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Stamp for Gold Medal Winner Maris Strombergs

22 August 2008
Maris Strombergs of Latvia has won the gold medal in men's BMX cycling, holding off American stars Mike Day and Donny Robinson for the title. Strombergs took control from the start and remained in the lead the whole way, claiming the first-ever BMX Olympic men's gold on Friday. Anne-Caroline Chausson of France has won the first ever Olympic gold medal for BMX, finishing first in the high-speed eight-rider women's final. Her compatriot Laetitia Le Corguille took the silver, with Jill Kintner of the United States in bronze position.

Fast, young and fun Making its Olympic debut in Beijing is one of the fastest and youngest cycling sports – BMX racing! With eight riders racing along a dirt track littered with jumps, banked corners and obstacles, this new cycling discipline is a spectacular addition to the Olympic Games programme.

From California… Like so many fashionable sports, BMX cycling began in experimental 1960s California, and has grown in popularity since, with teenagers and young adults keen to enjoy an exciting and inexpensive action-packed activity.
…. to BejiingThe Olympic BMX course at Laoshan, 50km south of the main Olympic velodrome, is 370m long for men, 350m long for women, and features a huge starting hill eight metres high. Eight riders, just centimetres from each other, propel themselves to speeds close to 65 km/h, allowing them to jump up to 14 metres. A field of 32 male riders (16 riders in the women's event) will compete, with the top four finishers in each heat moving up to the next level

Lativia Issue for 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games

History:
In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the Summer and Winter Games would be held in different years. To adjust to this new schedule, the Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time that two Games have been staged two years apart. The 1994 Games were extremely well organised and the Norwegian host' natural love of winter sports added a refreshing purity of spirit. Local hero Johann Koss won three speed skating events and set a world record in every one. Vreni Schneider won a complete set of medals in alpine skiing and Manuela Di Centa earned medals in all five cross-country events. Myriam Bedard won both women's individual biathlon races. Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin became the first repeat winners of the two-man bobsled. Pairs skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov returned to repeat their Olympic victory of 1988.
67 NOCs (Nations)
1,737 athletes (522 women, 1, 215 men)
61 events
9,054 volunteers
6,633 media (2,615 written press, 4,018 broadcasters)