Sakakibara roars to gold in BMX after Tokyo horror crash
Ian Chadband
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Saya Sakakibara has pedalled furiously to Olympic glory on her BMX bike, scorching over the bumps and hollows of the Paris track to race to a landmark gold medal.
Three years after Australia watched in horror as she was taken away on a stretcher following a crash at the Tokyo Games, the 24-year-old Gold Coast rider completed her emotional comeback at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines circuit on Friday.
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