FISE World Chengdu 2016
MTB FINAL - ROGATKIN WINS THE OVERALL TITLE WITH AN INSANE LAST RUN
30 Oct 2016
05:57
After Tomas Lemoine failed to qualify yesterday, the title was to be a battle between Mehdi Gani (1st in FISE World rankings, Reed Boggs (who qualified first in the Semis), and already crowned 2016 FMB World champion Nicholi Rogatkin.
Riding effortlessly, Nicholi kept the suspense alive until the end, delivering an outstanding Finals run. Despite blowing a tire on his second run, the American rider remained focused and motivated, landing a cashroll in the middle section and ending with a front barspin which put him one step ahead of Mehdi Gani’s front condor. Mehdi also laced a high level last run with a high risk flip triple bar spin, only falling 0.3 points behind Rogatkin. With 1000 points between first and second place, the current FMB world champion takes the lead on this last stop of the World Series, thus earning himself another overall title! Quite a way to end an exceptional year already!
We won’t forget Pavel Alekhin’s flip bar to whip either, nor Matt Jones’ flair on the middle section. They both pushed the energy even higher for these truly exciting finals. See you all next year for a new season of the FISE World Series!
MTB TOP 5
1 - Nicholi Rogatkin : 93.66 pts
2 - Medhi Gani : 93.33 pts
3 - Pavel Alekhin : 91 pts
4 - Matt Jones : 87.66 pts
5 - Simon Pages : 85.33 pts
RUN MEDHI GANI (2)
RUN PAVEL ALEKHIN (3rd)
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