MOLLY SIMPSON WINS SOLE BRONZE AT BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | Cycling Canada Cyclisme

MOLLY SIMPSON WINS SOLE BRONZE AT BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Nantes, France (July 31, 2021) – On the final day of racing at BMX World Championships in Nantes, France, U23 rider, Molly Simpson, won her first World Championship medal to take home bronze in the category, just behind the leader Malene Sorensen from Denmark by 0.81 seconds.

“It was good, the weather was good and was able to stick with my process and race plan,” said Simpson. “I had a ton of fun out there, so it was really a great day.”

Simpson’s World Championship medal comes off the heels of a fantastic World Cup season where she won three medals ­– one of each colour­ – showing her depth as an athlete and strong competition as a rider. Not far behind her in the final was Teigen Pascual who was looking for her second consecutive World Championship podium after taking the silver in 2021 in the women’s Junior category. Pascual came up just shy and only 0.856 seconds behind Simpson to take fifth spot.

It was a rocky start for the BMX team with athletes battling illness earlier in the week. The team of 10 riders were able to persevere and race at the Championship with Max Ganakovsky being the top men’s finisher in the U23 category advancing to the 1/8 but failing to move to the quarter finals. Riley Lavorato, Edouard Brisebois Curtis Krey, Carson Kowaski, Dylan Tremel, Aby Reeve and Keira Murphy all unfortunately did not advance past the first round in their respective categories.

“I’m really happy to see Molly on the podium,” said Adam Muys, National Team Coach. “It was also awesome to have Teigen Pascual in the final after a little bit of a shaky start to our team with a couple of our athletes test positive [for COVID-19]. The Junior boys raced hard but didn’t advance, but the development there just continues and keep progressing forward.”

Full results from the World Championships can be found here. Athletes will now get ready for the 2022 Canadian BMX Championships and Canada Cup in Calgary, Alberta on August 27-28.