charlotte worthington has taken a sensational gold medal in the bmx freestyle. the 25 year old, former chef from manchester who only took up bmx seriously at the age of 20 after switching from her main love of scooters, fell on her first run but then landed a backflip 360 a trick never before completed in a women s competition. on the final day in the pool, us swimmer caeleb dressel took his gold medal tally to five. winning the men s 50 metres freestyle in an olympic record time then going on to break the world record as part of the men s 4x100 medley relay team. and there was record breaking success for team gb swimmers too. american xander schauffele clinched the men s golf gold medal in a nail biting final day that has gone to a seven way play off for the bronze medal. and a remarkable story in the women s shotput. making history as the first athlete to compete in five different olympic shot put finals, new zealand s dame valarie adams took bronze, capping a remarkable comeback t
she took a sensational gold medal in the bmx freestyle. the 25 year old, former chef from manchester who only took up bmx seriously at the age of 20, after switching from her main love of scooters. she fell on her first run but then landed a backflip 360 a trick never before completed in a women s competition. a sensational performance. on the final day in the pool, us swimmer caeleb dressel took his gold medal tally to five. winning the men s 50 metres freestyle in an olympic record time then going on to break the world record as part of the men s 4x100 medley relay team. american xander schauffele clinched the men s golf gold medal in a nail biting final day that has gone to a seven way play off for the bronze medal. ireland s rory mcilroy and team gb s paul casey are now