Friday, February 7, 2025
17.2 C
Canberra

Australia’s Logan Martin wins third BMX freestyle world championship

Logan Martin collected a third world title with a superb performance in the final. (Getty Images: Tim de Waele, File)

In short:

Logan Martin won the BMX freestyle final at the world championships in Abu Dhabi.

It is Martin's third world title following his victories in 2017 and 2021.

Fellow Australians Natalya Diehm and Sarah Nicki finished inside the top 10 in the women's final.

Australia's Logan Martin has overcome the disappointment of his Paris Olympics campaign to win his third BMX freestyle world championship.

Martin triumphed with a score of 94.30 in his second run of the final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He produced a score of 91.10 in his first run after qualifying for the final in sixth place.

Martin added the victory to his world titles from 2017 and 2021, and his 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold.

"I'm absolutely stoked," said Martin, who finished ninth at the Paris Olympics after crashing in the final.

"I really wanted to pull my first run. I landed that run and then it was all or nothing.

"I had to go out there and send it.

"I was in the first group so there was a lot more guys to go after me, so I had to go out and really send it in my second run and that run really paid off and that's the one that won.

"I'm absolutely stoked to win my third world championship."

Meanwhile, fellow Australians Natalya Diehm and Sarah Nicki finished inside the top 10 in the women's final.

Diehm, who won bronze at the Paris Olympics, was ninth with a score of 85.28, while Nicki finished 10th with 84.30.

American Hannah Roberts won her sixth BMX freestyle world championship with a score of 95.70.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Hot this week

How passports and a deal with China have put New Zealand at odds with its former colony Cook Islands

Winston Peters has made it clear he's unhappy Cook...

Investigation launched into human egg trafficking ring targeting Thai women

Three Thai women have been repatriated after allegedly being...

Live updates: Donald Trump likens Gaza redevelopment proposal to ‘real estate transaction’

US President Donald Trump has likened his proposal to...

Surviving Al-Fayed brother becomes third to be accused of sexual abuse

Shoppers enter and leave the Harrods store in London....

Greenland ruling party wants vote on independence from Denmark

Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, but now...

Topics

spot_img

Related Articles