Olympics-Cycling-French joy as Ferrand-Prevot solos to mountain bike gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Mountain Bike - Women's Cross-country - Elancourt Hill, Elancourt, France - July 28, 2024. Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France in action REUTERS/Matthew Childs

ELANCOURT, France (Reuters) - Pauline Ferrand-Prevot delivered France's second gold medal of the Paris Olympics as she took a high-quality field apart to win the women's cross-country mountain bike race on Sunday.

The 32-year-old produced a devastating acceleration at the start of the second of seven laps around the dusty 4.4 km circuit on Elancourt Hill and rode solo to victory.