Alise Willoughby’s hopes for BMX racing gold dashed on crash-filled day
by Tom Dart at Ariake Urban Sports Park from US news | The Guardian on (#5MRX6)
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It was gut-wrenching", Alise Willoughby said. And knee-scraping, as the gaping hole in her clothes attested.
The two-time BMX racing world champion and silver medallist at Rio 2016 knew she had the talent to win gold here, provided her fortunes held on steep-banked bends and bone-rattling bumps that undulate like a sine curve from hell while seven rivals hustle and jostle, and often touch, and sometimes crash.
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