Shanaze Reade will travel to Beijing this August as the odds-on favourite to take the women’s BMX gold medal after a crushing victory on Saturday in the world championship in Taiyuan, China. She defended her title with almost insolent superiority, taking control from the moment she descended the start ramp to hit the first set of jumps and opening a gap of some 15 bike lengths on the opposition.
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