August 20, 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Canada’s Catharine Pendrel battled back from an early crash to claim bronze in the Women’s MTB XCO race with teammate Emily Batty just behind in 4th. Jenny Rissveds (Sweden) won the gold with Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) taking home silver. The 29.67km women’s race included a 570m start loop plus 6 x 4.85 km laps.

Results (brief)
1. Jenny Rissveds (Sweden)    1:30:15
2. Maja Wloszczowska (Poland)    0:37
3. Catharine Pendrel (Canada)    1:26
4. Emily Batty (Canada)    1:28
5. Katerina Nash (Czech Republic)    2:10
6. Jolanda Neff (Switzerand)    2:28
7. Lea Davison (United States Of America)    3:12
8. Linda Indergand (Switzerand)    3:12
9. Yana Belomoina (Ukraine)    3:13
10. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Norway)    3:19
11. Annika Langvad (Denmark)    3:33
12. Helen Grobert (Germany)    3:53
13. Tanja Zakelj (Slovenia)    5:02
14. Chloe Woodruff (United States Of America)    6:02
15. Anne Terpstra (Netherlands)    6:18
16. Daniela Campuzano Chavez Peon (Mexico)
17 Irina Kalentyeva (Russian Federation)    6:39
18. Eva Lechner (Italy)    8:30
19. Sabine Spitz (Germany)    9:01
20. Raiza Goulao-Henrique (Brazil)    9:06
21. Githa Michiels (Belgium)    10:08
22. Iryna Popova (Ukraine)    11:14
23. Perrine Clauzel (France)    12:08
24. Ping Yao (People’s Republic of China)    13:05
25. Rebecca Henderson (Australia)    -2 Laps
26. Michelle Vorster (Namibia)    -2 Laps
27. Jovana Crnogorac (Serbia)    -2 Laps
28. Francelina Cabral (East Timor)    -5 Laps
DNF Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France)