Grace Brown completes historic Olympics-World Championships time trial double

'I just feel really, really lucky to end my career like this,' says retiring Australian

Grace Brown on a gold bike
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Grace Brown (Australia) became the first woman in history to win both the Olympic and UCI World Championships time trial titles in the same year, earning the latter in a tense battle on Sunday. 

The 32-year-old, who is planning to retire at the end of the season, won her first rainbow jersey in Zurich, Switzerland, beating Demi Vollering (Netherlands) by 16 seconds after a mammoth push to the line. 

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.