Cycling BMX Racing
Medal Moment
BMX Racing: Saya Sakakibara (AUS) wins women’s gold
Time for the women’s final.
The riders are Zoë Claessens (SUI), Molly Simpson (CAN), defending champion Beth Shriever (GBR), Axelle Etienne (FRA), Laura Smulders (NED), Alise Willoughby (USA), Manon Veenstra (NED), and in the inside lane, Saya Sakakibara (AUS).
Shriever and Sakakibara each won all three of their semi-final races.
Shriever is squeezed out from the start and Sakakibara leads into the first turn! She’s opened up a massive lead!
It’s everyone else chasing the Aussie! A massive lead from Veenstra and Claessens comes through for bronze!
Sakakibara runs straight to hug her boyfriend Romain Mahieu, who won bronze mere minutes ago.
