By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) -Australian Grace Brown destroyed the field to claim the gold medal in the women’s individual time trial, her power and bike handling abilities being unmatched by her rivals on Saturday.
Several riders slid and fell on wet and cobbled corners on the 32.4-km course, with defending champion Chloe Dygert ending up being the biggest casualty and having to settle for bronze.
Britain’s Anna Henderson took third place, one minute 31.59 seconds behind Brown’s winning time of 39 minutes 38.24.
Dygert hit the deck on a corner in the Bois de Vincennes, which effectively ended her chances of retaining her title and cost her second place as she ended 0.87 seconds behind Henderson.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Alison Williams;)
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