After becoming the first American to win an Olympic cycling road race medal in 40 years, Kristen Faulkner is looking to bring the U.S. its first gold in the…
After becoming the first American to win an Olympic cycling road race medal in 40 years, Kristen Faulkner is looking to bring the U.S. its first gold in the women's team pursuit Wednesday, becoming the first American to win a road race medal in 40 years. On Wednesday afternoon, she'll be in the velodrome for the women's team pursuit gold medal match against New Zealand.Sign up for our free Olympics Headlines newsletter.
people know knew her growing up in Massachusetts — where she also went to high school — aren't surprised to see her success The 31-year-old was a rower throughout high school at Phillips Academy and college at Harvard University. Faulkner picked up cycling as a hobby while living in New York in 2017. She didn't go pro until a few years ago, and didn't even qualify for the Olympics until Team USA needed a replacement."Any challenge — no matter how scary or daunting — was like, that was her jam," former Phillips Academy crew coach Kathryn Green told NBC10 Boston after Sunday's big win.
Paul Murphy, Faulkner's former swim coach at Phillips Academy, just returned from wishing her luck in Paris.
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