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Name: Gabriela Bolle
Age: 20
Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia
Plate number: None yet
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Wiawis, Daniel Barragan Foundation, California Xtreme

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-Track to race on: Medellin SX track

Name: Kay Stindl
Age: 22
Hometown: Kornwestheim (Germany)
Plate number: 303
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FOUR PARX, Spitzensport Bundeswehr, Shimano (Paul-Lange), Deutsche Sporthilfe, Württembergischer Radsportverband, Bund Deutscher Radfahrer, Meybo, Parents

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What the Olympians ride.... Check out Australia's Saya Sakakibara's DK all colour matched with the green and yellow just as the Australians like it. New, clean, fast, perfection.

Saya Sakakibara's Olympic ride:

Frame: DK
Hubs: Onyx racing
Rims: Super Duper BMX components
Forks: BOX components
Disc Brake: Shimano
Chainring: Michram industries
Pedals: HT components

With the Olympic Games coming up shortly, a lot of the athletes have built up a special bike for the event that they worked towards to for 4 years, actually 5 for the Tokyo edition. Customization is always a fun project. Colour matching with the best part on the market usually results in very nice equipment. The fact that 'Rule 50' needs to be followed for the Games makes it a challenge sometimes but it's good to see the colours of the nation back in the colours of the bikes. Here's James Palmer's bike. Canada represent.

Parts list James Palmer's Olympic Clayborn BMX race bike:

Frame: Clayborn XXXL frame

Forks: Answer Bmx Dagger Forks

Hubs: Answer Bmx Holeshot Hubs

Rims: Answer Bmx Pinnacle Pro rims

Results UEC Juniors & Elite European Championships
Elite Men:
1 PILARD Arthur FRA
2 SCHOTMAN Mitchel NED
3 CLERTE Eddy FRA
4 SCHIPPERS Jay NED
5 KATYSHEV Aleksandr RUS
6 RAGOT RICHARD Mathis FRA
7 SHARROCK Paddy GBR
8 KRIGERS Kristens LAT
9 VAN DER BURG Dave NED
10 MIR Amidou FRA
11 TOMIZIOLI Michele ITA
12 RACINE Romain FRA
13 GOMMERS Ruben BEL
14 DUBOIS Corentin FRA
15 SCHMIDT Julian GER
16 KIMMANN Justin NED

The 2021 UEC European Championships took place in Zolder, Belgium today. With over 800 entries still a big event considering the pandemic and the Olympic Games happening later this month. While some chose to opt out of the race to stay safe for the big one in Tokyo, others used the Euros to get in the race mood, pick up a title and made good use of the absence of some of the big dogs. The grandstands on the first straight were packed while masks were mandatory. The crowd got to see some great racing on the proven track of Heusden-Zolder. Things heated up in the Elite Men class and some of the favourites crashed in the first Round but had the Last Chance Qualifier to try to make it through. This happened to Arthur Pilard from France for instance who later ended up winning the

The Olympics happen every 4 years. Tokyo had a delay of a year but in a few weeks BMX racing and BMX Park will be part of it. It has been a long road for the BMX-ers who made it there. Some have celebrated their participation already by getting to build up a special ride just for the Olympic Games. In the time leading up to the games we are going to check in with the special rides. Today's Olympic machine: Romain Mahieu (FRA).

Romain Mahieu's ride.....
Frame : GT Speed Series with custom paint made by AS Design
Fork : Pride Racing Slik carbon fork 20mm with custom design

Name: Asuma Nakai
Age: 21
Hometown: Joetsu,Japan
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Mongoose/Xlarge/Oakley/Motocross International/FoxRacing/Shimano/flexdream/Tioga/Stance/CW-X/WesternRiver/OgawaRingyo

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-Track to race on: Any supercross track!