Tag: olympic
Sarah Walker’s labour of love protects athletes’ rights
From the gallery, Olympic BMX silver medallist Sarah Walker watched on, as the document she had spent 12 months creating was raised in front of international sports’ most prominent figures.
Hamilton BMX teens flying high to qualify for World Champs, Youth Olympics
The track record for Jessie Smith and Cailen Calkin is proving unstoppable. The Hamilton BMX riders won their Junior Women and Junior Men divisions at the FIRST BMX Championship Nationals.
Matt Cameron calls time on professional BMX career
Last year in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Kiwi BMX rider Matt Cameron suffered a broken hand and a concussion.
Sarah Walker named IOC member
Kiwi BMX rider Sarah Walker may have missed out on competing in Rio due to injury, but she’s landed a top-level role as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Safety-first return for Walker, no luck for men at BMX World Cup
A safety-first approach from Sarah Walker and crashes in the men meant there were no Kiwi BMX riders in the finals at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in the Netherlands today.
Walker safely through first comeback test in BMX World Cup
BMX Olympic medallist Sarah Walker took a low-risk approach in windy conditions to qualify on the opening day of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in the Netherlands today.
Sarah Walker says she’s learned to face down her fears
Kiwi BMX Olympic hopeful Sarah Walker still harbours the fears and doubts that pervade her high-risk sport, but as she embarks on a last-ditch Olympic tilt says she’s just learned to be more “courageous” in the face of them.
Walker ready to resume BMX quest for Rio Olympics
A fit-again Sarah Walker heads to Europe tomorrow in her quest to qualify for the Rio Olympics, after recovering from a fractured arm.
Olympic hopefuls to preview updated RIO BMX venue
LOS ANGELES — BMX racers are getting an Olympic re-do in Rio. After some of the best racers in the world banded together to protest the original test event in October because of a track they deemed too aggressive, unsafe and unfit
Sarah Walker on track for Rio Olympics
She hasn’t returned to the BMX track yet, but Sarah Walker’s prospects of making the Rio Olympics are back on course.
Horrible hit out for BMX team in Rio
The New Zealand BMX team is leaving Rio with more questions than answers after a disastrous test event.
NZ BMX team share criticism of Rio Olympic track
Cycling New Zealand have backed the other international teams who believe the Olympic BMX Track in Rio is unsafe for riders.
Three-time world BMX Champion Tahlia Hansen’s Rio Olympics dream dashed
Three-time world BMX Champion Tahlia Hansen’s dreams of competing in next year’s Olympics are all but over.
