Like a boxing match, Tom Pidcock (Great Britain) overcame a near knock-down puncture and then recovered over the next four laps to land a winning knockout to Victor Koretzky (France) and retained his reign as cross-country mountain bike Olympic champion.
A chorus of applause mixed with loud boos at the finish line by the predominantly French crowd, who seemed shocked that their favourite finished nine seconds back of Pidcock for the silver medal.
