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Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Haro-Rockstar) again gave the United States its only championship class medal of the day, earning bronze in the junior elite women's main at the UCI BMX World Championships. After putting more riders in the finals across all four championship divisions than any other nation, the U.S. suffered several near-podium misses in Copenhagen on Saturday. After winning the silver in the new Time Trial Superfinal yesterday, Crain pulled out the bronze in Saturday's junior elite women's main event despite nearly being crashed out of the final when another rider landed on her back wheel, knocking her out of the lead on the first straight.

"I held it steady, came back and then tried to pass the leader," explained Crain, the 2010 silver-medalist. "I tried to pull a high-low on the last turn and got blocked. We were battling on the rhythm section, then I guess I got passed at the line."

Crain rode strong, taking first or second in each of her

Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Haro-Rockstar) gave the United States its first championship class medal of these UCI BMX World Championships winning the silver in the junior elite women's division of the new Time Trial Superfinal on Friday. Crain's performance qualified her for Saturday's main event where she'll be joined by 23 additional Americans in pursuit of the world number one in elite and junior men's and women's BMX. In all 24 Americans, more than any other national aside from France, posted initial time trial runs fast enough to put them in the top half of their respective divisions and move them through to Saturday's main event. Eleven of those riders finished amongst the top 16 time trialists moving them into the Time Trial Superfinal, a first-time medal event at the world championships.

"Last year UCI points were awarded for the time trial but this is the first year for the TT world title," explained USA Cycling BMX Programs Director Mike King. "The elite cruiser category was eliminated to make way for the new medal event. 

Elite Men Superfinal Time Trials results
1 20 AGUILUZ Andre Fossa NOR 26.05.1991 33.811 0.000
2 37 van GORKOM Jelle NED 05.01.1991 33.849 +0.038
3 42 KIRKHAM Brian AUS 01.01.1986 33.858 +0.047
4 121 v. d. BIEZEN Raymon NED 14.01.1987 33.865 +0.054
5 91 WILLOUGHBY Sam AUS 15.08.1991 33.889 +0.078
6 24 SHARRAH Corben USA 20.04.1992 33.936 +0.125
7 3 DAUDET Joris FRA 12.02.1991 34.003 +0.192
8 1 STROMBERGS Maris LAT 10.03.1987 34.162 +0.351
9 64 LONG Nicholas USA 06.10.1989 34.198 +0.387
10 11 FIELDS Connor USA 14.09.1992 34.216 +0.405
11 31 MATISONS Arturs LAT 06.05.1985 34.265 +0.454
12 777 WILLERS Marc NZL 11.09.1985 34.267 +0.456
13 194 TREIMANIS Edzus LAT 21.04.1988 34.360 +0.549
14 4 HAMON Thomas FRA 19.03.1986 34.500 +0.689
15 61 MEYERS Joshua USA 10.07.1988 34.554 +0.743
16 162 MANKUS Toms LAT 17.03.1989 34.896 +1.085

The United States was again the most medal winning nation on day two of competition at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Riders age 15 and up competed for gold in nine different challenge classes with the USA coming away with four world titles. American riders Sean Gaian (Santee, Calif.), Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.), Stephen Larralde (Riverside, Calif.) and Matt Pohlkamp

The United States was the most prize winning nation on the opening day of competition at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Riders from ages five to 14 contested for the title of world's best across 17 challenge classes with the U.S. coming away with seven gold medals on Wednesday.

The 8 and 9 year-old boys divisions got things rolling for the U.S. team with Americans taking gold and silver in both. Current USA Cycling BMX national champion Jack Kelly (Salt Lake City, Utah) scored the first world championship of the competition for the U.S. as he and silver-medalist Kohl Piluso (Chico, Calif.) nearly swept the 8 year-old boys podium. Last year's silver medalist in the 7 boys division Amakye Anderson (Tucson, Ariz.) and Preston Evans (Marietta, Ga.) also finished in the top five of the 8 boys main event. Of three Americans to enter the 9 boys division, Julian Dittrick (Phoenix, Ariz.), the reigning 8 boys world champ, and Andres Papajohn (Gardnerville, N.V.) went one-two.