RIO DE JANEIRO -- Switzerlands Fabian Cancellara announced last winter that he will be retiring at the end of this cycling season. After he won the gold medal in the mens time trial Wednesday at age 35 and Kristin Armstrong won the womens time trial just one day short of her 43rd birthday, he was asked whether he might reconsider retiring.No, he swiftly replied. Definitely not.If youre 35 or 43 or whatever your age, its everyones choice, he continued. I knew it was going to be a special year when I said I would retire at the end of the season.Cancellara said he was uncertain whether he will ride in another race again this year, but if not, he went out in special fashion. Riding a difficult course in windy, drizzly conditions, the man known as Spartacus won with a time of 1 hour, 12.15 seconds that was 15 seconds faster than silver medalist Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands. Tour de France champ Chris Froome took bronze.That guy came by me pretty fast, American Taylor Phinney said of Cancellara. Hes somebody I always looked up. Talk about somebody who believes in himself and has put in a great career. So Im happy for him. Hopefully this can be a nice cherry on top of a big career.Cancellara, who has been racing professionally for 16 years, is one of the sports top and most famous cyclists. A great rider in the Classics, he also has worn the yellow jersey in the Tour de France 29 times while winning seven stages there. He won a gold medal in the time trial at the 2008 Olympics as well.Im just grateful I came out here and I was healthy and I came through, Cancellara said. Im just super proud. Reaching this today means a lot for me. This is sports highest event that the world presents. And when you win a gold medal in your retirement year? I think Im just proud.This wont give me any doubts about my retirement.Phinney finished 22nd, five minutes and nine seconds behind Cancellara, while fellow U.S. rider Brent Bookwalter was 23rd. The son of Olympic medalists David Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Taylor Phinneys career took a gruesome hit two years ago when he suffered a severe leg fracture.Phinney was disappointed by his finish and frustrated with the steep climbing on the course -- It was definitely a bitch -- but says he feels better where he is now after recovering from his broken leg.I have the motivation, I have the determination, he said. Considering the last couple years I have to be happy. Happy with where my heads at, happy with where my bodys at. He said riding Wednesday was a step up, albeit not a step as quite as I had dreamed.At 26, Phinney is a much younger athlete than Cancellara or Armstrong, but he will be 30 when the 2020 Olympics are held, and he looks to perform better there. Considering how well the older cyclists did Wednesday, he has plenty of motivation.Im motivated to do what I can over the next four years and continue to grow, he said. Honestly, I was in a head space even a couple months ago where I was really down on this sport. And being able to train for this has really turned my head around and gotten me to a point where I understand what Im doing here. And thats all you can really hope for.Cancellara, however, will not be competing against him. Hell just be looking back at everything he has accomplished, including Wednesdays gold medal ride.It was a perfect day, Cancellara said. A perfect day to make history and make another hook you can put on the side and look back on everything you did. ... Reaching this makes me proud and super happy and thankful for this day. Adidas Ultra Boost Sale Womens . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). 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The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The U.S. Olympic Committee and the sports it oversees are behind the curve when it comes to placing women and minorities in key coaching and leadership positions, according to a set of scorecards the federation has released that chart progress over the past three years.The USOC itself is 24 percent or more behind benchmarks it set for hiring people of color on its roster of professional staff, administrative support and executive and senior-level management positions.The federations for swimming and gymnastics, two sports that brought home 45 of the countrys 121 medals from the Rio de Janeiro Games, have similar shortfalls.USA Swimming has no people of color on its board of directors and falls nearly 78 percent short of the USOC-established benchmark for hiring minorities on its professional staff. USA Gymnastics has a similar shortfall on its staff for minorities but far exceeds the benchmark goals in the number of women at key positions in the organization.USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus said the organization prides itself on being welcoming and inclusive.Weve come a long way, Wielgus said, and were our own harshest critics when we recognize there is still more we can achieve to make the experience even better for our current members and those who are looking to join team swimming.By law, the USOC collects diversity data every year. The numbers from 2013-15 have been published on the USOC website due to a push by the federations CEO, Scott Blackmun, to confront the issue.If we measure it, and shine a light on it, we will get better, Blackmun said in his address to the U.S. Olympic Assembly.He said improving the numbers is a mission to undertake because its effective, not just fair.ddddddddddddHe pointed out the success Title IX has had in bringing women to the fore of American sports, especially at the Olympic level. Women accounted for 61 of Americas medals in Rio, which would have placed them fourth on the overall medals table.But the fixes Blackmun is calling for arent all easy, nor are the standards the USOC has set considered a consensus.The benchmark numbers the USOC set were based on its own math -- a combination of census figures, NCAA data and the particulars of each sport. For instance, while USA Gymnastics numbers lag in administrative positions, the sports audience and participation has likely been broadened because the past two Olympic all-around womens champions, Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas, are African-Americans.There are areas where we can see USA Gymnastics as having a high level of inclusiveness and diversity, said the federations president, Steve Penny. And there are areas we can focus on, such as the areas the USOC is measuring, where we need to determine what steps we can take to encourage more participation.USA Track and Field is among the organizations with a makeup of leaders that looks very much like its makeup of athletes. USATFs CEO (Max Siegel) and president (Stephanie Hightower) are African-American. Ten of its 15 board members are people of color and it has exceeded the USOC benchmarks in professional staff and coaches.We take pride in our diversity but do not take it for granted, Siegel said. We make it a priority. 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