Cycling-Britain's Shriever wins gold in women's BMX

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - BMX Racing - Women's Individual - Final - AUP - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Bethany Shriever of Britain and Mariana Pajon of Colombia in action. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

TOKYO, July 30 - Bethany Shriever of Britain won the Olympic women's BMX race gold medal on Friday at the Ariake Urban Sports Park.

Colombian Mariana Pajon took silver and Dutch rider Merel Smulders the bronze.

Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Peter Rutherford