On her personal website, Shelley Olds eloquently writes that she is “always searching for that unequivocal high that comes from victory in sport,” and that “there is nothing that makes me happier than finishing a race and exceeding my own expectations.”
Even after enduring a bad bicycle crash in March that left Shelley Olds with a broken wrist, the Gilroy cyclist may bring home a gold medal in the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
After six years of cycling, and spending the past few years as a professional rider in Europe, Shelley Olds is five months away from fulfilling her longtime dream of riding in the Olympics.