Two silvers and a bronze medal later, USA finally had their golden moment in the women's team pursuit at the Paris Olympics, where they emerged an unlikely winner.
The quartet of Jennifer Valente, Chloé Dygert, Kristen Faulkner and Lily Williams were just six hundredths of a second off world-record pace in their final against New Zealand, clocking 4:04.306 to sound the gun first. Under Dygert's strength, gaps formed in the final moments of the effort, but the team held it together over the line to take gold.
