:00 AM
	Women	Time Trail Run 2	16	24 Minutes	11:00 AM	11:24 AM
		Break		16 Minutes	11:24 AM	11:40 AM
	Men	Quarterfinal 1	32 (4 groups)	12 Minutes	11:40 AM	11:52 AM
		Break		13 Minutes	11:52 AM	12:05 PM
	Men	Quarterfinal 2	32 (4 groups)	12 Minutes	12:05 PM	12:17 PM
		Break		15 Minutes	12:17 PM	12:32 PM
	Men	Quarterfinal 3	32 (4 groups)	16 Minutes	12:32 PM	12:48 PM

The Olympic BMX Track was STUNNING, Monday as Day One of Practice was underway at the Laoshan Olympic Cycling Complex.


The Laoshan Cycling Center where the Track Cyclists run their events.			The BMX Olympic Number Plate.	The big ol start hill, looking over the track.	The track was all covered due to a pretty constant threat of rain, on Sunday.	This is what riders will be looking for at the end of the racing action on Thursday.	Sunday it was raining a bit, but that didn't dampen the spirits of Liam Phillips (Left) and Great Britain coach, Grant White.

It's the mid morning "seat scrubbing" at the Olympic BMX Venue.	One World, One Dream!	Each National Team has it's own little "cottage" with A/C, beds to lay on and privacy.	"Home Of...The Lavians!"	Beijing 2008!	Italy's, Manuel de Vecchi is psyched with the new bike that Redline hooked him up with for the Olympics.	Shanaze Reade joins Liam and Grant in doing a little U.K. Race Prep, checkin' out the course.	What would a big race like this be without a "Jumbotron"?

	UCI Technical Delegate, Matti Notland, gettin' things dialed in on the Pro-Gate.	Matti and Olympic Track Builder, Tom Ritz, putting down some of the Olympic Logo on the Start Hill.	Cameras all covered up and ready to make those 'ol Olympic Rings up there on the grandstand wall, PROUD!	The entire track has been covered for a long and it wasn't in TOO bad shape	OOPS! The Velodrome roof sprung a pretty major leak at the roofline.

Mike Day's Custom GT Power Series BMX bike, with special Olympic Rims from Sun Rims.

Sweet lookin' Patriotic Team USA graphics on pure white Sun Envy rims, only made for Mike Day, Kyle Bennett and Jill Kintner.

Olympic BMXers Practice At UCI World Cycling Center Almost Up To Olympic Event!

While the road cyclists have already crowned their Olympic road race champions in Beijing, other medal hopefuls in the Games’ new cycling discipline, BMX, have been finalizing their Olympic preparation at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland.

The BMX competition kicks off in Beijing on August 20th and some National Federations chose to delay their departure for the competition site until after the beginning of the Olympic Games.

Since the beginning of August, Olympic BMX teams from France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and Venezuela have trained at the WCC. The Latvian contingent, with World Champion Maris Strombergs, continues to train in Aigle this week. They will leave Switzerland for Beijing on Friday August 15th.

All the nations qualified for the Olympic Games in BMX, except the Netherlands and Argentine, have trained at least once at the WCC this year. Among the athletes were the two World Champions Maris Strombergs and Shanaze Reade (Great Britain) as well as the French athlete Anne-Caroline Chausson, multiple downhill World Champion, who returned to BMX in order to participate at the Olympics.

Track cyclists from the Canadian Federation also used the WCC facilities from July 28 to August 10 in order to prepare the Olympic Games.

In addition, para-cyclists from the Czech Cycling Federation are on a training camp in Aigle from August 10 to 18 to prepare the Paralympics which take place in Beijing two weeks after the Olympic Games.

The Official Event Description - Olympic event: Bicycle Motocross (BMX) ..... Seating: 4,000 ..... Olympic dates: August 20-21 ..... Opening hours: Two hours prior to the start of competition ..... Walking distances: From LAOSHAN XIJIE bus stops at LAOSHAN West Street to the Venue: approximately 150 meters ..... Spectator Tip - Bicycle races are fast, aggressive and sometimes dangerous, so spectators are not allowed on the field of competition and must refrain from assisting athletes at any time.