France Dominates Olympic Mountain Bike, Mexico Struggles

Mexican cyclist Erika Rodríguez failed to finish the Olympic women's mountain biking race due to exceeding the time limit. French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won gold, while American Haley Batten and Swedish Jenny Rissveds took silver and bronze respectively.

France Dominates Olympic Mountain Bike, Mexico Struggles
Mexican Erika Monserrath Rodríguez Suárez ranked 33rd in mountain biking at Paris 2024. Credit: CONADE

Erika Monserrath Rodríguez Suárez placed 33rd in the Olympic cross country (XCO) event in women's mountain biking after failing to finish the competition due to exceeding the time limit difference with the French winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot who won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

For her part, the American Haley Batten took the silver medal after finishing with a time difference of 2:57 minutes in the competition that took place on the Elancourt Hill, while the bronze went to the Swedish Jenny Rissveds, winner in the Rio 2016 edition, after recording 1:29:04 hours.