The 2024 BMX Racing World Championships ended today in Rock Hill, United States. This wasthe 27th edition of the UCI version of the championships since 1996, the second time the South Carolina city has hosted (2017), and the overall third time the event has been in the U.S., including Louisville in 2001. (Houston 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.)

Teams France and the U.S. led the all-time medal table with 112 and 104 overall medals, respectively, followed distantly by Team Netherlands' 55 ahead of the 2024 event. All three made the 2024 podium again, with Teams France and USA both winning two medals each across the men's and women's elite six podium places (Team Netherlands and Team Switzerland split the two silvers).

Three ended up a magic number, as both the men's and women's 2024 champions earned their third titles. Congratulations to the 2024 medalists! Complete results can be found online at uci.org.

2024 BMX Racing World Championships Medalists

Men:
     Joris Daudet (FRA) | Niek Kimmann (NED) | Sylvain Andre (FRA)

Women:
​     Alise Willoughby (USA) | Zoe Claessens (SUI) | Daleny Vaughn (USA)

Danas Rapsys gets 'brave in his body'.

Francesco Bonsanto takes in some sun...

...as does Cynthia Bolingo...

Stefanos Ntouskos gets a plum assignment.

Liu Shaolin gets some rest in amidst the rain.

The Athletic looks at the transformation of Team USA Beijing 2008 soccer player Robbie Rogers to a Hollywood power player and a voice for LGBTQ athletes.

Soccer star Alex Greenwood talks with FIFA.com on the disappointment of missing Paris 2024, and more.

Mack Horton's retirement: A swimming champion succumbs to a loss of motivation.

Is Teagan Levi vs Jorja Miller the prime rugby sevens rivalry we'll see over the next decade?

Biathlon World​ has 'five burning questions' for rising Team USA star Campbell Wright.

Rising high diver Carlos Gimeno has a strong Olympic connection in having triple Olympian Ramon Fumado as a coach. (p.s. get high diving into the Games now!)

Rhythmic gymnast Evita Griskenkas has a big 2024 ahead, with graduation from Columbia University and another Olympic appearance on deck. Can she make it into the top 10 at Paris 2024?

World Curling looks at some past Youth Olympic curling stars' subsequent careers, led by Team Italy's Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner.

Is a combination of "sun and cinnamon buns" the secret to Frida Larsson's cross-country skiing success?

Can Armenian wrestler Arsen Julfalakyan complete an Olympic comeback from retirement, now representing Team Argentina?

Team Japan star wrestlers Akari Fujinami and Tsugumi Sakurai recently took to the mat in an understated but power-packed bout.

Switzerland's Zoe Claessens is looking for a return to the UCI World Cycling Center can power another Olympic BMX run.

Can Lydia Ko complete a "perfect fairy tale story" and win gold at Paris 2024's golf competition?

Olympic champion boxer Estelle Mossely aims to show that motherhood hasn't slowed her down as she targets another gold at Paris 2024.

Badminton players Liu Yu Chen and Nyi Yakura talk with BWFWorldTour on the keys to new partnerships as they eye Paris 2024.

​Landmark sailor Maria Erdi earns more honors back in Hungary off the back of her world championship.

Sean Murray may be "just lost for words" but still beaming as captain of Team Ireland's Paris 2024-qualifying men's field hockey squad.

Learning 'one new skill' might have been the key to inspiring trampolinist Dafne Navarro to reach another Olympic Games.

U23 champion rower Dimitra Eleni Kontou is one to watch as she targets Paris 2024 after setting multiple indoor records in 2023.

Why has the abuse allegations against Tokyo 2020 tennis champ Alex Zverev not come up during the Australian Open (except for in this thought piece)?

Tennis players to watch include the 51 recently announced as Grand Slam Player Grant 2024 recipients.

Robyn Ah Mow and Heather Brown are 'All Time Great Players' for USA Volleyball.

Triathlete Dylan McCullough's strong 2023 has him 'in pole position' to make it to Paris 2024 this year.

Anthony Edwards credits his stint with Team USA as key to his strong basketball this NBA season.

A slew of upstart lugers at the Youth Winter Olympics left champion luger Sascha Benecken impressed.

Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis supplants speed skater Nils van der Poel as the 'Athlete of the Year' at the Swedish Sports Gala.

Retirement is not on the mind for 39-year-old marathoner Stephen Mokoka, who has plans to cotinue through Paris 2024 and beyond.

Sprinters Antonio Watson and Shericka Jackson take home RJRGleaner honors in Jamaica for their 2023 successes on the track.

Team Ukraine's Nazar Chepurnyi's first world gymnastics championships medal came in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. (in Ukrainian)

'Slaying giants' appears to be a calling card for taekwondo athlete Aleksandra Perisic>

Champion luger Felix Loch leads the voices of disappointment that the sliding sports at Milano Cortina 2026 won't be in Milan...or Cortina d'Ampezzo...after all.

Canadian curling stars Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson contemplate their returns to the upcoming Pan Continental Curling Championships with World Curling,.

Can Team Lativa leverage their surprise strong FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup showing to bigger things in the future?

NBA and Team Serbia basketball star Nikola Jokic has supporters in high places.

FIS checks in with how some Alpine skiing stars have adjusted to post-competition lives, including Beat Feuz, Tina Weirather, Matthias Mayer, Anna Veith, and Tamara Tippler.

Team Ireland's Sinead Farrelly reflects on her 'remarkable return' to soccer after many years to compete at the FIFA World Cup.

Road cyclist Remco Evenpoel documents his return to the place of "one of the most difficult moments" of his career via YouTube.

"100 of the greatest French champions in one book for a 100% charity project." Sport a du Couer offers a new coffee table book for fans of Team France.

Team Slovakia's retired biathlon star Anastasija Kuzmina is not so retired now...

The IJF 'Olympic Champions' interview series continues with Tokyo 2020 judoka Takanori Nagase.

Olympics: Team USA's BMX rider Hannah Roberts 'is doing all she can' to collect the missing career trophy, Olympic gold.

Swiss Sochi 2014 ice hockey medalist Lara Stadler reflects on what leadership means to her.

Team USA wrestler Kyle Dake is "committed to turning the tables next year" in Paris after a disappointing world championships in 2023.

Who will win FEI's 2023 'Best Awards' in equestrian? Voting is open until October 22...

And who will be World Sailing's annual award winners? Voting is open until October 30...

ISU: French figure skater Mae-Berenice Maite looks to 'empower' diversity and inclusion' within sport.

'What's at stake' in the long anticipated heavyweight boxing matchup between London 2012 champion Oleksandr Usyk and star Tyson Fury?

Ukrainian ski jumper Yevhen Marusiak talks tailoring, upcoming plans, and more after a recent record summer performance. (in Ukrainian)

Team New Zealand's star boxer from Tokyo 2020 David Nyike sets eyes on going professional.

Is Irish boxing champ Katie Taylor's 'career on the line' in her rematch against Chanelle Cameron?

"I'm, like, stress-free, finally." Breaker B-boy Victor, or Victor Montalvo, savors Paris 2024 qualification.

Meanwhile, fellow breaker Philip Kim and sailor Sarah Douglas answer '24 Questions' from Team Canada.

More sailing as Hannah Snellgrove may be finally on her way to an Olympic appearance for Team Great Britain after a 'series of setbacks'.

Sprinter Julien Watrin shares his video essay memories of a special team trip to the Himalayas.

Olympics: Pole vaulter Ernest (EJ) Obiena talks being a role model in the 'golden age of Filipino sport'.

Team Poland's Piotr Lisek is a top pole vaulter...and now an MMA fighter? (in Polish)
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Heptathlete Xenia Kriszan's strong world championships performance has her targeting a top six finish at Paris 2024. (in Hungarian)

Olympic champion and current World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe reflects on the recent World Athletics Championships.

"I loved every moment of it." BMX champion Niek Kimmann talks Tokyo 2020, and more, with Owl Sport.

Team Japan's men's curling bristles at cheating allegations from a recent tournament.

Biathlon World: Team Norway's 'uber-talented' Sturla Holm Laegreid has the number one ranking in his sights this upcoming season.

Team France looks at multiple instances of multiple family members excelling in elite sports. (in French)

Will Team Canada women's soccer squad have an Olympic redemption in Paris, like it did in London, Rio, and Tokyo?

Speed skater Ivanie Blondin laces up the short track skates once more.

Team USA basketball star Breanna Stewart won this season's WNBA MVP Award...so, what's the drama?

How did the 'blockbuster' trade that sent NBA basketball star and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks go down?

Skateboarder Margielyn Didal pushes through injury pain to still drive growth opportunities for the sport back home in the Philippines.

Swimmer Pieter Coetze lends his approval for a new 'high performance' academy targeting aspiring fellow South African Olympians.

Swimmers Rikako Ikee and Zhang Yufei close out Asian Games competition in the pool with a special shared moment.

Sports shooter Saurabh Chaudhary was once a Tokyo 2020 medal favorite. Where's he been since?

Did Team South Korea's taekwondo team'provoke' Team China at the Asian Games in Hangzhou?

More South China Morning Post as gymnast Ng Kiu-chung closes a 21-year career: "I really enjoyed it".

Team Canada: Felix Dolci, William Emard, and Rene Cournoyer are helping put Team Canada's men's gymnastics 'back on the map'.

Atlanta 1996 champion Lindsay Davenport gets a high-profile role(s) with the U.S. Tennis Association.

It's the "beautiful battle" with superstar Novak Djokovic that has helped inspire new power Carlos Alcaraz this tennis season.

How did Beth Potter 'start again' to become a world champion in triathlon?

More Team Great Britain triathlon as star Alex Yee talks his start in the sport, and much more on the Amazing Starts Here podcast.

"Training even harder" was what pulled gymnast Felix Dolci from the disappointment of not making it to Tokyo 2020 and focusing on Paris 2024.

If you want to get 'inside the life, training, and tricks' of freestyle skier Birk Ruud, and you read Norwegian, his autobiography is on its way soon...