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Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week's edition features coverage of the 2019 mountain bike world championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.

Catherine Prendel was going strong through the first half of Sunday's race at the UCI mountain bike world championship. But a spill on a mound of boulders in the third lap proved a setback, and left her needing stitches on her elbow en route to a 14th-place finish.

Olympic spots are on the line this weekend as Canada's women's national cross-country mountain bike team tackles the challenging course at Mont-Sainte-Anne, east of Quebec City.

Watch live action from the 2019 mountain bike world championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.

Canadian Emily Batty raced to bronze at the mountain bike world championships on Saturday. The product of Brooklin, Ont., finished one minute, 58 seconds behind American Kate Courtney.

Canada's Emily Batty finished third in the women's elite cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., on Sunday.

Watch live as Canadian Emily Batty takes aim at her first-ever gold this weekend at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., the lone Canadian stop on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup tour.

Still on the mend from crushing disappointments in 2012 and 2016, Canadian Emily Batty will take aim at her first-ever gold again this weekend at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., the lone Canadian stop on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup tour.