Paris Olympics: Santa Cruz’s Haley Batten makes history for Team USA
Elancourt, FRANCE— 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.
When Batten saw Rissveds wouldn’t catch her, she lifted her hands from her handlebars and cruised across the finish with them raised high above her head. Her entire face was a grin.
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