Rio 2016 Olympics: Men’s Quarter Finals

August 19th, 2016
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The Olympic BMX Centre took it’s toll on the Men’s field today when the Quarter Finals hit the big stage. BMX has become more well known in mainstream media for it’s spectacular crashes at the past two Olympic games than anything else, and the Quarter Finals at Rio didn’t disappoint.

BMX is an unpredictable sport at the best of times, it’s not unusual for big name riders to be eliminated early. When some of the finals favourites like Liam Phillips, Joris Daudet and Maris Strombergs crash out early it really changes the landscape.

As a BMX fan I would have liked to see if Maris Strombergs could have gone on to win his third medal and become not only the legend he is in BMX but an international household name as an Olympian, a possible Usain Bolt of BMX racing. But on the flipside of that it will be just as exciting to see a new Gold Medalist crowned.

No doubt there will be more heartbreak as the racing unfolds tomorrow, but I wouldn’t miss a single minute of it.

Here’s how the quarter finals went down.

Heat 1

			RUN 1		RUN 2		RUN 3
RANK	ATHLETE		TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TOTAL
1	NED	VAN GORKOM Jelle	35.101	1	35.872	1	36.680	4	6 Qualified
2	NZL	JONES Trent	35.455	3	36.561	2	36.173	2	7 Qualified
3	USA	LONG Nicholas	35.730	5	40.046	4	35.331	1	10 Qualified
4	NED	KIMMANN Niek	35.725	4	1:47.485	7	36.431	3	14 Qualified
5	LAT	TREIMANIS Edzus	36.022	7	37.619	3	37.379	5	15
6	FRA	DAUDET Joris	35.434	2	Did not finish		Did not finish		18Did not finish
7	DEN	LAUSTSEN Niklas	36.965	8	44.351	5	41.942	6	19
8	BRA	REZENDE Renato	35.970	6	1:19.255	6	1:44.597	7	19

Heat 2

			RUN 1		RUN 2		RUN 3
RANK	ATHLETE		TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TOTAL
1	CAN	NYHAUG Tory	35.958	1	35.035	1	38.754	2	4 Qualified
2	GER	BRETHAUER Luis	37.386	2	36.234	2	39.384	3	7 Qualified
3	VEN	MILANO Jefferson	41.709	3	36.296	3	40.894	6	12 Qualified
4	SUI	GRAF David	2:54.204	7	1:14.051	6	38.390	1	14 Qualified
5	LAT	STROMBERGS Maris	1:36.876	6	44.376	4	39.554	4	14
6	RSA	DODD Kyle	42.683	4	50.545	5	39.959	5	14
7	INA	SYARIFUDIN Toni	45.325	5	1:21.149	7	Did not start		22 Did not start
8	GBR	PHILLIPS Liam	Did not finish		Did not start		Did not start		28 Did not start

Heat 3

			RUN 1		RUN 2		RUN 3
RANK	ATHLETE		TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TOTAL
1	AUS	WILLOUGHBY Sam	35.877	1	35.130	1	35.152	1	3 Qualified
2	COL	OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos Mario	37.728	3	35.607	3	35.699	3	9 Qualified
3	NED	VAN GENDT Twan	1:46.311	6	35.293	2	35.217	2	10 Qualified
4	COL	RAMIREZ YEPES Carlos Alberto	37.054	2	36.181	5	36.020	4	11 Qualified
5	FRA	RENCUREL Jeremy	40.894	4	35.927	4	1:30.329	6	14
6	RUS	KOMAROV Evgeny	41.584	5	40.430	6	39.770	5	16
7	FRA	MIR Amidou	Did not finish		Did not start		Did not start		28 Did not start
8	ECU	CAMPO Alfredo	Did not finish		Did not start		Did not start		28 Did not start

Heat 4

			RUN 1		RUN 2		RUN 3
RANK	ATHLETE		TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TIME	PTS	TOTAL
1	AUS	DEAN Anthony	35.934	2	34.994	1	35.193	1	4 Qualified
2	USA	FIELDS Connor	35.191	1	35.761	4	35.601	3	8 Qualified
3	USA	SHARRAH Corben	36.213	4	35.558	3	35.447	2	9 Qualified
4	ARG	MOLINA Gonzalo	36.078	3	35.412	2	36.122	5	10 Qualified
5	AUS	TURNER Bodi	39.094	6	42.436	8	35.721	4	18
6	NOR	NAVRESTAD Tore	42.105	8	35.904	5	36.715	6	19
7	GBR	EVANS Kyle	37.230	5	40.351	7	37.203	7	19
8	JPN	NAGASAKO Yoshitaku	41.455	7	39.258	6	47.041	8	21

The Schedule

Friday 19 August

Rio	Australia EST	USA PDT	USA EDT	UK	NZ	Event
13:30	02:30 (Sat)	09:30	12:30	17:30	04:30 (Sat)	Women’s Semi finals Run 1
13:38	02:38	09:38	12:38	17:38	04:38	Men’s Semi finals Run 1
14:00	03:00	10:00	13:00	18:00	05:00	Women’s Semi finals Run 2
14:08	03:08	10:08	13:08	18:08	05:08	Men’s Semi finals Run 2
14:30	03:30	10:30	13:30	18:30	05:30	Women’s Semi finals Run 3
14:38	03:38	10:38	13:38	18:38	05:38	Men’s Semi finals Run 3
15:00	04:00	11:00	14:00	19:00	06:00	Women’s finals
15:10	04:10	11:10	14:10	19:10	06:10	Men’s finals
15:25	04:25	11:25	14:25	19:25	06:25	Women’s Medal ceremony
15:36	04:36	11:36	14:36	19:36	06:36	Men’s Medal ceremony