Coo resumes Paris Olympics bid in Thailand BMX Cup 2

PATRICK BREN COO is in Bangkok hoping to accomplish what he missed doing in Jakarta a week ago as he competes in the Thailand BMX Cup 2 at the Kamol Sports Park.

“I feel good about the competition right now … feeling strong and super relaxed,” said Coo, who celebrated his 21^st birthday Friday familiarizing himself with the track along with PhilCycling off-road coach Frederick Farr.

The Thai race—like the Jakarta event—is a C1 race in the International Cycling Union calendar that offers qualifying points for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Coo, who took a break from Nursing school—he’s in his junior year—in the US to focus on his Paris bid, got silver behind Indonesian Gusti Bagus Saputra in the Indonesia BMX 2023 Round 1 at the Pulonas International BMX Center in Jakarta last Sunday.

Coo, the Asian juniors champion in 2019, has yet to find out who his major…