Donny Robinson can rest easily now. He's going to the Olympics.
The world's top-ranked BMX racer was told yesterday by USA Cycling that he will fill the third spot on the men's team headed to the Beijing Games. He'll join automatic qualifiers Kyle Bennett and Mike Day on the team.
USA Cycling did not intend to announce the pick until next week, but Robinson couldn't help himself.
“There is no reason to wait to let all of you know this great news,” Robinson wrote in an e-mail to supporters that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Robinson's selection was hardly a surprise; it was assumed for weeks that if he wasn't an automatic qualifier through either USA Cycling's yearlong points series (won by Bennett) or the Olympic Trials in Chula Vista (won by Day), he would be the discretionary pick for the team.
But after he finished second at the Trials, Robinson sounded anything but certain that he'd be Beijing-bound.
“I did all I can do and I have to hope it was good enough,” Robinson said.
In the end, it was.
– FROM NEWS SERVICES
