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Izaac Kennedy claims back-to-back national championships

Dec 20, 2021

World number seven Izaac Kennedy has notched back-to-back national titles at the 2021 AusCycling BMX National Championships in Nerang to the delight of the home crowd.

The 21-year-old continued his flawless rampage through the BMX Nationals, failing to drop a lap all weekend.

“I’m so stoked to finally get that done with and for sure felt the pressure to make sure I got the win done,” he said.

“It was a pretty stressful day; I was just trying to focus on each lap and not try to get caught up in the hype.

“I had a pretty good lap in the final and I’m stoked to get back-to-back national titles.”

Gold Coast-based Kennedy said the win was more a feeling of relief than anything else.

Izaac Kennedy claims back-to-back national championships

“I won Saturday and I won today, I think I actually won both days in Shepparton (2019) too so I’ve done the back-to-back-to-back-to-back,” he said.

“It was tough for sure, I had to focus on what I needed to do and there was a couple of fast guys out here so I couldn’t slip up but managed to get it done.

“It’s been a pretty good year and a tough year at the same time, but this is a really a good way to finish it off and now back to work for 2022.

“The big goal … I mean I’ve got a lot of goals but I'm going to go to America in January and have a crack at that title.”

Kyle Hill once again fell just short of a national title, finishing second for the second championship in a row with South Australian Brad Game rounding out the top three.

In the junior elite event, Joel Marsh narrowly edged out Jordan Callum in a thrilling junior men’s final.

The junior men’s event had some cracking racing in every moto and final with riders going bar to bar in search of the title.

“ I’m super stoked, there was some crazy racing all day and the boys were going fast, it made for some fun racing,” Joel Marsh said.

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