- Yorkshireman broke his collarbone in May after being hit by car
- ‘I haven’t done a good race since’ crash, says Olympic champion
Tom Pidcock could have been forgiven for thinking his Tokyo dream was over in May when he sustained a broken collarbone from being hit by a car while out on a training ride. However, on Monday he joined the Team GB goldrush, winning Great Britain’s third gold medal of the Olympics with a dominant ride in the men’s cross-country mountain bike race in Izu.
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