She had just made history by being the first female competitor to perform a 360 backflip, and she was about to create even more history as she was about to become the first female Olympic BMX freestyle winner with a score of 97.50.
After that blissful moment, the 27-year-old went through a trying time trying to reconcile her passion for the sport with her ambition to compete.
Worthington had traveled to Japan to participate in the newly added competition for the 2020 Games.
I love BMX so much more than I realized in the year following the Games,” she said to Sport.
