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Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX) took the elite men’s time trial superfinal title at the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships while 17-year old Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill./Factory GT) earned the junior elite women’s time trial title. Lain van Ogle (Auburn, Wash.) added bronze in the junior men’s event to bring the U.S. elite medal tally to three on Friday. The final rider off in the evening’s time trial superfinal after winning the morning’s qualifying, Fields was able to remove the hometown British favorite Liam Phillips (GBR) from the hotseat, besting his time by just under a second. 
The United States opened the 2012 UCI BMX World Challenge & Championships in Birmingham, U.K. as the winningest nation in the young challenge class divisions once again. Seven American earned the right to call themselves the best in the world while the U.S. collected 12 total challenge class medals on Thursday. “All of these young riders coming up race this level of competition all year long. Combine that with the caliber of riders we’ve had in this program in the past and our expectations of these kids are pretty high,” said Jeff Glynn, USA Cycling’s challenge class team manager. “A rider comes to worlds and they realize what it is really like and it quickly becomes their focus for years to come.” The U.S. team lit up Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena from the start going 1-2-3 in the youngest boys age division, 5-6. Dane Morales (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 2. Linkin Garcia (La Palma, Calif.) and 3. Dominic Duran (Manteca, Calif.) were the only Americans to enter the contest, beating out more than 40
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