Editing BMX (section)

==International development==

In April 1981, the International BMX Federation was founded, and the first world championships were held in 1982. Since January 1993, BMX has been integrated into the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].<ref>{{cite web | title =A Short History of BMX | url =http://oldsite.uci.ch/english/bmx/index.htm | access-date =2007-10-14 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170627151655/http://oldsite.uci.ch/english/bmx/index.htm | archive-date =2017-06-27 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

In 2003, the International Olympic Committee made BMX a medal Olympic sport for the [[2008 Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], and [[Māris Štrombergs]] (male, for [[Latvia]]) and [[Anne-Caroline Chausson]] (female, for [[France]]) became the first Olympic champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=BMX will be added to the 2008 Olympics (UCI press release) |url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NDk2OA |access-date=2008-10-08 |date=2003-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210184409/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NDk2OA |archive-date=2008-12-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Cycling BMX at Official Olympic movement site(description of sport) | url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=CB}}</ref>

Many talented BMX riders go on to other cycling sports like [[downhill cycling|downhill]], including Australian Olympian [[Jared Graves]], [[Eric Carter (BMX rider)|Eric Carter]] and youth BMX racer [[Aaron Gwin]]. Multiple world and Olympic champion [[Sprint (track cycling)|track sprinter]] [[Chris Hoy]] also began as a BMX rider.