The 2016 Rio Olympics road race was the final elite international competition for Mara Abbott, she wrote in a first-person article for The Wall Street Journal.
Abbott had a solo breakaway in the Rio race and led with about 100m to go. She was then caught by three chasing riders and finished fourth (VIDEO).
Afterwards, Abbott answered questions from NBC with a confident smile on her face.
“I rode that race to the absolute best of my ability,” she said at the time. “I didn’t leave anything out there.