Video: Team USA BMX star Connor Fields stretchered off Olympic course after major crash (The Independent)"Major near misses are inspiration" - Open leader OosthuizenThere was no official word of 28-year-old Fields' condition and the injuries he may have sustained.
Gold in the later final went to the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann, with Britain's Kye White taking silver and Colombia's Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes coming away with bronze.
Australian Saya Sakakibara suffered a heavy crash in the women's semi-finals and was also carried off, but she was able to give media interviews afterwards.
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