U.S. Olympic Women’s Cycling Team

The eight women who comprise the U.S. Olympic cycling team will compete in four disciplines: road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and, for the first time in the Olympics, bicycle motocross, or BMX racing. The lone female contender in the new BMX category is 26-year-old Jill Kintner of Seattle, Wash.

Women’s Road Cycling

Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) – Age: 34

Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif.) – Age: 34

Christine Thorburn (Davenport, Iowa) – Age: 38

Women’s Track Cycling

Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) – Age: 24

Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) – Age: 30

Women’s Mountain Biking

Georgie Gould (Ketchum, Idaho) – Age: 28

Mary McConneloug (Fairfax, Calif.) – Age: 37

Women’s Bicycle Motocross (BMX)

Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) – Age: 26

For more information on the U.S. Women’s Cycling Teams, go to their website. If you want to see all U.S. Olympic qualifiers in every sport for the Beijing games starting in August, start your search on this official U.S. Olympics page.