A single donation ofン250 million from the Hermann Foundation was awarded to the USA Cycling Foundation earlier this month to strengthen women's cycling programs. This grant will increase resources to the governing bodies for the operation of women's high-performance Olympic competitions such as Road, mountain bike, track, BMX racing, BMX freestyle, as well as the field of road and track Paralympic cycling competitions. 

"transformative" was a term used to describe the influx of financial support by the San Francisco, California・based Hellman Foundation, which had a broad mission, including the legacy of Warren and Chris Hellman and building equity and opportunity through philanthropy. 

"The Hermann family has been a long-time supporter of USA cycling and they have been especially supportive of our women's track endurance program. Today's announcement shows their incredibly ambitious and generous approach to women's cycling and women's sport in general," said Brendan Quirk, CEO of USA Cycling,

in a press release, USA Cycling said thatド250 million of the "transformative助成金100 million grant" will be awarded to "the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics." "We are particularly intent on supporting the women's program offered from 2025 to 2028 to maximize success in the industry," he said. 

The Hermann Foundation was founded in 2011, but the Hermann family has been a major supporter of the USA Cycling Foundation since 2000. Their generous support led US women to claim a record 4 medals in 6 cycling disciplines including Kristen Faulkner in Road racing, Jennifer Valente in Women's Omnium, Lily Williams, Chloe Dygert and the same duo in pursuit of the women's team at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It culminated in a record summer in the pick.

The second part of the new grant will establish the Women's Cycling Fund, a fund to develop and maintain interdisciplinary and high-performance programs for women until 2043. USA Cycling said its goal was to create a基金300 million fund "to empower women athletes in the sport for the next generation" and to increase the impact by seeking a 1-on-1 matching donation of 2 times.

"This greatly boosted the momentum of USA cycling as it completed plans to win 28 medals at the LA Olympics, and over the next few decades women

at the Paris Olympics, US women accounted for 2 medals at the San Quentin en Yveline National Velodrome Women's By dominating the omnium and team pursuit. 

Faulkner added a gold medal in the Women's road race and became the first U.S. cyclist to win a gold medal in both track and road cycling at a single Olympics. Digert took 3rd place in the individual time trial in Paris and won a bronze medal. 

2 silver medals at the Paris Olympics were won by Peris Benegas of Bmx freestyle and Hailey Batten of cross-country mountain biking.

"We've been putting together a mix of different riders [on a world level] for years. Pulling a really strong ride together so that it can actually pay off is a feeling I'm not going to forget," said Valente.