The Australian cyclist Grace Brown, 32, He is the new Olympic time trial champion in a 32.4-kilometer trial that has been all about safety since the rain turned the skating rink on the Alexander III Bridge in Paris.
The Australian, currently runner-up in the world and planning to hang up her bike at the end of this campaign, beat the British Anna Henderson with 1’31.59 and 1’32.46 of the American Chloe Dygert, the current world champion Frenchwoman Juliette Labous was fourth at 1’41″66.
On a route between the Esplanade des Invalides and the Pont Alexandre III, passing the Bastille, the Nation and the Bois de Vincennes, the same as the one which the men would follow next, he managed above all to avoid the distractions of form of falls, a problem that runners like American Taylor Knibb have experienced up to three times.
Chloe Dygerta big favorite with Brown, also crashed, costing him any chance of gold, like the Belgian. Lotte Kopeckywho was sixth in 1’56.58 just behind Dutch Demi Vollering. Ellen Van Dijk, lThe second representative of the mighty ‘Orange’ army that defended the gold from retreat, Annemiek van Vleuten, was 11th.
About the Spanish representation Mireia Benito was 22nd in 4’09″86
Source: La Verdad
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