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UCI BMX Racing World Championships, Glasgow BMX Centre
We had a great an the racing was great
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Shandyz
14 Aug 2023
UCI BMX Racing World Championships, Glasgow BMX Centre
Cannot fault the track or how the racing was organised and ran. The commentators were great. However, a lack of healthier food venues and the lack of shade, a smaller screen for viewing from the food venue would have been nice. The plastic under foot in the riders pit area that became very slippery in the rain our rider said, let the venue and event down. Other than that fantastic event.
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ezio piovesan - president BMX PANTHER BOYS PADOVA ITALY
12 Jul 2023
UEC BMX Racing European Championships, Besançon Cyclo-Cross
within the fence of the track everything perfect! outside of the pre-start grids really not a decent situation. The campers 2.3 km of uphill road to get to the track, not even a simple cover, at least umbrellas, to be able to eat the food offered and sold by the organization, the car parks far away and always full..... ....approving an international competition does not only mean collecting registrations, selling entrance tickets and therefore cashing in a lot of money, leaving the spectators and the athletes themselves in disarray. Absolutely negative review.....
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About BMX
BMX is an abbreviation for bike motocross and is a cycling discipline performed on BMX bikes, either in BMX racing or freestyle BMX. Both formats are incredibly entertaining to watch as riders showcase sheer skill and ambition.
BMX traces its origins to the 1970s in California when young cyclists started using motocross tracks to perform stunts eventually evolving into the creation of more specialised BMX bikes and competitions. BMX racing was hugely popular across the US by the mid-70s and the phenomenon began to spread across the world. In 1981, the International BMX Federation was founded, and the first world championships were held the following year. Since 1993, BMX events have been organised by cycling's global governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and in the early 2000s, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made BMX an Olympic sport for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Competition Format & Scoring
Professional BMX competitions are separated into 2 main disciplines:
BMX racing - originating from motocross racing, BMX races are tense sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to 8 racers, a serpentine dirt race course made of various jumps and rollers and a finish line. The course is usually about 15 feet (4.6 m) wide and has large banked corners, angled inward helping the riders maintain speed
Freestyle BMX - bicycle motocross stunt riding on BMX bikes. Freestyle is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of 5 disciplines: street, park, vert, trails, and flatland. In 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that freestyle park was to be added as an Olympic event to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
