77. Linda shares her thoughts over the Harry Leary Grands "elbow" incident

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OliHXeD9bio

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2025-11-17

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0:36

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77. In this clip, Linda Leary Taylor addresses her opinion of the elbow incident at Grands in 2023. 

We invite you to listen to our conversation about BMX legend Harry Leary, with his sister Linda Leary Taylor and Kyle A. Huffman while walking over the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, AZ.

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And that probably wasn't the smartest thing he did at the grands, but the
thing he did at the grands, but the uproar over it was, in my opinion, a
uproar over it was, in my opinion, a little much, you know.
little much, you know. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And
>> And >> did he deserve what he got out of it?
>> did he deserve what he got out of it? >> I think it was more
>> I think it was more >> I don't think it was the BMX sport
>> I don't think it was the BMX sport itself. I think it was the writers and
itself. I think it was the writers and the people involved in the sport that
the people involved in the sport that were clamoring for something that needed
were clamoring for something that needed to be done. They had to do something.
to be done. They had to do something. >> They changed. They made changes out of
>> They changed. They made changes out of because of it.
because of it. Yeah.

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