BMX brought out the crowds on Sunday at FWS 2018 HIROSHIMA

BMX brought out the crowds on Sunday at FWS 2018 HIROSHIMA - JAPAN

Apr 09, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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Riders were pushing themselves to their absolute limits and showcasing their best tricks to the huge crowd! Over 86,000 people attended the 3 day event. 8 women representing 6 different nations made it to the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Women’s final and what a final it was. The women were split into 2 groups of 4 and had 2 runs each to throw down their best tricks. The standard was super high and all the women shredded the whole course with style. Angie Marino’s impressive run looked set to get her the top spot on the podium but she was denied the win by fellow American Hannah Roberts. Hannah landed everything she attempted and covered the whole course throwing tricks until the very last second.

Final Results Women UCI BMX Park World Cup Japan:
1 - Hannah Roberts - USA - 84.70 PTS
2 - Angie Marino - USA - 81.60 PTS
3 - Lara Lessmann - Germany - 80.80 PTS

After a massive battle between riders in the semi-final the stage was set for an awesome Men’s UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. The leader from qualifying Alex Colborn one of the competitions most technical riders, usually an expert in lip tricks missed one of his signature tricks and ended up in 6th place. Australian rider Brandon Loupos scored a massive 92.10 points making it extremely difficult for anyone to knock him off the top spot. Kenneth Tencio had the crowd holding their breath as he did his

customary drop in from the huge wall at the back of the park and the rest of his run was just as impressive earning him 2nd place. Last year’s winner Daniel Dhers recovered from his fall yesterday to produce an excellent run landing him in 3rd place.

Final Results UCI BMX Park World Cup:
1 - Brandon Loupos - Australia - 92.10 PTS
2 - Kenneth Tencio - Costa Rica - 88.80 PTS
3 - Daniel Dhers - Venezuela - 88.20 PTS

By hosting the first ever round of the UCI BMX Flatland World Cup, Hiroshima couldn’t give a better present to the large numbers of Japanese riders of this discipline. Once again, Jean-William Prevost and Alex Jumelin went head to head and judges had a hard time choosing who would reach the podium. Finally, the very creative style of Alex made the difference and there is no doubt the trophy will take pride of place back at his BMX Flatland Academy in France. Viki Gomez made a very technical run with a great use of his back wheel, enhanced by some pretty barspins. But it was Matthias Dandois’s magical run which really wowed everyone. He added a brand new trick and completed his run flawlessly without ever putting a foot on the floor. After the event he said "the crowd made it, you can feel they know what they see as the Japanese scene is crazy for Flatland rider. The season couldn’t start better to be on the podium with two of my best friends"

Final Results Men UCI BMX Flatland World Cup, Japan:
1 - Matthias Dandois - France - 90.33 PTS
2 - Jorge Gomez - Spain - 89.13 PTS
3 - Alex Jumelin - France - 86.50 PTS

UCI and FISE were delighted to open a UCI BMX Flatland competition at the event for women and this will continue for every round of the season. The competition was exceptional and enhanced by the presence of four Japanese top riders who have been famous on the flatland scene in Japan for a while. They dropped some good rolling tricks and some complex combos. The winner Katagiri Misari from Kobe impressed with a cleverly composed run and as the judge Alexis Desolneux said “the level is on the rise and we are looking forward to see more and more women attending the competition”

Final Results Women UCI BMX Flatland World Cup, Japan:
1 - Katagiri Misari - Japan - 81.00 PTS
2 - Eriko Ono - Japan - 76.00 PTS
3 - Eri Funatsu - Japan - 71.00 PTS

Pics by Bart de Jong
Text by FISE