A total of 88 BMX racers from around the world congregated in Salt Lake City at the Toyota Challenge for the first of two days of intense BMX racing action. The Friday of the Toyota Challenge, an official time trial was held and racers gave it their all around the track, one by one, to see who was fastest. The top 64 racers will advance to the Olympic Qualifying race on Saturday.

USA Olympic hopeful and time trial specialist Mike Day (USA) proved once again that he is the fastest man on the track and claimed top spot on the 88-man roster. Following Day was Robert DeWilde (NED) and Manuel DeVecchi (ITA) in respectable second and third positions. These three athletes will go into the pro race as the crème de la crème and the ones to beat on Saturday.

BMX Time Trial Top Ten Qualifiers

1. Mike Day (USA)
2. Robert DeWilde (NED)
3. Manuel DeVecchi(ITA)
4. Michal Prokup (CZE)
5. Raymo Van Der Biezen (NED)
6. Steven Cisar (USA)
7. Kyle Bennet (USA)
8. Jamie Gray (AUS)
9. Damien Godet (FRA)
10. Luke Madill (AUS)

Union Cycliste International is pleased to announce that for the season 2007/2008, the UCI will introduce and adopt the UCI random start gate for all UCI events including the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. After years of development, and a very successful test event held on the Olympic BMX track in Beijing China in early August 2007, the UCI has taken the decision to introduce the random gate system without further delays.

Here are some of the national results in Race BMX listed by country.

Colombia:
Elite Men:
1.Augusto Castro-Antioquia
2.Jose Luis Diaz-IDRD-Bogota
3.Carlos Oquendo-Antioquia

Belgium:
Elite Men:
1 Arnaud Dubois
2 Bjorn Wijnants
3 Yannick Spruyt
4 Hans Van Dijck
5 Glenn Van ginniken
6 Wesley Luyten
7 Bryan Ernotte
8 Fabian Grandhenry

Meisjes 15+
1 Elke Vanhoof
2 Dorien Raeymaekers
3 Femke Aerts
4 Nele Vanhoof
5 Elien Mertens
6 Jasmine Bogaerts
7 Lisa Walraet
8 Talita Van Hoof

Denmark:
Elite Men:
1. Henrik (Squat Rack) Baltzersen - GT Denmark/Grundfoss
2. Morten Therkilsen - Team ProBike
3. Thomas Nielsen - Team ProBike

Elite/Junior Women:
1. Amanda Sørensen - Team ProBike
2. Lisa Buth - Team JamBMX
3. Louise Grau - Taulov BMX Club

Source: bmxandmore.com

The International Olympic Committee has announced that they have approved the Youth Olympic Games, beginning in 2010. IOC President, Jacques Rogge was quoted as saying, "This is an historic moment for the Olympic Movement. We owe this to the youth of the world” after the 111 members of the IOC voted in July to pursue the concept of the Youth Olympic Games.

According to Rogge, the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place every second year, are the flagship of the IOC’s strategy outlined for young people, which includes other initiatives, such as an educational project on Olympic values, a dedicated web site for youngsters and a campaign highlighting the Olympic values to young people.

The Youth Olympic Games aim will be, to bring together talented athletes from around the world to participate in high-level competitions; - to run, alongside the sports element of the event, education programs on; Olympic values, on the benefits of sport for a healthy lifestyle, the social values sport can deliver and on the dangers of doping and of training to excess and/or of inactivity. Also, to use the latest communications channels to promote Olympic values and the spirit and essence embodied in the Youth Olympic Games.