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Olympic BMX Supercross Elite Woman Winner Shanaze Reade

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Shanaze Reade under the spotlight of the British media shows the best female BMXers that she's out to win the Olympics this time around. London, England. 20th August 2011
in Sports, on the 20th of August 2011

Final Turn Action. Shanaze Reade leads Kiwi Sarah Walker out of the sculpted final tarmac turn.

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Shanaze Reade (Gate 8 furthest from camera) gets a perfect start on the 8 metre high start hill of the new BMX Supercross facility.

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30ft shoulder to shoulder the girls show they have the skills to jump these massive obstacles. Shanaze already coming in to land secured her win from a blistering start that kept her out and in front of the pack over the first straight jumps.

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Stunning earth architecture combined with elite level bicycle racing made for an exciting evening of racing. Here the Elite girls finalists tackle a series of jumps on the 3rd straight of 4.

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It can be lonely out front. With massive tarmac corners line choice is all important. Get it wrong and the riders jostling behind will quickly overtake.

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Power to the pedal with focus well ahead. Shanaze Reade prepares for the last straight obstacles knowing that the highly skilled Kiwi Sarah Walker could easily pass her if she made even the slightest mistake.

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