Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da ya dauki lambar azurfa a gwajin lokaci a
2012 UCI BMX World Championships da aka gudanar a National Indoor Arena a Birmingham, washegari Philips ya karya ƙashin ƙugu a lokacin tseren Moto 1 na safe. Wannan ya haifar da buƙatar tiyata don saka farantin ƙarfe, kuma ya sanya zaɓinsa don Wasannin 2012. Koyaya, an zaɓe shi don ƙungiyar Burtaniya duk da raunin kuma har yanzu yana da burin cin nasara a wasannin Olympics, yana cewa "Manufar ita ce zinare, ba tare da wata shakka ba. Ina horar da kaina ne don in zama zakara a gasar Olympics ba domin in sami lambar yabo ba".