American Kim Geist retires from world-class track racing

Team USA at the 2018 Track Worlds Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert, Kim Geist and Jennifer Valente (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

American track cyclist Kim Geist announced Friday that she will retire from a 23-year career in professional cycling. Two-time world champion in the Team Pursuit, Geist also competed in professional road racing and has won 32 national titles.

"Today I announce my departure from competitive cycling," Geist wrote in a statement issued by USA Cycling. "When I started, no one in my family was involved in the sport or was particularly sporty, no one knew what a 'velodrome' was or that the discipline of track cycling had a storied history in the area in which I was born and raised. No one knew that I would grasp the opportunity to add to that story; certainly not that it would be the major focus of my life for the next 23 years."

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