Tom Pidcock was criticised for sparking a late crash that cost Luca Schwarzbauer of Germany a bronze medal in the Mountain Bike World Championships cross-country short track race on Thursday.
Eventual winner Sam Gaze (New Zealand) led into the sharp bend leading riders into the short finishing straight with Victor Koretzky (France) behind, then Schwarzbauer and Pidcock. The first three all scrubbed off a considerable amount of speed coming into the last bend, while Pidcock kept his pace up on the approach and made contact with Schwarzbauer.
