BEIJING 2008

Jared Graves

Jared Graves Olympic blog

The race of my life...

Apr 28 5:31 pm

After the recent World Cup in Adelaide, most of the field moved on to our national champs to be held on the same track as the world cup.My goal for the World Cup was to make it on to the podium, and while I did manage to make the top 8 the final didn't... Read more...

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Aussies excel at home round of World Cup

Tue, April 15, 2008, 5:42 pm EST

The second round of the BMX Supercross World Cup was held on the weekend, here in Australia, in Adelaide. I have to start off by saying how awesome it was to race a world cup in your home country, the cheers that went up for the Australian riders when... Read more...
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Penrith track up there with the best

Sun, March 16, 2008, 8:47 pm EST

Training leading up to Penrith had been good, so I was hoping for a good weekend, so with 2 wins i was happy. I flew in on Friday afternoon right before practice and met up with team SA. I have to say, the South Australia crew had a pretty sweet set-up... Read more...
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From Toowoomba to the World Cup in Madrid

Wed, February 20, 2008, 9:32 am EST

It's Been a super busy past 3 weeks. It all started with a bit of a more laid back race at the Toowoomba BMX club Open Day, which is my home club. There was some good racing with 3 full gates of Pro men. Kamakaze, Jamie gray, Steve Janssen, Glen Codega,... Read more...
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Birthday Bundies

Mon, December 17, 2007, 4:34 pm EST

Well training has been coming along very nicely in the last 6 weeks, getting stronger and faster all the time. It's only 2and a half weeks until the first Australian rounds of the Oceania UCI Olympic Points series to be held at Nerang on the Gold Coast.... Read more...
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Jared Graves - BMX

Thu, November 15, 2007, 8:51 am EST

Hi , my name is Jared Graves, I am currently 24 years old, and live in Toowoomba, Qld, My sport is BMX racing, which will be a part of the olympics for the first time in Beijing. Quick background on me, My story is probably a bit differnt to most... Read more...
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