Cristian Becerine took the lead in the 2nd semi final only to get hit from behind going into the first corner and crashing, ending his chances of a shot at the title with his 2 team mates.
As the final took off Maris was battling hard for the lead going into the first turn with the USA's Donny Robinson, but being so tight he had to brake to make the turn and exited the first turn in 7th. Instead of quitting Maris fought back so hard to get back up front, catching all the way to 4th place at the finish which shows his heart and determination no matter what place he is in. Maris was given a lot of respect from the fans for his never give in attitude this weekend for sure and showed everyone never to give in till the end.
While all that was going on Ramiro Marino rode a great race to come home 3rd and a place on the podium and bronze medal, nearly taking silver but just missing out on it to the USA's Mike Day.
Elite Men results: 1st Donny Robinson ... 2nd Mike Day ... 3rd Ramiro Marino (Free Agent) ... 4th Maris Strombergs (Free Agent)
Other FA results: Nicole Callisto Elite Women 7th ... David Oquendo Junior Cruiser 2nd ... Dale Holmes Masters 2nd ... Dale Holmes Cruiser 1st (World Champion) ... Marco Dell'isola Free Agent ... UK/Stay Strong, Cruiser 1st (World Champion) ... Andy Shaw Free Agent UK/Stay Strong, 30 plus 7th ... Santiago Endara Cruiser 5th ... Ramiro Marino Elite Cruiser 7th (Crashed while winning)
In all we came away with 2 World titles and the World Team Trophy.
Keeping you posted,
Dale Holmes
Free Agent BMX Team Manager.
Team Free Agent is back from the 2009 UCI World Championships down in Australia. A good weekend for the Team, so so close to being a perfect weekend but I guess that's Racing. This years Worlds was the biggest ever to date showing racing is still on its way up. First bit of good news from the Worlds, Team Free Agent won the Team Trophy and became World Team Champions for the 3rd year in a row.Olympic and defending World Champion Maris Strombergs was feeling good all weekend in Australia and qualified through to the final in 1st place winning his semi final. Ramiro Marino also made the Elite men's final coming in behind Maris in the 1st semi and it looked like we were going to get 3 Free Agent riders in the final when
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