Sorry mates. I don't see it would be worth of translating the whole text from Finnish to English. Basically I'm explaining people what does it actually mean to go to Olympics. This all started after we got the biggest newspaper in Finland to come to the track and make a story about BMX. Boys told the journalist that their goal is to get to Olympics. At the moment I was listening them and thinking should I go to the details. People are talking and dreaming about it the way there wouldn't be no qualifications for the Olympic games. Qualification system is explained pretty easily on the following PDF. Only thing I feel is needed to point out is that getting a spot to Olympic games for bmx is impossible for Finnish BMX at the moment.
| rio2016qualificationsystem-cyclingbmx.pdf |
I have heard few times Finnish people talking about that their goals are getting to the Olympics. My friend had an awesome answer on that when he asked on which sport they mean. They are meaning BMX but they do not seem to know what it means. I don't wanna break anyone's dreams but I'm only being realistic. Collecting the points has started on 31st of May 2014 and will continue till 31st of May 2016. The maximum amount of points you can collect is 5200 points. The max what Finnish riders would get is 560 and that means lots of work and luck. Just saying.. Don't you think it would be irrational for me to dream that I would be princess of Sweden. That's not impossible but... it would be more realistic goal to try to get a spot in World Champs 2020. For an elite classes u need to qualify to even get to the World Champs.
People in Finland are still underestimating Challenge classes. They go for elite but actually they end up to not racing the international races because they are not good enough. Wouldn't it be better to be averige in Challenge class than not race at all. Learning to race a big events you can learn only by doing it. It's a whole different world. I can't explain it, you need to feel it. That's why I'm hoping to get as many riders as possible to come to the Worlds! People need to see and feel what is it about so we can get the bmx in Finland to make a progress. Make a step to be closer to the Olympic dream. At the moment it is too tough to get the tickets to watch the Olympic BMX, not to mention to race it!
First step would be to get people to know the sport and know the rules. The last race meet we had there was unbelievable situation when the ref didn't know the rules and drop the kid to be 8th after pulling in front of the other in the race. That is exactly what you are supposed to do.
For those who are building a track. Here is an easy guide how to keep it in the official rules:
People in Finland are still underestimating Challenge classes. They go for elite but actually they end up to not racing the international races because they are not good enough. Wouldn't it be better to be averige in Challenge class than not race at all. Learning to race a big events you can learn only by doing it. It's a whole different world. I can't explain it, you need to feel it. That's why I'm hoping to get as many riders as possible to come to the Worlds! People need to see and feel what is it about so we can get the bmx in Finland to make a progress. Make a step to be closer to the Olympic dream. At the moment it is too tough to get the tickets to watch the Olympic BMX, not to mention to race it!
First step would be to get people to know the sport and know the rules. The last race meet we had there was unbelievable situation when the ref didn't know the rules and drop the kid to be 8th after pulling in front of the other in the race. That is exactly what you are supposed to do.
For those who are building a track. Here is an easy guide how to keep it in the official rules:
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