New to the 2020-2024 Tokyo quad is BMX Freestyle. In 2016, the UCI partnered with Hurricane, an events company based in Montpellier, France, to produce the FISE World Cup Series which held its first international events beginning in 2017. In 2018, USA Cycling created its first ever BMX Freestyle National Team and began the qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. In 2020, USA Cycling completed construction of the first-of-its-kind BMX Freestyle National Training Facility at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Combined with the services offered by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, we have created a world-class training and competition facility for the BMX Freestyle team.
USA Cycling’s Freestyle Development Program will be designed to identify, recruit, and guide the next generation of young, talented, amateur Freestyle athletes. Under the supervision of the head BMX Freestyle coach and the BMX High Performance Director, the goal of this program will be to prepare athletes to compete on the World Cup style courses and also learn additional training methods necessary to reach peak performance.
Here's a look at how you can enter the Olympic Development pathway and work your way on to Team USA:
USA Cycling’s Olympic Development Academy (ODA) for BMX Freestyle has been developed to offer you the best coaching and experience outside the National Team. The goal of the program is to allow you to fully experience and understand what it takes to become an Olympic level athlete by providing you with world class coaching at Woodward facilities so you can push yourself to the next level and beyond.
| Date | Event | Location |
| August 7-12 | Woodward Week #10 | Woodward PA - State College, PA |
USA Cycling is proud to support our National Team athletes who champion the sport of cycling and are the ultimate ambassadors for BMX Freestyle. USA Cycling will support National Team elite athletes with logistical and team support upon request. Each athlete on the national team will receive unique support to best address each athlete’s needs in terms of timing and type of resources. USA Cycling will work with our elite athletes’ trade teams to help maximize the combined resources. Our goal is to ensure that our top riders have everything they need to perform at the highest level.
For criteria on how to qualify for the national team, click here.
For information on the levels of support, click here.
November 9-13, 2022: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2022 Urban World Championships Selection Document | Discretionary Petition
For more information, please visit: UCI Urban World Championships
March 25-27, 2022: Hiroshima, Japan - Canceled 1/19/22
May 25-29, 2022: Montpellier, France
June 3-5, 2022, Osijek, Croatia - Canceled 3/22/22
October 20-23, 2022: Gold Coast, Australia
For the most up-to-date information, please visit: UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup
USA Cycling is responsible for selecting the athletes who represent the United States in the highest level of international competition. For more information on the general selection process, click here.
Did you just have a top result in the World Championships or Olympic Games? You may be eligible for a bonus from the USOPC and USA Cycling. Click here to learn more.
Jamie Staff leads USA Cycling’s BMX Racing and Freestyle programs. Born in Ashford, Kent, England, Jamie raced BMX for 20 years winning the World Championships in 1996. In 2001, he turned to Track racing in the pursuit of the Olympic Games. His transition appeared to be seamless qualifying for Team Great Britain's sprint program in his first attempt. At the Commonwealth Games, he rode to silver in the Team Sprint, broke the National 200m Record, and rode to bronze in the Kilometer. Less than a year into track racing, he helped Team GB win gold in the Team Sprint at the 2002 UCI Track World Championships. In 2004, he became the Keirin World Champion and punched his ticket to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. It wasn't until the next Olympics that Staff would walk away with a medal. Not only did he win several medals in the World Championship and Commonwealth Games in the next four years, but he would win gold in the Team Sprint trio and break the World Record at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
After 7 years on the track, he turned to coaching. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, under Staff's direction, USA Cycling’s BMX program won its first gold medal, a silver medal, and recorded two fourth place finishes. With the introduction of BMX Freestyle to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic schedule, Staff took over that program. BMX Freestyle won its first medal in the sports debut with silver.
Ryan Nyquist is an American professional BMX rider with 16 X-Games medals, 39 X-Games competition starts and 60 Dew Tour finals appearances (most all-time). Ryan is considered one of the greatest and diversely skilled BMX riders ever. Now, Ryan has taken on a new challenge and joined the USA Cycling BMX Freestyle team as a coach where he is leading a team to the Olympic Games.
