Anne-Caroline Chausson Takes Gold at First-Ever Olympic BMX

Anne-Caroline Chausson continued her reign of the Olympic BMX track in the women's Final tonight to take home the gold for France. She adds the Olympic gold to her multiple World Championship wins in downhill, mountaincross, and dual slalom, including downhill wins each year from 1996 through 2003 and then again in 2005. France landed a 1-2 sweep tonight, with Laetitia le Corguille taking home the silver. The USA's Jill Kintner scored the bronze.

These results came from the NBC Olympic site.

Rank	Bike No.	Country	Name	Result
G	2		CHAUSSON Anne-Caroline	35.976
S	22		le CORGUILLE Laetitia	38.042
B	33		KINTNER Jill	38.674
4	96		WALKER Sarah	38.805
5	144		DIAZ Gabriela	39.747
6	55		CALLISTO Nicole	1:19.609
7	56		COOLS Sammy	DNF
8	1		READE Shanaze	REL & 1:46.543