Cycling: In heavy rain, Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown secured the gold medal in the individual time trial in Paris. The Belgian and the Australian are thus crowned Olympic champions for the first time.
Evenepoel wins ahead of Ganna & Van Aert
After his strong performance at the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel has now capped off his impressive year with a gold medal. The Belgian won the 32,4-kilometer individual time trial in Paris in 36 minutes and 12 seconds, beating Italian Filippo Ganna by 15 seconds. Bronze went to another Belgian, Wout van Aert , who narrowly edged out Great Britain's Joshua Tarling by two seconds . The Swiss riders were likely somewhat disappointed, with Stefan Bissegger and Stefan Küng finishing sixth and eighth respectively. The best German rider was Maximilian Schachmann in ninth place.
Brown defeats Henderson & Dygert
For the first time in Olympic history, the women competed on the exact same course as the men. Somewhat surprisingly, Australian Grace Brown won in 39:38 minutes, finishing well ahead of Great Britain's Anna Henderson and American Chloe Dygert . The newly crowned Olympic champion was a full 1:31 and 1:32 minutes faster, respectively. Christina Schweinberger of Austria finished in tenth place. The best German finisher was Mieke Kröger in 13th place.