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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The United States has ended its gold-medal drought in BMX cycling after Connor Fields took the mens final.It was a banner day for the United States. American cyclist Alise Post took silver in the womens race behind Colombias Mariana Pajon, who successfully defended her gold. The medals for Fields and Post snapped a podium drought that began in London in 2012.Fields fell to his knees after crossing the finish line in a time of 34.622 seconds, beating the Netherlands Jelle van Gorkom by .684 seconds. Its the first time that Team USA has won BMX since the American-born action sport became an Olympic medal event in 2008.There was kind of a point where I exited the last corner and realized I was winning, said a smiling Fields, his new medal draped around his neck. I was like: Get to the line! Get to the line! I crossed that finish line and dropped to my knees. I couldnt believe it.There was a photo finish for third, with Carlos Ramirez Yepes of Colombia just edging out the United States Nic Long for the bronze.Fields said he got off to the best start of his career, going 1-2 with Long out of the important first turn before breaking ahead.It had been a trying few months for Fields, who broke a bone in his left hand in the spring. He only returned to the bike in June, and he needed a special brace to compete in Rio de Janeiro.I would be lying if I said there werent any dark times, Fields said about coming back from injury. They say adversity makes you stronger if you let it.Fields was looking forward to returning to his mothers house in Las Vegas to make room in the garage for another prize. On the wall is a goal he wrote out as a teenager, written with a Sharpie.It reads: One day, Ill become an Olympic champion.If only my 14-year-old self could see this now, Fields recounted.On the womens side, Pajon, a fan favorite, raised her bike in the air after pedaling to a stop across the finish line, acknowledging the adoring fans in the stands waving the yellow, blue and red flag of her home country.She raced to the front early and completed the nearly quarter-mile-long course filled with bumps and twists in 34.093 seconds -- .342 seconds faster than Post.Connor is the first [American] gold medalist in BMX. And Im very, very proud, this is the top womens result, said Post, holding up her silver medal. I think we can only go forward from here and be proud of our team.Stefany Hernandez of Venezuela won the bronze. Frances Manon Valentino was taken off a stretcher after crossing the finish line, appearing to favor her left side.My first gold was huge. 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The Broncos and Texans face each other Monday night in Denver, Osweilers first trip in as a visiting quarterback.His departure from Denver wasnt smooth, and many within the Broncos organization said Osweiler had little or no contact with teammates or others with the team in the weeks leading up to free agency.Osweiler did not attend the Broncos trip to the White House in June when the team was honored by President Barack Obama. He also skipped the Broncos ring ceremony in June as well as Peyton Mannings retirement news conference in March.Thursday, Osweiler repeatedly said he had nothing but respect as well as love and appreciation and gratitude for Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway, his former teammates with the Broncos and Broncos fans.On the White House trip, Osweiler said the Texans were in the middle of their OTAs.The White House was pretty simple -- we had an OTA that Monday, you know, as weve talked in the past, Osweiler said. Learning a new offense, a new system, you know, like we went through in 2015 in Denver. It takes a lot of time, a lot of repetitions. You can even multiply that when youre trying to learn a new system and new teammates and build chemistry.Bottom line, I wasnt at the White House because we had an OTA that Monday when the Broncos visited the president and the White House, and I felt like it was important for me to be here with my new teammates.Osweiler offered the same explanation for the ring ceremony, which other players who had signed elsewhere in free agency did attend, including linebacker Danny Trevathan, safety David Bruton Jr. and defensive end Malik Jackson.Ring ceremony, same deal -- ring ceremony was Sunday night, we had a practice Monday morning, and if I went to thhe ring ceremony, I wouldnt have been able to catch a flight back for OTAs, Osweiler said.dddddddddddd Every single day is important.For Mannings retirement news conference, Osweiler said he was on vacation with his family, including his wife, parents and brother, and didnt want to leave the group. He said he reached out at the time to Manning and had exchanged several text messages with Manning.Im not sure why that would come across as a bad look, Osweiler said. I wasnt going to leave the one vacation that I get with my parents and my brother and my wife to race back last minute. Bottom line, I have nothing but respect for Peyton Manning. ... He was always a great teammate to me; hes still a great friend to this day. ... For me not being at the press conference, thats not a story.Osweiler said he also saw Elway in Idaho this summer and had a great conversation with him.After the Texans had announced Osweiler had signed with the team, Elway issued a statement that said, in part, Weve stayed true to our philosophy of building a team with players who want to be Denver Broncos and want to be here.Earlier this week, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall said he has no animosity toward Osweiler but joked that the team wants to kill him in Monday nights game.Asked about the remark, Osweiler laughed and said, Seems like they miss me.Von Miller also said he respected Osweilers decision to sign with Houston, but said theres added motivation Monday night because Osweiler is a former teammate.Besides what [Marshall] said, everything else, we love Brock, Miller said. Like I said before, I love Brock. We went through the same process together. We talked during that period. I get where hes coming from. I 100 percent get why he made the decision that he made. It was the best decision for him. And I have nothing but 100 percent respect for that. It just a little added sauce on it when its someone youve played with before. Thats all it really is. Its just a little sauce on the top.ESPNs Sarah Barshop contributed to this report. ' ' '