The just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Women’s road cycling race was led by Austria’s Anna.Kisenhofer won the gold medal.The 30-year-old led the 40km solo to the finish line.
She doesn’t belong to any professional cycling club.Before her gold medal, she worked as a post-doc in mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique Federae in Lausanne.He had been training for triathlons but switched to road cycling because he was unable to run.
On July 25, Tokyo Olympic Games road cycling grand Prix ended at Fuji International Circuit.A total of 60 men and women riders failed to reach the finish line during the two-day race due to hot weather and “the most difficult course in The Olympics”.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the highest temperature in Tokyo reached 33 degrees Celsius on Friday.Under the scorching sun, the temperature on the road floor reached nearly 40 degrees.Competitors kept sprinkling water over themselves to cool down, and some had ice bottles stuffed directly into their suits.
Of the 130 men and 67 women who qualified for the Olympic road race, 41 men and 19 women failed to finish, or about a third of the riders did not finish.Like teammate Wang Ruidong, who failed to complete the race, China’s Sun Jiajun also failed to finish.Earlier, a Russian female archer fainted due to heat stroke.
Post time: Jul-26-2021