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Cross-Country, Women1

Date27 July 2021 — 15:00
StatusOlympic
LocationIzu Mountain Bike Course, 1826, Ono, Izu-shi, Shizuoka 410-2402, Japan
Participants38 from 29 countries
DetailsDistance: 20.55 km
Intermediate 1: 1.30 km
Intermediate 2: 5.15 km
Intermediate 3: 9.00 km
Intermediate 4: 12.85 km
Intermediate 5: 16.70 km

Jenny Rissveds of Sweden was the defending Olympic champion in women’s cross-country mountain biking, but she had not seen many strong results since that victory. Much the same could be said for Poland’s Maja Włoszczowska and Canada’s Catharine Pendrel, the silver and bronze medallists respectively. France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, however, winner of the past two editions of the World Championships and also the 2021 European Champion, was much more favored. Jolanda Neff of Switzerland, meanwhile, had won the test event. The qualification for the event was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and thus was not impacted by the delay of the Tokyo Games.

Ferrand-Prévot slid out early in the race to give Neff a lead that she never relinquished. Great Britain’s Evie Richards, the 2018 Commonwealth Games runner-up, looked to be in contention early on, but she was soon replaced in the lead pack by Neff’s compatriots Sina Frei and Linda Indergand. The three Swiss riders soon pulled ahead of all other competitors and captured all three medals by a comfortable margin.

This was Switzerland’s first podium sweep since the 1936 Berlin Games, when they captured all of the medals in the floor exercise, although in that case bronze was shared by a German competitor. Switzerland’s only other clean sweep had come in 1924, in the pommeled horse, when the nation had taken the top four spots. As for cycling sweeps, this had only occurred previously at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, in many of the odd, US-dominated races, and the 1906 Intercalated Games, when France captured the podium in the road race.

PosCompetitorNOCTimeStart LoopLap 1Lap 2Lap 3Lap 4Start Loop - Lap 1 SplitLap 1-2 SplitLap 2-3 SplitLap 3-4 SplitLap 4-5 Split
1Jolanda NeffSUI1-15:46+0:13 (5)17:46 (1)32:02 (1)46:34 (1)1-01:04 (1)14:21 (1)14:16 (1)14:32 (1)14:30 (1)14:42 (5)Gold
2Sina FreiSUI1-16:57+0:14 (8)+0:23 (4)+0:56 (3)+1:09 (2)+1:27 (3)14:43 (3)14:49 (4)14:45 (2)14:48 (4)14:26 (13)Silver
3Linda IndergandSUI1-17:05+0:13 (4)+0:23 (5)+0:56 (4)+1:15 (3)+1:27 (2)14:44 (4)14:49 (4)14:51 (3)14:42 (3)14:34 (10)Bronze
4Blanka VasHUN1-17:55+0:16 (10)+0:47 (8)+1:41 (9)+2:11 (9)+2:20 (6)15:05 (9)15:10 (9)15:02 (5)14:39 (2)14:31 (6)
5Anne TerpstraNED1-18:21+0:21 (11)+0:31 (7)+1:18 (7)+1:56 (8)+2:16 (5)14:44 (4)15:03 (6)15:10 (8)14:50 (5)15:01 (12)
6Loana LecomteFRA1-18:433:12 (1)+0:23 (3)+1:25 (8)+1:51 (4)+2:15 (4)14:57 (7)15:18 (11)14:58 (4)14:54 (6)15:24 (10)
7Evie RichardsGBR1-19:09+0:13 (3)+0:19 (2)+1:06 (5)+1:51 (5)+2:50 (7)14:40 (2)15:03 (6)15:17 (9)15:29 (10)15:15 (21)
8Yana BelomoinaUKR1-19:40+0:34 (18)+1:17 (13)+2:07 (10)+2:42 (10)+3:20 (8)15:17 (11)15:06 (8)15:07 (7)15:08 (7)15:16 (10)
9Haley BattenUSA1-20:13+0:24 (16)+1:09 (11)+2:18 (13)+3:03 (12)+3:54 (10)15:19 (12)15:25 (12)15:17 (9)15:21 (8)15:15 (21)
10Pauline Ferrand-PrévotFRA1-20:18+0:13 (6)+0:31 (6)+0:46 (2)+1:56 (7)+3:39 (9)14:52 (6)14:31 (2)15:42 (14)16:13 (20)15:35 (10)
11Anne TauberNED1-20:18+0:22 (13)+0:47 (9)+1:18 (6)+1:52 (6)+4:17 (12)14:59 (8)14:47 (3)15:06 (6)16:55 (26)14:57 (20)
12Malene DegnDEN1-20:34+0:35 (20)+1:10 (12)+2:09 (11)+3:02 (11)+4:03 (11)15:09 (10)15:15 (10)15:25 (11)15:31 (11)15:27 (16)
13Caroline BohéDEN1-20:57+0:36 (21)+1:25 (16)+2:42 (15)+3:36 (14)+4:34 (13)15:23 (14)15:33 (15)15:26 (12)15:28 (9)15:19 (12)
14Jenny RissvedsSWE1-21:28+0:14 (7)+1:02 (10)+2:16 (12)+3:36 (13)+5:15 (14)15:22 (13)15:30 (14)15:52 (16)16:09 (18)15:09 (22)
15Kate CourtneyUSA1-22:19+0:23 (15)+1:18 (14)+2:27 (14)+3:59 (15)+5:27 (15)15:29 (15)15:25 (12)16:04 (18)15:58 (15)15:48 (31)
16Daniela CampuzanoMEX1-22:50+1:00 (34)+2:05 (22)+3:30 (19)+4:37 (16)+5:41 (16)15:39 (16)15:41 (18)15:39 (13)15:34 (12)16:05 (13)
17Janika LõivEST1-23:17+0:22 (14)+1:40 (19)+3:29 (18)+4:45 (18)+6:15 (17)15:52 (20)16:05 (20)15:48 (15)16:00 (17)15:58 (22)
18Catharine PendrelCAN1-23:47+0:42 (22)+2:06 (23)+3:29 (17)+5:00 (19)+6:28 (18)15:58 (22)15:39 (17)16:03 (17)15:58 (15)16:15 (25)
19Ronja EiblGER1-23:59+0:26 (17)+1:45 (20)+3:05 (16)+4:44 (17)+6:32 (19)15:53 (21)15:36 (16)16:11 (19)16:18 (22)16:23 (6)
20Maja WłoszczowskaPOL1-24:25+0:59 (33)+2:11 (24)+4:01 (21)+5:45 (21)+7:27 (21)15:46 (18)16:06 (21)16:16 (22)16:12 (19)15:54 (20)
21Tanja ŽakeljSLO1-24:38+0:35 (19)+2:05 (21)+4:02 (23)+6:03 (22)+7:51 (23)16:04 (23)16:13 (22)16:33 (23)16:18 (22)15:43 (23)
22Jitka ČábelickáCZE1-25:00+1:00 (35)+2:40 (27)+4:43 (25)+6:25 (24)+7:51 (22)16:14 (27)16:19 (24)16:14 (20)15:56 (13)16:05 (20)
23Sofía GómezARG1-25:13+0:49 (28)+2:27 (25)+4:02 (24)+5:45 (20)+7:11 (20)16:12 (24)15:51 (19)16:15 (21)15:56 (13)16:58 (23)
24Candice LillRSA1-26:20+0:48 (27)+2:47 (29)+4:47 (27)+6:52 (25)+8:36 (24)16:33 (29)16:16 (23)16:37 (24)16:14 (21)16:40 (21)
25Eva LechnerITA1-26:26+0:14 (9)+1:25 (15)+4:01 (22)+6:25 (23)+8:49 (25)15:45 (17)16:52 (28)16:56 (26)16:54 (25)16:33 (25)
26Rocío GarcíaESP1-26:32+0:55 (31)+3:07 (31)+5:13 (29)+8:01 (28)+9:50 (26)16:46 (31)16:22 (25)17:20 (27)16:19 (24)15:38 (7)
27Raquel QueirósPOR1-27:46+0:49 (29)+2:27 (26)+4:46 (26)+6:58 (26)+9:51 (27)16:12 (24)16:35 (26)16:44 (25)17:23 (27)16:51 (27)
28Rebecca McConnellAUS1-30:29+0:21 (12)+1:34 (17)+3:57 (20)+7:14 (27)+10:49 (28)15:47 (19)16:39 (27)17:49 (31)18:05 (28)18:36 (26)
29Haley SmithCANat 1 lap+0.44 (25)+3:15 (32)+6:12 (31)+9:05 (30)– (–)17:05 (33)17:13 (30)17:25 (28)– (–)– (–)
30Viktoriya KirsanovaROCat 1 lap+0:43 (24)+2:47 (28)+5:32 (30)+8:29 (29)– (–)16:38 (30)17:01 (29)17:29 (29)– (–)– (–)
31Erin HuckUSAat 1 lap+1:06 (38)+3:24 (33)+6:23 (32)+9:27 (31)– (–)16:52 (32)17:15 (31)17:36 (30)– (–)– (–)
32Elisabeth BrandauGERat 1 lap+1:06 (37)+2:47 (30)+6:28 (33)+10:24 (32)– (–)16:15 (28)17:57 (34)18:28 (32)– (–)– (–)
33Githa MichielsBELat 2 laps+0:46 (26)+5:21 (35)+8:20 (34)– (–)– (–)19:09 (36)17:15 (31)– (–)– (–)– (–)
34Yao BianwaCHNat 2 laps0:42 (23)+4:18 (34)+8:20 (34)– (–)– (–)18:10 (34)18:18 (35)– (–)– (–)– (–)
35Jaque MourãoBRAat 2 laps+1:05 (36)+5:37 (36)+9:47 (36)– (–)– (–)19:06 (35)18:26 (36)– (–)– (–)– (–)
36Michelle VorsterNAMat 3 laps+0:52 (30)+5:38 (37)– (–)– (–)– (–)19:20 (37)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)
37Miho ImaiJPNat 3 laps+0:59 (32)+7:18 (38)– (–)– (–)– (–)20:53 (38)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)
DNFLaura StiggerAUT0:00 (2)+1:39 (18)+4:47 (28)– (–)– (–)16:13 (26)17:24 (33)– (–)– (–)– (–)2