Jennie Longo - Amazing Olympian Road Cyclist

Be sure to watch for Jennie Longo on Sunday in the women's road race. This amazing Frenchwoman is 49 years old and racing in her seventh Olympics - every one since 1984 when women's road racing was introduced as an event. If you think about it, she's been riding in the Olympics before some of her competitors were even born.

Longo received an automatic invitation by winning France's road race and time trial events in qualifications earlier this year. She holds a gold medal from the road race in Atlanta (1996) and had 3 other Olympic medals and 13 world championships.

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