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Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch BMX Racing World Championships on BBC
British riders will be taking to the track at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will be showing all the action on Sunday, 3 August when the rainbow jersey winners are crowned. The last time the World Championships were held in Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a dominant year in which he won all 11 rounds on the European BMX tour. He is the defending champion this year and also the reigning Olympic champion after his victory at Paris 2024. The competition is different to 14 years ago, with the races now faster, corners on the course higher and the bike designs different. Who are the ones to watch? Women's races: Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this event. Zoe Claessens will be looking to go one better than last year when she finished second behind American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number one in this season's rankings and won bronze at the Paris Olympics. Great Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic gold medallist and heads to Denmark in pursuit of a third world title. In the women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is the name to look out for. She has finished second in the last two U23 World Championships and will be looking to claim the title for the first time. Men's races: France's Joris Daudet is the man to beat. His win last year at Rock Hill in the United States secured his fourth world title. His compatriot Sylvain Andre will be looking to continue a successful year. Andre is top of both the men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won the World Championship title since 2018. Ross Cullen is the highest-ranked Briton in this season's competition. He won round four of the World Cup and is sixth in the individual rankings. No British cyclist has been the men's world champion since Liam Phillips in 2013. BMX Racing World Championships - BBC schedule Sunday, 3 August - 10:50-14:00 BST on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Watch BMX Racing World Championships on BBC
British riders will be taking to the track at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will be showing all the action on Sunday, 3 August when the rainbow jersey winners are crowned. The last time the World Championships were held in Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a dominant year in which he won all 11 rounds on the European BMX is the defending champion this year and also the reigning Olympic champion after his victory at Paris competition is different to 14 years ago, with the races now faster, corners on the course higher and the bike designs different. Who are the ones to watch? Women's races:Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this Claessens will be looking to go one better than last year when she finished second behind American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number one in this season's rankings and won bronze at the Paris Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic gold medallist and heads to Denmark in pursuit of a third world the women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is the name to look out for. She has finished second in the last two U23 World Championships and will be looking to claim the title for the first races:France's Joris Daudet is the man to beat. His win last year at Rock Hill in the United States secured his fourth world compatriot Sylvain Andre will be looking to continue a successful year. Andre is top of both the men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won the World Championship title since Cullen is the highest-ranked Briton in this season's competition. He won round four of the World Cup and is sixth in the individual rankings. No British cyclist has been the men's world champion since Liam Phillips in 2013. BMX Racing World Championships - BBC schedule Sunday, 3 August - 10:50-14:00 BST on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
Tom's Guide
2 days ago
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
How to watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025: live stream every event from anywhere
All eyes are on women's elite contenders Beth Shriever and Saya Sakakibara at the UCI BMX World Championships, after last summer's Olympics debacle. Shriever, who took Olympic gold four years ago, won all six of her heats in Paris but got boxed-in in the final and came last, with Sakakibara taking full advantage. You can watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 from anywhere with a VPN and potentially for free. The 2025 UCI BMX World Championships run from Monday, July 28 to Sunday, August 3. Full schedule below.• FREE STREAM — YouTube (select events globally)• U.S. — Flobikes• U.K. — Watch on Discovery+ / TNT Sports• Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN risk-free It was Alise Willoughby who took glory at last year's UCI BMX World Championships, but the U.S. star isn't in action at the UCI Bike City of Copenhagen, as she just gave birth earlier this month. Reigning men's champion Joris Daudet will be braced for a fierce showdown with his French compatriot Sylvain Andre, with whom he shared the podium at both the UCI BMX World Championships and Olympics last year. The Rock Hill runner-up Niek Kimmann is also in action. The UCI BMX World Championships are split in two parts. The Challenge and Masters races take place from July 28-31, before the elite men and women and U23s take center-stage on August 2-3. Here's how to watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 from anywhere — starting with free streams. We've also listed the schedule at the bottom of this page. Free UCI BMX World Championships coverage is available worldwide via the UCI YouTube channel, which is live streaming the Challenge events. Away from home? You may not be able to watch the action like you normally would due to regional restrictions. Fortunately, there's an easy solution. Use a VPN to watch Copenhagen 2025 for free — we'll show you how to do that below. Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription? You can still watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are, making it ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN — we explain why in our NordVPN review. NordVPN deal: FREE $50 / £50 Amazon gift card Boasting lightning fast speeds, great features, streaming power, and class-leading security, NordVPN is our #1 VPN. ✅ FREE Amazon gift card worth up to $50/£50✅ 4 months extra FREE!✅ 76% off usual price Use Nord to unblock YouTube and watch FREE UCI BMX World Championships coverage live online with our exclusive deal. Viewers in the U.S. can watch the UCI BMX World Championships on Flobikes. A subscription costs $29.99 per month, or $150 per year. Flobikes will be exclusively showing the elite men and women's action on the 2-3 August. If you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch the event, check out NordVPN, as explained above. The UCI BMX World Championships is on FloBikes in Canada too. A subscription will set you back CA$203.88 for the year or CA$39.99 on a monthly basis. Not at home right now? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to set your device to appear you're still in Canada. TNT Sports will host UCI BMX World Championships 2025 TV coverage in the U.K., across multiple channels. You can stream TNT Sports live online by subscribing to the Discovery Plus Premium plan for £30.99/month, or you can add TNT Sports through Sky, BT, EE or Virgin Media to watch via your television provider. If you're not in the U.K. right now but already subscribe to TNT Sports, try using NordVPN to watch as if you were back at home. The UCI BMX World Championships have previously been shown on SBS in Australia, but we haven't had any indication that will be the case this year. You can, however, watch the Challenge events free-of-charge on the UCI YouTube channel. If you're currently on holiday in Australia, one of the best VPN services will help tap into your home coverage of the race. We recommend NordVPN. Monday, July 28 — from 5 | Women: 12&U, 13-16, 40+Cruisers | Men: 12&U, 13&14, 15&16, 17-24, 25-29, 40-44, 45-49, 50+ Tuesday, July 29 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 8, 9, 10, 11 20" | Men: 8, 9, 10, 11Cruisers | Women: 17-29, 30-39Cruisers | Men: 30-34, 35-39 Wednesday, July 30 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 12, 13, 14, 1520" | Men: 12, 13, 14 Thursday, July 31 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 16, 17-24, 25+ 20" | Men: 15, 16, 17-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35+Masters | Men & Women Saturday, August 28:25 a.m. — Round 1: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME9:25 a.m. — Last-chance qualifier: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME11:40 a.m. — 1/8 finals: MJ, MU, ME Sunday, August 36 a.m. — Quarter-finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME6:50 a.m. — Semi-finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME7:20 a.m. — Finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. 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Perth Now
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Epic $8.9M BMX track opens in Perth after two years
The multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Cockburn's Malabar Park BMX track is complete and set to open this weekend for a public unveiling that will include a chance to watch some high energy racing. Eager riders got to drop the gates on the new track earlier this month and those who have been around the circuit appear as proud of the finished product as they are of the local BMX officials and volunteers who have spent five years campaigning, fundraising and waiting for the $8.9 million rebuild. The floodlit facility now also includes a public pump track and playground, barbecue facilities, a rebuilt clubroom, public toilets and car parking. Your local paper, whenever you want it. Cockburn BMX club chairman Kirk Taylor is expecting an immediate increase in local uptake of the two-wheel sport. 'It will be a popular destination for BMX racing and training, community BMX riding, birthday parties and family gatherings,' Mr Taylor said. But the path back to racing at Malabar proved as bumpy as the high-paced circuit that riders are now enjoying. COVID, cost blowouts and tough choices for the City of Cockburn, which has borne the brunt of the $8.9 million financial outlay for the rebuild, would end up leaving the small club without a home track for more than five years. The Cockburn BMX club has been vying for a functional track since 2020. Credit: Gabby Jameson/supplied / RegionalHUB The ageing facility was struggling with drainage and general maintenance when Cockburn BMX made the decision to walk away from its weekly racing in 2020 in the belief that construction would start in 2021. In fact, it wasn't until 2023 that Cockburn council formally committed the money required, after a couple of false starts where the club had first pushed for a more expensive, international standard track and cost-overruns had threatened the project altogether. While this weekend is all about showing off the new circuit and surrounds to the local community, in the future Malabar Park could play host to interstate riders and national level events with its Union Cyclist Internationale accredited track including a 5m start ramp. Saya Sakakibara celebrates after winning gold in the women's BMX racing final in Paris. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP Australia's reigning Olympic gold medallist Saya Sakakibara and French bronze medallist Romain Mahieu have already tested the track and told Mr Taylor 'it was perfect for all skill levels'. 'Whether riders participate for fun and fitness or are on elite development pathways, the improvements to Malabar Park will now provide riders with modern, world-class infrastructure in which to train and compete,' Mr Taylor said. 'The facility will attract national BMX events and draw competitors from across Australia, potentially injecting millions of dollars into the local community. 'Increased community interest in BMX will help the club expand, as new participants experience what our members have enjoyed for over 30 years.' It continues a boom period for local BMX racing. In the past 12 months since Sakakibara did the nation proud at Paris, the Wanneroo track in Perth's north reopened its rebuilt track and now Cockburn has followed suit. Saya Sakakibara (L) has won gold in BMX racing at the Paris Olympics. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP Wanneroo BMX Club secretary Melanie Cox said their redevelopment was already raising the bar for BMX in WA and led to the club having 'lots of new member inquiries coming through'. Saturday's community event at Malabar Park, from 10am to 2pm, will include entertainment, an exclusive riders showcase and food trucks. City of Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett said the revitalised facility now offered something for everyone. 'Whether you are a BMX enthusiast or a family looking for a fun day out, these fantastic facilities are here for the benefit of all Cockburn residents,' Mr Howlett said. 'The UCI accreditation means the track can be used for larger competitions, which will bring people from around Australia to Cockburn all year round. 'These welcome visitors will contribute to the local economy by spending on goods and services, with this significant investment also yielding economic benefits for the city, its businesses and residents.'
SBS Australia
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
'Chasing the Sun,' let's ask Nancy Gordon about what Australia is showcasing at Expo 2025 in Osaka
The theme of the Expo is 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'. In line with this, the Australia Pavilion has its theme 'Chasing the Sun', and is offering visitors an immersive exhibition showcasing four Australian values. In the audio, we spoke to Ms Gordon about the content of the pavilion and what she hopes to tell about Australia to Japan and the world. ■More than 150 cultural events planned On 26 April, Japanese Australian BMX racer and Paris Olympics gold medallist Saya Sakakibara attended one of the cultural events held at the pavilion. Listen to SBS Japanese Audio on Tue, Thu and Fri from 1pm on SBS 3. Replays from 10pm on Tue, Thu and Sat on SBS1. Listen to past stories from our Download the free and don't forget to visit SBS Japanese and page!
