Sisterhood of cycling: How women's mountain bike bronze medalist Jenny Rissveds of Sweden helped American Haley Batten win silver

The bronze medalist of women’s mountain biking at the Paris Olympics helped her competitor win silver. Yes, you read that correctly.

Let’s start at the beginning.

Haley Batten, 25, was tested both physically and mentally in the women’s mountain bike final on Monday afternoon in Elancourt, France.

Batten did not have the start she wanted. But she stayed calm and rider by rider, caught up to third place on the descent.

Then, on the fourth lap of seven, Batten punctured her tire on the rock portion of the race and fell to eighth place.

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