The show finishes in Barcelona
Last day six finals: BMX Freestyle Street, Skateboard Park, RallyCross, Moto X Best Whip, Moto X Step Up, and BMX Freestyle Big Air
Today the first edition in Barcelona of the greatest show in action sports finishes. They have been, without a doubt, three wonderful days, but we still have a day full of excitement with the last six finals to be held.
The first one will be the BMX Freestyle Street. In the Olympic Ring Esplanade, Garrett Reynolds, one of the kings of Street with five consecutive golds and actual defending champion, Chad Kerley, a young American who already won silver in Los Angeles and other names of the Street such as Simone Barraco or Jeremiah Smith, a creative rider who was fourth in Los Angeles, will fight for the medals. The first two will try to repeat medal and improve their personal records in X Games last editions. Full list is:
Simone Barraco
Stevie Churchill
Bruno Hoffmann
Alex Kennedy
Chad Kerley
Dan Lacey
Garrett Reynolds
Paul Ryan
Sean Sexton
Jeremiah Smith
The Skateboard Park final will take place at the same venue, where Pedro Barros, Ben Hatchell Rune Glifberg, and other top candidates will be trying to win gold. Barros, gold in 2012 in Los Angeles and in 2013 in Foz, is one of the most versatile skaters, and despite his young age (18 years), he has already hung three golds and a silver at the X Games. Hatchell is an American still unexperienced but he got on the podium winning the silver medal in Los Angeles and bronze in Brazil. Finally, Glifberg is perhaps the greatest danger to others by his experience at X Games. The Danish is one of only three skaters to compete in each and every one of the editions of the X Games with a total of 10 medals and was silver in the Brazilian appointment. Full list of skaters is as follows:
Pedro Barros
Curren Caples
Rune Glifberg
Ben Hatchell
Andy Macdonald
Brad McClain
Tom Schaar
Alex Sorgente
Raven Tershy
Kevin Kowalski
We will have to move on to the Olympic Stadium to witness the RallyCross final, one of the great attractions of these X Games Barcelona and with a luxury lineup. The participation of great riders like Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Tanner Foust, and Dave Mirra is assured, who should not forget two other athletes who took a medal in Foz, Toomas Heikkinen (silver) and Patrick Sandell (bronze). Last luxury pilot to participate is Carlos Sainz, a legend of Rally who will be one of the main contenders to win a medal. Full list of pilots below:
Steve Arpin
Ken Block
Brian Deegan
Liam Doran
Tanner Foust
Toomas Heikkinen
Sverre Isachsen
Bucky Lasek
Anton Marklund
Bryce Menzies
Dave Mirra
Travis Pastrana
Nani Roma
Carlos Sainz
Patrik Sandell
Scott Speed
The activity will continue in the grounds of the Palau Sant Jordi in the last three modalities. The first two correspond to Moto X, with the finals of Best Whip and Step Up. Our rider Edgar Torronteras will be the main attraction of the Best Whip, who comes plenty of energy to show his skills and take a medal. He will have to face his biggest rival in Foz, Jeremy Stenberg, and other great riders this discipline such as Nate Adams and Thomas Pages. Full list of riders is as follows:
Nate Adams
Josh Hansen
Thomas Pages
Ronnie Renner
Jeremy Stenberg
Edgar Torronteras
Regarding Moto X Step Up, the favorites are once again two of the athletes who took medal in Brazil: Ronnie Renner and Libor Podmol. Full list of riders below:
Matt Buyten
Brian Foster
Josh Hansen
Wally Palmer
Libor Podmol
Ronnie Renner
And finally, time to the BMX Freestyle Big Air final, which will close the first X Games Barcelona event. Zack Warden, gold in Foz, and Chad Kagy and Morgan Wade, silver and bronze respectively, will be again the favorites for the victory. Full list of athletes is as follows:
Andy Buckworth
Vince Byron
Chad Kagy
Sebastian Keep
Steve McCann
Colton Satterfield
Morgan Wade
Zack Warden
Keep enjoying X Games Barcelona!