Two bronzes for USA at BMX Worlds on Sunday 

Medellin, Colombia (May 29, 2016) –After a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Time Trial Super Final on Saturday, Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA) and Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp) raced to bronze medals in the Supercross Final at the UCI BMX Supercross World Championships on Sunday.  

After fellow American Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill./GT Bicycles) was eliminated in the semifinals, Post was the lone USA rider in the women’s main. Mariana Pajon (COL) won the world title on her home track with Caroline Buchanan coming in second and a hard-charging Post in third about a second ahead of fourth-place finisher Manon Valentino (FRA).

Like Post, Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp) was the only rider donning the red, white and blue in the final round. Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Daylight Cycle CO)  made it as far as the semifinals. In the main event, Joris Daudet (FRA) claimed the gold medal in a head-to-head finish with silver medalist Niek Kimmann (NED). Long crossed the finish less than two seconds later for the final spot on the podium. 

The weekend also resulted in a pair of fourth-place finishes for Post and Long in the Time Trial Super Final. In addition, American amateur racers earned 19 medals in the World Challenge which took place earlier in the week.

 

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Finish		Rank		Plate		Name	UCI Code	TIME:
1		W-1		100		PAJON Mariana	COLOMBIA	41.385
2		W-2		68		BUCHANAN Caroline	AUSTRALIA	42.312
3		W-3		11		POST Alise	USA	42.861
4		W-4		971		VALENTINO Manon	FRANCE	43.667
5		W-5		89		BONDARENKO Yaroslava	RUSSIA	43.903
6		W-6		75		VAN BENTHEM Merle	NETHERLANDS	44.815
7		W-7		469		HERNANDEZ Stefany	VENENZUELA	46.181
8		W-8		555		MCLEOD Melinda	AUSTRALIA	47.776

 

Finish		Rank		Plate		Name	UCI Code	TIME:
1		W-1		33		DAUDET Joris	FRANCE	36.737
2		W-2		1		KIMMANN Niek	NETHERLANDS	36.785
3		W-3		64		LONG Nicholas	USA	38.380
4		W-4		29		RENCUREL Jeremy	FRANCE	38.980
5		W-5		127		TREIMANIS Edzus	LATVIA	39.311
6		W-6		148		VAN GENDT Twan	NETHERLANDS	39.588
7		W-7		436		MIR Amidou	FRANCE	40.408
8		W-8		278		RAMIREZ Carlos