Tokyo 2020 Olympics - BMX Racing - Women's Individual - Medal Ceremony - AUP - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Gold medallist Bethany Shriever of Britain celebrates. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Few outside her family, friends and the tight-knit world of BMX racing would have heard of Bethany Shriever 24 hours ago but after winning gold in Tokyo on Friday she had Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher as a new fan.
"Bethany Shriever what a ledge, well done," Gallagher wrote on Twitter after the 22-year-old from London's east end won her country's first ever gold medal in BMX.
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