“So that’s what a race looks like.
A year and a half out of competition because of the pandemic, eight nations sent teams to the qualifying round of the women’s track cycling team pursuit at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games early Monday morning, including Team USA featuring Duanesburg High School and Union College graduate Emma White.
Three of the teams posted times faster than the world record, and the United States was one of those, finishing in 4:10.118 for 4,000 meters at Izu Velodrome to make it to Tuesday’s medal round.
The 23-year-old White teamed up with Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Lily Williams for the third-fastest time in qualifying and will be on the track with Great Britain (4:09.022) during Tuesday’s team pursuit. Riding as the third team to take the track, Germany set the tone with a world record time of 4:07.307, and Italy (4:11.666) also made it to the medal round.
“Yes, Germany popped out a very fast time, but, to be honest, all four of the qualifying teams had extremely fast times,” said Curtis White, Emma’s older brother and a professional cyclocross rider who has represented the United States at eight World Championships.”
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MacAdam, Mike. Schenectady Daily Gazette 2 August 2021.