WATCH - History was made at the Paris Olympics as South Africa got it's first medal in the Cross Country Mountain Bike event.
Alan Hatherley took home the bronze on the 29th of July. The day before Hatherley's successes, Candice Lill fought for a medal in the women's category of the same competition.
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Lill came in 20th place, in a race won by Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Lill, who represented her country at the 2012 London Games and in Tokyo in 2021, was looking to build on her great performances in the last two years.
She won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2023 UCI Marathon World Championships.
Alan Hatherley spoke to eNCA.