If the Paris Olympic Tri course even used a quarter of the bike course (425m over 40km equivalent), she could perhaps TT away from the entire field. As it stands, her best chance appears to be to bike in the Olympic tri hard enough to soften others up for the run. The RR bike course profile favours her being able to go minimally for a 2 hrs training day before things heat up for the final 2 hrs. Then she could decide on MTR being the primary event for that two day period or the next 2 hrs being her primary event (along the lines of what KNY said about being 99% for the MTR vs "100 percent"...maybe it is more like 96% vs 100%).

When does she need to commit to the road race? It seems like she has not removed herself from that option yet, so it has to be a possibliity she is wanting to take.

I believe she told the cycling world she was not doing it. At least that is what I heard it recently on one of the reputable cyclist podcasts.

Doesn't she have to confirm with USA Cycling that she will not use the slot that she won in some official withdrawl? It does not sound like that is done yet?

I haven’t read through most of this, but if anyone is planning on betting, put your money down on the US women not fielding a road race team in Paris. ;-)

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Whoa, that would be wild. Wouldn’t heads have to roll at USA Cycling if that happened?

It’s actually the smartest decision. It’s all about the medal count and there’s really no chance for a medal in the road race, while the chances of medals elsewhere are quite good.

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Grace Brown, Marlen Reusser, and Chloe are going to be the major hurdles to overcome.

How is Reusser doing after worlds 2023 when she packed it in mid event in the ITT

https://www.cyclingnews.com/...e-womens-time-trial/

Clear win (by 40+ seconds) in the Europeans on 20 September (6 weeks after Glasgow).

She’s had a bunch of illness and a bad crash that required surgery so far this year, but when she actually races she’s on.

On a note related to your thread above here his Chloe's power analysis from Glasgow:

https://velo.outsideonline.com/...e-worlds-time-trial/


Wattage was 318W on the slowest segment and 345W on hardest. And she was feeling sick in Glasgow. Google lists her at 67 kilos so 335W is right at 5W per kilo. Does Knibb even weigh 55 kilos?

Also Ellen van Dijk. Good as she is, no chance of a tt medal for her IMO.

I was counting EVD out because of her fractured ankle, but who knows, maybe she'll be back in world class shape by then.

Oh shoot, I had no idea she'd broken her ankle. Hope she's back by then, the Olympics were a main goal of hers