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BMX and volunteers

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There are 350 volunteers making the UCI BMX World Championships in wonderful Copenhagen possible.

Actually, Danish sport is known for its many volunteers, and in fact 2011 is European Year of Vol

unteers.

We love our volunteers: they are an invaluable resource. That is why we have chosen – here on the last day of the championships – to make “I’m a volunteer” a theme for our tweetamigos.

Here

are some of them – THANK YOU so much all of you for your efforts:

Remember to visit our ‘behind the scenes YouTube channel‘.

Podcast 3: Day 4, highlights: Copenhagen 2011 UCI World Championships

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Love and BMX

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Apparently there’s a lot of love in Copenhagen these days, people really love BMX! That’s why we made the

theme for our tweetamigos: ‘I love BMX because…’. Here’s a bit of what they came up with. For more visit our behind the scenes YouTube channel – enjoy!

… and just to give you an idea – Lars means business:

… so does the French fans.

Daudet and Pajon World Champions at the BMX Worlds in Copenhagen 2011

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After three beautiful days with challenge and elite time trial competitions at the BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, adrenaline and action filled the track today when the absolute BMX elite competed for the prestigious World Championships titles in what many believes to be the toughest field ever.

Winner,

elite men: Joris Daudet, France
Joris Daudet from France completed a perfect season with today’s World Championship title in a close and exciting race in the mens’ final where he beat both the defending world champion and reigning Olympic champion Maris Strombergs from Latvia, and New Zealander Marc Willers.

“I’ve had a really good season and my only tactics for today was to get a good start,” Daudet stated after the race. Daudet promised at the same time to do his absolute best in London next year.

Earlier this year Daudet won the European championship after being best in 12 out of 12 races in the series. In the second corner oo the track in the final, Daudet made a good move on Willers and went on the inside of the leading Willers and held the lead all the way to the finish line in one of the most thrilling World Championship races this year.

 

Winner, elite female: Mariana Pajon, Columbia
In the womens’ elite final Sarah Walker from New Zealand and Mariana Pajon from Columbia were favorites after the heats of the day. Another top favorite, the British London Olympics hope Shanaze Reade, missed her gate in the semifinals and therefore didn’t make it to the finals.

Mariana Pajon won all her heats of the day on the way to the finals, where the little Columbian flew down the start ramp and took the lead on the first straight. Although Sarah Walker pushed from behind the fast Columbian increased her lead and won her first world championship in the elite in great style – it was her 14th title overall as Pajon has won a long number of titles in the Challenge classes since she was 9 years old. “This year it was my time, it’s just great”, Pajon said after her win.

Junior championships
Today’s winner among the junior women was Melinda McLeod from Australia, who also won the time trials yesterday. McLeod’s double world championship was ensured even after she was hit by a moped just before the time trial yesterday. “I focused on doing my best in the competition, and I’m proud I was able to leave the accident behind”, McLeod stated after her double World Championship victory.

Alfredo Campo from Ecuador won gold in the junior men’s competition after winning all his heats of the day – a big step on his way to getting into great results in the men’s elite next year.

 

Danish best on home ground

With two men in the quarterfinals and the Danish champion Morten Therkildsen in the semi finals, Denmark had its best World Championship results ever in the BMX Supercross on home ground in Copenhagen. Therkildsen finished 14th overall and and Klaus Boegh Andresen 21st.

Tattoos and BMX

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As some of you have probably noticed, during this year’s edition of the UCI World Championships our tweetamigos have been working under a variety of themes, to give you a different insight into parts of the BMX sport.

And, well – here’s an example: tattoos are something that BMX sport has embraced. Everyone seems to have … several. That was why we made tattooing a theme.

Our two female tweetamigos, @laurakjeldbjerg and @anecaecilie, were especially pleased when Marc Villers agreed to tell the story of his tattoos. Check out

our tattoo Flickr set … it’s super cool!

Brian Carrillo is especially proud of his Monsters Energy tattoo:

Maik Baier, Germany, and his tattoos:

Josh Mayers and his tattoos:

Josh Mayers and his tattoos

Barry Nobles, USA, is a real tattoo-fan:

Barry Nobles, USA, is a real tattoo-fan

Que pasa tweetamigo?

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In connection with the UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, social media is one of the things we focus on.

One of the main focal points for the production of content is our Tweetamigos: dedicated volunteers who report

via smartphones.

They are here for you, to give some great insights that you wouldn’t normally get. Visit our mashup and you’ll get the idea.

From left:

@mxmajatarp
@louisebligaard
@wisnewski
@bmxmarie
@OcThom
@anecaecilie
@laurakjeldbjerg
@OcNille,

Nice eh?

Podcast 2: Day 3, highlights: Copenhagen 2011 UCI World Championships

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BMX World Championships: Surprises in Time Trial championships

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Day 3 of the UCI BMX World Championships 2011 for the first time ever presented four time trials gold medals in the classes junior women, junior men, elite women and elite men. Australia ran off with the golden medals in both junior classes while British Shanaze Reade took home yet another gold in the elite women and Norway’s André Fossa Aguiluz surprised everyone when he took gold in front of all the favorites in elite men’s class.

Shanaze Reade takes 4th gold
At the elite womens’ competition it was not a surprise that the 23 year old Shanaze Reade took the gold. Speedy Reade is a top rider in her class with 3 senior World Championship titles to her name in BMX Supercross in only four years – today came the fourth.
Shanaze reade stated this Monday that she wouldn’t be racing in Copenhagen due to a wrist injury but on Wednesday she appeared in Copenhagen and today she won the first ever World championship time trial title in a time of 37,440. A performance she was very proud of:
“I’m so happy that that I won today. Time trials are not my biggest force, but I know the track in Copenhagen from training and racing and that was a great advantage,” Shanaze Reade said.

Great gold for Norway
Everything cyclists from Norway races turns to gold at the moment and the biggest surprise

today was when Norwegian André Fossa Aguiluz conquered the top of the podium from some of the biggest favorites in the men’s elite class. His bewilderment was obvious and to the question if he had expected to win, the 20 year old world champion answered:

“I’m just as surprised as everyone else here. I don’t get it. But tomorrow is yet another day with elite races and that will have my full concentration now.”

 

 

Australian junior golds: We’ll take it all in London 2012
The Australian team took both gold medals in the junior classes and the cheering audience showed without a doubt how big the success was for the people from Down Under. At the press conference afterwards, a humble 17 year old Darryn Goodwin said that he had just been doing what had to be done to win the medal.His 18 year old gold medal compatriot, Melinda McLeod, stated:
“There must be something in the water in Australia at the moment – we’re on the top of the world right now, and Australia will without a doubt dominate the BMX discipline at the Olympics next year in London.” It was McLeod’s 5 championship title but first in elite racing.

 

 

Saturday’s racing:
Top 64 elite men and junior men
Top 32 elite women and junior women
Race for rainbow jerseys from 1pm.

 

The world’s best BMX riders about their worst crashes

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You got to to check our “behind the scenes” YouTube channel.

For instance: Today, we asked some of the world’s best BMX riders about their worst crashes. We quickly realized that BMX riding is not a sport for the faint-hearted. Crashes are common, and every rider worth his or her salt has experienced them.

Sarah Walker from New Zealand broke three bones in her hand in a crash in South Africa.

Sam Willoughby (AUS) failed a jump, fell 30 feet and landed on his leg and injuring it badly.

A broken jaw and concussion was the result when Dutch rider Raymond van der Biezen’s bike let him down during a race.

Marc Willers (NZ) was carried buy cheapest cialis online on the door of a truck after a crash, which he can’t remember because of the concussion he suffered.

Australian rider Caroline Buchanan’s foot got caught in her rear wheel during the world cup series, and she had to withdraw from the race because of a broken shoulder.

In spite of the serious injuries they suffer, the riders agree that it’s important not to show weakness after a crash, and as far as possible to get up and look cool.

#2 Wanna be part of the UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen?

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[updated]: So, you want to be

part of the UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen? Well, you can – here’s a guide.

First of all, you NEED to visit our mashup. On Saturday we’ll integrate live chat and LIVE streaming via freecaster.tv. Other than that:

So, there are plenty of opportunities to join in and be part of the action.

Now, regarding the surprise … Yesterday, we had a chat with the Swatch team, who measure time and results here in Copenhagen. It became clear to us that they were able to deliver data in a format that would make it possible for us to build a LIVE results display into the mashup page. We did that and tested it this morning, and almost thought we were there … BUT it turned out that time-trials need a different data-set in order to display the latest run. We couldn’t get that data-set today, and therefore weren’t able to give you what we’d hoped for. Too bad; maybe next time?