I wanted to write about Kristen Armstrong's (no relation Lance) time trial success yesterday; but on the long shot that NBC would play highlights on TV, I decided not to spoil the result. Kristin's gold medal marked the record 900th gold medal for USA in the history of the Olympic Games.

A few tidbits:

• Besides American cycling legend Greg LeMond, Kristin is the only other American in history to win three career medals at the UCI Road World Championships.

• In her first season of international track competition, Kristin won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track World Cup in Sydney.

• By age 17 she was a Junior Olympian in swimming.

• She took a liking to triathlons, and eventually spent a year at the U.S. Olympic Training Center as a triathlete.

• She went on to compete in the 1999 Hawaii Ironman and 2000 Olympic Triathlon Trials.

• But after being examined for chronic hip pain in 2001, it was determined Armstrong had developed osteoarthritis. The doctor said cycling could prove therapeutic, and an elite cyclist was born.

• She didn't race in the time trial in Athens, due to being left off the two-woman American roster for that competition, and the decision has pained her ever since.

• She won the bronze medal at World Champinship in 2005, the World Champinship in 2006 and the silver in 2007.

• She's the third straight American to medal in the women's time trial, joining Dede Barry and Mari Holden, who won silvers in Athens and Sydney, respectively.

Huge congratulaions to Kristen. A cool photo here.

Levi Leipheimer won the bronze medal, with Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) winning gold.

Congrats to Levi.