FILE - Jennifer Valente of Team United States celebrates after winning the track cycling women’s omnium points race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Izu, Japan. Valente upset the favored British team in the multi-discipline omnium on the track in Tokyo. FILE - Chloe Dygert of the United States competes during the women’s cycling individual time trial at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Oyama, Japan.
Lily Williams will partner with Valente in the Madison and also take part in the pursuit squad, where the three returning riders from the bronze medal-winning squad in Tokyo will be joined by Kristen Faulkner and Olivia Cummins.Rising stars in men’s soccer to feature at the Paris Olympics“The Olympics has been a lifelong obsession of mine, and I’m incredibly grateful to be named to the team,” he said. “I still can’t quite believe I’ll be representing Team USA in Paris this summer.
The two-day omnium, taking place along with the rest of the Olympic track program at Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines just outside of Paris, consists of the scratch race, tempo race, elimination race and points race. “We certainly have an incredible team this year heading to Paris,” said Gary Sutton, the women’s endurance coach for USA Cycling. “After returning from an exceptionally successful training camp in Zolder , the ladies have shown remarkable performance improvements and are poised to be highly competitive in Paris.”