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Despite
finishing in third place at the Dubai leg of the Red Bull X-Fighters
International Freestyle-Motocross (FMX), which held at the JBR Beach in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 14 and 15, defending champion, Nate
Adams, says he is still optimistic of retaining the title he won in
2009 and 2010.

Adams, known as ‘the
destroyer’ for the manner in which he blows away opposition, finished
in third place after losing in the semi-final to eventual winner,
Spain’s Dany Torres.

Before the race,
Adams dropped his 200cc bike for the heavier 400cc model. He finished
third in the qualifying rounds, where he recorded 429 points. On the
final day of the event, on Friday, he outshone a resilient Robbie
Maddison, known for his huge repertoire of tricks in the heat of the
second round to set up a semi-final meeting with Torres who had finished
outside the top six on day one and so had to battle to get into the
final rounds.

Having to go through
the qualifying rounds on the final day seemed to have set Torres on
fire as he blew Adams away, beating him in all five categories on which
the judges decided the race. Adams, who had beaten Blake Williams in the
last round before the clash with Torres, remained upbeat: “It was a
good race. I made a few mistakes, which I’ll correct before Brazil
(venue of the next leg of the tour),” Adams told NEXTSports after the
race. He said his loss to Torres had nothing to do with his new bike,
the heaviest of all the bikes used by the riders.

“The bike is fine. It had nothing to do with my performance today.
Like I said earlier, I made a few mistakes and I paid for them. In
Brazil, things will be different.”