by admin | Aug 5, 2024 | Representation, SEW
With the Eiffel Tower behind her and the sun shining at the Paris Olympics, Kristen Faulkner stood atop the podium with her hand on her heart as the American national anthem played. Briefly, she closed her eyes as the enormity of her win in the women’s road race...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Melissa Hoskins, a two-time Olympian in track cycling, has died after being hit by a car in Adelaide, South Australia, the Australian Olympic Committee announced Sunday evening. She was 32. “The AOC has expressed the utmost sadness at the loss of Olympic cyclist...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ellen van Dijk defended her title and claimed a third women’s time trial gold medal at the opening event of the world road cycling championships on Sunday. Taking advantage of a technical course at the coastal town of Wollongong, south of Sydney, van Dijk maintained a...
by admin | May 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Carlijn Achtereekte, the 2018 Olympic 3000m speed skating champion for the Netherlands, has switched sports to road cycling. ‘I’m done with skating, but I am not yet done with top sport,” the 32-year-old Achtereekte said, according to her new team, Jumbo-Visma, which...
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Britain’s most successful Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey has said she “never thought” she’d still be competing aged 43. Dame Storey broke the UK record on Thursday after winning her 17th gold medal. Despite difficult weather conditions, Dame...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nobody was speaking about Anna Kiesenhofer ahead of the Tokyo 2020 women’s road race, but they certainly are now.The Austrian rider was considered a novice compared to her competitors, notably defending champion Anna van der Breggen, former Olympic bronze...
by admin | Jun 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Elite female cyclists will be part of the world’s most famous bike race next summer, when the Tour de France will hold a women’s stage race for the first time since the 1980s. Women have been riding the men’s route in recent years, urging race...
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