Mariana Pajón, the silver queen in BMX 0:44
(CNN in Spanish) -
Colombia's BMX cycling dresses in silver and bronze at Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: live results and the new Olympic medals
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Mariana Pajón has done it one more time, she has risen to the Olympus of sporting glory, winning the silver medal for Women's BMX.
Britain's Bethany Shriever lifted gold in the category, while Netherlands' Merel Smulders won bronze.
Meanwhile, Colombian Carlos Ramírez won bronze in the Men's BMX final after finishing third in the race.
The gold went to Niek Kaimmann, from the Netherlands, and the silver went to the British Kye Whyte.
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With this, Pajón adds three Olympic medals: gold in London 2012, gold in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020.
So far, in these Games, Colombia has two silver medals and one bronze.
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