American Haley Batten fined after silver medal finish in mountain biking event at Paris Olympics

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Haley Batten made American Olympics' history with a silver medal in the women’s mountain biking cross-country event on Sunday. 

It was the best finish for an American mountain biker at an Olympics in the sport’s history.

However, she will leave France with a lighter wallet.

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Haley Batten of the United States of America during the Women's Cycling Mountain Bike Women's Cross-country on Day 2 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Elancourt Hill on July 28, 2024 in Élancourt, France. (Henk Jan Dijks/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

Batten was fined about $565 for breaking a rule on the final lap. She was jockeying for second place with Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds when she went through a lane meant for taking in food or stopping for mechanical problems.

Judges only determined that Batten broke one rule – failing to "respect the instructions of the race organization or commissaries." Officials did not appear to believe her infraction was enough to warrant a disqualification.

Both Batten and Rissveds finished behind France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.

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Haley Batten, of the United States, competes in the women's mountain bike cycling event at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Elancourt, France. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

"I knew before Tokyo that this was the race I was focusing on," Batten said. "I’ve known for a long time that I could be good here and Tokyo was — I wanted to be on the podium there, but I wasn’t quite ready to be honest. I prepared much better to