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The 38-year-old opens up about not making the Tokyo team, the thrill of racing in front of hometown crowds, and sharing her experiences through public speaking.

A strong American contingent will be part of the official Specialized team effort, at the world’s toughest mountain bike stage race.

We have pulled together all of the departures and retirements so far this offseason and this will be updated as more news comes in.

AT THE GAMES — So close. The first-ever U.S. Olympic swimmer from Utah came up just a few tenths short of winning the states first Olympic swimming medal. Herriman native Rhyan White finished fourth in the 100-meter backstroke in Tokyo with a time of 58.43, just 0.38 seconds behind bronze medalist and Team USA teammate Regan Smith. Australias Kaylee McKeown won the event in an Olympic-record time of We 57.47; Canadas Kylie Mass finished in second. White, the former Cottonwood High swimmer, wa...

Some of those objectives come with caveats, most notably in the form of Chloe Dygerts serious laceration to her quadriceps sustained in a collision with a guardrail during the 2020 UCI Road World Championships time trial in Imola, Italy, last September. Dygert, a silver medalist in the team pursuit in Rio and a former world champion in the time trial, showed she was on form at the USA Pro Road Championships in Knoxville, where she won the individual time trial over fellow Tokyo competitor Amber...

How AI is helping elite athletes perform their best at Tokyo’s Olympics US athlete Alix Klineman. Image: Orreco Irish company Orreco wants to help athletes win big using AI and biomarker tools, including a menstrual cycle tracker. Irish specialist sports performance company Orreco has used AI and biomarker tools to help more than 100 elite athletes prepare for this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. Since its establishment in 2010, Orreco has focused on developing products for athletes to maximise...

The pack with Netherlands Mathieu Van Der Poel, wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey, rides during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182.9 kilometers (113.65 miles) with start in Lorient and finish in Pontivy, France, Monday, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) tokyo 2020 olympics Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games Today 05:18 am JST Today | 06:49 am JST TOKYO The mens and w...

U.S. mountain bike champion Chloe Woodruff withdraws from Tokyo Olympics team, replaced by Erin Huck U.S. mountain bike champion Chloe Woodruff withdrew from the American team headed to the Olympics this month and was replaced by Erin Huck, who will join teammates Kate Courtney and Haley Batten on the course near Tokyo. USA Cycling announced the move in a statement Thursday. It wasnt known whether the pandemic, which postponed the Tokyo Games by an entire year, played a part in Woodruffs decisi...

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The travelling circus that is the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is back after a three week break with Leogang in Austria the base for this next stop of mountain bikings premier racing series. This is the first round of the World Cup for the downhillers and the third round for the cross-country riders. Leogang has been a downhill-only round on the World Cup for many years, but for the first time cross-country riders and their teams are joining the party. Cross-country has only been r...