[5] In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winner Nicole Cooke, who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics.

[6] At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal.

She competed both in road and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and thirteen-time world champion.

In September 1987 Longo tested positive for ephedrine following a 3 km world record attempt in Colorado Springs.

[10] It subsequently transpired that Longo's husband, Patrice Ciprelli, had purchased the performance-enhancing drug EPO from China via former American professional cyclist Joe Papp.