Dygert flicks into recovery mode ahead of hunt for her fourth Olympic medal, joining forces with Faulkner again in Team Pursuit
Chloe Dygert came into the Paris Olympic Games women’s road race having already won a bronze in the individual time trial a week ago and with the focus being for Sunday to act as part of the run toward the hunt for gold in the Team Pursuit, which begins Tuesday.
Chloe Dygert came into the Paris Olympic Games women’s road race having already won a bronze in the individual time trial a week ago and with the focus being for Sunday to act as part of the run toward the hunt for gold in the Team Pursuit, which begins Tuesday.
Still Dygert and her road race and Team Pursuit teammate Kirsten Faulkner are racers after all, so when they found themselves in the reduced peloton as the competition jumped into high gear on the finish circuits in Paris chasing that immediate medal opportunity became a clear priority. So did avoiding the mayhem that could not only derail this medal chase but also the next one.
For a second time at these Games, Dygert encountered the mayhem when she crashed. She had already gone down hard in the rain during the time trial, as did many riders, but still finished one second behind silver medallist Anna Henderson (Great Britain) and settled for bronze. This time she slid out in a dry corner, but in a pivotal moment of the race.
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