BMX Freestyle: UCI Urban Cycling World Championships preview, full schedule and how to watch live
Everything you need to know to follow the action live from Abu Dhabi featuring Olympic champion Jose Torres Gil
Cycling BMX Freestyle
The 2024 cycling season wraps up with the 2024 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships for BMX Freestyle. The event, which is being held in Abu Dhabi, runs from 17-21 December.
The entire men’s BMX freestyle park podium from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is set to compete: gold medallist Jose Torres Gil from Argentina, silver-medal winner Kieran Reilly from Great Britain, and third-place finisher Anthony Jeanjean of France.
The women’s competition will feature Australia’s Natalya Diehm, who took bronze in the French capital.
Read on for the full schedule and how to watch the event live.
BMX Freestyle: Urban Cycling Championships – full schedule
Below is the complete schedule for the event. All times local.
Wednesday, 17 December
09:00 - 10:00 BMX Park inspection by UCI / Riders on foot park inspection (Park)
09:00 - 11:00 Trials section inspection by UCI (Tri)
11:00 - 12:00 Commissaires' trials sections briefing (Tri)
11:30 - 12:30 BMX Park riders confirmation (Park)
12:30 - 13:30 BMX Park team managers meeting (Park)
13:00 - 20:00 Accreditation Centre open
18:00 - 18:30 Opening ceremony
19:00 - 19:30 BMX Flatland riders confirmation (Flat)
19:30 - 20:00 BMX Flatland team managers meeting (Flat)
Thursday, 18 December
09:00 - 10:15 BMX Park women - Training group 1 (Park)
09:00 - 11:00 On foot trials sections inspection - All categories (Tri)
09:00 - 11:00 Trials riders confirmation (Tri)
10:15 - 11:30 BMX Park women - Training group 2 (Park)
11:00 - 12:00 Trials team managers meeting (Tri)
11:30 - 12:45 BMX Park men - Training group 1 (Park)
12:00 - 13:00 BMX Flatland inspection by UCI (Flat)
12:45 - 14:00 BMX Park men - Training group 2 (Park)
14:00 - 15:15 BMX Park men - Training group 3 (Park)
14:00 - 15:30 Trials mixed team event World Championships (Tri, followed by awards ceremony)
15:15 - 16:30 BMX Park men - Training group 4 (Park)
Friday, 19 December
10:00 - 11:00 BMX Flatland women - Training (Flat)
10:00 - 11:30 BMX Park women - Training group 1 (Park)
11:00 - 12:00 BMX Flatland men - Training group 1 (Flat)
11:30 - 13:00 BMX Park women - Training group 2 (Park)
12:00 - 13:00 BMX Flatland men - Training group 2 (Flat)
13:00 - 14:00 BMX Flatland men - Training group 3 (Flat)
13:00 - 15:30 Trials men junior 20 - ½ finals (Tri)
14:00 - 15:00 BMX Flatland men - Training group 4 (Flat)
14:00 - 15:30 BMX Park men - Training group 1 (Park)
15:00 - 16:00 BMX Flatland men - Training group 5 (Flat)
15:30 - 17:00 BMX Park men - Training group 2 (Park)
Saturday, 20 December
09:00 - 11:00 On foot trials section inspection - Men elite (Tri)
10:00 - 13:00 BMX Flatland men - Qualification (Flat)
11:30 - 12:15 BMX Park men - Warm-up group 1 (Park)
12:15 - 13:45 BMX Park men - Qualification group 1 (Park)
Sunday, 21 December
08:00 - 09:00 Trials section inspection by UCI (Tri)
09:00 - 09:30 BMX Flatland women - Warm-up (Flat)
09:30 - 10:00 BMX Flatland women - Finals (Flat)
10:30 - 13:00 BMX Park men - ½ finals (Park)
14:00 - 14:30 BMX Park women - Warm-up group 1 (Park)
BMX Freestyle: Urban Cycling Championships – how to watch live
For information on how to watch the 2024 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, visit the official UCI website.