Star triathlete Taylor Knibb (USA) had a disaster of a day in the women’s time trial at the Paris Olympics as she saw what was due to be a strong time ruined by crashing several times and her mechanic even falling over as she tried to change bike.
Knibb, who was somewhat of a wildcard competitor as a non-road cyclist by trade, made a flying start as the eighth rider down the start ramp in Les Invalides, setting the fastest provisional time at the first intermediate time check with a 16:37. This proved faster than the likes of Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (France) who started after her.
