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Women's road race
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport in Paris
Kirsten Faulkner showed zero emotion as she crossed the line in front of me. Did she realise how much of a gap she had?
By my calculations, she's the United States' first winner of the Olympic women's road race in 40 years.
![Kirsten Faulkner crosses the line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/8/4/44caad4b-41d7-4be2-9e1b-7d8078264b64.jpg.webp)