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In the Middle PO24-22
Alan Hatherly (South Africa) found himself caught almost exactly halfway between the lone leader and the group chasing behind. With three more laps to race, he was fourteen seconds off of the lead, and thirteen seconds ahead of a chasing group of four guys. Should things go right for him, he will become not only the first South African to medal in an Olympic Mountain Biking event, but he will be the first from the southern hemisphere to do so.