LONDON -- It was already hard for Maris Strombergs to go unnoticed in the tiny Baltic nation of Latvia after winning his first Olympic gold medal. Imagine what it'll be like now that he has two.

AUSSIES Sam Willoughby and Anthony Dean have survived a day of carnage at the BMX in Rio which saw big guns Maris Strombergs and Joris Daudet make shock exits. Willoughby dominated all three of his ...

Persistent strong winds on Sunday determined as 'unprecedented circumstances' for shortened BMX World Championships ...

Colombia's Mariana Pajon leads the pack during Olympic BMX Finals on Friday. Pajon took the Gold Medal in the women's division. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Preview Time Trials Quarterfinals Finals ...

Maris Strombergs of Latvia (center) won his second straight gold in men’s BMX. (Robert Beck/SI) LONDON — Before repeating as Olympic champion in men’s BMX, Maris Strombergs left his home in California ...

(AP) It was already hard for Maris Strombergs to go unnoticed in Latvia after winning his first Olympic gold medal. Imagine what it'll be like now that he has two. Strombergs defended his BMX title on ...

BMX racer Maris Strombergs has earned the nickname ''The Machine.'' The Latvian is the only man to win BMX cycling gold in the discipline's short Olympic history. In 2008, Strombergs swept through the ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Latvia’s Maris Strombergs remained the only men’s BMX Olympic champion when he retained his title at the London Games on Friday. Strombergs, who had failed to impress in the quarter ...