France's Ferrand-Prevot claims unique world treble
ByReuters
Published 05/09/2015 at 14:57 GMT
France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot became the first woman to hold world titles in three cycling disciplines when she won the mountain bike gold medal on Saturday.
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The 23-year-old, who already has titles in cyclocross and road cycling, hammered her rivals in Vallnord, Andorra.
She beat Russian Irina Kalentyeva by 58 seconds and Ukraine's Yana Belomoina by a minute and a half.
"I was fed up that people would not stop talking about the treble," Ferrand-Prevot was quoted as saying by sports daily L'Equipe.
"It is not that I don't care about what others think, but I do things for myself."
Ferrand-Prevot is now set to try a mountain biking-road cycling double at the 2016 Olympics.
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