Charlotte Worthington

Gold Medal, Women’s BMX Freestyle

Charlotte Worthington has been going from strength to strength, we already knew that, but she hadn’t shown all her cards until the final.  She went beyond what we expected and it was properly thrilling to watch!

The world’s first 360 backflip in women’s competition, a frontflip, a flair, a huge backflip and a nice 360 on probably the most intimidating part of the course, the best wallride we saw from anyone out there – Charlotte absolutely bossed it.  A truly inspiring performance.

Watch Charlotte’s gold medal run here

 

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Declan Brooks

Bronze Medal, Men’s BMX Freestyle

Declan Brooks always thought of himself as the underdog… and he ended up on the podium.  How great is that?  Dec’s bold use of the course, high speed and massive tricks saw him hit a high score early in the event, which stood while the remaining riders tried to beat it.

It’s the best riding we’ve ever seen from Dec, he did everything we knew he could do and delivered it with the power we knew he’d bring.  It was an incredible run that fully did him justice as a rider.

Watch Dec’s bronze medal run here

 

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