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First UCI WCC Continental Development Satellite in China inaugurated in Shanghai features BMX Track and BMX Park
The UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) – the training and education centre of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) based in Aigle, Switzerland – is pleased to announce that its first Continental Development Satellite located in China was officially inaugurated today in Shanghai, in the presence, notably, of UCI President David Lappartient, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and the President of the Chinese Olympic Committee and Director of China’s General Administration of Sports Gao Zhidan. The Shanghai Velodrome was awarded the UCI WCC Continental Development Satellite label by decision of the UCI Management Committee on 2 February this year. It is the ninth UCI WCC Satellite in the world and the fourth in Asia alongside those of Shuzenji (Japan), Yeongju (Korea) and New Delhi (India). The other Satellites are in South Africa (Paarl), Canada (Bromont), New Zealand (Cambridge), Portugal (Anadia) and Trinidad and Tobago (Couva).
The Shanghai UCI WCC Continental Development Satellite is located on Chongming Island, within a major multi-sport education and training centre created in 2019 and covering an area of almost 56 hectares. It includes a 250-metre indoor velodrome, a BMX Racing track, a BMX Freestyle park, training roads and a weights room. The centre also has athlete accommodation and a restaurant.
The Shanghai Velodrome will host the UCI Track World Championships in 2026, while Chongming Island is known in the cycling world for hosting the annual Tour of Chongming Island, a women's stage race that has been on the UCI Women's WorldTour calendar since 2017.
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Monster Energy’s Anthony Jeanjean Takes First Place in BMX Park at FISE World Montpellier 2024
Jeanjean gets the victory! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Anthony Jeanjean on taking first place in BMX Freestyle Park at the FISE World Montpellier action sports festival in France. In the iconic event, the 25-year-old Olympic athlete from Béziers, France, took the win in front of a high-energy crowd.
In BMX Street, Monster Energy’s Jordan Godwin from Newport, United Kingdom, took first place. Rounding out a great weekend for Monster Energy, 25-year-old German team rider Felix Prangenberg from Cologne claimed third place in BMX Street with a technical run.
In the BMX Best Trick competition, 29-year-old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, soared above the competition to claim first place with a face-melting trick.
From May 8-12, FISE World Montpellier attracted some of the world’s premier action sports athletes to the banks of the Lez River for competitions in BMX, scooter, parkour, roller skate, and skateboard disciplines.
In the BMX Park Final, Monster Energy’s Anthony Jeanjean dropped in as a favorite after a series of high-profile wins, including first place at the Converse ULT.X event in South Africa in March. But he also came to Montpellier with a score to settle after the victory eluded him when he finished in close second place last year.
Montpellier most definitely knows how to party! Here are the best runs of yet another insane BMX Mini Spine Final at@FISEeventschannel.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.