USA's Connor Fields wins gold in Rio Olympics BMX final

  It all ended with [Fields] atop the podium, tears welling in his eyes as the national anthem played. At one point he turned to the crowd, showed them his gold medal and held it up, as if to say: "Can you believe this?" The largely pro-Colombia crowd couldn't help themselves -- they...

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Published inGannett News Service
Main Author Scott, Nate
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published McLean USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc 19.08.2016
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Scott, Nate
Yepes, Carlos Ramirez
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Summary:  It all ended with [Fields] atop the podium, tears welling in his eyes as the national anthem played. At one point he turned to the crowd, showed them his gold medal and held it up, as if to say: "Can you believe this?" The largely pro-Colombia crowd couldn't help themselves -- they cheered him on, so evident was his joy. "There's the race to get into the final, and then at that point, everything you've done gets wiped off the board," he said. "I knew my first objective was to get into the final, and then once you're in the final, you gotta put all your cards on the table and go for broke."