Logan Martin wins BMX Freestyle, first Tokyo Olympics cycling gold for Australia

TOKYO JAPAN AUGUST 01 Logan Martin of Team Australia competes in the during the Mens Park Final run 1 of the BMX Freestyle on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on August 01 2021 in Tokyo Japan Photo by Jamie SquireGetty Images
Logan Martin (Australia) during the finals of the BMX Freestyle of the Tokyo Olympic Games (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Australia’s Logan Martin has won the men’s BMX Freestyle, with the world champion securing the nation its first cycling gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games with his very first run.

The 27 year old rider from Queensland’s Gold Coast slotted straight into the gold medal position early delivering a score of 93.3 with a beautifully executed series of tricks in his first minute-long appearance in the final. 

“I won the seeding run, then came out here and my first run was actually a safety run," said Martin. "I wanted to land a run I knew I could deliver, make it clean, keep it consistent, and that really paid off."

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Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.