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Olympics-Cycling-Men's individual BMX semifinal 1 results

Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:47pm EDT
 
 Aug 22 (Reuters) - Olympic bmx men's individual semifinal
1
 results in Beijing on Friday.
 Overall
 1.  Mike Day (U.S.)                     5 Q
 2.  Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa)        8 Q
 3.  Donny Robinson (U.S.)               10 Q
 4.  Andres Jimenez (Colombia)           13 Q
 5.  Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) 14
 6.  Kyle Bennett (U.S.)                 14
 7.  Arturs Matisons (Latvia)            22
 8.  Marc Willers (New Zealand)          23
 Run 1
 1.  Mike Day (U.S.)                     36.470
 2.  Donny Robinson (U.S.)               36.832
 3.  Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa)        37.197
 4.  Andres Jimenez (Colombia)           37.363
 5.  Kyle Bennett (U.S.)                 43.518
 6.  Arturs Matisons (Latvia)            53.379
 7.  Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) 55.121
 8.  Marc Willers (New Zealand)          1:22.619
 Run 2
 1.  Mike Day (U.S.)                     36.219
 2.  Donny Robinson (U.S.)               36.462
 3.  Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa)        36.597
 4.  Andres Jimenez (Colombia)           36.862
 5.  Kyle Bennett (U.S.)                 37.200
 6.  Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) 37.258
 7.  Marc Willers (New Zealand)          43.256
 8.  Arturs Matisons (Latvia)            1:17.170
 Run 3
 1.  Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) 36.200
 2.  Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa)        36.457
 3.  Mike Day (U.S.)                     37.461
 4.  Kyle Bennett (U.S.)                 43.897
 5.  Andres Jimenez (Colombia)           44.507
 6.  Donny Robinson (U.S.)               56.249
 7.  Marc Willers (New Zealand)          DNF
 7.  Arturs Matisons (Latvia)            DNF
 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
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