3 X Games dirt golds in a row for Corey Bohan

Aug 04, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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X GAMES, LOS ANGELES — Cory Bohan rode to an unprecedented third-straight gold in BMX freestyle dirt at X Games 12 on Thursday evening at the STAPLES Center. The Australian native came into this year's competition as the only rider to win back-to-back BMX freestyle dirt gold medals. Following a winning run that included a no-handed, one-footer to tail whip, a one-footed table 360 and a bar-spin tail whip, he let the crowd know that he has no intention of letting up. "The three-peat is fantastic, and what to do now is keep winning," says Bohan. "The no-hand one-foot, to be able to put it into a run and hold it throughout feels unbelievable."

Ryan Nyquist (Greenville, NC), winner of more BMX Dirt medals than any athlete in X Games history, added to his total with a silver-medal win on Thursday. Nyquist's medal run included a 720 bar spin and a backflip double barspin. Tonight isn't the last time X Games fans will see Nyquist compete. BMX Park and the newest BMX discipline added to this year's line-up, BMX Big Air, are next on Nyquist's agenda. "It feels good. I had a chance to do a great run," said Nyquist. "I'm happy with second. In past years I was in eighth and 10th, so it feels good to be on the podium."

Anthony Napolitan, 19, of Youngstown, Ohio, was competing in his first X Games and took home the bronze with a run including a three double whip and a tire grab to no-handed front flip. Said Napolitan, "X Games is the biggest action sports contest of the year. It's the event everyone recognizes. This is amazing. I feel great."

BMX Dirt Finals X Games Los Angeles 2006

Rank Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
1 (Gold) Corey Bohan 91.66 91.00 81.33
2 (Silver) Ryan Nyquist 79.66 91.33 77.66
3 (Bronze) Anthony Napolitan 90.33 85.00 79.00
4 Chris Doyle 89.00 78.00 77.00
5 Ryan Guettler 87.33 87.33 88.33
6 Mike Aitken 78.00 83.66 86.66
7 Allan Cooke 86.00 83.66 76.00
8 Luke Parslow 77.66 79.33 83.33
9 Cameron White 77.66 78.00 77.00
10 Corey Nastazio 75.66 -- --

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