TOKYO, Aug 1 — Britain’s Charlotte Worthington won the inaugural BMX freestyle Olympic title today by landing the first-ever 360 backflip in women’s competition.
The British rider was working full-time in a restaurant just three years ago but found out that BMX freestyle was on the programme at the Tokyo Games. “So at the time I was just taking a lot of really cool opportunities that I enjoyed doing, and it just kind of snowballed from there. It was something I found out I was really passionate about, and I really enjoyed it, so I’ll never look back at the days of working in a kitchen.”“I just had to have faith that it was ingrained in my body with the amount of work that we’ve been putting into it,” she said. “Going out there the second time I was just ready to give it my all again.
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