MBA PREDICTS WHO WILL BE ON THE U.S. OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM

On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, USA Cycling will announce the roster of the Men’s and Women’s Mountain Bike teams who will compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The team announcement event will be hosted by USA Cycling CEO Brendan Quirk and feature a video compilation of the team members.

Brendan Quirk will be available for interviews on-site.

Phone interviews with the Olympians may be arranged.

When:
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 10 a.m. CST

Where:
Ledger Bentonville, 6th Floor
240 S Main St, Bentonville, AR 72712

U23 XC racer Riley Amos (shown here) is one of the riders that MBA’s Senior Editor, John Ker,  predicts will be named to the U.S. Olympic Mountain Bike team. John expects that Christopher Blevins, Haley Batten and Savilia Blunk will be the other riders on the team, but we’ll have to wait until Tuesday to find out for sure. (Photo courtesy of Trek)

USA Cycling is the national governing body for the sport of cycling and oversees the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclocross, gravel, BMX, and esports. USA Cycling’s mission is to grow participation and engagement with the sport of bicycle racing and achieve sustained international success across all cycling disciplines. In 2022, USA Cycling joined forces with Visit Bentonville, naming Bentonville, Arkansas as the home of the U.S. Mountain Bike National Team. With the help of Bentonville and the Walton Family Foundation, USA Cycling has spent the past two years hosting National Team camps and training opportunities for international competitions on the Northwest Arkansas trail network. The long-term investment from the city of Bentonville will help USA Cycling reach its goal of gold in the LA 2028 Olympic Games. USA Cycling has a membership of 80,000, sanctions over 2,500 events annually, and is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

Here’s the official press release: