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BMX European Freestyle Championships: GB’s Sasha Pardoe and Kieran Reilly win gold

BMX European Freestyle Championships: GB’s Sasha Pardoe and Kieran Reilly win gold

Great Britain’s Sasha Pardoe and Kieran Reilly both won gold in the BMX European Freestyle Championships in Switzerland.

Pardoe, 18, topped the standings on both runs, with a score of 88.06 on her second run enough to take the women’s title.

Iveta Miculycova of the Czech Republic took silver and Switzerland’s Nikita Ducarroz the bronze.

Britain’s Elsa Rendall finished fourth but Holly Pipe did not register a score.

Reilly, reigning world champion and silver medallist at the Paris Olympics, produced a score of 93.23 on his second run to claim the men’s title.

Fellow Briton Dylan Hessey was third, having scored 91.33 on his first run, with France’s Anthony Jeanjean in second with 92.63.

“It was an insane final,” said Reilly. “The second run, going for the win paid off and I’m really proud.”