Ethan Vernon, a former Royston Rockets BMX Club junior, has landed a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics - although it was a final that had drama right to the end.
Australia had smashed the world record in the semi-final, going a minute and a half quicker than GB, but there was barely more than two tenths of a second between them as each lap ticked by.
However, as the teams headed into the final lap, Ethan Hayter slipped off his seat and was left to complete the final metres in an ungainly position on the bike's top tube.
It destroyed any chances of gold and the 25-year-old Londoner revealed after that there had been no mechanical problem, only a physical one.
Speaking to BBC Sport he said: "It was the five laps or so at the end, I just gave too much and my whole body weak.
"I couldn't hold myself on the bike anymore and I don't know how I stayed up.
"I'm sorry for these guys but I think we gave everything and we can be proud of that silver medal.
"We're super happy to win silver but it was really there for the taking and we knew that.
"We went out to get it but just came short in the end. It's a shame."
Team-mate Dan Bigham said: "We rode the fastest rides we've ever done, in every single ride. We were in the best form and the best kit and we all gave everything in that last ride.
"It was scrappy because we were on the limit, we were riding quicker than we ever have before and we probably gave a little bit too much.
"Ethan was on the anchor leg but he is only human and it was up to us to get him there. Maybe we gave him too much work to do."
And Vernon, who alongside Charlie Tanfield, the fourth member of the squad in the final, had suffered disappointment at Tokyo 2020, was quick to say that Paris had been a far happier experience.
The 23-year-old said: "It was completely different to Tokyo coming here. We knew we could do a good time and be medal competitive.
"We qualified and we were right in the game and I'm happy with how we executed all of our rides.
"We had a target time we wanted to achieve and we did that.
"We can do too much more as a team and we found our limit."
Italy took the bronze earlier, beating Denmark.
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