Amid treacherous situations for biking at excessive pace by the Paris streets, Crew GB’s Henderson completed the time trial in 41 minutes and 9 seconds to assert silver behind Grace Brown of Australia, who was a exceptional 90 seconds sooner.
American Chloe Dygert fell lower than a second wanting Henderson’s time to finish up in third place.
It was a gutsy efficiency from Henderson, particularly in order the 25-year-old has twice damaged her collarbone this season. She saved her nerve and her steadiness as others fell round her on the slippery floor.
There was dangerous information, nevertheless, for GB’s Josh Tarling, who missed out on a medal within the males’s time trial after sustaining a puncture. He completed fourth, pipped to the rostrum.
Earlier within the diving, Harper and Mew Jensen had been solely in sixth place with two dives remaining and had been fourth earlier than their ultimate try.
Australia appeared set for bronze at worst, however a superb ultimate effort by the British pair moved them into third and a horrible mistake on Australia’s ultimate dive meant they didn’t overhaul Harper and Mew Jensen.
The bronze-winning pair had been in tears on the finish of the competitors as they snatched Britain‘s first girls’s diving medal at an Olympics for 64 years, ending behind spectacular duos from China and the US.