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The U.S. invented mountain biking. Now It wants those Olympic medals, too.

There are silvers and there are silvers. Haley Batten didn’t win the gold medal in mountain biking at the Summer Olympics, but the silver she earned Sunday was momentous. It was the best Olympic finish by a U.S. mountain biker ever—pulled off by a 25-year-old from Park City, Utah, who’d been targeting this day since she was 12. Armstrong may …

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Haley Batten wins Olympic silver medal in best finish by American mountain biker — then gets fined

ELANCOURT, France — Haley Batten was fined by the Olympic mountain bike judges for breaking a rule on the final lap of her race Sunday, though she will no doubt gladly pay the modest penalty after her silver medal marked the best finish ever by an American rider. Batten was jockeying for second place with Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds, well behind …

US mountain biker Haley Batten, 25, realizes Olympic dream in Paris with silver medal after miserable ninth-place finish at 2020 Tokyo Games

Haley Batten saw her Olympic dream realized as she cycled to a silver medal in the Women's Cross-country Mountain Bike event. She said: 'I've visualized finishing with the medal around my neck for a long time, so I knew I would feel special but I can't explain how amazing that is.' Pauline Ferrand Prevot, of France, centre, winner of the …

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ELANCOURT, France — French mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot carries a pair of tattoos — the Olympic rings under her left wrist and the phrase “Life is a joke” on the back of her neck — that seemed altogether appropriate on Sunday. I was just on a mission.” Haley Batten overtook Rio gold medalist Jenny Rissveds on the final lap to …