Mancunian Charlotte Worthington pulls off historic move to win Olympic BMX freestyle gold
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond Manchester's Charlotte Worthington won gold for Great Britain in the first Olympic women’s BMX freestyle competition in Tokyo.
The 25-year-old from Chorlton nailed the first 360 backflip to be performed in women’s competition in a huge second run – having crashed attempting the move in her first.
It was just one of several highlights in a second effort that earned the former chef a monster score of 97.50 to edge out three-time world champion Hannah Roberts of the United States.
Having made the 360 stick early in her run, a confident-looking Worthington also threw in a front flip and a huge backflip to pad her scoring and deliver yet another
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