Tokyo 2020 Olympics - BMX Racing - Women's Individual - Semifinal - AUP - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Saya Sakakibara of Australia receives medical attention. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
TOKYO (Reuters) - With tears streaming down her face, Australian BMX rider Saya Sakakibara said all she could think about after crashing out of the women's Olympic semi-finals on Friday was her brother, a fellow cyclist who suffered a traumatic brain injury last year.
"I don't remember the crash ... I just feel regret. That's all I feel," she said in Japanese, weeping and tugging at the ripped green and gold sleeve of her uniform.
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