Beth Shriever has acquired a gold medal in the Tokyo 2020 BMX event, with Kye Whyte similarly winning himself silver. Beth's win makes it the sixth gold medal for Team GB, and Whyte's addition bringing the silver medal total to eight, at the time of writing.
"I tried my hardest out there today and to be rewarded with a gold medal is honestly mind-blowing. I kept my cool today, kept it simple, and it worked. I'm over the moon. I've done my family and my boyfriend back home proud.
"I don't think it's registering right now what's just happened," Beth said.
We are currently sitting at 6th on the Tokyo tables, behind Australia, ROC, USA, Japan, and China coming in at the top spot.
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