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ELANCOURT, France — Tom Pidcock rallied from a punctured tire to win his second straight Olympic mountain bike gold medal. He fought off Victor Koretzky on a dramatic final lap to deny a French sweep of the men's and women's races at Elancourt Hill. Pidcock had taken the lead entering the last of eight laps, only to give it right back as he traded blows with Koretzky over the final couple of miles. The winning move came in a wooded section of the course, where the path diverged around a tree. Pidcock went to the left, Koretzky to the right, and the two bumped when they came back together before Pidcock squeezed ahead. Koretzky wound up second and South Africa's Alan Hatherly finished third.
