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Seymour local Wade Worth impresses on the world stage

By Zac Standish

Aug 9, 2022

Meteoric rise: Seymour’s Wade Worth took his talents to France for the recent UCI BMX Racing World Challenge.

Seymour BMX talent Wade Worth recently took his talents to the world stage, impressing at the UCI BMX Racing World Challenge in France late last month.

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After claiming victories in the national championships in December and Oceania championships in April, Worth was invited to travel to France and compete in the worlds, where he would get the opportunity to take his riding to the next level.

And after months of hard training and fundraising, the Seymour local managed to make his way to Europe and compete against the best the world had to offer.

Part of an event that featured a number of different categories, Worth would take to the course in two different classes across the week — being the Cruisers 30- 34-year-old and Men 20-inch 30- to 34-year-old divisions.

In the former, Worth produced an impressive performance, finishing in 23rd spot to narrowly miss out on the semi-finals.

Taking to Instagram following his first competition of the week, Worth said he was proud of his efforts.

“So I gave it my all today, rode really well and definitely happy with my performance overall,” Worth wrote.

“Man these dudes are quick! Came 23rd overall just missing out on the semi-final. Time to relax now and try again on the 20-inch on Friday.”

Given another chance to test himself on the world stage two days later, Worth once again proved up to task, finishing 26th overall in the 20-inch class event.

Posting to Instagram again after the second race, Worth said it was incredible to experience the world championships first hand.

“Twenty-sixth overall today. Another hard day against the quickest guys in the world!” he wrote.

“Pretty stoked with my performance for the week and happy I made the quarter-finals in both classes.”