The next appointment will be in Santo Stefano d’Aveto | Copyright 2025 FIM Europe | Terms of use - Privacy statement | The officers of the Regional Office of the CBA in Kraków tracked corruption in Krzeszowice Three people were detained for corrupt dealings Former deputy head of the Department of Property Management and Spatial Planning of the Municipality in connection with the performed function - she accepted bribes of which depended the performance of her duty obligations The charges concern also the abuse of powers and giving false statement in documents In the illegal activity was also involved an architect and a person who helped in receipt of the bribes who was authorized to issue administrative decisions in procedures for the determination of conditions of building and land development the clerk - at the requests of investors - falsified documents certifying untruth It turned out that the speeding up of the process of issuing relevant documents or changes in zoning decisions were issued to investors who had collaborated with the architect indicated by the clerk The man in order to achieve financial benefits in the form of remuneration for work commissioned by investors In the case is also involved another person who had a fictitious contracts for execution of works commissioned by the head of the municipal office through her bank account were passed bribes which consequently ended up in the hands of the detained clerk Berta Abellan started her race with a high concentration and discouraged her rivals delivering her first card at the end of the first loop with only 5 mistakes All expected a sort of reaction from the two-times European champion Theresa Bauml (Montesa) but she was not at her ease neither in this second round for the 2018 title Her 17 point-score put her temporarily in fourth place behind Italian Sara Trentini (Montesa) who lost 10 marks and Norwegian Ingveig Hakonsen (TRS) who scored 15 In the second part Sara Trentini did her best score: 5 mistakes that assured her the final runner-up position Berta Abellan made one point more to gather her second win in a row in this series Finally Theresa Bauml showed her potential scoring 6 she overtook Ingveig Hakonsen gaining the last step of the rostrum In the championship Berta Abellan is firmly leading All the first riders worsened their performance in the second lap Medinya (31) overtook Canales (34) and topped the podium with 58 total points Between Canales and Nilsen both tied on 59 it was necessary to count the zeros: 12 against 10 in favor of Canales In championship Medinya and Riobo are now leading tied Having rained early in the morning all the 12 sections were found quite tricky by all the riders in the first of the two loops the competition consisted of Not only riders for European championships populated this event Another national competition was scheduled together with the Continental event in order to give the local riders the chance to ride aside of more blazoned pilots about 3 kilometres and all the sections were easily reachable by spectators In the Women class Theresa Baeuml gained a significant lead at once: her score of 14 marks at half competition against the 37 points made by Sara Trentini (Beta) allowed her to ride fully relaxed in the second loop Nevertheless all the sections became easier due to dry terrain the German rider scored just one mark less losing only 22 points and confirmed the best runner-up Third position for Ingveig Hakonsen from Norway For the whole first loop Jack Peace had to fight for the leadership with Italian Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa) With other 6 six points more French Kieran Touly (Sherco) gained the third position On dried sections the scores dropped dramatically Once again the best was Peace (8) ahead of Gandola (12) and of French Kieran Touly (14) the winner was British Alicia Robinson (Beta while in International Youth class the win went to Belgian Alex Crosset (Gas Gas) Tomorrow the third round will be held in the same venue Two Team Ireland cyclists will be in action in Krakow next month for the European Games with Ryan Henderson competing in BMX and Chris Dawson competing in Cross-Country Mountain Biking (MTB XCO) Both competitions double up as the European Championships and will have Olympic qualification places available The multi-sport European Games is run by the European Olympic Committees and will see approximately 7000 athletes from 48 countries take part in the event between 20 June and 2 July The Olympic Federation of Ireland will be represented by approximately 120 athletes across seventeen sports Belfast BMX rider Ryan Henderson will be one of the first Irish athletes in action which takes place in the Krzeszowice BMX Park just outside Krakow on the 21 – 22 June Henderson impressed at last year’s European Championships when he became the first Irish athletes to compete in the event The winner of this competition will automatically qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games next year has enjoyed considerable success both offroad and in road cycling He also represented Ireland in the UCI Cycling eSports World Championships earlier this year the European Games will offer valuable ranking points for Dawson on his Olympic journey The Mountain Bike course is outside Krakow City Ryan Henderson (Belfast) BMX Men’s Freestyle Chris Dawson (Belfast) Men’s Mountain Bike (Cross-Country) Team Ireland Chef de Mission for Krakow 2023 “BMX and Mountain Biking are exciting additions to the European Games programme Both Ryan and Chris have been impressive this season and we are looking forward to supporting them in Krakow while the Mountain Bike event doubles up as the UEC European Championships and so sure to have Europe’s very best in action from the UCI world cup circuit.” High-Performance Director with Cycling Ireland “It’s great to see the off-road disciplines of MTB XCO and BMX freestyle come to the fore with the selection of Chris and Ryan to represent Ireland at the European Games Both events will double up as the UEC European Championships too so represent a real landmark in our racing calendar I know both have worked hard to forge a path to these Games and we’ll be excited to watch their progress.” This is the latest team announcement for the European Games from Team Ireland in the event that will see Irish athletes compete across seventeen sports Already Team Ireland athletes have been named in Kickboxing More team announcements will follow over the coming weeks