In a conversation with Alaska’s News Source, Kristen Faulkner showed off her precious Olympic medals and said she hasn’t fully grasped all she’s accomplished yet.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As she prepares to head to the Tour de France Femmes, Homer -raised Kristen Faulkner told Alaska ’s News Source during a wide-reaching 1-on-1 conversation that she has not fully grasped the last whirlwind week, which included becoming Alaska ’s only double Olympic gold medalist.
“In the middle of it, it’s a piece of the Eiffel Tower ... and then the back is actually a really cool design as well. They did a really good job ... and the bottom has the name of the event,” Faulkner said. “So each metal is slightly different because it has the name of the event.” “I went through injuries. I went through setbacks. I wasn’t selected for the Tokyo team, even though I really wanted to be. I missed out on the time trial selection this year. I’ve gone through depression and come out of it. You know, as a bike racer, I moved across the world where I didn’t know anybody, and picked up a new job that my friends and family knew nothing about, and I was moving to a place I didn’t know anybody, was pretty much on my own those first few years.
“Homer is my favorite place in the world,” she said. “It’s where I grew up. It’s where I had my earliest childhood dreams. My parents still live there. The house I grew up in is still there. U.S. cyclist Kristen Faulkner surprised everyone when she won the women's road race at the 2024 Paris Games with a time of 3:49:23. Marianne Vos edged out Lotte Kopecky for silver. Chloe Dygert's crash impacted the race.Her attacking nature on the bike helped secure her gold medal in road cycling. She decided to compete in the event just the night before.
“I think no one would have thought that I could have gone to the Olympics, let alone win two gold medals in an event that I started in my 20s, you know, a sport that I learned in my 20s,” she said. “I think Alaskans are just cut out a bit different. I think we’re tough. I think we’re resilient. I think we’re quite independent, just being, you know, a little bit off the grid as a state. And I think that resilience and toughness really shows in sports.
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