2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | |
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Venue | Sud de France Arena |
Location | Montpellier, France |
Date | 4–8 June 2021 |
The 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships was the fourth edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, and was held from 4 to 8 June 2021 in Montpellier, France. [1] [2]
The 2021 championships comprised events in freestyle BMX only. Previous editions had included events in cross-country eliminator and trials. [3]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Matthias Dandois France | Moto Sasaki Japan (佐々木 元) | Alexandre Jumelin France |
Women | Irina Sadovnik Austria | Julia Preuss Germany | Céline Vaes France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men [4] | Logan Martin Australia | Daniel Sandoval United States | Marin Ranteš Croatia |
Women [5] | Hannah Roberts United States | Nikita Ducarroz Switzerland | Charlotte Worthington Great Britain |
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | France * | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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