Friday, March 04, 2005

2008 Olympics BMX Selection

*** UCI 2008 BMX Olympics Selection Criteria ***



UCI BMX NEWS-- 03/04/2005
2008 BMX Olympic selection criteria’s
The UCI Management Committee recently approved
the BMXOlympic selection criteria’s, which will be
included in part 11 of the UCI rule book.

The Olympic selection criteria’s determines the
qualified Nations, while the individual athletes
will be selected by each country’s National Olympic
Committee. Nations will qualify on the basis of the
UCI Nations rankings and the 2008 UCI World
Championships, where a total of 48 athletes
(32 Men & 16 Women) will qualify to the XXIX
Olympic Games in Beijing, China 8th-24th August
2008

To view the detailed criteria’s and quotas,
please visit;
http://www.uci.ch/Articolo.asp?pag=M2&1stlevelid=C&level1=5&level2=7&idnews=3335

UCI BMX Supercross World CupThe 1st round of the UCI
BMX Supercross will be held 18-19th June, 2005 in Aigle,
Switzerland. The event will be held at the UCI headquarters,
the World Cycling Centre. For the first time the UCI BMX
Supercross will be featured on a traditional flat-surface BMX
track, although the track is a purpose build track for elite
riders, promising exciting and spectacular racing by the
best BMX athletes in the world.

As previously announced, the 2nd round of the UCI BMX
Supercross will be featured in the 4th stop of the Dew Action
Sports Tour, 9-10 September 2005 in San José CA, USA.
The UCI BMX Supercross event will be held in conjunction
with other disciplines, such as BMX dirt jumping and Freestyle
Motocross, outside the HP Pavilion stadium in San José, California.

The UCI website will soon be updated on event details
and registration procedure UCI BMX High-level training.

Being an Olympic discipline, BMX has become a part
of the UCI high-level training program at the World
Cycling Centrein Aigle, Switzerland. 12 athletes, from
16 to 22 years old, will under 3 months follow the
training program of Michel Lalande (former French
National Coach). The course will begin in May leading
up to the UCI BMX World Championships in the end
of July. During this period, the athletes will also have
the possibility to participate in various European BMX
Championships rounds and the UCI BMX Supercross
World Cup.

UCI BMX Development
UCI track builder, Tom Ritzenthaler recently visited
the Republic of Moldova in Eastern Europe, in UCI’s
effort to develop BMX and help constructing their first
BMX track of international standard. Mr. Ritzenthaler
was quoted saying “the Moldovan Cycling Federation
is showing great interest and support for BMX and the
site is excellent for a high level BMX track”.

Track construction is planned for June 2005.

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2008 BMX Olympic Selection Criteria The UCI Management
Committee recently approved the BMX Olympic selection
criteria’s, which will be included in part 11 ofthe UCI rule book.

The Olympic selection criteria’s determines the qualified
Nations, while the individual athletes will be selected by
each country’sNational Olympic Committee.

Nations will qualify on the basis of the UCI Nations rankings
and the 2008 UCI World Championships, where a total of 48
athletes (32 Men & 16 Women) will qualify to the XXIX
Olympic Games in Beijing, China 8th-24th August 2008

To view the detailed criteria’s and quotas, please click ( PDF File )
http://www.uci.ch/imgarchive/Bmx/Olympics/2008%20Olympic%20BMX%20qualification%20criterias.pdf

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ACCC -http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=5&level2=7&idnews=3335

BMX will be added to the 2008 Olympics :
http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=5&level2=7&idnews=1309

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