The Homer cyclist said she’s had the Olympics as a goal since she was 8 years old.
Jennifer Valente, Lily WIlliams, Olivia Cummins and Kristen Faulkner compete in the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup on Feb. 2, 2024 in the Adelaide Super-Drome in Australia. to Team USA’s track cycling team for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Faulkner, who is from Homer, will join Jennifer Valente, Chloé Dygert, Lily Williams and Olivia Cummins.“I dreamed of competing in the Olympics ever since I was 8 years old, and I saw it on TV,” Faulkner said in a statement from USA Cycling.
She has Grand Tour stage wins over the past two years. Faulkner’s most recent Tour win came this spring when she won a stage at the Vuelta Femenina in Spain.road race in West Virginia after finishing second in a time trial race that would have given her a spot on Team USA’s road racing Olympic team.. Faulkner was invited by USA Cycling to the Colorado Springs Velodrome last year to evaluate her potential for the Team Pursuit program.
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