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CANADIAN BMXERS GET ONE LAST CHANCE AT SUPERCROSS THIS SEASON

Rock Hill, South Carolina, hosts BMX Supercross Finals this weekend

(Ottawa, ON – September 23, 2015) Nine Canadian BMXers are in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this week to compete in ultimate BMX Supercross World Cup of the 2015 campaign.

Canadian riders will have one more chance this year to qualify for the Olympic Selection Pool, and earn points for Canada to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Competition at the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track in Rock Hill begins on Friday with the presentation of the time trial, followed on Saturday with the BMX Supercross motos and finals.

See the GoPro footage of the impressive track at Rock Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGmn4GF5Xpw&feature=youtu.be

Rock Hill will host the 2017 UCI BMX World Championships.

TEAM CANADA – BMX SUPERCROSS WORLD CUP FINALS

  • Jim BROWN (Elite Men)
  • Kiran KAWA (Junior Men)
  • Gaby MALENFANT (Junior Men)
  • Drew MECHIELSEN (Junior Women)
  • Tory NYHAUG (Elite Men)
  • James PALMER (Elite Men)
  • Alex TOUGAS (Junior Men)
  • Daina TUCHSCHERER (Junior Women)
  • Chris WHITE (Junior Men)