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American Kristen Faulkner authors stunning gold medal victory in women's road race at Paris Olympics

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Kristen Faulkner did something for Team USA at the Olympics that hadn’t been done since the 1984 Summer Games – win a gold medal in the women’s cycling road race event.

She did it in dramatic fashion on Sunday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kristen Faulkner crosses the finish line in the women's road cycling event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, Sunday, Aug.

4, 2024. (Wu Huiwo/Pool Photo via Ap) With about 3.4 kilometers to go, Faulkner found herself behind Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos and Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky.

She was just ahead of Hungary’s Blanka Vas. Faulkner was right behind Kopecky when she pulled out from the group and zoomed around them.

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