Shanaze Reade has learned a lot from the crash that ended her quest for an Olympic gold medal in the final corner of the BMX course in Beijing four years ago.
The British rider was a two-time defending world champion at the time and had entered the event as the favorite. In the final, she looked poised for a runner-up finish but she went all out in the final curve, crashed out and saw the inaugural BMX Olympic title go to Frenchwoman Anne-Caroline Chausson.
She wanted it too much. She left with nothing  … More