Tag: BMX

American BMX Racer Connor Fields Suffered Brain Hemorrhage, Moved From ICU

American BMX racer Connor Fields suffered a brain hemorrhage after the defending gold medalist was involved in a serious crash during the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games’ semifinals on July 30, his team confirmed. “The doctors reported that Fields sustained a brain hemorrhage at the venue,” USA Cycling said in a medical update on the condition of the…


Beth Shriever Claims BMX Gold After Long and Bumpy Ride

A long and arduous journey on and off the track ended in jubilation as Beth Shriever won Britain’s first BMX gold medal at the Olympic Games on Friday. A succession of injuries, the withdrawal of UK Sport funding, a cancelled “holiday of a lifetime” for her family, and the trials of training in lockdown were…