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Ally Wollaston
Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional track racing cyclist and road cyclist riding for AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.[2] She was a double-medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics and is the first New Zealand rider to win two titles at the same track World Championships. Early lifeWollaston was born on 4 January 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] She is the youngest of three sisters; her sister Nina has medalled at a Para-cycling road World Cup in 2019.[4] She grew up in Auckland but later moved to the Waikato.[5] She got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with the St Peter's School cycling team.[6] Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and as of 2024 is a part-time law student at the University of Waikato.[7][8] CareerWollaston was part of the New Zealand team that won the team pursuit race in Hong Kong as part of the 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup. She also won gold in the individual pursuit at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[9] Wollaston began racing professionally on the road for NXTG Racing in August 2021. In January 2022, Wollaston won the National criterium championships.[10] She then went to join her team in Europe and got her first win for the team at the Grand Prix du Morbihan on 14 May 2022. Wollaston was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. However, she crashed and injured her wrist during stage two of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, and was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games.[11] Wollaston started the 2024 season in good form and won a stage in the Tour Down Under in February. She developed knee problems, though, that required surgery at the end of March. After having missed the 2022 Commonwealth Games, this brought on fears of also missing the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but the recovery went well. In June, she won two stages of the Volta a Catalunya in Spain.[12] At the Paris Olympics, Wollaston won silver in the team pursuit (alongside Nicole Shields, Bryony Botha, and Emily Shearman), and a bronze medal in the omnium.[13] At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, Wollaston become the first New Zealand rider to win two world championship titles at the same track world championships,[14] taking gold medals in the elimination race[15][16] and the omnium[14][17][18] as well as bronze in the scratch race.[19] Major results.jpg) Road
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