This made her the second woman (after Sheila Young) to become World Champion in both speed skating and cycling.
If women's cycling was part of the summer Olympics of 1976 then Young would have a chance to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year, something that Christa Rothenburger (also world sprint champion in both speed skating and track cycling) achieved in 1988.
Christa Wolf | Christa Ludwig | Christa Williams | Christa Miller | Christa McAuliffe | Luding Bridge | Christa Wolf's | Christa Reinig | Christa Luding | Christa Collins | Christa Bonhoff | Christa Bauch | Christa Ackroyd |
Eagan became the first of four Olympians to medal in both Winter and Summer Games, followed by Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), and Clara Hughes (Canada).