León, Guanajuato.- In what was his debut andn Olympic Games, the mountain biker and representative of Guanajuato, Monserrat Rodriguez, He did not have the best of luck and was lapped by up to four laps.
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The circuit for the development of The women’s cross country at Elancourt Hill proved to be a tough challenge not only for the number-ranked athlete eight from the American continent, but for each of the 36 competitors who took the start, in fact, two of them could not complete the test, the French Loana Lecomte and the Mauritian Aurelie Halbwachs; in addition, 11 cyclists failed to finish the leader’s lap.
Regarding the incursion of “Monse” Rodriguez, from the beginning she was relegated to the last boxes. Since after the first round she was dragging a difference of 2:28 minutes and this gap was opening more and more. AThe degree to which their struggle had She had to be an insider to be able to reach the finish line. After the 30.8 kilometres scheduled, she was only able to beat the non-finishers in the classification, as was the case of Rwandan Jazilla Mwamikazi, who finished five laps behind.
Go ahead, the predictions were fulfilled and the five-time world champion, local Pauline Ferrand, won the gold medal with an official time It should be noted that the gala had won absolutely everything in her career. But she only needed to add to her list of achievements the Olympic medal that she can now finally boast about around her neck.
How did the podium in women’s mountain biking come together?
The podium was completed by the American Haley Batten and Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds, both finishing 2:57 and 3:02 minutes behind Ferrand Prevot, In the Latin American clash, Brazilian Raiza Goulao overtook Rodríguez Suárez after finishing twenty-eighth, but with two fewer laps.
After his participation in this summer competitionMonserrath Rodríguez will continue in the old continent. Pto resume his program in the serial UCI World Cups, where it is sponsored by the Catalan team Massi Bikes.
- 1 Pauline Ferrand (FRA)
- 2 Haley Batten (USA)
- 3 Jenny Rissveds (SUE)
- 4 Puck Pieterse (HOL)
- 5 Evie Richards (GBR)
- 33 Monserrath Rodríguez (MEX)
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