Bethany Shriever made history by ending up being the very first U.K. BMX rider to win gold at the 2020 Olympics, her very first Olympics, thanks in part to her fans.
In 2017, federal government company UK Sport revealed it would just money quotes for male riders at the Tokyo Games, based upon previous outcomes. While British Cycling produced a financial backing bundle for female rivals, Shriever chose to raise cash on her own to cover the expense of employing a coach and her general journey to the Olympics, which amounted to about £50,000 ($69,500), BBC Sport reported. The now-22-year-old worked part-time as a kids’s mentor assistant for 2 years and got support from her moms and dads and crowdfunding contributions from fans.
On Friday, July 30, Shriever won gold in the ladies’s biking BMX racing last, while safeguarding champ Mariana Pajón of Colombia won silver. After Shriever dropped her bike following her success, Kye Whyte, who won the silver medal in the guys’s occasion, swept her up in his arms. The 2 were the only British medalists and are the very first BMX riders to ever medal at the Olympics.
