![]() "As much as I don't agree with all the injuries that I have and everything, I still continue because it is all part of God's plan," she said. She's got more to give, more medals and titles to win. Cycling has been the one thing that I haven't stopped."ĭygert shared that she had "moments of pure hatred towards the sport" and deliberated retiring, but she's just not ready to quit just yet. "I've pretty much quit every sport that I've ever done because of injury. "The pain that I had until I had this last surgery, I never thought I was going to be okay again I never thought I was going to be at the top level again." "It was hard…there were times where my life didn't matter to me anymore," Dygert recalled. ![]() Her athletic endeavors in her youth -basketball and track and field- were both ended due to injuries and after several surgeries on her leg following the 2020 crash, the future wasn't looking bright. ![]() But she also knows that injury can end a career. It's something that will be on my sleeve for the rest of my career." The Comeback Journeyĭygert is no stranger to injuries and has made her way back, often stronger, on numerous occasions. Obviously, a jersey is nice too, but it's just absolutely amazing to be in this jersey, and then when I'm climbing or when I'm going slow enough that I can hear people on the side of the road go 'Oh Miss America,' or 'Captain America'. "I guess I never really thought how much it would mean to me to wear the jersey and to be in those colors," she said, despite now having three elite national titles and eight elite world titles to her name. ![]() national championships as a top contender and delivered in style, winning both the time trial and road racing titles and punching her ticket to the World Championships in Glasgow in the process.Īmbitious and driven as always, Dygert has her eyes set on some lofty goals ahead, yet the career-threatening injuries appear to have given her some pause as well, allowing her to take in her accomplishments this season. Finally healthy and cleared to race, Dygert returned to competition this season in stellar form, earning multiple podium finishes at La Vuelta Femenina and Vuelta a Burgos, as well as a win at the RideLondon Classique. The seasons that followed have been marred with health complications, including an Epstein-Barr infection and a surgery-requiring heart condition. ![]()
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