Jamie Staff wins at the Track World Championships!
2002 UCI Track World Championships Copenhagen, Denmark

Jamie Staff lead the Great Britain Track Team to a Gold Medal at the Team Sprint World Championships!

Last weekend, while attending the ABA Gold Cup Championships in Nebraska, The UCI Track World Championships were the furthest thing from his mind. But as Jamie was crowned ABA Gold Cup Champion, he dreamed of stepping atop the Podium at the UCI Track World Championships, and his dream just came true. In just his first year of World Cup level Track cycling, Jamie Staff has shown the track world just what BMX riders are made of, as he lead his Great Britain Sprint Team to the World Championships this past Friday at the UCI Track World Championships.

Staff, has proved himself to the track community with medal's at this summers commonwealth games, showed his strength and fast learning curve in qualifying this past week. Jamie first opened up all eyes, as he was the fastest qualifier in the Men's Individual Sprint race, where he would go onto be knocked out by the eventual Bronze medalist.
Jamie Also competed in the Kilo, an individual time trial for a 1 k race. Jamie once again was very impressive with a 5th overall finish at the Worlds.

Men's Team Sprint
Having been beaten by Australia at the Commonwealth Games last month (admittedly as two separate teams), Great Britain gained some revenge in the Team Sprint by winning the World Title against the Aussies. The British team of Jamie Staff, Chris Hoy and Craig Maclean had qualified fastest in the morning in a time of 44.813, better than Germany, France and Australia. However the Australians improved in the first round, beating Spain in a time of 44.779, earning them a place in the final against Britain, who were still the hot favorites with 44.575. However the Australians couldn't match the Brits in the final. They were down 0.4 seconds after the first lap, and Dajka and Bayley tried in vain to close the gap but could only come within 0.15 seconds of Britain's excellent time of 44.370 seconds. Jamie Staff, who last week was the winner of a BMX AA Pro event, The ABA Gold Cup Championships, was one of the most impressive racers to attend the Worlds, regarding that this is his first year of track racing!
Jamie puts another great mark on a great cycling season, with medaling at the Commnwealth Games, Medaling at A UCI Track World Cup, making the finials of the X-Games BMX Downhill event, Sitting in 3rd overall in the ABA Pro Points standings, and Being crowned ABA Gold Cup Champion.

Jaime's BMX Sponsors include Haro, Adidas, No Fear, Lee Pipes, O'Neal Helmets, Tangent, AC Components, Smith Eye Wear, Champion Nutrition, Answer Forks, Shimano, Powerbar, Kicker, Bob's Stores, BMXpros.com, Headlock, and Double A Marketing.

RESULTS TEAM SPRINT FINALS
27 Sep 2002 at 21:25 - Race distance: 3 laps

Gold GREAT BRITAIN GBR

STAFF Jamie, HOY Chris, MACLEAN Craig - World Champions

RESULTS - 1Km TIME TRIAL FINAL 26 Sep 2002

1 93 HOY Chris GBR
2 89 TOURNANT Arnaud FRA )
3 12 KELLY Shane AUS
4 109 LAUSBERG Sören GER
5 100 STAFF Jamie GBR

RESULTS MEN'S SPRINT QUALIFYING
28 Sep 2002 at 10:00 - Race distance: 200m flying start (3.5 laps)

1 100 STAFF Jamie GBR 71.076
2 89 TOURNANT Arnaud FRA 10.216 70.477
3 105 FIEDLER Jens GER 10.238 70.326
4 80 GANE Laurent FRA 10.307 69.855
5 10 EADIE Sean AUS 10.326 69.726

RESULTS MEN'S SPRINT RANKING PLACES 5-8 Overall
29 Sep 2002 at 15:15 - Race distance: 3 laps

5th 105 FIEDLER Jens GER 10.736 67.064
6th 80 GANE Laurent FRA
7th 107 JOHN Matthias GER
8th 100 STAFF Jamie GBR