BMX freestyle: Deng Yawen (CHN) wins women’s park gold!
Deng completes her second run…and it’s even better than the first!
She scores 92.60 to lay down the marker for the final rider of the competition – five-time world champion and Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Hannah Roberts (USA).
Roberts didn’t have the best first run (scoring 70.00, only good enough for 7th), but she’s more than capable of putting together a run to claim gold.
Here she goes…oh she loses her footing on the first jump, and that’s it! Roberts steps off her bike, and Deng celebrates! It’s a first medal for the People’s Rep. of China in this event, and a first too for Australia as Natalya Diehm (AUS) takes the bronze!
Perris Benegas (USA), who finished in fourth in Tokyo, has her Olympic medal with silver.
🥇Deng Yawen (CHN): 92.60
🥈Perris Benegas (USA): 90.70
🥉Natalya Diehm (AUS): 88.80
