Updates from Mike Day

Local Olympians: Where do they go from Beijing?

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:45:53 GMT

Daily News

Article Last Updated: 09/06/2008 11:45:43 PM PDT

MIKE DAY, BMX

Mike Day can always say he was on the first BMX Olympic team for the United States. He can always says he was the first rider from the United States to win an Olympic medal in BMX.

But Day said he doesn't expect his life will be that different.

"Nothing seems different," said the 23-year-old Day, a graduate of Valencia High School. "Nothing's going to change much."

After winning a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics, Day returned to the professional BMX circuit. He raced in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and was part of the Dew Tour in Salt Lake City. After that, he's going to a bike trade show in Las Vegas.

At every event, he will be introduced as Olympic silver medalist Mike Day. Even though he said he doesn't feel any different, he called the Olympics the ultimate experience.

"I don't think anything will ever top it," Day said. "The whole deal was the coolest thing ever."

- Tim Haddock

Racing in the Beijing Olympics!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:59:14 GMT

Racing in the Beijing Olympics!

BMX Trials

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:41:47 GMT

Official USA Cycling News Release

Dominant Performance Yields Automatic Nomination to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team

Chula Vista, Calif. (June 14, 2008)-Mike Day (San Clemente, Calif.) won the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Cycling (BMX) on Saturday and will earn the second automatic men's nomination to the squad that will represent the United States later this summer in Beijing.

Day won the multi-heat competition in convincing fashion by winning three of four heats and placing second in the other - a performance so dominating that Day was officially declared the winner before the finals. After four heats, Day's advantage in the overall classification had rendered the remaining six competitors mathematically out of contention, negating the need to contest the finals.

In the third moto, Day again crossed the line in first to secure 10 points while Robinson's fourth-place effort only yielded an additional 3. Mathematically, Day was untouchable and the finals were cancelled with Day holding a 32-21 advantage over Robinson.

Day joins automatic qualifiers Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) who ended the 2008 season as the top-ranked athletes in USA Cycling's men's and women's BMX Rankings respectively.