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national flags were raised for the four BMX Freestyle titles up for grabs at the 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier (France): the flags of Austria (Irina Sadovnik, Women’s Flatland), France (Matthias Dandois, Men’s Flatland), USA (Hannah Roberts, Women’s Park) and Australia (Logan Martin, Men’s Park).
94.70
was Australian Logan Martin’s winning score in the Men’s Freestyle Park competition at the 2021 UCI World Championships in Montpellier.
93.30
was the second highest score of the day in Montpellier… also achieved by Martin, for his second run.
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rainbow jerseys are now in the possession of Irina Sadovnik, who successfully defended her title of UCI World Champion in the women’s BMX Freestyle Flatland competition.
19
was the age of Hannah Roberts when she won her third BMX Freestyle Park UCI World title after 2017 and 2019. For the record, the American won bronze in 2018, and the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
100 athletes from 23 countries
were on the start list of the 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier.
1st
appearance of BMX Freestyle Park at the Summer Olympic Games: in Tokyo (Japan), Australian Logan Martin and Great Britain’s Charlotte Worthington became the first Olympic Champions of the discipline.
18
was the number of athletes who made Olympic history by participating in the BMX Freestyle Park in Tokyo. With nine men and nine women, the discipline enjoys gender parity at the Games from the outset.
360 backflip
Charlotte Worthington stunned the fans in Tokyo’s Ariake Urban Sports Park, by becoming the first woman to complete this trick in competition. She had crashed out at her first attempt in the final but had the guts to get back and try again. Her success paved the way for a spectacular run that won her Olympic gold.
112
was the combined ages of the men on the BMX Freestyle Flatland podium at the 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships: Frenchman Matthias Dandois (32), Japan’s Moto Sasaki (36) and Alex Jumelin (44), of France. Indeed, the Freestyle specialty attracts athletes of all ages, given that the youngest participant was 16-year-old Louise Seigneur (France) in the women’s competition.