In a way, it was that kind of Olympics for the Canadian cycling team. Before Catharine Pendrel won a bronze medal in mountain bike on Saturday, things were looking a little thin. Emily Batty finished fourth in the women’s mountain bike race, Tory Nyhaug was fifth in the BMX final and Tara Whitten placed seventh in the women’s road cycling time trial. He did that Sunday, winning the men’s mountain bike race at the OlympicS in Rio, outdistancing Kulhavy, of all people, by 50 seconds. It is the perfect story.”Nicolas Coloma of Spain won the bronze medal at the Olympic X-Park, finishing 1:23 after Schurter.

Source: National Post August 21, 2016 21:06 UTC