MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope ...

The last time an American woman medaled in the road race was in the very first Olympic road race in 1984, when Connie Carpenter and Rebecca Twigg took gold and silver, respectively. Considered one ...

The winner of that race was Connie Carpenter-Phinney. Women’s cycling is a very different world from the days when the Coloradan competed. For a start, it is professionalised compared with the ...

Connie Carpenter Phinney is a former Olympic speed skater and cyclist who won the 1984 Olympics in cycling. She received her master’s degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she ...

“But her performance inspired so many women to break ceilings and be better.” Connie Carpenter-Phinney can relate as 1984 marked the first year women would participate in an Olympic cycling ...

FILE - Connie Carpenter-Phinney of Boulder, Colo., celebrates after winning the first U.S. gold medal of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games Sunday July 29, 1984, in Los Angeles winning the 79-kilometer ...