Haley Batten on Olympic silver and why she’s glad she went to college

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Haley Batten spent years preparing for the Olympics, and it all came together this summer when she walked away with Silver. She sat down with Payson last month to talk about where it all began, when she was a 14-year-old with a printed resumé approaching pro racers at bike events. Eventually, one of them took notice and gave her her big break. She talks about how she built a career with the help of other women in the sport without trying to copy a blueprint of success, and the times (one of w...

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0:00.0	We joke because there's this one race in Austria called Heiming, I think it's in Heiming.
0:04.0	And no joke, Chris, me and Sean all finished that race having quit.
0:09.0	Sean's like, I'm going to become an enduro racer.
0:12.0	Chris was switching to gravel.
0:13.0	Like we were all done with cross-country racing.
0:15.0	I was like, I can't do this, you know?
0:17.0	Like, I remember, like, Sean said, like,'t seen he was next to him crying, walking his bike.
0:23.1	Like, Yolanda was next to me crying, walking your bike.
0:25.6	So I was like, this is just awful.
0:28.5	You know, like I want to cry and walk my bike, you know.
0:32.0	This is horrible.
0:33.6	It's showtime, everybody.
0:35.8	Showtime!
0:38.3	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:42.0	This is the world as it exists today.
0:47.0	Life moves pretty fast.
0:49.4	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:51.9	You could miss it.
0:55.0	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:58.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:59.7	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:02.1	I see.
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