In front of a packed house for the final day of the inaugural X Games Sydney 2018, Australian athletes gave their hometown crowd reason to cheer. Australian athletes took home 10 medals, three of them being gold, the most of any country. Ryan Williams of the Sunshine Coast kicked off the day winning his first X Games medal with gold in the BMX Big Air competition. Best known for throwing scooter tricks on the Nitro Circus tour, Ryan Williams showed he’s not just a one-trick pony. Adding BMX riding in recent years, Williams quickly learned his way around the bike and lands some of the most creative tricks in the discipline. Williams proved his BMX prowess by landing a nothing front bikeflip over the gap, to a frontflip flair at 11-feet, 3-inches to best the two-
time defending champ James Foster. Mykel Larrin rounded out the podium winning his second Big Air bronze.
BMX Big Air Final X Games Sydney 2018:
1 Ryan Williams, 92.00 (AUS)
2 James Foster, 90.33 (USA)
3 Mykel Larrin, 87.00 (USA)
4 Vince Byron, 81.66 (AUS)
5 Alex Landeros, 77.00 (USA)
6 Jaie Toohey, 74.33 (AUS)
7 Douglas Oliveira, 70.33 (BRA)
8 Morgan Wade, 41.66 (USA)
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