San Diego Union-Tribune

US BMX rider Fields released from Tokyo hospital after crash

MISHIMA, JapanMISHIMA, Japan — BMX rider Connor Fields was released from St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo on Thursday, five days after a horrific crash in his semifinal race at the Tokyo ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Can BMX rider recover from ‘worst injury’ of Tokyo Olympics?

HENDERSON, Nevada — Next to the upstairs room where Connor Fields displays the choicest mementos of his BMX racing triumphs — framed jerseys, championship trophies, the Olympic gold medal from 2016 — ...
The New York Times

A British BMX racer’s historic gold required a little financial help from her friends.

Bethany Shriever turned to a GoFundMe to reach her Olympic dreams. By Alexandra E. Petri When Bethany Shriever secured the gold medal in the women’s BMX racing final, it was in an event in which she ...
The New York Times

He Suffered ‘the Worst Injury of the Tokyo Games.’ Can He Recover?

Connor Fields’s gruesome crash on the Olympic BMX track left him with serious brain trauma, a fractured memory and a lot of questions about the future. By John Branch HENDERSON, Nev. — Next to the ...