Taranaki rider Matt Cameron took his first step towards his dream of the Rio Olympics when he won the elite men’s honours at the 2015 BMX National Championships in Christchurch.
A wintry blast was unseasonably different but the result proved the same as Trent Jones edged BMX high performance squad teammate Matt Cameron at the UCI Olympic ranking event in Te Awamutu today.
Taranaki rider Matt Cameron blitzed the field while Sarah Walker was injured in a crash on the opening day of the final UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in California.
The New Zealand BMX team are buoyed to finish their season on a strong note when they take on the biggest test in the sport in California starting tomorrow.
UCI: The 2014 UCI World Championships are the largest BMX World Championships to date, with a record number of participants – 2860 riders from 43 countries throughout five days of racing.