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Kate Middleton has a Rio 2016 Olympian doppelgänger

It seems that Kate Middleton has a doppelgänger competing in Rio: 24-year-old French cyclist Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images

The Duchess of Cambridge seems to have a doppelgänger competing in Rio at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a 24-year-old Olympic cyclist from France and spectators at the women’s road race final were quick to notice that she shares some of Kate Middleton’s familiar features.

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People magazine described both women as having, “lynx-like eyes perched regally above perfect smiles from pristine teeth.”

The one difference between the two is that the British royal has chestnut-coloured hair and the cyclist rocks blond locks.

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The 24-year-old holds an impressive resume: she’s the first person in the history of cycling to simultaneously hold the world road title, world cyclo-cross title, and world mountain bike title.

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Ferrand-Prévot placed 26th in the women’s road race on Sunday and will compete in the women’s cross-country on August 20th.

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