BMX star Worthington rues 'wrong decision' after crashing out in European final

Charlotte Worthington slammed her 'stubborn' decision to chase another Tokyo fairytale as her latest BMX gamble spectacularly backfired in the European Championship final. The reigning Olympic champion, 26, crashed twice and finished rock-bottom in Munich as her attempts to emulate last year's dizzying run went up in smoke. Ad After falling on her first run in Tokyo, the Manchester star pulled a never-before-seen 360-degree backflip out of the bag to stun her rivals and catapult herself to the top of the table.

CyclingBMX star Pardoe buzzing for more after sixth in European final9 MINUTES AGO She suffered the same fate in the European final 12 months later but instead of reining it in, went for broke once again with an unprecedented 720-degree flip and took another tumble to finish last of the eight athletes. Worthington has always channelled the 'go hard or go home' mentality BMX stars need but says she took things too far bidding to reclaim her 2019 crown. «I made the wrong decision,» she said.

«I'm an all-in kind of person — sometimes you don't have to go that hard. »I could have played it a little safer to get the championship win. I took the high road and this time it didn't pay off.

«It was poor decision-making – I think I made my decision too early, which involved pushing the limits of my riding and the limits of female BMX. »I could have changed my mind and maybe looked at the competition a little more – but I guess I was being a little bit too stubborn. «Between the runs, I was pretty stuck to my guns – I really wanted to get it and it would have been a fairytale run.