{"id":239834,"date":"2026-04-22T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/walked-in-with-few-expectations-walked-away-with-some-hardware-u23-talent-katherine-sarkisov-demonstrates-race-intelligence-at-recent-us-road-and-cyclocross-nationals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:54:16","slug":"walked-in-with-few-expectations-walked-away-with-some-hardware-u23-talent-katherine-sarkisov-demonstrates-race-intelligence-at-recent-us-road-and-cyclocross-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/walked-in-with-few-expectations-walked-away-with-some-hardware-u23-talent-katherine-sarkisov-demonstrates-race-intelligence-at-recent-us-road-and-cyclocross-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Walked in with few expectations, walked away with some hardware’ – U23 talent Katherine Sarkisov demonstrates race intelligence at recent US Road and Cyclocross nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katherine ‘Katia’ Sarkisov grew up racing bicycles in Maryland, her younger sister Alyssa tagging along most of the time. At the age of 10, she raced in the 11-12 and 11-14 age categories in cyclocross and road events because there were no races for younger riders. Two years later, she was consistently winning those same races.<\/p>\n
The family has roots in Russia, and her parents taught her to speak Russian before English. But she is very much an all-American girl. As a 12-year-old, she had a bronze-medal sweep at USA Cycling Amateur Road Nationals in the time trial, road race and criterium.<\/p>\n