- French rider puts bad luck at previous Games behind her
- Teammate Loana Lecomte suffers bad injury in crash
France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prévot laid the ghost of bitter experiences in past Olympic Games with an accomplished ride to an emotional gold medal in the women’s mountain biking, but it was a mixed day for the hosts after Loana Lecomte sustained a serious injury in a crash.
For Ferrand-Prévot it was a monumental victory, long in the making, in what is expected to be her last mountain biking race. The 32-year-old, five times a world champion, was 25th in London 2012, forced to abandon after a crash at the Rio Olympics, and thwarted by a puncture in Tokyo.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/frances-pauline-ferrand-prevot-claims-emotional-mountain-bike-gold
Author : Jeremy Whittle at Elancourt Hill
Publish date : 2024-07-28 17:32:46
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