The most spectacular turns and the best acrobatics: that’s what counts in the BMX flatland competition. Dustyn Alt was the best at the German championships. The favorite prevailed in the women’s park competition.
Dustyn Alt is the new German Champion in the BMX Flatland discipline. At the final on Sunday (July 9th, 2023) he received the highest rating from the judges and was able to prevail over Tim Höfel and Chris Böhm.
The four finalists had three minutes to convince the judges of their skills. Dustyn Alt was the best. The 32-year-old from Leipzig presented the most creative and technically demanding performance in the old casting hall in the Duisburg Landscape Park and received 84.66 points for the performance, which was peppered with his own creations. “I’m super happy about what happened today“Alt was satisfied afterwards in the sports show.
young talent Höfel secures silver
Tim Hoefel, a young German talent from Berlin, had just made it to the final and secured the vice title with a strong 82.00 points. Bitterfeld’s Chris Böhm got bronze with 76.66 points. Daniel Hennig, who had achieved the best rating in qualifying and was the last to go onto the floor, showed some difficult combinations, but also managed to fall twice and only ended up fourth (74.66).
How does BMX Flatland work?
The Flatland discipline is about acrobatics on the BMX. The demonstrations take place on a flat floor. The active show various tricks and maneuvers that are connected to combinations. The riders balance on the various components of the BMX and try to avoid ground contact with their feet or even a fall. A jury assesses the elements shown according to difficulty, execution and style and awards a rating of a maximum of 100 points.
Women’s Park: Trio decides medals among themselves
In the decision-making in the Park discipline, only three riders started among the women. Valeria Ward withdrew her participation at short notice. Lillyana Seidler, Lara Maria Lessmann and Kim Lea Müller also went into the course. Favorite Müller, who has made enormous progress in recent years, prevailed in the end and can therefore look forward to her first German championship title.
Seidler (73.80 points) and Lessmann (80.60) initially showed a safety run in the first round in order to have a solid score first. Müller, on the other hand, went on the offensive a bit more and took the lead with 85.60 points. The only 15-year-old Seidler could not improve in the oppressive temperatures in the second round and remained in third place.
Müller, sixth at the Olympics in Tokyo and last German champion (2019), also made a mistake in the final and was unable to improve on her performance from the first run. So it was clear that Müller had secured the title even before her final run. There, the runner-up of last year’s European Championships showed a show run for the audience.
How does BMX Park work?
All athletes have two rounds of one minute each to present their best trick combinations, and the best run is ultimately counted. The difficulty of the tricks, their execution and the use of as many obstacles as possible in the park are evaluated by the three-person jury. A maximum of 100 points can be achieved.