BMX Freestyle Street.
The fast-paced BMX Freestyle Street Final competition carried the weekend's momentum as fans cheered for athletes from the USA and the only Latin-American competitor, Argentine Christian Balmaceda. Although Balmaceda did not make the winners podium, the crowd chanted and cheered on their Latin-American representative. Whistles, cheers and gasps echoed through the West Pavillion as the X Games 14 bronze medalist Sean Sexton and five-time X Games gold medalist Garrett Reynolds engaged in a head-to-head battle for the gold. While both riders executed big airs, barspins and tail whips that tied them at a score of 91.00, Sexton's second score was the tiebreaker. Having recently won a bronze medal at X Games 14, he was able to up his own performance here in Mexico to take home the gold. The bronze medal went to 2007 X Games Mexico silver medalist Aaron Ross who rounded out the competition with an 87.93. Ross claimed a spot on the podium using borrowed BMX bikes from Corey Martinez and Nathan Williams after his own bike blew out a tire in the first heat.
"I was ecstatic to hear the crowd cheer us on when our names were called. It was a lot of fun riding with my friends and winning gold is just the cherry on top," said Sexton.Mexican X-Games street results:
1. Sean Sexton
2. Garrett Reynolds
3. Aaron Ross
4. Nathan Williams
5. Dakota Roche
6. Van Homan
7. Christian Balmaceda
8. Brad Simms
9. Brian Kachinsky
10. Corey Martinez
Pics by: Renol/Espn
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