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The UK Stopped Funding Female BMX Riders, So Bethany Shriever Crowdfunded Her Way To Tokyo And Won A Gold Medal

This 22-Year-Old BMX Gold Medalist Had To Crowdfund Her Olympics Bid After Her Funding Was Cut To Support Male Riders

Olympics Latest: 27 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 athletes

——— MEDAL ALERT Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina has won her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics, beating Korea’s Kim Minjung in a shootoff in women’s 25-meter pistol. Batsarashkina tied Kim with 38 points and won the shootoff 4-1. China’s Xiao Jiaruxuan took bronze. Batsarashkina also won gold in 10-meter air pistol and teamed with Artem Chernousov to take silver in 10-meter mixed team air pistol. She also took silver in 10-meter air pistol at the 2016 Rio Olympics. ——— American BMX rider Connor Fields is “awake and awaiting further medical evaluation” after he crashed in the third semifinal run and had to be removed from the course at Ariake Urban Sports Park on a stretcher.

Olympics Latest: Batsarashkina wins gold in 25-meter pistol

Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold July 30, 2021 GMT ___ MEDAL ALERT An San of South Korea has won her third straight archery gold medal at the Tokyo Games. She won during a shoot-off in the final of the women’s individual event. An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. She scored a 10 in the shoot-off — Osipova recorded a 8 — to help her nation remain perfect in archery in Tokyo. An had a part in the mixed and women’s team gold medals as well, with the men’s team also winning. The last archery event will be the men’s individual competition Saturday.

Olympics Latest: China goes 1-2 in women's trampoline

Olympics Latest: Chinese divers 1-2 in springboard prelims Sign In July 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 18 1of18Shi Tingmao of China competes in women's diving 3m springboard preliminary at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Dmitri Lovetsky/APShow MoreShow Less 2of18South Korea's An San looks at her bow during her individual elimination match against Japan's Ren Hayakawa, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Alessandra Tarantino/APShow MoreShow Less 3of18 4of18Connor Fields of the United States, center, who later crashed, is followed by Romain Mahieu of France, center-left, and Vincent Pelluard of Colombia, left, as they compete in the men's BMX Racing semifinals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Ben Curtis/APShow MoreShow Less

Today at the Olympics: Europeans take gold in BMX

Friday sees the start of track and field events at the Tokyo Olympics, with one medal up for grabs today in the men’s 10,000 metres. It’s the last event of the evening session. Meanwhile there was more water-based action with rowing and swimming, which saw the first individual swimming world record at these games, in the women’s 200-metre breaststroke. Here's a recap of who won what today: BMX Great Britain’s Bethany Shriever has spoiled Colombian Mariana Pajon’s bid for a third straight gold medal in BMX racing. Shriever jumped out to an early lead and held off Pajon at the finish in her first Olympics. Dutch rider Merel Smulders took bronze.

Olympics Latest: American Steffens sets water polo mark

___ MEDAL ALERT Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the men’s 10,000 meters. Barega won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds to upset world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Cheptegei took the silver medal and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was third. Barega won at a largely empty Olympic Stadium. It was the only medal event on the first day of track action. ___ MEDAL ALERT The top-seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won Olympic gold in men’s doubles tennis. Mektic and Pavic beat Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in an all-Croatian final.

Olympics Latest: China takes badminton gold, silver

——— MEDAL ALERT Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the men’s 10,000 meters. Barega won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds to upset world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Cheptegei took the silver medal and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was third. Barega won at a largely empty Olympic Stadium. It was the only medal event on the first day of track action. ——— MEDAL ALERT The top-seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won Olympic gold in men’s doubles tennis. Mektic and Pavic beat Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in an all-Croatian final.

Olympics Latest: US BMX racer Fields stable after crash

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Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold

WHIZ News Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold ___ MEDAL ALERT An San of South Korea has won her third straight archery gold medal at the Tokyo Games. She won during a shoot-off in the final of the women’s individual event. An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. She scored a 10 in the shoot-off — Osipova recorded a 8 — to help her nation remain perfect in archery in Tokyo. An had a part in the mixed and women’s team gold medals as well, with the men’s team also winning. The last archery event will be the men’s individual competition Saturday.