Tokyo 2020 Olympics - BMX Freestyle - Men's Park - Seeding - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Daniel Dhers of Venezuela in action REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
TOKYO (Reuters) - Flipping a somersault on a bike is supposed to be for 'young dudes' but 36-year-old Venezuelan Daniel Dhers showed he can hang with the best as BMX freestyle debuted at the Olympic on Saturday.
Most of the 18 riders assembled at the Ariake Urban Sports Park are in their early or mid-20s while Hannah Roberts, the American gold medal favourite, is 19.
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