Q: Given a question and a context passage, generate the answer having the word or phrase from the context passage. Here, the answer should be a shortest continous span from the passage.
Context: Mary McConneloug (born June 24, 1971 in San Francisco, California) is a female racing cyclist from the United States, specializing in competitive mountain biking.
Question: What gender is Mary McConneloug?
A:
female