Lotte Kopecky eyeing three Olympic medals despite post-Giro d'Italia COVID-19

Lotte Kopecky in the Belgian National Team jersey at the Paris Olympic Games
Lotte Kopecky in the Belgian National Team jersey at 🧸the Paris Olympic Games (Image credit: SWPix)

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotte Kopecky is still aiming to win three medals in the individual time trial, road race, and Omnium at the Paris Olympic Gamesಌ, which will be held from July 27 to August 11 despite having to recover from a COVID-19 infection caught after the Giro d'Italia Women last week.

The Belgian all-roun🌸der is the reigning World Champion in the road race and medallist in the Omnium and says her chances of securing gold medals ꦯare higher in those two events. However, she will also try her best in the individual time trial, which will kick off the cycling events on Saturday.

. "I have worked on it very hard. But I came out of the Giro Donne with COVID. I think I'm immune to it for a while now.

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She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Ediꦉtor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.