U.S. road cyclist Amber Neben won her first world championships time trial in eight years, the gold medal coming three months after she lost an arbitration case in a bid to be named to the 2016 Olympic team.
“My heart just hasn’t stopped beating since I finished,” Neben said more than an hour after she finished. “I think this one is more special because of everything that’s happened between 2008 and now.”
Neben, 41, became the second-oldest world champion in the event, behind French legend Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, who took gold in 2001 at age 42, according to Gracenote.