Casey B. Gibson Gallery: Olympic BMX

Strombergs leads the field into the bumps. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Maris Strombergs on the way to repeating as Olympic BMX champion. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Renato Rezende takes a wheel in the ribs in a semifinal. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Alise Post leads the Aussies in front of a huge crowd. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Alise Post sandwiched between two Aussies in the semifinals. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Pajon on the front out of a big jump. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Pajon leads out of the final corner and closes in on gold. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Gold medalist Mariana Pajon flies through the bumps alone. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

U.S. riders Herman and Long together in the prelims. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

David Herman battles in a quarterfinal heat. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fields takes the last semifinal heat to move on to the finals. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fields leads the semifinal heat in front of a sell-out crowd. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The BMX riders do their ET impression. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fields stays safe, ahead of a scramble in the corner. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

In the first semifinal, Fields is comfortably with the leaders. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fields surveys the course before competition. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Conner Fields chases his bike after a crash in the final turn. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

A bluebird day for the BMX finals. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com