She arrived in Paris a relative unknown. But with 2 golds, Alaska’s Kristen Faulkner is leaving the Olympics as a household name.

PARIS – Homer’s Kristen Faulkner arrived in Paris as just another of the 592 Olympians on Team USA. Unheralded and unknown – at least compared to the contingent’s megastars, like sprinter Noah Lyles and swimmer Katie Ledecky – she will leave having made Olympic history, winning two gold medals over a four-day stretch in two distinctly different disciplines.

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