Breaking away: Milligan University teen captures Olympic cycling medal at Tokyo games
Milligan University’s Megan Jastrab already has a stellar resume as a competitive cyclist with 3 world titles and 29 national championships on the junior circuit.
The 19-year-old became the first Olympic athlete and medalist in Milligan history capturing bronze in the team competition at the Tokyo Games and along with her teammates set a new American record with a time of 4 minutes 7 seconds.
Jastrab, a native of Apple Valley, California, has one more event on Friday. Set your clocks as those trials will begin at 4 a.m. eastern time.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Women's Team Pursuit Squad of <a href=”https://twitter.com/ValenteJennifer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@ValenteJennifer</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/emmabeancx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@emmabeancx</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/chloedygert30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@chloedygert30</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/lily_bwilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@lily_bwilliams</a> & <a href=”https://twitter.com/JastrabMegan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@JastrabMegan</a> earn <a href=”https://twitter.com/TeamUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@TeamUSA</a> its second cycling medal of the <a href=”https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Tokyo2020</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/Olympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Olympics</a> <br><br>Read More: <a href=”https://t.co/c1CPJhaLbT”>https://t.co/c1CPJhaLbT</a><a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/CyclingTrack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#CyclingTrack</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Tokyo2020</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Olympics</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeChampionCycling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WeChampionCycling</a> <a href=”https://t.co/q61bUmsaW7″>pic.twitter.com/q61bUmsaW7</a></p>— USA Cycling (@usacycling) <a href=”https://twitter.com/usacycling/status/1422516485512126464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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