OLYMPICS’24 Ladies’s Time Trial: Grace Brown By Over A Minute!
Olympic Video video games Race Report: Australia’s Grace Brown took the first biking Gold Medal inside the girls’s Olympic time trial. In a extremely moist Paris, she beat Britain’s Anna Henderson by 1:31, as America’s Chloe Dygert was second slower in third. The race was badly affected by crashes and a foul avenue ground in areas.
A surprising win by Grace Brown
The Olympic time trial was on a flat, not too technical course of 32.4 kilometres. The start was at Esplanade des Invalides, the top line was on the Pont Alexandre III. There have been two timing elements on the course, after 19 kilometres and one different 11 kilometres sooner than the top.
Olympic time trial map
Olympic time trial profile
At 14:30pm Paris time, it was Slovenian Urska Pinter who, in moist circumstances, was the first to start out out and take the lead, nonetheless she wouldn’t be inside the final excessive outcomes. American Taylor Knibb was loads prior to Marta Lach and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig on the primary timing stage. Nonetheless, Knibb fell thrice on the moist avenue ground. She was not the one one, as Uttrup Ludwig moreover fell.
A very strong race from New Zealand’s Kim Cadzow
A crash for Kopecky didn’t help
Uttrup Ludwig did have the right time on the top, nonetheless she was shortly overwhelmed by Lach. Knibb, who accomplished just some hundredths of a second behind Lach, was moreover increased. Ellen van Dijk was moreover sooner on the primary intermediate stage. The Dutch rider was solely fifth, 18 seconds behind Knibb’s most interesting time. Lotte Kopecky was slightly loads increased. She was 3 seconds prior to on the primary intermediate stage.
Not a tremendous day for Demi Vollering
Home rider Juliette Labous, took the lead, nonetheless accomplished fourth
Between the intermediate elements, Kopecky crashed. She nonetheless recorded the very best time on the second intermediate stage, although that was short-lived. Van Dijk had already come by means of earlier, nonetheless at this stage it was already clear that she wouldn’t compete for the medals. On the top line, she recorded the third most interesting time, the place Kim Cadzow was now first. There have been many riders have been doing increased on the intermediate elements.
Grace Brown was loads prior to all people else
Grace Brown significantly was flying. The Australian improved Anna Henderson’s time by 51 seconds on the second intermediate stage. Henderson in flip had stayed ahead of Juliette Labous, Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini and Lotte Kopecky, in that order. It was now all proper right down to Chloe Dygert, nonetheless the American moreover crashed merely sooner than the second intermediate stage. She did file the second most interesting time, nonetheless contained in the equivalent second as Henderson.
Anna Henderson set a wonderful time for second place
When Kopecky crossed the top line, she was inside the scorching seat. She was 11 seconds increased than Cadzow. Sooner than she may take her seat, Labous went beneath her time. Demi Vollering couldn’t match the Frenchwoman, she was 10 seconds slower. Anna Henderson then set the provisional most interesting time, nonetheless that was shortly blown out of the water by Brown. The Australian was a full minute and a half increased than Henderson.
Grace Brown gained by over one and a half minutes
There was solely Dygart and Christina Schweinberger to return in. Every didn’t come close to Brown, who gained the Gold Medal. The silver went to Henderson, the bronze to Dygert. Behind Labous in fourth, Vollering accomplished fifth, whereas Kopecky acquired right here sixth.
Remaining to start out out and finish – Chloe Dygert (USA) was third
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Olympic Video video games Ladies’s Time Trial Consequence:
1. Grace Brown (Australia) in 39:38
2. Anna Henderson (GB) at 1:31
3. Chloe Dygert (USA) at 1:32
4. Juliette Labous (France) at 1:41
5. Demi Vollering (Netherlands) at 1:51
6. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) at 1:56
7. Kim Cadzow (New Zealand) at 2:08
8. Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) at 2:11
9. Audrey Cordon-Ragot (France) at 2:13
10. Christina Schweinberger (Austria) at 2:14.
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