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Roger Rinderknecht in Beijing: |
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008 |
Little trouble in the beginning to be followed by a happy end.
Munich, August 19th, 2008 – Roger
Rinderknecht, the Swiss silver medalist of the 2008 mountain bike 4X World
Championships, has arrived in Beijing for the Olympic BMX Race competition. A
few complications in the very beginning didn’t rattle Roger. He is
enjoying the Olympic atmosphere and focusing on the upcoming competition, the
biggest race of his life.
Roger’s first day at the official training course in
Taiyuan seemed to be a big disappointment for him: “When I arrived, the
course was in really bad conditions and the start gate didn’t work. But
my coach Urs Kropf did his best and got the track back in shape after five
hours. Thanks Urs!” This experience proved to be the only negative one
Roger gained during his first days in China: “Everything else is perfectly
organized. The Olympic Village is pretty impressive. Thousands of athletes
everywhere. I really enjoy the atmosphere over here.”
Roger is in his best shape ever and can’t wait for the big race next
Thursday and the seeding runs the day before. Roger is totally
stoked on the official BMX racetrack: “I already knew the course from a
test-event last year. I enjoyed riding it back then. But I took a look on it a
few days ago and now it really looks like the best BMX track ever built!”
Be sure to expect a tough competition in the finals on Thursday morning. Being
held the first time ever at Olympic Games, the BMX competition will see the
best-prepared racers in history. The US team was even able to train on a
500.000 US Dollar rebuild of the official Olympic Games BMX track that was
built almost a year ago in California. But Roger also enjoyed a good preparation. The World
Cycling Center in Aigle allowed him to tailor his training to the specific
needs of the Olympic course.
So Roger, stay focused, do your thing and go for gold!
For more general information about Roger Rinderknecht,
please visit the rasoulution website or Roger’s homepage:
www.rasoulution.com and www.rogerrinderknecht.com
To get an overview of the Olympic BMX race schedule on Wednesday 20th (seeding
runs and quarter finals) and Thursday 21st (semi finals and finals), please
visit:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/CB.shtml
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