- X Games veteran Nick Bruce will be representing Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics in BMX later this month.
- Bruce is currently available for +550 betting odds to win the Gold medal in the Men’s BMX Freestyle event.
TOKYO – Team USA will welcome BMX superstar Nick Bruce to Japan this summer to compete in the Men’s BMX Freestyle competition.
The Ohio native has been notorious in the extreme sports world for his daring tricks and astonishing bravery and will now have the chance to prove his worth on the Olympic level.
Betting odds are available for Olympic BMX on the Olympic betting sites, with Bruce coming in with the third shortest odds to win gold at +550 behind Martin Logan of Australia and Rimu Nakamura of Japan.
Tokyo 2021 – Men’s BMX Freestyle
- Martin Logan (AUS) +138
- Rimu Nakamura (JPN) +400
- Nick Bruce (USA) +550
- Justin Dowell (USA) +650
- Declan Brooks (GBR) +1000
Bruce has experienced his most success thus far in his BMX career via the X-Games, as well as gaining fame for being the first person to land a flair tailwhip to tailwhip back (flair windshield wiper) and for landing the first 360 double tailwhip to downside tailwhip.
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Bruce has a fourth-place finish in the X Games BMX Dirt competition in 2017, and an eighth-place finish in the BMX Park Best Trick contest that same year.
Bruce did manage to bring home the bronze medal in BMX freestyle at the 2019 BMX World Championships, which put him on the path to Olympic qualification.
While he hasn’t been able to bring home an X-Games medal yet, Bruce would have no qualms over his prior performance if he can put on an Olympic medal later this month in Japan.
Those looking to bet on Olympic BMX can back Bruce at any of the major online sportsbooks when the Olympic Games begin on July 27. The Freestyle BMX competition will take place on July 31 and August 1.
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