Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Haro-Rockstar) again gave the United States its only championship class medal of the day, earning bronze in the junior elite women's main at the UCI BMX World Championships. After putting more riders in the finals across all four championship divisions than any other nation, the U.S. suffered several near-podium misses in Copenhagen on Saturday. After winning the silver in the new Time Trial Superfinal yesterday, Crain pulled out the bronze in Saturday's junior elite women's main event despite nearly being crashed out of the final when another rider landed on her back wheel, knocking her out of the lead on the first straight.
"I held it steady, came back and then tried to pass the leader," explained
Crain, the 2010 silver-medalist.
"I tried to pull a high-low on the last turn and got blocked. We were battling on the rhythm section, then I guess I got passed at the line."
Crain rode strong, taking first or second in each of her