BMX: Liam Phillips is crowned World Champion
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It seems as though British cycling's wave of success does not look as if it is going to crash on to shore anytime soon. With record breaking performances in the 2012 Olympics as well as back to back British winners in the Tour de France is seems as though Britannia rules not only the waves but also the cycling world.
Over the weekend British BMX rider, Liam Phillips, won every single one of his races including the World Championship final to be crowned the best BMX rider in the world. The 24 year old rider fought off stiff opposition including New Zealand native, Marc Willers and German Luis Brethaur in front of an Auckland crowd.
Completing the final in 23.280 seconds the British rider left his collarbone injury that led to his eighth place in the 2012 Olympics in the track dust as it now seemed that there was noway anybody was going to beat the young rider from Somerset. His performance and his training was praised by British Cycling's BMX coach, Grant White, - "It's phenomenal and he'd done the work. Once you've done the work you're prepared and you can sit there with a bit of confidence. He'd done the work to be successful and that's over a long period of time, that's not over the last few months that's over the last couple of years. He knew he'd had a great preparation over the last 12 months and he delivered. It's a culmination of everything, we knew he was in the best shape of his life and came here and delivered, it's unbelievable, fantastic.
White added, "This year he knows he's capable and he's got the package. He put it all together today."
It seems as though British cycling's wave of success does not look as if it is going to crash on to shore anytime soon. With record breaking performances in the 2012 Olympics as well as back to back British winners in the Tour de France is seems as though Britannia rules not only the waves but also the cycling world.
Over the weekend British BMX rider, Liam Phillips, won every single one of his races including the World Championship final to be crowned the best BMX rider in the world. The 24 year old rider fought off stiff opposition including New Zealand native, Marc Willers and German Luis Brethaur in front of an Auckland crowd.
Completing the final in 23.280 seconds the British rider left his collarbone injury that led to his eighth place in the 2012 Olympics in the track dust as it now seemed that there was noway anybody was going to beat the young rider from Somerset. His performance and his training was praised by British Cycling's BMX coach, Grant White, - "It's phenomenal and he'd done the work. Once you've done the work you're prepared and you can sit there with a bit of confidence. He'd done the work to be successful and that's over a long period of time, that's not over the last few months that's over the last couple of years. He knew he'd had a great preparation over the last 12 months and he delivered. It's a culmination of everything, we knew he was in the best shape of his life and came here and delivered, it's unbelievable, fantastic.
White added, "This year he knows he's capable and he's got the package. He put it all together today."
Having won this World title, Phillips will now be a force to be reckoned with in the world of BMX. With his win it looks as though British BMX is ready to take on the biking world with even more force in the years to come as Phillips talks about the success of the development programme that has been set up within the sport -
"We've got everything to produce the best BMX riders in the world," he said.
"It won't be long before the young academy guys will be competing for world and Olympic medals."
With the number of BMX riders at grass routes level having doubled between 2008 and 2012 the future looks incredibly bright for the world of British BMX and especially bright for Rio 2016.
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