Kristin Armstrong eyeing a third gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics

After winning the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, Kristin Armstrong (Twenty16-ShoAir) retired from professional cycling and spent two years commentating for TV, directing, coaching and parenting. In her recent comeback, she proved that despite her hiatus from the sport she was still a force to be reckoned with, time trialling to a third-place finish at the Tour of California Invitational Time Trial and then to the win at the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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