The USA’s Hayley Batten was confirmed as the silver medalist in the women’s mountain bike race at the Paris Olympics despite a protest from Puck Pieterse and the Netherlands national team that she had accelerated through the feed zone to gain an advantage on her rivals during the final lap.
Batten finished 2:57 behind dominant gold medalist Pauline Ferrand-Prévot of France but beat Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds by six seconds after a thrilling battle, with Pieterse fighting back from a late puncture to finish fourth 24 seconds down on Batten.
