Christine Thorburn

Sport:
Cycling

Bio:
Earned bronze medal at 2007 World Championship Time Trial ... won bronze at the 2006 UCI World Championships ... received the Carol King Sportsmanship award in 2005 for outstanding sportsmanship ... earned a spot on U.S. Olympic Team after winning the 2004 U.S. National Time Trial Championships ... at the 2004 Olympic Games, placed fourth in the individual time trial and 15th in the road race ... earned master's degree in 2002 from Stanford ... upon graduation from Stanford School of Medicine, completed a Medicine residency and postdoctoral fellowship in Rheumatology at Stanford.

2008 Beijing Games:

Road Race (Aug. 10)
Finished 52nd in the Women's Road Race, clocking in with a time of 3:41.08 to finish +8:44 off the pace of gold medalist Nicole Cooke of Great Britain at 3:32.24.

The race was contested during a steady downpour that translated into slick road conditions throughout the course. Three separate crashes occurred during the race, which featured 66 participants starting in downtown Beijing and biking 78 kilometers to Juyongguan in Changping County. From there competitors navigated through two hilly, 23.8-kilomter circuits between Juyongguan and the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

The Beijing Olympic Road Cycling course is claimed by several top cyclists to be the most difficult course in Olympic history.

2008 Beijing Games:

Individual Time Trial (Aug. 13)
Finished fifth in the 14.6-mile Women's Time Trial, checking in behind gold medalist Kristin Armstrong of the United States at 34:51.72.

Thorburn, who took fourth in the Time Trial at Athens in 2004, clocked in +1:02.44 behind Armstrong.

Stanford University Olympics