Worthington tops Roberts in BMX freestyle Olympic debut

[ASFN Admin]

Britain’s Charlotte Worthington put on a show in BMX freestyle’s Olympic debut, leading the first 360 backflip in women’s competition to knock off American Hannah Roberts Sunday at the Tokyo Games. Roberts, a three-time world champion at age 19, set the bar in her opening run, landing a backflip with a tailspin for a 96.1. Worthington crashed on her first run but pulled out all the stops in her second.

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