After none of his competitors could better his score on their second attempt (only your best run counts), he was allowed a victory lap with gold already secured.<\/p>\n
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The 27-year-old can add a gold medal to his world championship crown from earlier this year, capping a brilliant 2021 for the Queenslander.<\/p>\n
Martin's medal is set to be part of something historic – the first time ever that Australia has won four Olympic golds on a single day at any Olympics, with Matt Wearn only needing to complete his last race this afternoon without being disqualified to secure gold in the men's laser sailing event.<\/p>\n
Emma McKeon collected two more gold medals this morning, winning the 50m freestyle<\/a> and then swimming the butterfly leg of the women's 4x100m medley relay<\/a>.<\/p>\n Martin's gold was one of two new BMX events added for Tokyo, with men's and women's freestyle joining the program. BMX racing has been part of the Games since Beijing 2008.<\/p>\n Australia's Natalya Diehm was fifth in the women's program, with Britain's Charlotte Worthington locking up gold with a staggering score of 97.50.<\/p>\n Martin's win was made even more remarkable by the fact that he built his own training facility on his property in preparation for the Games.<\/p>\n "I've had to build this because there's not so much for me to practice on around the Gold Coast and around Brisbane," he told the ABC in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n He plans to turn it into a tennis court when he retires.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n