If a cycling discipline will have a world and Olympic level at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, it will be BMX Racing, since the Colombian Mariana Pajón, double Olympic champion and multiple universal monarch, assured that she will attend in search of her third crown in these events. .
Mariana is Colombia’s most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games, with three medals: gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016, and silver in Tokyo 2020. She has also shone in the Pan American Games, where she has won two golds (2011, 2019) and only a fall prevented him from fighting for another medal in 2015. Santiago 2023 is already waiting.
BMX Racing is essentially an extreme, contact sport, where spectators can witness riders touching each other in the chaos of the race, but intentionally preventing another rider from advancing can result in a penalty or disqualification.
In Santiago 2023, he will add points for the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.
It is practiced with cross bikes, with 20-inch diameter wheels. Competitors need different types of protection, such as a helmet that covers their face, gloves, goggles, and a suit with long protective sleeves.
On Chilean soil we will see 20 names from 11 countries take off: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, United States, Aruba, Venezuela. In addition, the champions of the Cali 2021 Pan American Games will be invited: Argentina’s Agustina Cavalli and Colombian Mateo Carmona.
The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games begin on October 20 and the day after the inauguration (in the morning) the first qualifying round will take place at the BMX Track in the Peñalolén commune. The scene will be ready for the medals to be distributed on Sunday the 22nd and it will be the second cycling specialty to have champions, only surpassed by MTB which will distribute medals on the 21st.
Programming:
October 21:
10:30 a.m.: Women’s BMX Racing Time Trial
1055 a.m.: Men’s BMX Racing Time Trial
October 22:
From 10:00 to 12:50 p.m. Quarterfinals and Semifinals – Women
From 10:00 to 12:50 p.m. Quarterfinals and Semifinals – Men
1:30 p.m.: BMX Racing Women’s Final
1:30 p.m.: BMX Racing Final Men
Classified List – Female
Agustina Cavalli – Argentina
Shanayah Howell – Argentina
María Alejandra Peinado Pizarro – Bolivia
María Italy Enriquez Anaya – Bolivia
Paola Reis Santos – Brazil
Priscilla Andreia Stevaux Carnival – Brazil
Molly Gwen Simpson – Canada
Teigen Pascual Pascual – Canada
Rocío Macarena Pizarro Araujo – Chile
Rosario Fernanda Aguilera Martínez – Chile
Gabriela Bolle Carrillo – Colombia
Mariana Pajón Londono – Colombia
Andrea Carolina González García – Guatemala
Doménica Gissell Mora Cordero – Ecuador
Doménica Michelle Azuero González – Ecuador
Andrea María Susana Romero Díaz – Paraguay
Micaela Ramírez Fernández Maldonado – Peru
Daleny Vaughn – United States
Payton Ridenour – United States
Classified List – Men
Gonzalo Nahuel Molina – Argentina
Nicolás Exequiel Torres – Argentina
Nicolás Alejandro Arze Gómez – Bolivia
Sebastián Rodrigo Arze Gómez – Bolivia
Bruno Andrade Cogo – Brazil
Pedro Vinicius Santos Medeiros De Queiroz – Brazil
Curtis Krey – Canada
Ryan Marcial Tougas – Canada
Benjamín David Vergara Pinna – Chile
Mauricio Ignacio Molina Vergara – Chile
Carlos Alberto Ramírez Yepes – Colombia
Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina – Colombia
Mateo Carmona García – Colombia
Cristhian Felicicimo Castro Cevallos – Ecuador
Wilson David Goyes Larrea – Ecuador
André Kenneth Lacroix Flores – Peru
José Francisco Pedro Mamani Ruffasto – Peru
Cameron Donald Wood – United States
Kamren Larsen – United States
Jefferson Jordan Milano Duran – Venezuela
Jholman Andrés Sivira Abreu – Venezuela
