New heights for BMX rider
AUSTRALIA is celebrating its newest world champion with Brisbane’s Logan Martin crowned the inaugural BMX Freestyle world champion at the 2017 UCI Urban World Championships in China.
“Its amazing to win the first one (rainbow jersey) on offer in the discipline,” said Martin, the 2015 and 2016 World Series champion who last week secured second overall for the 2017 season.
“It wasn’t a bad season for me in 2017, I did get a lot of seconds, but to finish off the year here with a first at the world championship, it is unbelievable.”
On Saturday, Martin finished on top of the semi-finals with an average of 91.71 points across two blazing runs.
Yesterday, he went even better with two almost flawless 93-plus point rides to take the rainbow jersey.
“Every time I ride the event, it is based on consistency, they really crack down on putting a foot down or crashing, so my goal is to stay on my bike whenI come into a contest and I did that today so I am stoked,” Martin said.
“You can’t put those feelings into words when everything you plan and work hard for pays off like this.”
Martin’s win is a perfect start to his run at the Aussie team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following the sport’s addition to the program.