Being the first selected is a trip straight to London without having to stress about trials or coach's picks. Recently, we caught up with Herman to discuss his new status as an Olympic BMX racer.ĮSPN.com: How much of a relief is it being the first person to be on the Olympic BMX team for the U.S.? Herman has not yet decided on additional ABA race plans leading up to London, but will spend the entire month of July at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Chula Vista, Calif.
Via Twitter, Herman, 24, a resident of Denver, Colo., said he wrote "Dig deeper" on his wrist, and thanked X Games gold medalist and BMX dirt icon Stephen Murray for inspiration during the race. "A lot of stuff had to happen for me to win the points, and it worked out like it did," he continued. It wasn't that I didn't believe it - it was a weird feeling that I couldn't explain," said Herman in an interview with on Wednesday. "Crossing the finish line in the finals, I looked up and I got fifth, and I knew that I had won the points. He had won the first spot on the Team USA 2012 Olympic BMX race team. Herman got back up and crossed the finish line in fifth place. In the last turn of the main race, New Zealand's Marc Willers went down, taking both Maris Strombergs and David Herman with him.
Pressure mounted on Herman - he would need to finish in sixth place or better in the finals to earn the necessary 138 points to grab the Automatic Nomination slot. Fields crashed in the Quarterfinals and did not make the main event. (Arielle Martin secured the spot for women.) Herman, in an unusual turn of events, was behind Olympic hopeful Connor Fields by 137 in USA Cycling BMX power ranking points leading into the weekend.
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This past weekend, at the UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham, U.K., Free Agent/Rockstar BMX pro David Herman secured the first spot on Team USA's 2012 Olympic BMX race team, leading into the 2012 London Olympics this summer.Īfter Sunday's Championship main event, one man and one woman from Team USA would earn the "Automatic Nomination" slot to London 2012.
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