New Zealand champion Leila Walker has finished runner-up in elite women’s final in the latest round of the European BMX Championship in Sandness, Norway.

Paris Olympic Games riders Leila Walker and Rico Bearman claimed the elite titles at the BMXNZ National Championships in Te Awamutu.

Olympians Leila Walker and Rico Bearman will be looking to extend their records at the BMX Racing New Zealand National Championships at Te Awamutu at the weekend.

After a successful campaign by New Zealand Challenge riders, it is the turn of the elite kiwi riders to take up the battle at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen.