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BMX Big Air Finals are happening at noon on Sunday 21 October. The qualification round is behind us and here is how it turned out for BMX in Sydney, Australia. In the BMX Big Air Qualifier, Jaie Toohey earned the final transfer spot, besting fellow Australians Andy Buckworth, Matt Whyatt and Todd Meyn.

BMX Big Air Qualifier

Douglas Oliveira, 74.33 (BRA) Q
Alex Landeros, 71.66 (USA) Q

When the weather turned out better the Dirt contest at the 2018 X-Games in Sydney got on its way. With minimum practice the riders sent it anyway with the following ranking as the result. The finals will be crazy. Count on that one.

BMX Dirt Qualifier

1 Pat Casey, 77.00 (USA)
2 Dawid Godziek, 76.66 (POL)
3 Leandro Moreira, 76.33 (BRA)

Monster Energy congratulates Alex Donnachie on his first X Games gold medal at X Games Sydney. For the first time in X Games history, the competition kicked off at Spotless Stadium bringing X Games fans to Sydney, Australia. Kicking off the first competition of X Games Sydney with a bang, Scottish rider Donnachie stunned fans by winning the gold in BMX Street upsetting the perennial gold medal favorite Garrett Reynolds. With a winning score of 84.33, the medal also put him in the history books as Scotland’s first X Games medalist.

"I don't know what to say...it doesn't seem real. It still hasn't sunk in yet," said Donnachie upon

The Italian BMX Freestyle Park championships took place at the ZOO Park in PRIERO (CN), Italy. Alessandro won the tricolore jersey and used the home advantage to his benefit. See who else made it on the podium of the first ever edition of the Italian BMX Freestyle Park Championship. 

Results FINAL:

1. Alessandro Barbero
2. Emanuel Bettassa
3. Christian Falvo
4. Elia Benetton

The world's best 67 riders from BMX and MTB took to the Velosolutions Pump Track at the Jones Center, Arkansas, to battle it out for the first ever Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Title. Despite the rain, thousands of spectators lined the track as the riders progressed from timed qualifying to battle it out side by side in the knock out heats. Early favourites in the men’s field, Tommy Zula and Adrien Loron would have to settle for top 16 positions but the women’s field would be dominated from start to finish. The 2018 Red Bull Pump Track World Championship title would be claimed by the Swiss the contingent of David Graf and Christa Von Niederhausern. 

Qualifying results Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Men:
1 BRANDES Evan 83.66
2 IRIARTES Inaki 79.83
3 VIKSNA Patriks 68.33
4 OSHIMO Yuma 64.66
5 KIM Alexander 62.74
6 MARTINEZ Sebastian 59.49
7 MORAES Wesley 44.50
8 HABADA Martin 35.66

Women:
1 LESSMANN Lara 82.16
2 ROTH Agustina 68.83
3 TANNO Kanami 64.99
4 PINKINA Valeriia 60.66
5 PRIKRYLOVA Nikol 53.50
6 ECHEVERRY Estefanya 43.33

What an FFC French Cup final at the FISE Xperience Series in Le Grau du Roi! The Montpellier's couple Céline Vaes and Raphael Chiquet smashed it. Celine took the Gold both for the stop and the overall, as well as his guy Raphael who win this final battle with Thomas Noyer.

Flatland results:

Women:
1 - Celine Vaes
2 - Caroline Carbonne

USA Cycling announced today the 12 athletes that will represent the United States in Freestyle BMX at the 2018 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships taking place November 5-11, 2018 in Chengdu, China. Among the competitors is 2017 World Champion, Hannah Roberts for the women and Nick Bruce who is currently ranked first in the UCI standings on the men’s side.

“The USA Freestyle riders are excited to contend in the 2018 World Championships. All our riders will be ready to contest for those prestigious UCI medals and have a good start to the qualifying period for the 2020 Olympic Games,” said Jamie Staff, BMX & Sprint Track Performance Director.

The Team USA roster is as follows:

Women:

Hannah Roberts* (Buchanan, Mich.)
Angie Marino* (San Diego, Calif.)
Nina Buitrago (Austin, Tex.)
Cory Coffey (Detroit, Mich.)
Perris Benegas (Reno, Nev.)
Jesse Gregory (Huntington Beach, Calif.)

The 2018 Vans BMX Pro Cup Series celebrated a monumental finish as the series crowned Larry Edgar and Teresa Azcoaga the 2018 world champions of BMX park terrain in Málaga, Spain. Defending Vans BMX Pro Cup World Champion Larry Edgar demonstrated some of the best BMX riding the world has ever seen with colossal airs and technical tricks to earn back-to-back Pro Cup World Championship title wins. Spanish native Teresa Azcoaga upheld her series lead to earn the first-ever women’s BMX park terrain championship title, cementing a historic moment for the BMX community.
Edgar remarked with pride, “The level of riding across all stops this year has been incredible, so to be the overall winner is truly special.”

The Vans BMX Pro Cup World Championships descended upon Málaga, Spain earlier today, bringing together 45 of the globe’s best men’s and women’s BMX riders for the series’ grand-finale prelim rounds. 2017 Málaga event winner and Texan native Chase Hawk surpassed five adrenaline-filled heats with high speed tricks and unwavering style to take the semi-finals lead, while yesterday’s regional qualifying winner Alejandro “Pitu” Ibarra followed close behind, conquering his local park once again with strong, consistent riding to grant him a top semi-finals finish. In the women’s division,German rider Lara Lessman impressed the judges with her debut Pro Cup performance, executing massive airs and unique lines across Rubén Alcántara’s beloved course to lead the women’s semi-finals.