American BMX rider and defending champion Connor Fields leaves the Olympics on a stretcher after crashing over his handlebars, touchdown on his face after which being run over by different riders
- The 28-year-old is defending champion after profitable gold in Rio’s 2016 Video games
- Fields went over his handlebars and fell onto his face, taking two rivals down with him
- He was attended to on the asphalt earlier than being stretchered into an ambulance
- Fields was later ‘awake and awaiting additional medical analysis’
- The finals went forward with out Fields with simply seven riders
- Crew Netherlands’ Niek Kimmann received gold, Crew GB’s Kye Whyte took silver and Carlos Ramirez Yepes walked away with bronze
American BMX rider Connor Fields, 28, was carried off the Olympic course after a serious crash within the third semi-final warmth as we speak
American BMX rider Connor Fields was carried off the Olympic course after a serious crash within the third semi-final warmth Friday.
The 28-year-old from Texas is the defending champion and grew to become Crew USA’s first BMX rider to win gold on the 2016 Rio Video games.
He was a favourite to win it once more in Tokyo and jumped rapidly out of the gate and into first.
However about 9 seconds into the race, Fields went over his handlebars and fell onto his face, taking two rivals down with him and tearing by his Crew USA jersey.
He was run over by different riders whereas laying immobile on the asphalt, the place he was attended to for a number of minutes earlier than being stretchered into an ambulance.
About 9 seconds into the race Fields went over his handlebars and fell onto his face, taking two rivals down with him and tearing his Crew USA jersey
The lads’s last was set to go forward with out Fields with a subject of simply seven riders. Fields certified for the finals however couldn’t take part after the horrific crash. A USA biking physician later stated Fields was ‘awake and awaiting additional medical analysis’
Fields was a favourite to win it once more in Tokyo and jumped rapidly out of the gate and into first. He was run over by different riders whereas laying immobile on the asphalt, the place he was attended to for a number of minutes earlier than being carried away and stretchered into an ambulance
Fields (proper), from Texas, is the defending champion and have become Crew USA’s first BMX rider to win gold on the 2016 Rio Video games
The semi-final spherical of the competitors was delayed for 45 minutes due to rain and the boys’s last was set to go forward with out Fields with simply seven riders.
A USA Biking physician later stated Fields was ‘awake and awaiting additional medical analysis’.
Crew Netherlands’ Niek Kimmann, who suffered his personal crash throughout coaching within the days previous to the occasion, received gold. Crew GB’s Kye Whyte took silver and Carlos Ramirez Yepes walked away with bronze.
Crew Netherlands’ Niek Kimmann (heart), who suffered his personal crash throughout coaching within the days previous to the occasion, received gold. Crew GB’s Kye Whyte (left) took silver and Carlos Ramirez Yepes (proper) walked away with bronze
When requested about Fields’s crash, Kimmann stated: ‘ I have not seen the crash, however I hope he is OK. He is been an excellent ambassador for the game. For me it is unhappy he wasn’t capable of defend his gold medal.’
Fields’ crash was adopted minutes later by one other severe accident within the ladies’s semi-finals. Australia’s Saya Sakakibara wanted medical consideration on the observe after getting hit from behind within the third run.
‘BMX, that is what it’s,’ Sakakibara stated.
