and when entering the last turn it was Chausson in first and Reade in second. Of course the T-Bone move followed by Reade but ACC stayed on the bike and Reade went down. Riders on place 3 and 4 moved up a position by this and it was Laetitia le Corguille who rode to silver and Jill Kintner, who had to come from the back, cruised on to bronze. I'm sure her brother Paul will go crazy tonight over there in China and for a reason. HDT Paul!
Olympic race results Beijing, China. 22 August 2008:
Men:
1 STROMBERGS Maris Latvia
2 DAY Mike United StatesUnited
3 ROBINSON Donny United States
4 JIMENEZ Andres Colombia
5 van den WILDENBERG Rob Netherlands
6 GRAVES Jared Australia
7 NHLAPO Sifiso South Africa
8 GODET Damien France
Women:
1 CHAUSSON Anne-Caroline France
2 le CORGUILLE Laetitia France
3 KINTNER Jill United States
4 WALKER Sarah New Zealand
5 DIAZ Gabriela Argentina
6 CALLISTO Nicole Australia
7 COOLS Sammy Canada
8 READE Shanaze Great Britain
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Strombergs and ACC take first ever Olympic BMX gold. V.d Wildenberg 5th
Aug 22, 2008
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Maris Strombergs (Latvia) destroyed the American Olympic dream by winning the gold medal at the first ever Olympic BMX race. American Mike Day finished second and Donny Robinson (USA) got third. Current world champion Strombergs is a powerhouse and rode to the front on the first straight and never looked back giving Latvia its first gold medal of the 2008 Games. He rode a strong race where surprisingly noone crashed in the first turn. Rob van den Wildenberg (NED) had poor start and was waiting for a move which did not happen until turn two where Nhlapo, Graves and Godet crashed hard. This moved the Dutchman into 4th position but Jimenez had more speed coming out of the turn and overtook number 72 which resulted in a 5th place for Rob. Congrats to Christian van den Groenendaal, owner of ONE Bicycles on the Olympic Gold. The women's race was a great battle between Ann-Caroline Chausson and Shanaze Reade. Both riders had one color in mind and that was gold. They changed postions on the track a few times
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