Eight riders will compete in the US Olympic BMX Trials on Saturday competing for a spot in the Rio games. One of the riders will be selected from a last chance qualifier on Friday while the other seven are already set. The biggest name in the field is Corben Sharrah who won the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Santiago earlier this year and reached the final in Manchester. But Sharrah was eliminated in the quarterfinals in Papendal and the semifinals at the world championships so winning here is anything but certain.

Other riders who have reached a quarterfinal or better in the BMX Supercross World Cup this year are Jeffrey Upshaw (one semifinal and one quarterfinal), David Herman (a quarterfinal in Manchester), and Tanner Sebesta (a quarterfinalist at the world championships.