If you're all about numbers, you'll like the fact that for the first time ever at a UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup there were enough Women entering the event to have a semi-final as the next phase. 38(!) Women signed up for the first Olympic Qualifying event in Chengdu which is an amazing number considering 5 girls entered the very first World Cup only a couple of years ago. With the growing number also comes progression of the riding. 24 Women made it to the semi final and good eyes will notice Caroline Buchanan's 4th place finish in her first UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup event. The former UCI BMX Racing and MTB World Champion is getting involved in Freestyle and was off to a good start in China finishing right behind Perris Benegas, Lara Lessmann and a ruling Hannah Roberts. From 24 riders a cut will be made to 12 on Saturday 3 November for Sunday's final. It's time to follow the ladies of freestyle.
2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Women Qualifying results, Chengdu, China:
1. ROBERTS Hannah
2. LESSMANN Lara
3. BENEGAS Perris
4. CAROLINE Buchanan
5. DUCARROZ Nikita
6. POSADSKIKH Elizaveta
Today Pre-Qualification took place at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Chengdu, China. Divided over three groups 62 riders signed up to join the top 50 already qualified riders that made the trip to China. The open contest gives riders the chance join the World Cup event and show that they have what it takes being one of the best Park riders on this planet. 23 spots were open to form tomorrow's 64-rider field. After missing several 2018 World Cups due to injury Declan Brooks (GBR) as well as Drew Bezanson (CAN) showed that they belong in that group by finishing first and second today. Also Andrew Ahumada (AUS) is in for Friday's qualification phase as well as Takagi, Camacho, YOG gold medalist Brandes, Manuel Leiva, Madona and Zebolds all coming from a different country. Kieran Reilly didn't have to 360 double whip to 360 to make it through but
he wrapped up today's top 10 in Pre-Qualifying. So who else isn't done yet at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Chengdu below.
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Pre Qualification results, Chengdu, China.
1 Declan BROOKS 88.50 pts
2 Drew BEZANSON 80.00 pts
3 Andrew AHUMADA 79.75 pts
4 Toshio TAKAGI 76.25 pts
5 Camacho JONATHAN 75.25 pts
6 Evan BRANDES 75.00 pts
7 Leiva MANUEL 72.00 pts
8 Pontes Do Nascimento CAUAN MADONA 71.75 pts
9 Ernests ZEBOLDS 71.50 pts
10 Reilly KIERAN 70.25 pts
11 Michael MEISEL 67.00 pts
12 Roman KHAYRUTDINOV 65.50 pts
13 Lee JIHO 64.00 pts
14 Jeon HYUK 63.25 pts
15 KovačOvič MICHAL 60.50 pts
16 Dominik FREIGANG 59.50 pts
17 Levi WEIDMANN 57.25 pts
18 Martin OSKIERA 53.75 pts
19 Takase NISHI 53.50 pts
20 Kiattichai WANITSAKUL 51.25 pts
21 Dawid CZEKAJ 51.00 pts
22 Patryk TEUL 50.75 pts
23 Valentin ANTONUCCIO 50.00 pts
24 Phamee RUNGRUEANG 49.75 pts
25 Daichi TESHIGAHARA 49.25 pts
26 Emanuel BETTASSA 49.00 pts
27 Kanya OHNISHI 48.75 pts
28Timo SCHULZE 48.00 pts
29 Kalvis LAZDINS 46.50 pts
30 KryTof ODEHNAL 46.00 pts
31 Felipe HERISON ALVES ALEXANDRE 45.50 pts
32 Patriks VIKSNA 45.00 pts
33 Jakub BENDA 42.00 pts
34 Sam GIBSON 41.75 pts
35 Elia BENETTON 41.50 pts
36 Klepis VALTERS 41.25 pts
37 Yong ZHANG ZHI 40.25 pts
38 Maxime BRINGER 38.75 pts
39 Takato UEDA 36.25 pts
40 Edy Jose ALVIAREZ SANCHEZ 36.00 pts
41 Pim SCHEERS 35.75 pts
42 Jeremy GONZALES 35.50 pts
43 Brent MINNE 34.00 pts
44 Jakeb DUGDELL 32.50 pts
45 Maxime ORSINI 30.75 pts
46 Kim YEONHO 28.00 pts
47 Cheng CHIAO 27.75 pts
48 Martin TOMA 27.25 pts
49 Francesco MONGILLO 27.00 pts
50 Cho SIHYOUN 20.50 pts
51 Gerhald GERHALD MARQUEZ 20.00 pts
52 Jeong EUI JIN 16.25 pts
53 Xie ZHAO SHAN 15.25 pts
54 Cristhian BARON 13.25 pts
55 Wu ZHI PENG 10.50 pts
56 Zhang YI LONG 9.25 pts
57 Deng AO 8.75 pts
58 Li JIA HUI 8.00 pts
59 Jia ZI LIANG 6.75 pts
60 Wei YONG JING DNS
61 Zeng YUAN JIE DNS
62 Robert DARDEN DNS
UCI BMX FreeStyle World Cup top 40 Ranking after three rounds (Japan, France, Canada) with one more round to go (China). How's your boy doing?
Men Elite:
1 BRUCE Nick USA 2390
2 DHERS Daniel VENEZUELA 2060
3 RANTEš Marin CROATIA 1950
4 LOGAN Martin AUSTRALIA 1900
5 DOWELL Justin USA 1690
6 LOUPOS Brandon AUSTRALIA 1440
7 TENCIO Kenneth COSTA RICA 1370
8 RIM Nakamura JAPAN 1260
9 SANDOVAL Daniel USA 1240
10 FOX Brian USA 1094
11 MALOTT Jeremy USA 1030
12 RIZAEV Irek RUSSIA 900
13 TORRES GIL Jose ARGENTINA 870
14 LEIVA Jake USA 864
15 CASEY Pat USA 856
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Ranking as of stop 3 with one more stop to go in Chengdu, China first weekend of November. Get your practice runs in.
Women Elite:
1 ROBERTS Hannah USA 2770
2 LESSMANN Lara GERMANY 2540
3 MINATO Oike JAPAN 2340
4 DUCARROZ Nikita SWITZERLAND 2290
5 MARINO Angie USA 2140
6 BUITRAGO Nina USA 1910
7 FERNANDEZ MIRANDA AZCOAGA Teresa SPAIN 1770
8 WORTHINGTON Charlotte GREAT BRITAIN 1660
9 CHEW Ellie NEW ZEALAND 1090
10 PEREZ Macarena CHILE 1030
11 ZACARIAS Analia ARGENTINA 1010
12 WOHLRAB Jennifer GERMANY 790
13 SILVA CRUZ Shanice NETHERLANDS 740
14 WARD Val GREAT BRITAIN 630
15 POSADSKIKH Elizaveta RUSSIA 570
The current UCI BMX Freestyle Park Nation Ranking shows where your nation's at in BMX PARK riding at the moment. This nation ranking will become important after 1 November when the Olympic qualifying period begins. Between 1 November 2018 and 11 May 2020 several UCI sanctioned events will provide points towards individual rankings which will translate into a Nations ranking with the points of the two top ranked riders in either the Male or Female BMX Park category. With the top ranked Nation getting to send two riders to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo we will see a strong battle for that position starting 1 November 2018. Nations ranked 2-5 will also get to send a rider with one rider going to the host nation and 2 spots will be given away at the 2019 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Chamionships to complete the total of 9 available spots in both Men and Women.
The last UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup of 2018 will take place in Chengdu, China from 1-4 November making this the first Olympic Qualifying event for Tokyo 2020. Also the UCI Urban World Championships the weekend after in Chengdu will count for qualifying points in the BMX Freestyle Park discipline. But scoring points during World Cups and World Championships isn't the only way. C1 category events will be held all over the world in 2019 as well as national championships and possibly continental championships. In short, points will start to matter very soon for those chasing a spot at the 2020 Olympics in Japan.
Starting from 1 November 2018 points to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games can be gathered at various BMX Freestyle Park events. UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cups and UCI World Championships are high up on the list for those who wish to compete in Tokyo in 2020. Points of the two highest ranked riders per nation (Men and Women separately) between 1 November 2018 and 11 May 2020 will be gathered into a Nations Ranking. 9 Men and 9 Women will get to participate at the Tokyo Games.
With the top nation per gender getting to send 2 riders to Tokyo it will be key for riders to aim for that number one Nation Ranking spot. 1 spot per gender will go to the host country (Japan in this
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