A young Oxfordshire boy won an impressive podium place at a balance biking World Championships last month.
Jackson-Jordan Daly, 5-years-old from Bicester, won third podium place at the Malvern GT World Championships, the largest mountain biking event in Britain.
The renowned championships took place across three days from Friday, August 23 until Sunday, August 25.
His dad, James Daly, said seeing his son win the podium was "overwhelming".
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Mr Daly gave up his motorbike when he found out he was expecting a child due to an accident in 2017 in Australia where he broke his hip.
He continued to watch supercross and motocross and says his son, Jackson-Jordan Daly, has been joining him since the age of 1-and-a-half after showing an interest in the races.
Throughout all three days of racing at the Championships, the riders accumulate points to go towards the overall championship points and determine where they come.
On Friday, Jackson-Jordan made the final in the quad eliminator, placing fourth.
"Although he was a bit gutted, we knew we had two days left and a fourth place still gives us points towards the championships points," Mr Daly said.
The following day Jackson-Jordan placed fourth again in the slalom race.
"That night he was extremely upset and thought the chance of being on podium for overall World Championship was over.
"We had a chat and I told him: If you want this, don’t give up.
"You must never give up - all you can do is do your best."
On the Sunday, Mr Daly recalled that Jackson-Jordan looked at his mum and told her: “I’m not giving up. I’m just gonna send it."
On the downhill race he placed third, giving him a podium finish for the downhill race and winning him enough points to place third in the championships overall.
Jackson-Jordan's younger brother, Jude Daly, also took part in the World Championships.
The 3-year-old placed 15th out of 28.
Speaking on the boys taking part in biking competitions, Mr Daly said: “We make a point of not pushing them... if they stop enjoying it then you're taking the fun away from it.
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"Although they are competing at a young age, it's still got to be fun for them."
He added: "They’ve already achieved so much more than I ever did."
Speaking on Jackson-Jordan's win, Mr Daly said: "You can see he really wanted it.
"After the podium we asked him how it felt up there and he said: Amazing, but the most important thing I learnt was to never give up."
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