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Okay, I wasn't expecting a reply from the only two Dutch BMX racers that are in the next round so quick. After Rob van den Wildenberg answered some questions, we also got a mail out of Beijing, China from fellow Dutch semi finalist Raymon van der Biezen. Both are going to get on that track this night again to try to make it to the finals. They have to race three times in the semi final and the four racers with the lowest score will make it to the finals.

 Raymon was flying in the time trials and did well in the first two rounds of the quarter finals. In quarter final number three he crashed in the first turn while in the lead but got up quick enough to finish fifth which transfered him into the semis with 10 points. With the NOC providing wireless access in the Olympic village for their athletes, the answers to the questions came in quickly.  Just moments away from the next round we caught up with Raymon.

Not sure about you but I've been getting up at 3am the last two days to watch the Olympic BMX race live on TV. Heavy rain tonight was the reason to postpone the final events until tomorrow so tonight it's back up again at 3am to watch the Olympic Games live on TV. We managed to get in touch with Rob van den Wildenberg, one of Holland's semi-finalists who answered a few questions for FATBMX while waiting for his semi-finals tomorrow.

It's 3am right now. Got out of bed to go watch the Olympic BMX semi finals in Beijing but all I see on TV is marathon swimming and some athletic race. If the athletic run is an indication of the weather over there at the moment it is going to be an interesting BMX race. It is raining HARD which will make the BMX track so slippery that crashes are inevitable. It will be a gamble and staying on the bike will be key.
Wait a minute. Just caught the last minute of an interview with BMX

Heat 1
365 DAY Mike United States
777 WILLERS Marc New Zealand
10 ROBINSON Donny United States
105 NHLAPO Sifiso South Africa
717 JIMENEZ Andres Colombia
114 MATISONS Arturs Latvia
121 van der BIEZEN Raymon Netherlands
88 BENNETT Kyle United States

Heat 2
53 GRAVES Jared Australia
100 BECERINE Cristian Daniel Argentina
13 RINDERKNECHT Roger Switzerland

First four riders per heat transfer to the semi-finals to be held tomorrow 20 August 2008.
Heat Rank Bike Number Name NOC Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total.

Heat 1
1 365 DAY Mike United States 36.170 (1) 36.080 (1) 36.122 (1) 3 Q
2 777 WILLERS Marc New Zealand 47.614 (4) 36.253 (3) 36.278 (2) 9 Q
3 10 ROBINSON Donny United States 48.906 (6) 36.235 (2) 36.490 (3) 11 Q
4 717 JIMENEZ Andres Colombia 36.619 (2) 36.939 (5) 36.660 (4) 11 Q

5 8 SUAREZ FREITEZ Jonathan Fernando Venezuela 53.614 (8) 36.481 (4) 36.789 (5) 17 

Men's Quarterfinals heat 1
Rank Bike No. Country Name manche 2 Total Points
1  365 DAY Mike 1 2
2  777 WILLERS Marc 3 7
3  717 JIMENEZ Andres 5 7
4  10 ROBINSON Donny 22 8
5  50 FALLA Emilio 6 9
6  8 SUAREZ FREITEZ Jonathan Fernando 4 12
7  57 SAKAMOTO Akifumi 8 13
8  256 LAKUCS Ivo 7 14

Men's Quarterfinals Run 2
Rank Bike No. Country Name manche 2 Total Points
1  114 MATISONS Arturs 3 4
2  121 van der BIEZEN Raymon 1 5
3  105 NHLAPO Sifiso 2 5
4  88 BENNETT Kyle 4 6

Men's Quarterfinals Run 1
1  365 DAY Mike 1
2  717 JIMENEZ Andres 2
3  50 FALLA Emilio 3
4  777 WILLERS Marc 4
5  57 SAKAMOTO Akifumi 5
6  10 ROBINSON Donny 6
7  256 LAKUCS Ivo 7
8  8 SUAREZ FREITEZ Jonathan Fernando 8

Men's Quarterfinals Run 2
1  114 MATISONS Arturs 1
2  88 BENNETT Kyle 2
3  105 NHLAPO Sifiso 3
4  121 van der BIEZEN Raymon 4
5  65 PHILLIPS Liam 5
6  90 MARINO Ramiro 6
7  12 PROKOP Michal 7
8  23 BALTZERSEN Henrik 8

Heat 1
365 DAY Mike United States
8 SUAREZ FREITEZ Jonathan Fernando Venezuela
717 JIMENEZ Andres Colombia
256 LAKUCS Ivo Latvia
777 WILLERS Marc New Zealand
10 ROBINSON Donny United States
50 FALLA Emilio Ecuador
57 SAKAMOTO Akifumi Japan

Heat 2
114 MATISONS Arturs Latvia
121 van der BIEZEN Raymon Netherlands
88 BENNETT Kyle United States
105 NHLAPO Sifiso South Africa
12 PROKOP Michal Czech Republic
90 MARINO Ramiro Argentina
65 PHILLIPS Liam Great Britain
23 BALTZERSEN Henrik Denmark

Rank Bike Number Name NOC Run 1Time Run 2Time Best Time Gap
1 2 CHAUSSON Anne-Caroline FranceFrance 36.660 43.174 36.660
2 1 READE Shanaze Great BritainGreat Britain 59.330 36.882 36.882 +0.222
3 22 le CORGUILLE Laetitia FranceFrance 37.606 37.145 37.145 +0.485
4 96 WALKER Sarah New ZealandNew Zealand 37.187 37.549 37.187 +0.527
5 144 DIAZ Gabriela ArgentinaArgentina 37.590 38.927 37.590 +0.930
6 55 CALLISTO Nicole AustraliaAustralia 38.260 37.717 37.717 +1.057
7 33 KINTNER Jill United StatesUnited States 39.031 37.913 37.913 +1.253
8 4 HORAKOVA Jana Czech RepublicCzech Republic 39.213 38.077 38.077 +1.417
9 42 FAHNDRICH Jenny SwitzerlandSwitzerland 39.152 38.209 38.209 +1.549