Chloe Dygert has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics despite a high-speed crash in Saturday's time trial.

The American gold medal contender was five seconds ahead of eventual winner Grace Brown of Australia at the first intermediate time check. However, a crash on the rain-soaked city course cost her much time and confidence. In the end, she finished 1:32 slower than Brown, and Anna Henderson of Great Britain took the silver medal with a time one second faster than Dygert.

Dygert was clearly in pain as she sat on her bike after the time trial to move around the finish area and media zone.

U.S. national coach Kristin Armstrong confirmed that her injury was the same knee from her terrible fall at the 2021 World Championships in Italy, but was confident that Dygert would run the women's road race next Sunday and then anchor the U.S. Women's Team Pursuit on the track She was confident that she would be able to anchor the U.S. Women's Team Pursuit team on the track afterwards.

“She's a competitor and she's not going to let a lot of things get her down. She's excited about road racing,” Armstrong said of Dygert.

“She took today off, but she's going to run light tomorrow and be back on the track on Wednesday. She's going to run in the road race and she's looking forward to it.”

Daigert spoke to American television station NBC about how her chance to win gold in the time trial was ruined by a crash, and her determination to get back on the road race.

“Do I sit here and give up or do I keep going?

“I could sit here and grumble all day. Of course I'm angry. I'm not practicing to lose, I'm not practicing to be on any step other than the top. I'm really hurt."

”But I just trust in God's plan and His process and take all the strength He gives me and go on. And I'm going to apply that to Sunday's race.”

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