Evie Richards puts tough year behind her to add Commonwealth Games mountain bike gold to world title
England's Evie Richards put a tough season behind her by producing a commanding ride to win gold in the Commonwealth Games cross country mountain biking. Richards became Britain's first female elite world champion in Italy last year, but has endured a disrupted year, struggling with a back issue before contracting Covid last month. Ad/> But she was in a class of her own on the Cannock Chase Forest course, finishing nearly a minute ahead of silver medallist Zoe Cuthbert (Australia).


