Kristen Faulkner made history by winning a gold medal in the women's cycling road race event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, becoming the first American since 1984 to do so.
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Kristen Faulkner made history by winning the gold medal in the women's cycling road race event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris
She performed a late attack to secure her victory
She was not originally supposed to be in the event