Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: the home hope on two wheels
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has won world titles across multiple cycling disciplines - cyclo-cross, gravel, road and mountain bike – but there is one accolade still missing from her collection: an Olympic medal.
The French cyclist – who will compete at her fourth Olympic Games in Paris – will start as one of the home medal hopes when she lines up in the cross-country mountain bike event.
Tenth place in Tokyo is her best Olympic finish to date, even when a puncture ended her podium chances.
Speaking ahead of Paris 2024, Ferrand-Prévot tells Sportsworld’s Lee James about why this feels like the “best timing” for her and what would it would mean to win gold at a home Games.
Image: Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France celebrates at finish line as race winner during the Women Elite Cross-country Short Track at the 96th UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023, Day 8 / #UCIWT / on August 10, 2023 in Glentress Forest - Peebles, Scotland. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
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