let s go back to bethany shriever s stunning performance in the women s bmx finals. the 22 year old used crowdfunding to raise £50,000 to keep her olympic dream on track, and it paid off with a gold. this is the moment her bethany s parents spoke to her after she d picked up her medal. there it is! look at that! awww! earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to bethany s family to get their reaction. i saw something from an early age. we have all ridden a bmx since the children could and beth immediately took to it and was very good and got more and more adventurous and pushed it early on. as her mum, what is
good afternoon. there s been a sizeable medal haulfor team gb at the tokyo olympics. tremendous bmx racing by 22 year old beth shreever has won her gold, and kye white took silver in the men s event. for a full round up of today s action at the olympics let s cross to hugh ferris at the bbc sports centre. good afternoon. six more medals for team gb on day seven of tokyo 2020, with the bmx track delivering multiple medals and a couple of incredible stories, as well. andy swiss reports. she is british sport s new two wheeled wonder. the olympics is no stranger to fairy tales, but beth shriever s is something very special. the 22 year old hadn t been among the favourites in the bmx, but the part time teaching assistant was soon giving her rivals a lesson. she led from the start. and in this most exhilarating of events, she flew around the track.
come on, expecting more cash now? i hope so. come on. i expecting more cash now? i hope so. come on, i would expecting more cash now? i hope so. come on, i would have expecting more cash now? i hope so. come on, i would have thought, - expecting more cash now? i hope so. | come on, i would have thought, given the success of team gb in bmx at the tokyo olympics, if you don t get more cash in the next few years, you re going to be upset, aren t you? you re going to be upset, aren t ou? ., , you? i. at the ground roots level, i will be, but you? i. at the ground roots level, i will be, but we you? i. at the ground roots level, i will be, but we did you? i. at the ground roots level, i will be, but we did manage - you? i. at the ground roots level, i will be, but we did manage to - i will be, but we did manage to convince our commercial partners to put some funding back in. into those disciplines. and also uk sport have continued supporting the riders in other ways. so, yeah.
now we can have a go. i think i am a bit long in the tooth but you can give it a try. well, team gb has never won an olympic medal in bmx before, and events in tokyo are likely to inspire a whole new generation of riders. let s talk to luke anderson, cycling delivery manager for the south east, for british cycling. good to see you, thank you for joining us. a big day, a proud day for britain winning a gold medal, and also getting a silver. ijust wonder, how much investment has there been from the british olympic association into the sport of bmx? i can t really comment on the poa, but as far as british cycling goes, we have recently invested
disciplines in the olympic cycles. that helps more riders into the sport, and it pays for more tracks and clubs and coaches, and they will go its strength to strength. what go its strength to strength. what comes first. go its strength to strength. what comes first, the go its strength to strength. what comes first, the money - go its strength to strength. what comes first, the money of - go its strength to strength. what comes first, the money of the success? if you don t have investment, if people like bethany have two crowd source to get the money they need. would you like to see more money going to bmx because of the success we have seen, and perhaps less money go elsewhere? i don t know about less money going elsewhere, but for sure, the more money that comes into these disciplines, which are a little bit smaller, the more they can grow. there are other disciplines which don t benefit from that uk sport like cyclo cross where we are also very successful. the more money that co