RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada’s Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, B.C., has won an Olympic bronze medal in mountain biking. Pendrel was a strong medal contender heading into the 2012 London Olympics as the reigning world champion, but wound up a disappointing ninth. She bounced back by winning gold ahead of Batty at the 2014 Commonwealth Games before taking silver behind Batty at the Pan Am Games last summer in Toronto. Pendrel also won gold at the 2014 worlds. The 28-year-old was third at the 2016 world championships after taking gold at last summer’s Pan Am Games and silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Source: National Post August 20, 2016 17:15 UTC