Kye Whyte has crashed out of the BMX Racing semi-final run two and has been stretched off the course by medics. <br /><br />Whyte made Olympic history in 2021 by securing Team GB's first-ever medal in the sport and was looking to further his collection at this summer's tournament. <br /><br />However, Whyte had been struggling with a back injury which he said was aggravated last night after the three quarter-final runs - according to The BBC. <br /><br />The 24-year-old lost control of his bike after the first jump and swerved off the course into before crashing out. <br /><br />Paramedics attended to Whyte while he was on the floor and could be seen placing an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth. <br /><br />Shortly after he was lifted onto a stretcher and carried from the course but appeared to be awake and speaking to the surrounding staff. <br /><br />Whyte did not take part in the third heat as a result of his crash and will not advance to the final of the competition in Paris. <br /><br />Team GB released a statement on Whyte's condition shortly after the crash took place and said he would receive further assessment in hospital.<br /><br />It read: 'Following his crash in tonight's BMX racing semi-final, Kye Whyte was assessed immediately by the on-site medical team.<br /><br />'This was followed up by further immediate review by Great Britain Cycling Team doctor Nigel Jones. <br /><br />'Initial reports are positive but he is being taken to hospital for further assessment.<br /><br />'We wish Kye a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him on his bike very soon.'<br /><br />In an interview with Mail Sport earlier this year, Whyte was reeling off the list of bones he has broken from racing his BMX bike. <br /><br />'Two shoulders, two collarbones, a couple of fingers, my hand twice, my wrist twice, my elbow and toes,' said the Olympic silver medallist. 'Oh, and my jaw as well.'<br /><br />That last injury he mentioned was the most serious of them all, following a horror crash in his first race on the British talent squad at the age of 13.<br /><br />'I probably could have died,' admitted Whyte, sitting with Mail Sport in the kit room by the BMX track at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.<br /><br />'Someone crashed in front of me and I tried to move out of the way in mid-air and I crashed and knocked myself out. I was racing in Crewe and when I woke up I was in Liverpool and my mum and dad were there, so I knew it must have been serious.<br /><br />'I was in an induced coma for about five days. I had a bleed on the brain. Half the left side of my face was gone away. I missed a whole year of school. It took me about a year and a half before I started to ride again.'<br /><br />Given everything he had described, it felt important to ask the question: why put yourself through it? 'I ask myself the same thing every morning,' laughs the 24-year-old. 'I'm not a dangerous person — I just like to ride a bike very fast.' <br /><br />He has been doing so since the age of three, when he first joined his older brothers Daniel and Tre — who went on to become a world bronze medallist himself — on the track at Brockwell Park ne
