Video: ride the Rio 2016 Olympic Games BMX track with Renato Rezende
Brazil’s leading BMX cyclist competed at last weekend’s test event with a camera on his helmet – check out the amazing images
Bird’s eye view: Rezende flies high during the Rio 2016 test event (Renato Rezende/Facebook)
Ever wondered what it’s like to speed around an Olympic BMX track alongside some of the best competitors in the world? Well, now you can find out, thanks to Renato Rezende, Brazil’s top BMX cyclist.
Rezende took the bronze medal at Sunday’s test event on the newly built course at the Olympic BMX Centre, where he competed with a tiny camera attached to his helmet. The result is this high-octane video that he posted on his Facebook profile:
RENATO REZENDE #500 - Aquece Rio / Evento Teste OlimpíadasAí está o vídeo das quartas de final do evento de ontem, na pista oficial dos Jogos Olímpicos do Rio 2016. Nos treinos pela manha chegamos a saltar a reta masculina, mas como podem ver no video, competimos pela segunda e terceira reta do feminino. As mudanças que foram feitas deixaram a pista melhor e mais segura, mas como não estava 100% não competimos pelo circuito masculino. Alguns ajustes ainda vão ser feitos para o ano que vem, e com certeza a pista vai ficar perfeita.A chuva que começou acabou fazendo com que a prova fosse encerrada mais cedo, e essa volta foi a terceira mais rápida até o momento do encerramento, e por isso conquistei a medalha de bronze.Espero que curtam a volta. Boa semana pra todos!ValeeeeuHere's the video of yesterday's quarterfinals at the official track of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.In the practice in the morning we got to ride at the women section, but as you can see in the video, we rided through the girl's second and third straights at the competition.The changes that have been made made a better and safest men section, but it wasn't 100% ready to ride.Some adjustments will still be made for next year and I am pretty sure that the track will be perfect.The rain started just a couple of minutes after this lap, but mine was the third fastest one so far in the competition, and so I won the bronze medal.I hope you enjoy the footage.Good week to you all!
Posted by Renato Rezende on Monday, 5 October 2015
The course – designed by American Tom Ritzenthaler, who also created the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic tracks – will undergo modifications before next year’s Games. Rio 2016 and the International Cycling Union (UCI) will work together to make the final adjustments, and Rezende, who is ranked 13th in the world, is confident the outcome will be positive.
“Some adjustments will still be made for next year and I am pretty sure that the track will be perfect,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
