He and Andre Agassi are believed to be the only Las Vegas-area athletes to have won gold in individual Olympic events. I turn 30 next month, and I’m not willing to take the risks anymore.”įields competed in three Olympics, winning gold in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro to become the first American to accomplish that in BMX. But really what it came down to was I feel satisfied with what I’ve done. I wanted to give myself some time and let myself make my decision instead of rushing through it. “They either get cut from the team and don’t come back, or they have a career-ending injury. “A lot of athletes don’t get a chance to make a decision,” Fields said. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Fields, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the most decorated BMX racers in the sport’s history, is retiring.įields, who went to Green Valley High School and UNLV, said he was considering this decision even before a serious crash at last year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. team at the 2021 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event in Japan. Connor Fields, professional BMX racer, poses for a photo at Olympic Sports Park, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
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