With two days completed the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships have been a success for some riders. In the men's over 30 division Charly Gaillard of France took home first place and Kristaps Ozolins of Latvia claime second place.Of course all of the world championships can be seen here.
No American born rider qualified for the finals of the men's over 30 race division. Jonas Harmon was the only American to make it to the half finals, which is the race before the finals. Harmon did not finish.
The Belgian riders didn't have much of a home track advantage as Benoit Dupont, Peter Geys and Gorden Martin didn't place in the final top eight.
On the women's side of the completion two from the USA, Samantha Brown and Kristen Long, have made it to the finals and Brown won second place. Long finished the leg in seventh out of eight riders. Both competed in the women's 17 and over division.
On July 24 and 25 men and women will compete in time trials. Some notable riders competing are Connor Fields (USA), Justin Posey (USA), Mark Link (NED) and Roman Mahieu (FRA).
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