Bogotá is the host city of the BMX World Cup. This Sunday, for the eighth valid competition, Mariana Pajón managed to climb to the top of the podium after beating Merel Smulders (Netherlands) and Zoe Claessens (Switzerland) to get her first win in the competition.
The triple Olympic medalist had a great day that ended with victory. Although she reached the final in the valid 5 and 6, she could not keep a place on the podium. It wasn’t until this afternoon that he managed to celebrate with a great performance, in which he had a great start, kept up the intensity and a good finish to conclude a great race with victory.
During Saturday’s competitions, Pajón finished in fourth placeso Sunday came with a great personal challenge for the Colombian, especially when he’s performing as a local at a track he knows very well.
Mariana Pajón finished in fourth place in the general classificationin which he managed to obtain 1640 points. This ranking was dominated by the Dutch Laura Smulders, who reached 3680 units.
