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Flat tyre robs Henderson, French ace finally wins MTB

Rebecca Henderson has enjoyed her best Olympic result, while French star Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has fulfilled her destiny by winning mountain biking gold at the Paris Games.

Henderson - who joins Anna Meares and Lauren Reynolds as the only Australian female cyclists to compete at four Olympics - was 13th on Sunday at Elancourt Hill, south-west of Paris.

The 32-year-old would have finished higher, but suffered a puncture on the second-last of seven laps of the tough 4.4km circuit.

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