How does BMX racing work at the Olympics? Here's everything to know about the sport at the 2024 Paris Games.

Last weekend, Peachtree City’s Alexis Alden, 18, a BMX Racer, won gold at the 2025 Junior Pan-American Games in Paraguay.

Stancil, a BMX racing Olympian primed for Paris, said that although her mother’s death deeply impacted her, it affected her father even more. “It changed my dad,” Stancil said.

BMX racing will take place at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium during the upcoming Paris Olympics. Read on for details about how the men's and women's competitions will work.