Update on Indiana Athletes

I haven’t lived in Indiana for over 30 years, but the roots run deep. I’ve been featuring Purdue and Indiana athletes in this blog. There is a good article in the Indianapolis Star that gets reactions from various athletes impacted by the postponement of the Olympics.

Check out the article here.

Cycling update – COVID-19 woes, quarantine fitness, Chloé Dygert Owen dominance

Most, but not all cyclists quarantined on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi have been released after testing negative for COVID-19. However, a few teams remain and some of them are not happy. At all.

Nathan Peter Haas, who I’ve followed on Twitter for years, put together a pretty funny video, trying to make the best of it.

Credit to The Peloton Brief for this post.

In other cool news, Chloé Dygert Owen, featured here before, has won several gold medals in the Track Worlds, including a world record in the Individual Pursuit and the Women’s Team Pursuit.

Athlete spotlight – Chloé Dygert – women’s cycling

The current World Champion in the individual time trial is Indiana’s own Chloé Dygert. She grew up in Brownsburg and went to Marian College and she kicks ass. She’s also a Rio Olympics medalist at age 19 in team pursuit.

The US has two entries in the individual time trial.

You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, or check out her website.

She is also married to Logan Owen, who is a professional rider on the EF Education First. He got his start in BMX, moved to cyclocross, and then moved to road racing. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

The women’s time trial runs over the same course as the men, but unfortunately only completes one lap instead of the two for the men.

She hopes to race track, road, and time trial at the 2020 Olympics.

source – https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sport/olympic/road-cycling/individual-detail/

She hopes to race track, road, and time trial at the 2020 Olympics.