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The cycling program at the Olympics was far different in 1984 than it is these days. There were only eight gold medals on offer back then, split between the road and track, and the road race was ...
1.4.6 Sprint, team. ... This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in cycling. Current events. BMX ... United States: 2012 London
Kristen Faulkner (born December 18, 1992) [1] is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF–Oatly–Cannondale. [4] [5] She is the reigning USA National Road Race Champion [6] and won two gold medals in the women's individual road race and women's track cycling team pursuit at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Chloé Dygert ( / ˈkloʊ.iː ˈdaɪɡərt / KLOH-ee DYE-ghərt; born January 1, 1997) [ 3] is an American professional racing cyclist [ 4] who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM. [ 5] She has won eight gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and four medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze) at the Olympic Games.
v. t. e. The women's individual road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July 2021 on a course starting at Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo and ending at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. [ 1] 67 cyclists from 40 nations competed, with 48 completing the course. [ 2] The race was won by rank outsider Anna Kiesenhofer of ...
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. [ 1]
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2020.
The women's individual road race at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics was the first time that a women's cycling event had been included in the Olympic program. The race took place on Sunday July 29, 1984 along the major roads within Mission Viejo, California. There were 45 participants in the race, from 16 nations, with one cyclist who did ...