Mark Cavendish allowed to keep silver medal despite this controversial crash

Mark Cavendish has won silver in the men's omnium at the Rio Olympics.

However, the British cyclist was involved in a controversial crash with a Korean racer that led to two other competitors being wiped-out in the final event of the multi-event contest. Italian Elia Viviani got back on his bike and went on to win the gold. But the collision caused an Australian rider to crash out, and resulted in South Korean Sanghoon Park being taken to hospital. Things looked pretty bad for the Korean cyclist, who was put in a neck brace and received oxygen and was diagnosed with a mild concussion. https://twitter.com/GerardWhateley/status/765291495255633920

Here's the collision, as you can see Cavendish take a look over his shoulder just before the crash.

https://twitter.com/nabz103/status/765303891709886465

And another look.

Cavendish wasn't disqualified for the collision and won his first Olympic medal. Daily Telegraph journalist Paul Hayward said Cavendish didn't intend to collide with his opponent. https://twitter.com/_PaulHayward/status/765316335031218176 Cavendish, meanwhile, took responsibility for the crash:

"It was my fault, I should have been looking where I was going a bit more," he was quoted as saying by BBC Sport.

Viviani, the eventual winner who was also knocked from his bike after the crash, placed the blame at the feet of his Korean counterpart, saying:

"It's not [Cavendish's] fault. The Korean guy was halfway on his wheel to the right. Normally you stay on the wheel. Cav was in the front and changed direction so it's all normal. It's a normal crash on the track."

Many on Twitter called out Cavendish for the collision - with viewers wondering just how the Isle of Man rider escaped any punishment. https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/765297709934927874 https://twitter.com/BBCTomEnglish/status/765297495115202560 https://twitter.com/kazconnell81/status/765307968963375104 https://twitter.com/MarkdavidLawlor/status/765299062698569733 https://twitter.com/trods2906/status/765297438470975489 https://twitter.com/unicoderainbows/status/765292195394052101 https://twitter.com/Digger_forum/status/765323062707359744

Well, almost everyone did...

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/765297239724023808 A Dutch journalist claims to have challenged Cavendish following the event, which didn't appear to go down well with the Team GB cyclist. https://twitter.com/thijszonneveld/status/765309515420037121 https://twitter.com/thijszonneveld/status/765309750674350080 https://twitter.com/thijszonneveld/status/765309969197588482 https://twitter.com/thijszonneveld/status/765310105508253696 Read more: