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Day 1 of the UCI World BMX Challenge in Taiyuan, China is complete for those racers 14 And Under. Out of 20 total competitors on team USA we had 13 place on the podium with top 8 finishes and that included 7 World Champions. Key mentions for Colorado are Wyatt Bell who finished as World Champion in Boys 5-6 and Collin Hudson who placed 2nd behind USA's Brock Heffron in 11 Boys. Wyatt rode with commanding power in the first straightway for each qualifying moto and the final main and had a 1-1-1 qualifier to the Main. Collin raced well too and finished the qualifiers as 2-2-1.

Today's competition included a total of 27 motos for these age groups and only 4 semi finals competed to detemine mains. There are less than 600 total Challenge class racers from all countries for these 2 days.

Team USA results as viewed from the grand stands are
Wyatt Bell 5-6 Boys 1st place
Ethan Wolthers 7 Boys 1st place
Quentin Crowley 8 Boys 1st place
Tyler Fuller 9 Boys 1st place
Michael Gonzales 9 Boys 8th place
Brock Heffron 11 Boys 1st place
Collin Hudson 11 Boys 2nd place
Alexander Stewart 11 Boys 6th place
Alden Volle 12 Boys 1st place
Preston Woods 12 Boys 2nd place
Kody Wong 14 Boys 8th place
Shayona Glynn 13 Girls 1st place
Tiffany Botorno 14 Girls 3rd place

Other team USA competitors today were:
Tobias Israel 9 Boys
Lucas Howes 10 Boys
J Luke Roarty 12 Boys
Tyler Heinrichs 13 Boys Did not advance from semis
Dabion Bachtold 14 Boys
Shannon Bowles 11 Girls
Ashley Burt 12 Girls

Friday (tomorrow) is the Day 2 and final day for Challenge Class racing with the 20" bikes. Racing tomorrow is for 15 & Older racers along with the 30 & Older Masters. I race tomorrow in 30 & Older Challenge.

Saturday is our day off to watch the World Championships for the Elite and Jr Elite racers and then our final day of racing is Sunday for all ages racing Cruiser.

Wish team USA all luck for the next race days to come!!

Thanks for the update, Roy! The video stream "is teh sux!". I don't know if you've raced at this point (I can't tell who's in the gate), but I hope all was well! Good luck on the big bike!

Videos for the UCI World Challenge Championships on Thursday and Friday are posted at the link below:

http://www.bmx-videos.com/race.php?show_cat=129


Team USA didn't have a strong showing in the Mains for Friday.