Park City’s Haley Batten Finishes 9th In Mountain Biking Finals
Jul 27, 2021, 6:06 AM
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Park City’s Haley Batten finished 9th in the cross country mountain biking finals.
The top three spots went to athletes from Switzerland.
Park City’s Haley Batten just finished in the Tokyo Olympics women’s cross-country mountain bike race. She came in 9th place and was the first of three Americans to cross the finish line. Here is our @KSL5TV preview story on her. https://t.co/IwdwLjYoT9 @kslsports pic.twitter.com/kkYsioYmzK
— Alex Cabrero (@KSL_AlexCabrero) July 27, 2021
With a time of 1:20:13 Batten was the first American to cross the finish line.
About Haley Batten
Batten trained in Park City where Olympians are known to work out before the Olympics, but most of them do it for winter sports.
She grew up snowboarding and skiing in Park City, just like many kids there, but when her parents bought a bicycle and she started mountain biking, something clicked.