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"I just feel really, really lucky to end my career like this" - Grace Brown completes historic world and Olympic ITT double in final season as a pro

Cycling
by Kieran Wood
Sunday, 22 September 2024 at 14:58
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At the end of the 2024 season, Grace Brown hangs up her cycling shoes, calling time on her professional career aged just 32. Finishing with a bang though, the Australian is retiring on a real high having completed a historic world and Olympic time trial double. 
"It honestly feels like I'm in a bit of a dream these last couple of months," Brown said after her victory ahead of Demi Vollering on Sunday afternoon at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. "These big goals seem ambitious, but I've been able to get out on the road and do it and realise those dreams. It's really cool."

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"The experience of the Olympics and that success on my shoulders already gave me a lot of confidence," she continued. "I was riding in the last couple of kilometres and I just kept telling myself I can be world champion. That gave me the strength to push all the way to the end."
Despite the immense success of the last few months for the Aussie, Brown insists she neither regrets the decision to retire, nor is she going to reverse her decision. "I'm still finishing after the end of this season," she explained in conclusion. "I just feel really, really lucky to end my career like this. It’s special."

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Start Times & Order men's time-trial World Championships 2024Start Times & Order men's time-trial World Championships 2024
1 BROWN GraceAustralia39.16,04
2 VOLLERING DemiNetherlands0.16,79
3 DYGERT ChloéUnited States0.56,42
4 NIEDERMAIER AntoniaGermany1.05,10
5 KOPECKY LotteBelgium1.39,44
6 SCHWEINBERGER ChristinaAustria1.44,14
7 HENDERSON AnnaGreat Britain1.44,39
8 VAN DIJK EllenNetherlands1.47,38
9 LABOUS JulietteFrance1.51,68
10 NEBEN AmberUnited States2.20,33
11 CHAPMAN BrodieAustralia2.26,81
12 OTTESTAD Mie BjørndalNorway2.46,93
13 HARTMANN ElenaSwitzerland2.49,14
14 KERBAOL CédrineFrance2.49,41
15 KOCH FranziskaGermany3.04,53
16 BIRIUKOVA YuliiaUkraine3.04,53
17 ŽIGART UrškaSlovenia3.06,43
18 FINDLAY PaulaCanada3.09,25
19 GUAZZINI VittoriaItaly3.11,82
20 LIECHTI JasminSwitzerland3.16,79
21 EHRLICH EmilyUnited States3.21,70
22 DE WILDE JulieBelgium3.21,85
23 KOERNER RebeccaDenmark3.26,86
24 CAMPBELL TenielTrinidad & Tobago3.29,11
25 SCHREIBER MarieLuxembourg3.32,13
26 AHTOSALO AnniinaFinland3.41,68
27 HUYS TabeaAustria3.43,67
28 BENITO MireiaSpain3.43,77
29 KAGEVI StinaSweden3.45,54
30 BARIL OliviaCanada3.45,67
31 SKALNIAK-SÓJKA AgnieszkaPoland3.48,40
32 BUJAK EugeniaSlovenia3.50,66
33 JENČUŠOVÁ NoraSlovakia4.03,93
34 GREVE AlberteDenmark4.26,83
35 ROŽLAPA DanaLatvia4.32,72
36 SANDER Laura LizetteEstonia4.53,67
37 STEPHENS LaurenUnited States4.54,64
38 HERRERA EstefaníaColombia5.00,27
39 PEÑUELA DianaColombia5.08,43
40 MASETTI GaiaItaly5.29,19
41 BLASI PaulaSpain5.35,21
42 YAPURA Fernanda AnabelArgentina5.37,30
43 CARNES IsabelleAustralia5.39,67
44 AINTILA WilmaFinland5.41,86
45 VILLANUEVA FlorenBolivia5.43,00
46 GAFINOVITZ RotemIsrael5:50
47 LEUNG Wing YeeHong Kong5.51,74
48 ESPÍNOLA Agua MarinaParaguay6.13,92
49 HASHIMI YulduzAfghanistan6.32,67
50 HASHIMI FaribaAfghanistan6.37,62
51 KAKITA MahoJapan6.42,27
52 TANG XinChina7.17,54
53 ZHOU QiuyingChina7.24,47
54 SHEKEL OlgaUkraine7.32,13
55 NUÑEZ Miryam MaritzaEcuador7.42,44
56 GEBRU Eyeru TesfoamRefugee Olympic Team8.05,34
57 SOVA Dewika MulyaIndonesia8.20,42
58 KÖŞKER Nerıman Neyran EldenTurkey8.38,48
59 PRATT JessicaMalta8.41,99
60 INGABIRE DianeRwanda9.13,47
61 DELIA PRIATNA AyustinaIndonesia9.15,77
62 STOYANOVA GerganaBulgaria10.26,69
63 JINJIIBADAM AnujinMongolia10.37,00
64 SOLONGO TserenlkhamMongolia10.39,13
65 CIOCLU Iuliana-AlexandraRomania12.04,92
66 MINKOVA PetyaBulgaria12.51,12
67 SIDORENKO ViktoriyaAzerbaijan13.02,31
68 AHOUISSOU HermionneBenin13.27,48
69 CATINEANU Catalina-AndreeaRomania13.46,09
70 ANDINO Ninoska GisselHonduras13.57,20
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