Taylor Phinney announces cycling comeback for LA28 Olympic bid
Taylor Phinney placed fourth in two road cycling events at the 2012 London Games.
Three-time Olympian Taylor Phinney is launching a cycling comeback — switching back to the track — in a bid to race at the LA28 Olympics, some 44 years after his parents won medals at the LA Games. Phinney, a 35-year-old who retired in 2019 , hopes to make the U. S.
men's team pursuit squad for LA28. Phinney announced the comeback on social media : NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS could I have predicted this…but here we are :) the old horse still has some kick. “COMEBACK3000” What started as a return to gravel racing has delicately snowballed into a full on Olympic dream.
It’s been super fun and rewarding to find the love for training and ripping high speeds again over the past few months. Huge thank you to @usacycling and especially @allenskratch for planting this seed of an idea in my brain. I laughed it off at first, but with encouragement from wifey @kasianiewiadoma94 the seed started to grow and before I knew it all I could think of was closing this final loop in my cycling career.
The track was where I first found love and success in this sport, it was even the first discipline to break my heart when my specialty event, the individual pursuit, was removed from the Olympic program, which prompted me to swiftly abandon the track and go all in on the road. Recently the USA boys have been making huge strides in the Team Pursuit, and I couldn’t be more stoked to be joining them in the chase for the Olympic Dream. I have a lot of work to do in the gym and refining the position, but after my first camp with them (and first time in a tt position in probably 7 years…) I must say, it’s awesome to be back in a team environment.