August 17, 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Tory Nyhaug, Canada’s lone entrant in the Olympic BMX competition, finished 18th among 32 competitors on today, the opening day of the BMX competition.  The time trial will seed the riders for quarterfinal racing, which takes place on Thursday, Aug. 18, followed by the semi-finals and finals on Friday.  Nyhaug’s time was 35.422 seconds, 0.805 seconds behind the top finisher, Joris Daudet of France.

“The track is fast,” commented Nyhaug. “I made a couple of mistakes but it’s alright for a time trial.  It’s our first time on the track; I’ll be good to go for racing tomorrow.  It’s definitely really hot, and that’s something I’m going to have to be aware of, and really hydrate.  It would have been nicer to have a faster lap for sure, but it doesn’t change anything for tomorrow.  A race is different than a time trial and I’m ready to go.”

Mariana Pajon (Colombia) topped the women’s field with Caroline Buchanan (Australia) second and Laura Smulders (Netherlands) in third. No Canadian women qualified.

Results

Women
1. Mariana Pajon (Colombia) 34.508
2. Caroline Buchanan (Australia) 0.244
3. Laura Smulders (Netherlands) 0.606
4. Stefany Hernandez (Venezuela) 0.694
5. Simone Christensen (Denmark) 0.743
6. Elke Vanhoof (Belgium) 0.817
7. Brooke Crain (USA) 0.837
8. Alise Post (USA) 1.001
9. Merle Van Benthem (Netherlands) 1.136
10. Lauren Reynolds (Australia) 1.158
11. Yaroslava Bondarenko (Russia) 1.174
12. Manon Valentino (France) 1.869
13. Amanda Carr (Thailand) 1.956
14. Nadja Pries (Germany) 2.644
15. Priscilla Stevaux Carnaval (Brazil) 3.026
16. Maria Gabriela Diaz (Argentina) 5.565

Men
1. Joris Daudet (France) 34.617
2. David Graf (Switzerland) 0.061
3. Sam Willoughby (Australia) 0.097
4. Connor Fields (USA) 0.151
5. Corben Sharrah (USA) 0.276
6. Twan Van Gendt (Netherlands) 0.316
7. Maris Strombergs (Latvia) 0.336
8. Niek Kimmann (Netherlands) 0.453
9. Nicholas Long (USA) 0.471
10. Liam Phillips (Great Britain) 0.478
11. Amidou Mir (France) 0.631
12. Yoshitaku Nagasako (Japan) 0.669
13. Bodi Turner (Australia) 0.716
14. Carlos Mario Oquendo Zabala (Colombia) 0.724
15. Luis Brethauer (Germany) 0.762
16. Renato Rezende (Brazil) 0.787
17. Jelle Van Gorkom (Netherlands) 0.796
18. Tory Nyhaug (Canada) 0.805
19. Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes (Colombia) 0.806
20. Anthony Dean (Australia) 0.828
21. Kyle Evans (Great Britain) 1.159
22. Jeremy Rencurel (France) 1.267
23. Jefferson Milano (Venezuela) 1.328
24. Niklas Laustsen (Denmark) 1.582
25. Trent Jones (New Zealand) 1.714
26. Kyle Dodd (South Africa) 1.837
27. Alfredo Campo (Ecuador) 1.846
28. Tore Navrestad (Norway) 1.867
29. Gonzalo Molina (Argentina) 2.243
30. Evgeny Komarov (Russia) 2.341
31. Toni Syarifudin (Indonesia) 6.358
DNF Edzus Treimanis (Latvia)