Trailing in third place behind Kagy and Mirra was former two-time
BMX Big Air Champion Kevin Robinson who put up a good fight with a solid no-handed 360 into a no-handed 540 on the quarterpipe.
"I can go home happy with a bronze because I landed my new tricks in my second run," said previous champion, Robinson. "The double flair in my last run didn't work, but I'm so happy for Chad for his well deserved win tonight."
Chad Kagy and Dave Mirra Battle for the BMX Big Air Gold Kagy Goes Deep into his Bag of Tricks to Take First
Aug 03, 2008
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There was no holding back from the competitors in tonight's BMX Big Air final as the riders progressively stepped up the difficulty and height after each run and pushed each other's limits. It all came down to the wire during the final of four runs. Mirra was holding the top position with a score of 94.66 from a no-handed 360 backflip over the 50 foot gap to a lofty, flair whip on the quarterpipe, but was knocked down to second place when Kagy dropped into the ramp for his final run just moments later. All eyes in the stadium turned to Kagy as he launched off the gap jump into a back flip tail whip and then layed out a boosted flair whip on the quarterpipe, earning a score of 96.00 and clenching the gold medal.
Kagy may have won the gold, but his respect went to Mirra. "Mirra surprised the heck out of me. Good job, Dave. He was motivated to do this the right way and it pushed me."
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