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US rider Kristen Faulkner sprints clear to win women's road race at Paris Olympics

Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics.

US rider Kristen Faulkner sprints clear to win women's road race at Paris Olympics

Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics.

Making your way through Paris Google Maps with your friends. But once you get around some Olympic events, people bathe them green, they'll get you around. If sparking fan frenzy was an Olympic sport. Josephine Boudin would win gold. It's just funny to hype them up for the competition. They're going to see. I guess that's our job. That's what we're here for. And that's just the star tens of thousands of volunteers are the first contact for fans headed into the games. This is like *** dream for me. Like, you know, I'm *** volunteer for the volleyball and be, and this is such *** good venue and such *** good mood. I love it just, and they set the tone for what can be *** once in *** lifetime experience. It's very great. Sorry for my English. It's great. It's good to see people from everywhere and from delegation, from athletes and like the scores of fans, they too come from all over and just as Tracy, they can occasionally use *** little help themselves. I'm always like, oh, I'm so lost. You have to find another volunteer to help you. I hear you.
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US rider Kristen Faulkner sprints clear to win women's road race at Paris Olympics

Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics.

Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, becoming the first American rider in 40 years to win a medal in the event.Related video above: Paris Olympics volunteers are the unsung heroes behind the gamesThe 158-kilometer (98-mile) route started and finished in Paris, with Faulkner crossing the line at the Trocadéro in a fraction under four hours.Faulkner finished 58 seconds clear of Dutch rider Marianne Vos, Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Blanka Vas of Hungary, who were separated by a photo finish with Vos taking silver and Kopecky clinching the bronze.Faulkner and Kopecky caught up with Vos and Vas with about three kilometers left. As Faulkner attacked, the other three hesitated and then could not catch her.She only had the Eiffel Tower and glory ahead of her.The 31-year-old Alaska native is the first American to win a road race medal of any color since the 1984 Los Angeles Games when Connie Carpenter and Alexi Grewal swept the gold medals.

Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, becoming the first American rider in 40 years to win a medal in the event.

Related video above: Paris Olympics volunteers are the unsung heroes behind the games

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The 158-kilometer (98-mile) route started and finished in Paris, with Faulkner crossing the line at the Trocadéro in a fraction under four hours.

Faulkner finished 58 seconds clear of Dutch rider Marianne Vos, Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Blanka Vas of Hungary, who were separated by a photo finish with Vos taking silver and Kopecky clinching the bronze.

Faulkner and Kopecky caught up with Vos and Vas with about three kilometers left. As Faulkner attacked, the other three hesitated and then could not catch her.

Kristen Faulkner, of the United States, celebrates winning the women&apos&#x3B;s road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Kristen Faulkner, of the United States, celebrates winning the women’s road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

She only had the Eiffel Tower and glory ahead of her.

The 31-year-old Alaska native is the first American to win a road race medal of any color since the 1984 Los Angeles Games when Connie Carpenter and Alexi Grewal swept the gold medals.