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UPDATE 1-Olympics-Cycling-Strombergs wins men's BMX debut gold

Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:52pm EDT

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By Deborah Charles

BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the gold medal in men's BMX in its Olympic debut on Friday, in a crash-filled final that saw several riders splayed out on the track.

In the sport's debut before a packed, cheering stadium, American Mike Day took silver and his team mate Donny Robinson won the bronze.

South African Sifiso Nhlapo crashed out in the curve after the biggest jump of the track and took out a few other riders. He also got hit in the head by the wheel of one rider who managed to avoid a crash.

Robinson was just in front of Nhlapo and skated by without falling then pushed his way into third. Stombergs took the lead early and safely navigated the turns while Day tried hard to pass but failed.



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