Strombergs, Pajon ride to BMX gold

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Britain's Liam Phillips crashed and Shanaze Reade finished sixth as Maris Strombergs of Latvia and Mariana Pajon of Colombia won the men's and women's Olympic BMX titles at the London 2012 Velopark.

After Reade finished well behind, Phillips, who suffered a fractured collarbone at May's BMX World Championships in Birmingham, tumbled to the tarmac on the penultimate turn.
The 23-year-old from Burnham-on-Sea appeared to start well, but finished eighth as Strombergs successfully defended his title. World champion Sam Willoughby of Australia was second with Colombia's Carlos Oquendo third.
Reade told BBC Sport: "I'm pretty emotionless. I'm sure it will sink in, but the Olympic Games is the biggest platform you can race at and you've just got to give it your best.
"I just tried to stay focused and do my absolute best and today [Friday] it just wasn't good enough."
Reade's form appeared promising in the three-run semi-finals, but the one-run final, in less than 40 seconds, left no room for error and she was never in contention for the top place on the podium after a hesitant start.
Reade added: "I've worked for four years for this and it's over. I've just got to pick myself up and come back.
"I did everything I could. It's fantastic everyone's come out and supported me. I'm just gutted I didn't get a medal.
"I didn't want to go too early on the start and mess up my chances.
"I backed back a little bit and by the time I did that, I was on the inside, so everybody was closing in and I couldn't come back from that."