Faulkner faced pressure to give up her Olympic road race spot. Instead, she defied expectations, raising questions about USAC ...

At Phillips she excelled in rowing, while also competing at the varsity level for 4 years in swimming and distance running ...

U.S. cyclist Kristen Faulkner surprised the world when she took gold in both the cycling road race and the Women’s Team ...

USA Cycling announced a deep team of contenders to race for the rainbow bands at the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich this month, headlined by Olympic double gold medalist Kristen Faulkner and ...

Aug. 7—Homer's Kristen Faulkner, who shocked the cycling world Sunday with her win in the Olympic road race, scored another gold Wednesday. This time Faulkner won gold as part of USA's women's ...

Paris, France - A powerhouse American team led by road race gold medallist Kristen Faulkner blasted past New Zealand on Wednesday to win their first Olympic title in the women's team pursuit. The ...

Paris Olympics two-time cycling gold medalist Kristen Faulkner of Homer celebrates at the Eiffel Tower. (Zac Williams/Courtesy of EF Pro Cycling) Homer’s Kristen Faulkner came out of relative ...

Kristen Faulkner, of the United States, poses with the gold medal of the women's road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus ...

Kristen Faulkner: So, the road race happened, I finished, and I was really overwhelmed. I crossed the finish line [winning individual gold] and one of the first things on my mind was ‘I need to ...

Kristen Faulkner’s astonishing Olympic success ... leaving the VC world in 2021 to pursue cycling. She wasn’t initially scheduled to ride in the 158-kilometer (98-mile) road cycling race ...

I met Kristen Faulkner at midnight ... and had a substantial athletic background as she first ventured into cycling back in 2016. And she really liked her job as an investor at Threshold Ventures.