When the competitors line up at the start of the women's elite road race at the Paris Olympic Games on August 4, it will be 40 years since the first-ever event took place in Los Angeles in 1984...There will be equal numbers of male and female competitors - 90 riders in each road race...A record nine African women will take part...and a total of fourteen will compete...
Organizations like Team Africa Rising and UCI training facilities in South Africa and Switzerland have played key roles in providing training opportunities for African women cyclists. Canyon-SRAM has also supported by signing women riders onto their development squad, Canyon-SRAM Generation...The qualification criteria have been widened to include the top 45 nations by UCI ranking...
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