Tom Pidcock Wins Britain’s 2nd Gold at Paris Olympics

Tome Pidcock successfully defended his Tokyo gold medal performance in Paris on Monday after winning the men’s cross-country mountain biking in a thrilling race to the finish at Élancourt Hill. The British cyclist’s gold medal defending performance was labelled as a “sensational ride against the odds” by his team. Mr. Pidcock’s race was in danger of unravelling when he suffered a flat front tyre on the fourth of eight laps, shortly after he had taken control of the 35-kilometre race with an attack which split the pack. Having fallen 40 seconds behind French hope Victor Koretzky, Mr. Pidcock fought his way back to reclaim the lead with a lap-and-a-half to go....