OlympicsLondon

By Finlay

BMX

• Bmx is a high octane sport that was discovered in the 1970s in southern California when people took their bikes to a motocross track and the sport caught on. There is now over 150,000 riders worldwide. The age of competitors range from 5 and under to 51 and over. There are two types of bike. The 20 inch and the cruzer which has bigger wheels.

shootingShooting is a competitive sport that

involves speed and accuracy. The

shooting sports are categorized by the

type of gun target and distance which the

target is shot at. There is cross country

shooting, clay target shooting, air gun

shooting and pistol shooting.

Maris strombergs

• Born: 1987 Valmiera Latvia.

• Weight: 90 kg.

• Age: 25 years old

• Height: 1.86m

• Olympic qualifying: 11th,time 38.697

Sarah walker

• Born: 1988

• Age: 24 years old

• Weight: 76 kg

• Height: 1.76m

• Olympic qualifying: 2nd,38.644

Caroline Buchanan

• Born: 1990

• Age: 21

• Weight: 68.04kg

• height: 1.65m

• qualifying time: 1st,38.434