Four-year-old BMX prodigy shows off his skills

A four-year-old who recently beat children almost four times his age in a national BMX competition has set his sights on X Games glory.

Parker finished third in an under-16 competition in Birmingham, and is also targeting a Red Bull sponsorship.

His dad Louis, from Newport, said it took Parker just 40 minutes “to learn how to ride with pedals”.

“I just love it so much,” said Parker, who has now set his sets on joining his idol, Austrian mountain biker Fabio Wibmer, as a Red Bull athlete.