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WOMEN'S REVIEW – AUGUST 25, 2004 ATHENS 2004 The women's race started as generally predicted with Loretta Harrop of Australia and the Americans Sheila Taormina and Barbara Lindquist leading the swim from early on. After Lindquist was dropped from the lead bike group, she was joined by teammate Susan Williams who used her incredible cycling skills to cut the gap. By the final lap, Harrop broke away and parlayed that into a 20-second lead on the run, ahead of three Americans. Leading the chase group out of transition was Kate Allen from Austria, followed by a stream of others. Harrop continued to look comfortable despite the 30 degree heat and maintained her lead through to the final lap. By the closing stages, it looked like Harrop had the gold wrapped up, but Allen had other plans. In a stunning turn of events, Harrop had the finish line in sight but Allen blew past the exhausted Aussie to win the gold by seven seconds. Coming across in the bronze medal position was an ecstatic Williams. OLYMPIC HISTORY REVIEW 133 - World Triathlon Media Guide Tokyo 2020 REPLAY on Olympic Channel