{"id":11163,"date":"2017-06-26T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=11163"},"modified":"2017-06-26T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:43:44","slug":"bmx-freestyle-in-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2017\/06\/bmx-freestyle-in-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"BMX Freestyle in the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has certainly been a long time coming, but\u00a0BMX freestyle athletes will finally have a chance to compete in the Olympics. The 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo will see bmx freestyle athletes competing on the world stage, cementing the sports legitimacy,\u00a0and rewarding the efforts of riders and organizers, who have spent years raising the sports profile in the public eye. Bart De Jong, of Haro bikes, has been instrumental in the process of pushing BMX to where it is today. Bart is representing freestyle BMX to the International Olympic Committee for the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>This interview from VitalBMX, outlines the success, future plans for the UCI and the state of Freestyle BMX.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.vitalbmx.com\/v\/63782?width=780&amp;height=440\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.vitalbmx.com\/videos\/features\/olympics-interview,63782\/kylecarlson,363\" target=\"_blank\">BMX Park in The Olympics: The Interview<\/a> on <a href=\"\/\/www.vitalbmx.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vital BMX<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Live to Play Sports is proud to distribute Haro bikes, and support riders in their quest for Olympic gold. Haro produce a large catalog of freestyle BMX complete bikes, which can be found through your local LTP Sports dealer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><a href=\"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/en\/catalog\/?product_details=710501-17-L-1G\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ltpdealer.com\/zims\/norcoper\/710501-17-1-SDv2-Black.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>HARO SDV2 2017<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022 100% chromoly heat treated SD Dennis Enarson signature fork with internal threaded 1 piece CNC steer tube, tapered legs and investment cast dropouts<br \/>\n\u2022 Dennis Enarson signature 100% chromoly Demolition RIG bar<br \/>\n\u2022 2-piece 48-spline chromoly 175mm cranks with 22mm spindle<br \/>\n\u2022 Fully sealed wheels with Haro Sata double-wall alloy rims and free-coaster rear hub<br \/>\n$1249.99<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has certainly been a long time coming, but\u00a0BMX freestyle athletes will finally have a chance to compete in the Olympics. The 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo will see bmx freestyle athletes competing on the world stage, cementing the sports&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11194,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11163\/revisions\/11194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}