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The Mountain Life

Olympic mountain biker Haley Batten shares her love of the Wasatch Back

By Jay Burke,
Lynn Ware Peek
Published October 30, 2024 at 3:06 PM MDT
Haley Batten, of United States, celebrates her second place in the women's mountain bike cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Elancourt, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Haley Batten, of United States, celebrates her second place in the women's mountain bike cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Elancourt, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Park City local and Olympic silver medalist Haley Batten earned Team USA's best-ever mountain biking finish in the Paris Olympics.

Batten, hot off the UCI World Cup tour, talks about growing up loving Park City's trails, about young people in the sport, e-bikes and how she got to the Olympics.

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