French and Swiss athletes regularly medal at the Olympics. In Tokyo, Switzerland swept the women’s event, but that can’t happen in Paris as there are new quota allocations limiting the number of ...

ELANCOURT, France (AP) — French mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot carries a pair of tattoos — the Olympic rings under her left wrist and the phrase “Life is a joke” on the back of her neck — that ...

The Olympic experience will be quick for Durango’s Riley Amos and Christopher Blevins. The two mountain bikers representing the United States in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris will face off ...

ELANCOURT, France – As defending champion Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain churned up the Olympic men’s mountain biking course at Elancourt Hill in France, riding like a madman to get back into the ...

ELANCOURT, France (AP) — Haley Batten was fined by the Olympic mountain bike judges for breaking a rule on the final lap of her race Sunday, though she will no doubt gladly pay the modest penalty ...

ELANCOURT, France (AP) — French mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot carries a pair of tattoos — the Olympic rings under her left wrist and the phrase “Life is a joke” on the back of her neck — that ...

Mountain biking is one of the newer Olympic sports, debuting in 1996. The cross-country rough cycling event tests riders technique and stamina during the one- to two-hour race across 10 kilometers of ...

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