The IOC has tried to counter the current trend by introducing disciplines in the winter and summer Olympic programme that are popular with young people, including BMX-cross cycling, skicross and snowboarding.
It has taken a blow with the rising popularity of the annual summer and winter X Games, their 13th summer edition coming up next month, offering such sports as BMX freestyle, surfing and Moto X racing.
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BMX Racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing where sprint races are held on purpose built off-road single lap racetracks.
BMX moved to Europe from the US in the 1970's and interest in the sport has grown rapidly since with the first world championships taking place in 1982.
Image: Luke Madill trains on an Olympic BMX track replica at his home in Penrith, Australia. Madill has built a replica of the track he is hoping to race on during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in August where the sport is included for the first time.
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