The top-two elite women in the USA Cycling BMX Rankings – Kim Hayashi (Chandler, Ariz.) and Krystal Hime (San Antonio, Texas) also received automatic nominations, as did Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) based on her win at the NBL Woodbridge National. Joey Bradford (Monterey, Calif.) and Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.) received the two available junior slots as the top-ranked riders in the junior men’s and women’s USA Cycling BMX Rankings respectively. Geving and Bradford have been dominant in the junior events at UCI Continental Calendar events all season. Geving won all nine races this season, while Bradford won eight, missing one due to injury.
The 2007 UCI BMX World Championships are scheduled for July 26-29 in Victoria, British Columbia and is the first event that offers points towards athletes’ 2007-08 USA Cycling BMX Rankings – the primary factor in determining the long team for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.
2007 UCI BMX World Championships Victoria, British Columbia, Canada July 26-29, 2007 U.S. Funded Team:
Elite Men
1. Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
2. Randy Stumpfhauser (Sanger, Calif.)
3. Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.)
4. Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas)
Elite Women
1. Kim Hayashi (Chandler, Ariz.)
2. Krystal Hime (San Antonio, Texas)
3. Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.)
Junior Men
1. Joey Bradford (Monterey, Calif.)
Junior Women
1. Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.)
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