Taylor Knibb (Trek Manufacturing facility Racing), the star triathlete who was as a result of compete within the ladies’s Olympic highway race in Paris, has resigned her place. US nationwide highway racing champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Schooling–Cannondale) will take her place as an alternative.
USA Biking earned two spots within the Paris 2024 Olympic highway race, and had chosen Knibb alongside Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) to compete.
After already qualifying for the Olympics in triathlon, Knibb turned the primary American athlete to qualify in two sports activities for the 2024 Summer time Olympics when she gained the 2024 USA Biking Time Trial Nationwide Championships in Charleston, West Virginia, in Could.
“Biking has a really steep studying curve, and I’m concurrently excited and nervous for what lies forward,” the triathlete had commented on the time.
The 26-year-old multisport athlete was as a result of compete in a minimum of 4 Olympic occasions: the time trial, the triathlon, the highway race and the combined relay triathlon. As we speak, nonetheless, the nationwide biking federation introduced that Knibb has bowed out from contesting the highway race, however she’s going to nonetheless compete within the time trial and triathlon occasions.
Faulkner will take her place within the highway race. The Alaskan gained the nationwide highway race in Could and got here second to Knibb within the time trial. She’d already been chosen for the US observe crew and is scheduled to additionally compete within the Workforce Pursuit alongside Dygert, Lily Williams (Human Powered Well being) and Jennifer Valente (Virginia’s Blue Ridge–TWENTY24).
“I dreamed of competing within the Olympics ever since I used to be 8 years previous, and I noticed it on T.V. That is the largest dream I’ve ever had, and it is lastly come true,” acknowledged Faulkner. “I’m past excited to signify the USA alongside such a robust group of athletes. I’ll do my finest to convey house a medal for Workforce USA!”
The US Olympic Roster
The 2024 U.S. Olympic Highway Workforce:
Girls:
Chloé Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing) – Time Trial & Highway Race Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF Schooling-Cannondale) – Highway Race Taylor Knibb (Washington, D.C.; Trek Manufacturing facility Racing) – Time Trial
Males:
Brandon McNulty (Phoenix; UAE Workforce Emirates) – Time Trial & Highway Race Magnus Sheffield (Pittsford, N.Y.; Ineos Grenadiers) – Time Trial & Highway Race Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; Workforce Visma – Lease a Bike) – Highway Race
2024 U.S. Olympic Observe Biking Workforce:
Girls:
Jennifer Valente (San Diego; Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24) – Workforce Pursuit, Madison, Omnium Chloé Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing) – Workforce Pursuit Lily Williams (Tallahassee, Fla.; Human Powered Well being) – Workforce Pursuit, Madison Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF Schooling-Cannondale) – Workforce Pursuit Olivia Cummins (Fort Collins, Colo.; DNA Professional Biking) – Workforce Pursuit
Males:
Grant Koontz (Nederland, Colo.; Star Observe Biking) – Omnium
