Cycling BMX Freestyle

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Lara Marie LESSMANN

Lara Marie

For an athlete, the support of family and friends when chasing an Olympic dream can be invaluable.
But it’s equally as special when a close friend is alongside during the competition, sharing the journey.
That has been the case for BMX athlete Lara Lessman and climber Hannah Meul.
The former

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 16:Bryce Wettstein(R) of the United States competes during the Women's Park prelims round of the Skateboarding competition on day one of 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai on May 16, 2024 in Shanghai, China.(Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)

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Athletes at Olympic Qualifier Series show value of friendship when chasing a sporting dream

1 - Elizaveta Posadskikh (ROC)
A three-time winner of the Russian BMX championships, 27-year-old Posadskikh finished ninth at the 2021 Urban World Championships in Montpellier, France in 2021. Nicknamed ‘Liza’, the ROC athlete has a career-high eighth position at the BMX Freestyle World Cup. She also placed third at the

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 31: Nikita Ducarroz of Team Switzerland jumps during the Women's BMX Freestyle seeding event, run 1 on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

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Who are the Tokyo 2020 Olympics BMX freestyle women’s finalists?

Tokyo 2020

Lara Marie LESSMANN

Olympic Results