NY Times · Jul 30, 2021
In BMX Racing, Danger Is Never Far From the Lead
The Olympic medalist Connor Fields was taken to a hospital after he crashed in a semifinal heat.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesTOKYO — Perhaps it was an ominous sign, or maybe just a normal one, when BMX racing at the Olympics began Monday with a training run collision between a top cyclist and a marshal who wandered onto the track.
When the competition began on Thursday, a Japanese rider flipped over her handlebars in the first heat, ending her Olympic experience in less than a minute and sending her away with a broken collarbone.