Faulkner attacks late to win Olympic cycling road race gold

Veteran Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver ahead of Belgium's pre-race favourite Lotte Kopecky in a photo finish. Hungarian rider Blanka Vas just missed out on the podium. "I feel like it's a dream come true," said Faulkner. "It's the best feeling in the world and I don't know how to describe it." Vas and Vos had led over the entire closing circuit of the French capital until Kopecky and Faulkner caught them with the finish line 2km away. As the four passed the Louvre museum Faulkner...