Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women’s road race at the Paris Olympics
Cyclists ride past the Moulin Rouge cabaret venue, during the women's road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. Briefly, she closed her eyes as the enormity of her win in the women's road race started sinking in.
“It has been a fast trajectory," she explained. “Even for the people closest to me it’s been a whirlwind.”"I learned how to calculate risks and assess risks,” she said. “In a race I take that mind set with me: What is the risk-reward ratio? Knowing when to go all in.” Huge crowds cheered the riders rolled through Paris’ Latin Quarter and then along past the Orsay museum — once a train station.
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