Schmid takes USA's first medal at Worlds with road race silver

Kaia Schmid (USA) silver medal in the junior women's road race at the 2021 World Championships
Kaia Schmid (USA) silver medal in the junior women's road race at the 2021 World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)

The USA collected their first medal of the World Championships in the junior women's road race on Saturday morning, with teenager Kaia Schmid taking silver after sprinting for the win against Great Britain's Zoe Bäckstedt.

The 18-year-old followed a Bäckstedt attack with 30 kilometres to go in the 75-kilometre race, staying away to contest the finish at the end of five laps of the tough, hilly circuit in Leuven.

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