Tokyo 2020 Olympics - BMX Racing - Women's Individual - Medal Ceremony - AUP - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Silver medallist, Mariana Pajon of Colombia celebrates. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Colombian Mariana Pajon's long reign as queen of women's BMX racing came to an end on Friday when she ceded her place to Britain's Bethany Shriever, but the Medellin native said she had a new goal in mind for Paris: track cycling.
Pajon, who won titles in London and Rio, trailed Shriever throughout a superb final and closed the gap down the final straight but lost by a wheel.
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