Logan Martin has added another BMX freestyle world championship medal to his collection, winning bronze at the 2025 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The three-time world champion displayed his trademark style and flair as he aimed to defend the rainbow jersey on Saturday night.
Despite slipping on a pedal early in his first run, Martin still managed a score of 84.44 losing valuable points for the mishap.
But the Olympic gold medallist upped the ante for his second run with a 540 flair, quad whip and scored 91.68, improving on his overall standing. However, it wasn’t enough to match Frenchman Anthony Jeanjean (94.4) who claimed his first world title.
United States’ Marcus Christopher finished second (94.02).
“It was a very high level of riding all week so I’m happy to land on the podium,” Martin said.
“My two runs didn’t quite go as I planned, but I was happy to land my second run and get a decent score on the board.”
Incredibly, it is Martin’s sixth world championship podium, having only missed out once in 2022 from his seven appearances.
“It is definitely nice to add another medal to my collection. My first bronze, so I have all three colours now,” he added
Brandon Loupos joined Martin in the finals marking a triumphant return to the world championship stage.
In his first world championships since 2022 after overcoming significant injuries, Loupos finished fifth overall.
Alec Danelutti was knocked out in the semi-finals where he finished 15th, while debutants Samual Grace and Xavier Gilbee put in a strong showing for their first world championships finishing 44th and 45th respectively after qualifying runs.
It was a clean sweep for China in the women’s competition with Sibei Sun top-scoring (95.86) to take the world title, ahead of countrywomen Jiaqi sun (93.08) and Xiaotong Fan (92.10).
Natalya Diehm was the best-placed Australian, finishing eighth, with teammate Sarah Nicki in 12th.
After laying down an impressive first run that scored 74.00, Diehm threw everything at her second run in a bid to move up the rankings.
An attempt at an alley-oop flair came up short and she slid out. Diehm was determined to complete the trick in front of the crowd and got back on her bike and gave the trick another crack, this time making it stick.
But it wasn’t enough to improve the score from her first run.
See the full results here.
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