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Santa Cruz’s Haley Batten celebrates her second-place finish in the women’s mountain biking event at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday in Elancourt, France. (George Walker IV – The Associated Press)With the pink and blue Olympics arch looming just 25 meters ahead, Haley Batten risked a look behind her. She needed to know if Jenny Rissveds of Sweden was closing in. She needed to know if the silver medal — the best Olympic result ever from an American mountain biker — could really be hers.
Originally published at Julie Jag