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Kloof BMX flyer Teagan O’Keeffe is all set to return home from her training base in Aigle, Switzerland shortly to carry the hopes of her nation at the UCI BMX Supercross in Pietermaritzburg on 8 and 9 April. With South Africa’s greatest title hope Sifiso Nhlapo ruled out of the competition due to a knee injury, as the only other local rider to have medalled at last year’s UCI BMX World Champs O’Keeffe can anticipate massive expectations from her many local fans at the opening leg of the 2011 World Cup circuit.

“I am super excited to race in Pietermaritzburg again! The energy you get from your home crowd can’t be put into words. You are just given such an adrenaline rush from hearing them scream for you,” said O’Keeffe. “I am primarily training for the Olympics at the moment and I’ve been doing a lot of base training recently so we’ll have to see just how fast I’ll be, but it will all count in terms of race experience in the long run,” she added. 

USA Cycling is pleased to announce the nine athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, April 7-9. The BMX Supercross World Cup is the fourth World Cup event to count into the 2010-11 UCI BMX rankings. The event also allows riders to accumulate points toward a country’s start spots in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Four men received nominations to USA Cycling’s funded team for the event. Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles) earned an automatic nomination to the team by virtue of being ranked fifth in the 2010 Supercross World Cup standings. Joining Sharrah as automatic nominees will be Nic Long, (Lakeside, Calif./ Haro-Rockstar), who is ranked sixth, and Josh Meyers (Treasure Island, Fla./ Factory Ssquared-Answer), who is ranked 15th. David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./ Intense BMX) was also named to the team as a coach’s selection. 

Tickets for the London Olympic Games in 2012 have gone on sale. If you don't want to miss all the BMX action in Great Britain next year, or don't want to go through the black market for your BMX tickets, now it's time to get the entree slips. Olympic Games tickets are available now. Submit your application by 11.59pm on 26 April 2011. There is no advantage to submitting your application on the first day or the last day. The BMX action will take place from 8-10 August 2012. 

South African superstar BMX racer Sfiso "Skizo" Nhlapo has had his hopes of taking part in the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Pietermaritzburg on 8 and 9 April dashed after he suffered a major knee injury whilst training in the United States. The 2010 World Championship runner-up returned to South Africa shortly after sustaining the injury in February to undergo reconstructive surgery to his anterior cruciate ligament. Doctors expect his recovery will take six to nine months. 

The Elite results of the 2011 UCI Oceania Continental Championships Round 1 Pukekohe, New Zealand:
Elite Men:
1 Marc Willers (NZL)
2 David Herman (USA)
3 Brian Kirkham (AUS)
4 Kurt James (NZL)
5 Nic Long (USA)
6 Josh Meyers (USA)
7 Kurt Pickard (NZL)
8 Corben Sharrah (USA)

Elite Women:
1 Sarah Walker (NZL)
2 Lauren Reynolds (AUS)
3 Caroline Buchanan (AUS)
4 Nicole Callisto (AUS) 

After the Verre Oosten BMX jam in Deventer on Saturday evening it was off to Gemert the next morning for the first round of the Open Dutch MX championships. We try to fit some MX events into the schedule whenever possible and this time we got to see them get to work in the deep sand of the Gemert track. Some GP riders lined up and basically ended on top of the classifications. We've got some pictures, a crash clip and the results here for you in case you care.

The National Bicycle League and Strider Sports International have partnered to bring Strider Cup racing and the Strider World Cup to toddlers in the U.S. and around the world. Strider Cup qualifiers will be held at all NBL Nationals and feature no-pedal PREbike racing