April 11, 2018 (Gold Coast, AUS) – Team Canada’s Emily Batty, Haley Smith and Leandre Bouchard were on the Nerang course earlier in the week preparing for the MTB events up next at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Batty won silver in 2014 at the Glasgow Games with Catharine Pendrel taking home gold continuing the Canadian women’s Commonwealth domination having won mountain bike gold at the Games since the sport was introduced in 2002. Both Smith and Bouchard are racing at their first Games.