Kristen Faulkner wins another gold in team pursuit

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What a marvelous day for team USA, winning the team pursuit with Faulkner in the team.  Congratulations Team USA.  Amazing.  Its firsts?   Also Faulkner winning in two events

Kristen Faulkner, Harvard Grad wins 2024 Paris Olympic Road race

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31 year old Kristen Faulkner, a Harvard grad, and former venture capitalist at New York, won gold in the  the Paris 2024 Olympics.  Its an interesting story because she  quit venture capitalist job to focus on cycling.  And that she achieved this because she was in injured in a car accident that broke her shin bone.  But she won the race.

It was interesting to note that in the race, the race favorites did not react to her attack with just 3 km to go.  They just looked at each other when she pulled away.

There was a story that when she started biking in Europe, she even lost her contact lenses.  However, when she was assigned to go with break away, she stuck with the job, and even forgot to eat because she was so focused on  her assignment.   She even went on to win the lap/stage

She just started biking in 2017 in New York so that she will be occupied, and to replace her PE with rowing (while at Harvard)

Her former sports was rowing.   She was born and grew up in Homer Alaska contributing to her grit and determination

She said that she was able to use her venture capitalist background to calculate the risk benefits as she biked.  One of the things we must be wary of is if we encounter riders like her who look very well deeply analyzing the data of every rider she may may meet on the road.  They would definitely have an advantage.   

I think riders now are better because they have better coaches, better science being employed to be better cyclists.  Data driven

Congratulations Kristen.

Beating Europe's best. Beat by Team USA

USA Oracle Yachting team incredible win at Americas Cup after trailing 1-8

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In the world of other sports:  This is incredible

 


 
Repost from ABC Sports News September 25, 2013

USAs Oracle Yachting team lead by skipper Jimmy Spithill won today the America's cup challenge beating NZ Emirates Team in the best of 19 competition. The competition was held at San Francisco Bay.  The win is spectacular considering that US was behind 1-8 in the series.  Team USA took the rest of the series straight.

At the end of the day, it is space age technology and incredible teamwork that won the day for USA.

Thus never never ever give up.

It aint over until its over.  Who says that USA can recover from that disadvantageous position.

I can only think of a tennis doubles we had a Kingsville in Antipolo with the score at 1-7 (the home players) and the kibitizers started trooping home.  But I and my partner hang tight and hammered a 8-7 victory over the home team.

It is really incredible.