Video of Kye Whyte cheering BMX teammate Beth Shriever to victory is the best thing you’ll watch today

This internet has fallen in love with this heartwarming clip of Team GB BMX rider Kye Whyte passionately cheering his teammate Bethany Shriever to victory.

The pair made history for Great Britain after Shriever won gold and Whyte won silver in their respective BMX competitions on Friday at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.

In the clip shared on Twitter by The New York Times reporter Tariq Panja, Whyte can be seen on the sideline fist pumping as he enthusiastically cheers on Shriever during her race to bring home the gold medal.

As Shriever crossed the finish line in first place, Whyte became even more animated and jumped up and down in celebration for his teammate. He then ran along the sideline to catch up with the new Olympic gold medalist. As she collapsed in tears, a jubilant Whyte scooped her up and held her aloft in celebration.

“I’m more happy for her than I am for me,” Whyte said afterwards. “That girl puts in some serious serious graft.”

BBC broadcaster, Dan Walker shared the sweet clip with the caption: “Get someone like @kye969 in your corner.”

Olympic fans also took to Twitter to share their love for the moment between the two teammates, who are both from London.

Shriever had looked confident in the semi-finals, winning all three races in her semi-final, and the final was no different as she began in front from the first bend.

Despite a late charge from defending champion Mariana Pajon of Colombia down the final straight, Shreiver was able to hold her off and went on to win by nine hundredths of a second.

“I’m just in bits,” Shreiver said. “I tried my hardest out there today and to be rewarded with a gold medal is honestly mind-blowing. I kept my cool today, kept it simple, and it worked. I’m over the moon. I’ve done my family and my boyfriend back home proud.

“I don’t think it’s registering right now what’s just happened.”

Bethany Shriever of Team Great Britain crosses the finish line as she celebrates winning a gold medal ahead of Merel Smulders of Team Netherlands during the Women's BMX final on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic GamesGetty Images

This all happened just moments after Whyte himself won Britain’s first medal in the event since its introduction to the Olympics in 2008, taking silver behind Dutchman Niek Kimmann.

The 21-year-old had found himself needing to recover from slow starts in all but the final run during Thursday’s heats.

Though this problem didn’t arise in the medal race – he had no such issues as he reached the first corner in second place behind Kimmann.

He remained in second as he crossed the finish line, even when a late crash for Frenchman Romain Mahieu split the field.

“With the way I was riding today, I was obviously catching people but I thought I would have to do the same in the final and it’s very tiring,” Whyte said.

“I just came out of the gate, and I didn’t expect it but in the back of my head I kept telling myself I was going to get a medal.

“I didn’t deserve it any more than any of the other riders but I put my head to it and I got a medal.”

Silver medalist Kye Whyte of Team Great Britain and gold medalist Bethany Shriever of Team Great Britain celebrate during the BMX final on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 OlympicGetty Images

The two medals, along with Tom Pidcock’s mountain bike gold on Monday, are a great addition for British Cycling and proves they can pick up medals outside the velodrome.

Neither the men’s mountain biking nor the women’s BMX were funded by UK Sport in this Olympic cycle.

Shriever dropped out of British Cycling in 2017 due to UK Sport’s lack of funding and worked part-time as a teaching assistant. She crowdfunded £50,000 in order to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

But her coaches saw the potential in the 2017 junior world champion and, at a time when they were keen to diversify Britain’s medal opportunities, persuaded the agency to let them reassign funds.