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It was wet, rainy, and generally speaking, not the sort of weekend that might make a spectator think that the year’s best BMXers would be turning in an incredible performance.

With the BMX Supercross World Cup kicking off this weekend in Rock Hill, South Carolina, nine Canadian BMXers have a shot at the season’s ultimate world title — and one last chance to earn qualifying points for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

At the same facility that recently hosted the BMX Canada Cup in Etobicoke, Ont. — the Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre — the BMX segment of the Pan Am Games in Toronto is set to begin.