2008 UCI BMX World Championships
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The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships
took place in Taiyuan
in China
and crowned world champions in the cycling
discipline of BMX Racing
. Great Britain's
Shanaze Reade
won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvia
n Māris Štrombergs
won the elite men's category.
UCI BMX World Championships
UCI BMX World Championships are the world championships for BMX racing held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale , the sport's international governing body....
took place in Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...
in China
China
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and crowned world champions in the cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
discipline of BMX Racing
BMX racing
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually small a starting gate for up to eight racers, a groomed, serpentine, dirt race course made of...
. Great Britain's
United Kingdom
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Shanaze Reade
Shanaze Reade
Shanaze Danielle Reade is a professional British Bicycle Motocross racer and track cyclist whose prime competitive years began in 2002. She has won the UCI BMX World Championships three times...
won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n Māris Štrombergs
Maris Štrombergs
Māris Štrombergs is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships....
won the elite men's category.
Medals table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| |
9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | |||
| |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| |
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
Medal summary
| Men's events | ||||||
| Elite men |
Māris Štrombergs Maris Štrombergs Māris Štrombergs is a Latvian professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships.... |
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| Sifiso Nhlapo |
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| Junior men |
Sam Willoughby |
Vincent Pelluard |
Denzel Stein |
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| Elite men cruiser |
Thomas Hamon |
Manuel De Vecchi |
Jonathan Suárez |
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| Junior men cruiser |
Joris Daudet |
Vincent Pelluard |
Jelle Van Gorkom |
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| Women's events | ||||||
| Elite women |
Shanaze Reade Shanaze Reade Shanaze Danielle Reade is a professional British Bicycle Motocross racer and track cyclist whose prime competitive years began in 2002. She has won the UCI BMX World Championships three times... |
Anne-Caroline Chausson Anne-Caroline Chausson Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French Olympic gold medalist in BMX, and downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racer, best known for having won thirteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen continental... |
Sarah Walker |
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| Junior women |
Manon Valentino |
Lauren Reynolds |
Rachel Bracken |
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| Elite women cruiser |
Magalie Pottier |
Amélie Despeaux |
Sarah Walker |
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| Junior women cruiser |
Mariana Pajon |
Manon Valentino |
Eva Ailloud |
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