TOKYO: They say if you can’t stand the heat then get out of the kitchen, but British BMX freestyler Charlotte Worthington was as cool as a cucumber on a baking Tokyo morning to claim a dramatic Olympic gold medal.
With temperatures soaring into the high 30s the former Mexican restaurant chef gambled on executing a trick never managed before in a female BMX competition.
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