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Europeans set high bar on mountain bike for Olympics

Jaroslav Kulhavy trained so hard for the Olympics that he didn't have time to finish work on a new house.

It took a broken left hand to finally slow him down on the mountain bike, though it's not the kind of break he needed as he works to get back atop the medal stand in Rio. There is little time to rest with some of cycling's best-known names looking to unseat the Czech champion.

In March, Kulhavy had surgery on the hand he broke during a race in Cyprus. After a five-week recovery, he was back on the World Cup circuit in May.