BMX at the Olympics -Freestyle and Racing

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Should be some decent chances for the Brits to score a medal or 2. Also there is a rider from Peckham, Dean Reeves, riding for Morocco.

I'll be rooting for the British riders as I don't think there will be much of an Irish presence. And they are all super lovely with the kids at the races here, always time for a selfie.

Don't know a whole lot about the freestyle except I love watching it. And Charlotte Worthington obvs. a Gold medal winner already.

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Dean Reeves (@deanreeves21) • Instagram photos and videos

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Kye whyte🦁 (@kyewhyte) • Instagram photos and videos

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Bethany Shriever MBE (@bethanyshriever) • Instagram photos and videos

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https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/cycling-bmx-racing

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/cycling-bmx-freestyle

 

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Beth Shriever broke her collarbone at the Worlds. Hope she recovers in time.

 

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Massive Beth Shriever on Natwest HQ Bishopsgate. She even put some lippy on!

 

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Kye and Beth confirmed with Ross Cullen and Emily Hutt as reserves.

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Also confirmed​

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Men’s BMX Freestyle Park​

Kieran Reilly

Women’s BMX Freestyle Park​

Charlotte Worthington

 

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Beth's bike looking sharp.

 

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Am on holiday so been unable to post any useful updates as been trying to make VPNs work and then use laptop as family telly.

Kye Whyte - through (just)
Beth Shriever - through 2nd overall so far Sakakibara is about 3/10 faster average. Going to be an absolute fucking humdinger between these 2 tomorrow.
Dean Reeves - out

 

[rubbershoes]

Shriever is flying

 

[souljacker]

Kye White was a bit lucky there. He's not really got the pace.

 

[spitfire]

Kye White was a bit lucky there. He's not really got the pace.

Aye. He's not far off but will be a stretch for a medal.

 

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Shriever is flying

Rocket ship.

 

[spitfire]

Beth's post race interview was a masterclass of confidence/low stress management.

 

[souljacker]

Beth's post race interview was a masterclass of confidence/low stress management.

Not surprising. She was miles ahead in every heat.

 

[spitfire]

Not surprising. She was miles ahead in every heat.

Yeah but she's still got Sakakibara to go so would be excused to be a little circumspect. She just looked much cooler than anyone in that position should be.

 

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[stavros]

Finals tonight from about 8:30.

 

[spitfire]

Beth still killing it but still a fraction slower on lap time after Sakakibara.

Apparently Kye has a bad back so that won’t be helping matters.

 

[spitfire]

Watching on a VPN here in shitty WiFi so it keeps buffering.

Looks like Kye was stretchered off but we missed loads.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Shitting it for Beth

 

[Steel Icarus]

Oh FFS. She's blown it

 

[Elpenor]

Seemed like they were held for a very long time at the start (based on my knowledge of watching this for 15 minutes or so)

 

[spitfire]

Fucksakes.

On a bit of a delay here but looked like she got crowded out.

Gate 6 did not pan out for her this time.

 

[Steel Icarus]

That's so unfortunate, Beth was so dominant up to the one race she had to win.

 

[spitfire]

Seemed like they were held for a very long time at the start (based on my knowledge of watching this for 15 minutes or so)

The gate start is random.

 

[Elpenor]

The gate start is random.

Oh, that’s interesting, so it can vary in how long before the gate drops?

 

[souljacker]

Sad result but what a great attitude she's got.

 

[souljacker]

She looked wobbly at the start behind that long gate start.

 

[spitfire]

Oh, that’s interesting, so it can vary in how long before the gate drops?

It does. I’ve never found out what the parameters are but it is random like an F1 start light sequence.

You can get an app and everything.

‎Random Gate

‎BMX random gate start cadence for your iPhone / iPod Touch. OK riders, random start… Riders ready, watch the gate… beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeep... This application allows you to play the random gate start cadence used in international BMX events no matter where you are with your iPhone or iPod To…

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