August 19, 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Canada’s Tory Nyhaug advanced through the Semi Finals with superb riding to make the men’s gold medal final where he ended up 5th as Connor Fields (USA) took the gold.

In the women’s race Mariana Pajon (Colombia), who was unstoppable in all of her heats, won the gold to the delight of the partisan crowd.

Results

Women’s Final
1. Mariana Pajon (Colombia) 34.093
2. Alise Post (USA) 0.342
3. Stefany Hernandez (Venezuela) 0.662
4. Brooke Crain (USA) 1.427
5. Yaroslava Bondarenko (Russia) 1.924
6. Elke Vanhoof (Belgium) 5.445
7. Laura Smulders (Netherlands) 1:18.142
8. Manon Valentino (France) 2:07.016

Men’s Final
1. Connor Fields (USA) 34.642
2. Jelle Van Gorkom (Netherlands) 0.674
3. Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes (Colombia) 0.875
4. Nicholas Long (USA) 0.880
5. Tory Nyhaug (Canada) 1.032
6. Sam Willoughby (Australia) 1.683
7. Niek Kimmann (Netherlands) 1.937
8. Anthony Dean (Australia) DNF

 

Women’s Semi Finals

 

 

Men’s Semi Finals