2024-07-27 15:32:57
The women’s time trial took place in rainy, chaotic conditions which pleased France’s Audrey Cordon-Ragot and Juliette Labous, who finished fourth. But Australian Grace Brown is the strongest. And by far.
Published on: 07/27/2024 – 5:32 pm.
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To win the first cycling medal at the 2024 Olympics, it is not only important to beat the clock but also the rain. Australian Grace Brown won the gold medal, outlasting her opponents and avoiding the fall. Frenchwoman Juliette Labous was near the meeting.
The organization has proposed a route in the form of a postcard: a 32.4 km loop that starts and ends at Les Invalides and the Alexandre III Bridge, passing through the Bastille, the Country and the Bois de Vincennes.
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Rain did not spoil the party
Audrey Cordon-Ragot insisted on Wednesday, “We are showing the world how beautiful France is, its eyes are still full of stars” after the recognition among the monuments of what will be its third Games.
As the day before during the opening ceremony, the promised spectacle met the surprise guest of the first weekend: rain. Our check on the Velib logo of the capital was cut short in the face of the flood. Nothing stops the Parisians from coming out to encourage the runners who brave the elements to beat the clock.
On the other hand, people are more cautious in the Bois de Vincennes. A place in the history of sports: the Jacques-Anquetil velodrome and the Pershing stadium used for the 1924 Games, Insep that prepares the championships, Polygone that receives training for the equestrians every day. .. Nothing At that point, the weather did not encourage a road picnic, Tour de France style.
There is only one who likes these conditions. Brittany’s Audrey Cordon-Ragot, reigning French time champion: “I love you! I study at home in Brittany in the rain every July,” she said, a big smile on her face, despite the chaotic weather and ninth place soak. “My bike is set up perfectly, I really enjoyed the training.”
In addition to enjoying her last Olympics, she is happy for her younger sister, Juliette Labous, who is close to the job.
“I received a lot of complaints, in search of my family now, I broke down,” said the French 2024 champion in the road race, his voice also becoming a little quiet. “I would have loved to bring this medal home and it was a hair’s breadth.”
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Both women praised the French people in particular, who were warming up under the rain: “I did the Tours de France where the encouragement was stronger there, it was even stronger for the French people to encourage me, magic ,” he explained.
“On the launch pad, I had goosebumps and tears in my eyes. It left me, I left with crazy watts (power levels, editor’s note)! People were beating me. It was crazy,” he described .
Grace Brown, three gables above
Like Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Grace Brown is competing in her last Olympics in Paris. And the Australian, last year’s world champion behind Chloé Dygert, realized his lifelong dream by winning Olympic gold, three years after coming within six seconds of the podium in Tokyo.
He flew through the event from A to Z, putting more than 1 min 30 of expenses on his runners Henderson and Dygert. Strong and acrobatic, it avoids all the hazards of the slippery route.
For the French women, the activities of the day suggest good things for the road race on Sunday August 4: “With a bit of luck, we will have the same conditions”, misleads Audrey Cordon-Ragot .
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