The French have dominated BMX racing in recent decades, amassing 50 gold medals at world championships since 1982, and Daudet and Mahieu are first and second in the world rankings.

Race bikes also come in a few sizes, for everyone from age 4 upwards to 74 – so check out a BMX shop for the best advice, and with the right model under your feet, you’ll be off.

Great Britain's Beth Shriever won gold at the BMX Racing European Championships in Valmiera, Latvia. Shriever, 26, claimed her first championship podium of the season with a time of 35.275 seconds, ...

French riders will be hoping to finally achieve the same success in BMX racing on their home track at the Paris Olympics that they have long enjoyed at the world championships when the bikes hit ...

Australia won another gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games when Saya Sakakibara claimed the women's BMX Racing event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium outside of Paris, France, on ...

British BMX rider Beth Shriever won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games after she was refused funding and resorted to crowdfunding ...